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I’m baaccckkkkk
Ever since having a car and doing more things haven’t been on my truck trip as much
Been just riding little old fun stuff to see what was it really like and here’s what I’ve been up to
Indy stage 10 149, damn these are freaking heavy but very much early 2000’s suited, they’re very low oddly compared to riding all these newer taller trucks lately. Legit if Indy is working on a 149 low it’s basically gonna be a re intro of the stage 10 149 standard cause yeah, these things are low and heavy but they definitely turn with the right conical bushings and flip super easy and fun. Not a lot of pop leverage obviously but you can totally jump down stuff and flip your board with that Indy turn style with the old stage, running them with the stock deck side washer with some very nicely old broken in bones hards and no roadside washer, so the nut is against the plastic and they turn great
Next up going back down to 147 thunders on a 8.25 girl deck, after skating with the 149 stage 10 I wanted to also revisit the days of riding smaller trucks on a bigger deck, the days before bigger trucks became the trend
I still love 148/144 and probably gonna go back to that after all this. Love thunder 148 on a 8.13 deck
After taking some time away, I've realized that I don't like some truck setups as much as I thought.
149 cast thunders with risers and 57mm conicals? The perfect setup! Great pop and stability.
159 indys? Can't get along... we have unspoken issues. It seems that my dream girl has gotten fat and slow. The crazy thin, thunder chick wants me to move in with her.. I can see it ending in horrible wheelbite, but my heart says that we were meant for each other..
This, so much this. Great analogy.
I was back on Indys for a minute before I switched back to Thunders for that very reason; for me Thunders are just more nimble feeling at the cost of being surfy.
I like how thunders just respond and have your board do what you intended when trying a trick
Idk, they’re magical.
I love how Indy’s feel free flowing and just have this smoothness but idk, when you break the flow of just carving around and doing sub par stuff and try to get serious you REALLY gotta put some effort and oomph on it with Indy’s, you can’t slouch for a second cause you’ll get that sluggish heavy high truck feel from them. If your gonna try something in the realm that requires effort you really gotta put 100% of your energy and all with Indy
Thunders though I notice you can slack some cause they’re not too high so you get a quick pop, they’re light so you don’t have to try and pop hard, and they just stay centered and tight when you need to stay positioned for the trick
Only con though, they definitely can’t cruise Gonz style down the street well cause they’re so refined for trick response and lack carve ability
But hey I’d rather be able to land more tricks then be a terrible attempt at gonz and/or the pros that can just cruise down a sidewalk and rip(Vincent Alvarez, that guy on habitat, idk some pro you guys know that just style it out consistently down a sidewalk)