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Been thinking of trying a pair for a smaller, tech setup since I find myself popping very hard and always rely on explosive pop. I get nice and high on the ledge, but the ledge is short (shin high) and my setup feels (as Ben Degros puts it) an all or nothing board. Thinking of either 5.0 or 5.2 Venture Low.
I've tried mellower boards like Habitat but I flip tricks feel bloody impossible on them. Hopefully my next Cliche board gives me that lighter pop I'm looking for.
Always worth a shot. I haven't tried Venture lows in a very long while, but I know what you mean about searching for that perfect feeling of light pop. I have to assume it's different for everyone, I had the best feeling pop with Thunders on a Quasi, but at the sacrifice of stability and feeling comfortable on the board. Wasn't worth the trade off and I re-settled back onto Indy's. Hope you find that magic combo.
Agreed about the Quasi with Thunders. Their 8 inch shape with Thunders is super explosive. What's weird is while the tail is all or nothing, off the nose is insanely consistent and easy to pop yet it still delivers an insane amount of force. I wonder what it would feel like to skate a twin nose version of that board. Manuals would be a bitch but I bet ever flip tricks would be amazing unless it requires a lot of scoop like say a tre-flip.
Now I'm intrigued to try their boards. I'm probably in the minority but I would like a twin nose board. When I try kickflips off my tail they are mob or rocket, off the nose they are poppy, and flat. Probably because I find I'm a very "hard" riding style, like I pop way harder than I should for my tricks.
I always thought scooping with a bigger surface (nose) makes 360 flips easier?
Edit: just checked the dimensions of the Quasi board on tactics and they look really long (32.375), way longer than the Real board (31.91) I'm riding.