Been on Ventures for about 3 years now (5.2 and 5.6 hi) and decided to try Thunders last year. Couldn’t get into them stock due to the twitchiness so I put a Krux bottom barrel bushing. Rode them like this for a bit and they felt fine, felt like a sharper Venture but I ended up putting my 5.6’s back on.
I took a few months off skating due to a back injury and since I’ve been back, I’ve just had a terrible time with my Ventures. Can’t land shit, they felt sluggish, my manuals couldn’t work at all, felt heavy and dead etc.. No matter how much I loosened them, I couldn’t get them to do what I wanted. I rode loose Indy’s for 17 years and missed the fast responsiveness. I still have 139 USA-made Indy’s on my 8’ set up.
This morning I said ‘fuck it’, I’d give the Thunders another try, only this time with a stock Thunder bushing on bottom.
Tell ya what, these bad boys are staying on for the rest of the summer. These just clicked with me and had the best session I’ve had in a long-ass time. I get them now, and I see why people are so into them.