Best Gear You've ever Skated.

[Elderly Gentleman]

I just saw a post about the worst gear you've ever skated.  (Tensor sucks).  I was just curious what's the best gear you've ever skated?  (I'm sure we will see Bones Reds and F4's a lot, but still, I have to ask!

I'm old, so I've got some 80's shit to add first.

 Santa Cruz Street Creep board.  I had two of them and skated both until the tail and nose were completely gone (it didn't have much of a nose to begin with, but it was razored and chipped to pieces too.  Loved that deck.

H-street Sal Barbier with the Raiders knock off emblem.  

I'm on my second DLX deck (Anti-hero 8.38) and I'm pretty impressed.

I may be in the minority, but I honestly prefer the feel of the Thunders over Indy's.  I prefer the turn and just the feel.  Indy's are good, don't get me wrong, I just like the Thunders a little better.

I'm sure I'm going to be all by myself on this one but I got a set of OJ Insaneathane hardlines and I love them.  Just the right amount of slide/grip.  I plan to get more when these wear out.

[shark tits]

silverstar/illuminati decks. big and fat they made you force your tricks and look better for it.
right now i've got a control blank. they're outta canada and about the best deck i've ridden this side of the 90s.
my favorite shoes of all time were ricky o's castels w/ no laces and the elastic held the tongue on and that  was enough to keep your foot cozy.
in the 90s i liked gullwing little g's, venture featherlights then later i ran krux for a long, long time. i get slip axle no matter what, did you know that about me? my freinds think it's mental but it's real.

[Deucifer]

Vans Wafflecup shoes 

[nylin]

Did some of my best skating in these shoes.



Loved this board, wish I would've bought another one.

[Betaphenylethylalamine]

Adrenalin decks were the best I've ever ridden. I also had a good run with the think tag deck waaay back. Loved both these boards.

Spitfire formula 4 is the best wheels I've ever ridden

Powell Swiss bearings. Been riding then almost solely for 20 years.

The es Ronnie Creager shoe was perfection for me.

Also the Jeremy wray dukes shoe was really good.

[Spicy boi.]

Lakai Camby-lasted me 6 months,loved em.

Bones 100's- ive had a few sets, and ive loved them all

Vans AV Native American Low- Great shoes. Been skating them for 4+ months and no rips.

[Tracer]

[GinosGroceries]

Indy7's
They're not the best bearings but they are the best choice imo. 2 sets of 7's will last me longer than a set of Swiss and they will be cheaper too.

[peeweepawn]

def agree with indy 7 bearings. best bearings and really good price

original lakai manchesters

thunder 149ii

[Gray Imp Sausage Metal]

silverstar/illuminati decks. big and fat they made you force your tricks and look better for it.

damn son! defs jealous that you got to ride one of them. whose pro model was it? they had one of the heaviest pro line ups

Adrenalin decks were the best I've ever ridden. I also had a good run with the think zoo york tag deck waaay back. Loved both these boards.
Also the Jeremy wray dukes shoe was really good.

are you me? andrenalin were sick and I loved my first zoo york tag board. the quality on those OG dukes was amazing too!
 some others:
- a hand me down American Dream Unit board: man, I loved that thing
- omni decks (from Australia) were really good back in the day (especially if you were rocking an amnesia or a TIME!!)
- indy stage 7/ 8's #nuffsaid
- physics wheels RIP Matt Reason
- OG Rowleys
- ed templeton's first emerica shoe
- 1st few runs of adio/ circa
- rowley shams: I still maintain that this is THE best shoe vans ever made
- anything magenta/ PFC
- RVCA chinos (maybe josh harmony pro model?)
- Silas 1's [/thread]

[shark tits]

i had a few. definitely had a matt reason even though he skated goofy [i was a little ocd about that] a ricky and when they switched over just a blank silverstar w/ some cockamamie writing on it. prolly ran 4 in toto.
in that mid-late 90s era i really dug consolidated wood too but those illuminati's were special. the kastel jawns too. what's funny is i didn't realize how much i was on their tip, but looking back i wore the philly inspirations on my sleeve. like, i watched all sorts of videos and i bought a variety of decks based off shape not marketing [so i liked to believe] but my favorite deck and shoes were ricky o.

[Howie]

I remember skating the DVS Huf 5 probably like 7-8 years ago, they were so damn good.

[Gray Imp Sausage Metal]

i had a few. definitely had a matt reason even though he skated goofy [i was a little ocd about that]

okay, consider me officially jealous! The first few runs of Kastel looked great, always wanted to try a pair but got injured around that time

[fulfillthedream]

loved these shoes

for me the quality of the hardgoods has gotten way better so theres not that much gear i wish i had.. shoes are the only thing i really really miss

[Joe Pesci]

The first(?) Westgate Emerica shoe, called the Flick. Favorite shoe ever



Campus Vulcs, not the original ones but like when they had the Silas brown/green colorway, that version.



Baker boards before they started changing them all to the "O.G." shape, not sure what they were before that but they aren't the same.

Some shops around here get different shapes of boards by letter, one of them is an "S" shape and it's basically exactly what I want every time.

Formula 4
Bones swiss, Bronson is comparable I'd say
Diamond hardware, could be interchangeable with any allen hardware I guess. Just not phillips
Huf Fulton chinos, just a straight fit chino that stretches, not skinny not baggy

[Betaphenylethylalamine]

loved these shoes

for me the quality of the hardgoods has gotten way better so theres not that much gear i wish i had.. shoes are the only thing i really really miss

What nike shoe is that and is it still available?

[20matar]

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Project BAs

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What nike shoe is that and is it still available?

ba
no

I'm saving my pair for when I GIT GUD.

[Betaphenylethylalamine]

Wow I don't remember them looking that good or in that colourway.

Bummer

Guess I'll pay 800 on eBay

[HyenaChaser]

Forever my favorite shoe of all time. Maybe it was just happenstance, but I never skated better than when I was wearing these. I also thought they looked great and felt good. And Heath Kirchart.

[fuddit]

[Shifty Flip]

My best set up ever.  Purple Stain Jason Lee Blind Dodo, Gold Indy's, stage 7 maybe, and white Spitfiresof some sort I sanded the brand new graphics of before setting up. Learned so much on that.

[FirstBlood82]

<3

[the snake]

Ronans

[max power]

Savier BA's
Lakai Carroll 2's
Super Swiss 6's
Indy bushings

[Krooked antihero]

Generator wood, indys (they've had few hit and misses but overall they're the best), bones swiss, F4/STF's. Shoes vary, i really liked that es' creager back in the day but i think i've done my best skating in nike hi blazers, cutted to mid-tops.

[Noble Experiment]

Baker B-16
Indy 149s
STFs and F4s
These old model of Vans called the Holders from back in the day. Some of the best shoes I ever skated.
Old Skools
HUFJoey Peppers
Indy aftermarket bushings

[shit_for_brains]

[perverted super otaku!]

silverstar/illuminati decks. big and fat they made you force your tricks and look better for it.
right now i've got a control blank. they're outta canada and about the best deck i've ridden this side of the 90s.
my favorite shoes of all time were ricky o's castels w/ no laces and the elastic held the tongue on and that  was enough to keep your foot cozy.
in the 90s i liked gullwing little g's, venture featherlights then later i ran krux for a long, long time. i get slip axle no matter what, did you know that about me? my freinds think it's mental but it's real.

PJ also rides these but they just print that green plan b graphic on them

[shark tits]

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silverstar/illuminati decks. big and fat they made you force your tricks and look better for it.
right now i've got a control blank. they're outta canada and about the best deck i've ridden this side of the 90s.
my favorite shoes of all time were ricky o's castels w/ no laces and the elastic held the tongue on and that  was enough to keep your foot cozy.
in the 90s i liked gullwing little g's, venture featherlights then later i ran krux for a long, long time. i get slip axle no matter what, did you know that about me? my freinds think it's mental but it's real.

[close]

PJ also rides these but they just print that green plan b graphic on them

interesting. my local shop is in talks to have their blanks made by them and i'm like 'please do' but it's been winter so i haven't bought any.
remember chukka boots? i loved those goofy elf boots in the 90s. they were prolly too 'high top' for me these days but they were rad at the time.

[Cherb]

-Natural Koncept deck
-Reflex ABS 9-ball bearings
Pretty sure these first two are mainly because of nostalgia.
-Hard Luck ceramic bearings
-Ricta Park Crushers.