Big Boards 9"+( I wanna hear big boys talk about their big boards)

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The macmillen shape looks amazing

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yes! that one's looking good. i know it's diffrent but it gives me Gravedigger vibes.
also liking that Tripples, looks like a horrible shape function wise. but it just looks cool.

sadly i'll probably never get Scram since i can't ever find them over here.

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Where’s over here?

Netherlands. i know the UK got em but brexit fucked that up for me. and seen people in Switzerland ride em, but have yet to find a euro webshop that sells them. only seen a couple that used to have em.
honestly considered just grabbing one in Japan when i went back there. but havn't been able to go for 2 years now.
sad i missed out on the Bog. that one looked so good.

[animalflesh]

I’ll grab the new leaf for sure I get every iteration

[Freelancevagrant]

crosspost here and potentially the egg shaped boards thread

Made myself a Christmas complete because I was bored tonight.

Heroin Symmetrical Egg 9.75” wide with 14.25” wb
Film Trucks 165 - 6.5
Bronze hardware
Bones Big Balls
Spitfire Conical Full 54mm 99a
Jessup

[Painted Baby]

All big boi part with various team riders on the Sweatpants shape

[radcunt]

Love it.   I want a full 5 minute Beamer part though

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The macmillen shape looks amazing

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yes! that one's looking good. i know it's diffrent but it gives me Gravedigger vibes.
also liking that Tripples, looks like a horrible shape function wise. but it just looks cool.

sadly i'll probably never get Scram since i can't ever find them over here.

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Where’s over here?

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Netherlands. i know the UK got em but brexit fucked that up for me. and seen people in Switzerland ride em, but have yet to find a euro webshop that sells them. only seen a couple that used to have em.
honestly considered just grabbing one in Japan when i went back there. but havn't been able to go for 2 years now.
sad i missed out on the Bog. that one looked so good.

Hit up some euro homies and the one that had some got them when he was in London. Sorry, I couldn’t get any other useful info.

[144p]

Heroin razor egg 9.4 x 32 14.25 wb
Krux k5 with downlow kingpin
Spitfire f4 54 99a classics
Quantum isotopes
Lil jawn rails
Mob
halfcabs

[Slugboi22]

Heroin razor egg 9.4 x 32 14.25 wb
Krux k5 with downlow kingpin
Spitfire f4 54 99a classics
Quantum isotopes
Lil jawn rails
Mob
halfcabs

how are the krux? always been curious about the k5s. great setup by the way! Every one you
post always looks like a ton of fun!

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The macmillen shape looks amazing

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yes! that one's looking good. i know it's diffrent but it gives me Gravedigger vibes.
also liking that Tripples, looks like a horrible shape function wise. but it just looks cool.

sadly i'll probably never get Scram since i can't ever find them over here.

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Where’s over here?

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Netherlands. i know the UK got em but brexit fucked that up for me. and seen people in Switzerland ride em, but have yet to find a euro webshop that sells them. only seen a couple that used to have em.
honestly considered just grabbing one in Japan when i went back there. but havn't been able to go for 2 years now.
sad i missed out on the Bog. that one looked so good.

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Hit up some euro homies and the one that had some got them when he was in London. Sorry, I couldn’t get any other useful info.

yeah. thanks anyway man, appreciate it.
hope one day euro shops see potential in them. i know plenty of people here that love the brand but ether had to get them imported or just never had one.

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Heroin razor egg 9.4 x 32 14.25 wb
Krux k5 with downlow kingpin
Spitfire f4 54 99a classics
Quantum isotopes
Lil jawn rails
Mob
halfcabs

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how are the krux? always been curious about the k5s. great setup by the way! Every one you
post always looks like a ton of fun!

I swapped the bushings for dlx supercush 94a.
Honestly they feel great, good turn, little more stable than Indy’s but feel similar. The grind is awesome, I’m not super picky about trucks like some pals, I’m always curious to see how things skate.

[animalflesh]

Awesome setup @144p

Sick one Zach makes me want films




Krooked Ray Barbee
159/ bones medium
lil jawns
56mm k9 wheels
1/4 risers
Jessup

[The_9]

Has anyone skated that Uma FARK shape that the Roman is in? 8.9"? trying to discern a measurement over trucks. Thanks.

I’ve got one as a wall hanger if you still need the measurements?

[FrozenIndustries]

Pretty wild axle slippage on both of my 159s. Anybody ever run 149s on a Dane 1 or similar? Seen it in the wild and and I'm gonna do it either way, but I'm curious to know if anyone here as does it before.

[yourbreakfsat]

Anyone ever use 8.75" trucks on the Krooked sweatpants shape? I have a set of Venture 6.1s that I want to use but I'm not sure if they'd wheelbite a lot with that shape.

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Pretty wild axle slippage on both of my 159s. Anybody ever run 149s on a Dane 1 or similar? Seen it in the wild and and I'm gonna do it either way, but I'm curious to know if anyone here as does it before.

Damn! 159s have been my favorite larger truck (I also like 139s, the rest of indy…no). My USA made stage 11s didn’t slip, despite me setting them up on 8.25s and missing every 3flip I tried.
None of the above is even remotely relevant.
On shaped boards, I like to match the truck size to the deck width, in the rear of the board. I can’t remember what the Dane1 is back there (8.75 probably). 149s (5.8s) with extra washers would probably be my preference. Front will be real tucked, but extra leverage for the turning.
What was the average truck size in the 80s? I was young and didn’t know. I’m talking like bones brigade era boom.

[Frank and Fred]

Anyone ever use 8.75" trucks on the Krooked sweatpants shape? I have a set of Venture 6.1s that I want to use but I'm not sure if they'd wheelbite a lot with that shape.

I used 159s with 56mm and a riser. Worked great. Sometimes wider trucks means more wheelbite.

[big_kev_215]

All geared up for my big board spring

[Slugboi22]

All geared up for my big board spring

this makes me want to snag one of those Dane 1s so bad. that graphic is perfect

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Pretty wild axle slippage on both of my 159s. Anybody ever run 149s on a Dane 1 or similar? Seen it in the wild and and I'm gonna do it either way, but I'm curious to know if anyone here as does it before.

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Damn! 159s have been my favorite larger truck (I also like 139s, the rest of indy…no). My USA made stage 11s didn’t slip, despite me setting them up on 8.25s and missing every 3flip I tried.
None of the above is even remotely relevant.
On shaped boards, I like to match the truck size to the deck width, in the rear of the board. I can’t remember what the Dane1 is back there (8.75 probably). 149s (5.8s) with extra washers would probably be my preference. Front will be real tucked, but extra leverage for the turning.
What was the average truck size in the 80s? I was young and didn’t know. I’m talking like bones brigade era boom.

Ive been wanting a dane1 but don't have any trucks bigger than 149 didn't think they would work

I have 149's sitting in front of me
have some f4 Radials and plenty of washers maybe this could work

@ok interested to know how u like it with 149s

Edit. my bad it was @Macho Taildrop who said that

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Pretty wild axle slippage on both of my 159s. Anybody ever run 149s on a Dane 1 or similar? Seen it in the wild and and I'm gonna do it either way, but I'm curious to know if anyone here as does it before.

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Damn! 159s have been my favorite larger truck (I also like 139s, the rest of indy…no). My USA made stage 11s didn’t slip, despite me setting them up on 8.25s and missing every 3flip I tried.
None of the above is even remotely relevant.
On shaped boards, I like to match the truck size to the deck width, in the rear of the board. I can’t remember what the Dane1 is back there (8.75 probably). 149s (5.8s) with extra washers would probably be my preference. Front will be real tucked, but extra leverage for the turning.
What was the average truck size in the 80s? I was young and didn’t know. I’m talking like bones brigade era boom.

Somewhere between a 159 and 169 depending on what you rode. Six Tracks were 8.9", Gullwing Pro IIIs 8.8". I had 159s because I skated mostly street but I didn't pick that size out for myself. The more knowledgeable homie made that call.

It's funny that axle slippage is coming up on 159s. I bought a couple of pairs of 159 Hollows during some crazy skatewarehouse sale and I got two trucks where the axle is clearly longer on one side than the other. This was peak Covid era and China made so who knows if they were able to keep up the same quality standards during that time. They ride fine but I'm always on the look out for more severe slippage.

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Pretty wild axle slippage on both of my 159s. Anybody ever run 149s on a Dane 1 or similar? Seen it in the wild and and I'm gonna do it either way, but I'm curious to know if anyone here as does it before.

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Damn! 159s have been my favorite larger truck (I also like 139s, the rest of indy…no). My USA made stage 11s didn’t slip, despite me setting them up on 8.25s and missing every 3flip I tried.
None of the above is even remotely relevant.
On shaped boards, I like to match the truck size to the deck width, in the rear of the board. I can’t remember what the Dane1 is back there (8.75 probably). 149s (5.8s) with extra washers would probably be my preference. Front will be real tucked, but extra leverage for the turning.
What was the average truck size in the 80s? I was young and didn’t know. I’m talking like bones brigade era boom.

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Somewhere between a 159 and 169 depending on what you rode. Six Tracks were 8.9", Gullwing Pro IIIs 8.8". I had 159s because I skated mostly street but I didn't pick that size out for myself. The more knowledgeable homie made that call.

It's funny that axle slippage is coming up on 159s. I bought a couple of pairs of 159 Hollows during some crazy skatewarehouse sale and I got two trucks where the axle is clearly longer on one side than the other. This was peak Covid era and China made so who knows if they were able to keep up the same quality standards during that time. They ride fine but I'm always on the look out for more severe slippage.

Thanks!
First real setup had tracker ultralights, my parents bought me a used complete that was basically mint, had everything. Hawk. Copers, lapper, tail rails even.
Later one of the neighbors informed me that the ultralights were wack and that I should trade them to him for his Indy’s. My mom was bummed. I rode the same Indy’s for a few years until I quit. Wish I still had them. The kingpins were…barbaric.
Anyways, it’s interesting seeing some guys from that era, I THINK (could very well be wrong), that cab, Tony, Lance, Hosoi, all ride 149s.
For whatever that is worth.

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Pretty wild axle slippage on both of my 159s. Anybody ever run 149s on a Dane 1 or similar? Seen it in the wild and and I'm gonna do it either way, but I'm curious to know if anyone here as does it before.

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Damn! 159s have been my favorite larger truck (I also like 139s, the rest of indy…no). My USA made stage 11s didn’t slip, despite me setting them up on 8.25s and missing every 3flip I tried.
None of the above is even remotely relevant.
On shaped boards, I like to match the truck size to the deck width, in the rear of the board. I can’t remember what the Dane1 is back there (8.75 probably). 149s (5.8s) with extra washers would probably be my preference. Front will be real tucked, but extra leverage for the turning.
What was the average truck size in the 80s? I was young and didn’t know. I’m talking like bones brigade era boom.

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Somewhere between a 159 and 169 depending on what you rode. Six Tracks were 8.9", Gullwing Pro IIIs 8.8". I had 159s because I skated mostly street but I didn't pick that size out for myself. The more knowledgeable homie made that call.

It's funny that axle slippage is coming up on 159s. I bought a couple of pairs of 159 Hollows during some crazy skatewarehouse sale and I got two trucks where the axle is clearly longer on one side than the other. This was peak Covid era and China made so who knows if they were able to keep up the same quality standards during that time. They ride fine but I'm always on the look out for more severe slippage.

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Thanks!
First real setup had tracker ultralights, my parents bought me a used complete that was basically mint, had everything. Hawk. Copers, lapper, tail rails even.
Later one of the neighbors informed me that the ultralights were wack and that I should trade them to him for his Indy’s. My mom was bummed. I rode the same Indy’s for a few years until I quit. Wish I still had them. The kingpins were…barbaric.
Anyways, it’s interesting seeing some guys from that era, I THINK (could very well be wrong), that cab, Tony, Lance, Hosoi, all ride 149s.
For whatever that is worth.

When those guys came out on the '89 World Tour, they were all riding big 10" wide boards with wide trucks, to the tune of 169 type of size.

As they changed through the different eras, their boards also got a whole lot thinner overall, but did widen back out to present day pro models from them, so now something like the more recent Lance and Cab shaped boards work best on 149s anyway, the most recent Lance board is almost 9" at the widest point but has a lot of taper, down to 8.25 at the back truck area, which put off the guy who bought it, which is why I now have it.

One clip / pic of Hosoi I could see had the six hole plates on his board, so I am guessing 159s more so than anything else, but could be bigger.  Actually his last Insagram pic has them too.

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Pretty wild axle slippage on both of my 159s. Anybody ever run 149s on a Dane 1 or similar? Seen it in the wild and and I'm gonna do it either way, but I'm curious to know if anyone here as does it before.

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Damn! 159s have been my favorite larger truck (I also like 139s, the rest of indy…no). My USA made stage 11s didn’t slip, despite me setting them up on 8.25s and missing every 3flip I tried.
None of the above is even remotely relevant.
On shaped boards, I like to match the truck size to the deck width, in the rear of the board. I can’t remember what the Dane1 is back there (8.75 probably). 149s (5.8s) with extra washers would probably be my preference. Front will be real tucked, but extra leverage for the turning.
What was the average truck size in the 80s? I was young and didn’t know. I’m talking like bones brigade era boom.

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Ive been wanting a dane1 but don't have any trucks bigger than 149 didn't think they would work

I have 149's sitting in front of me
have some f4 Radials and plenty of washers maybe this could work

The Dane 1 from the second hand lot I just tried out still felt like I needed wider trucks than the Venture 6.1 (159 / 8.75 size) that I just had on it, but for how wide the board is at the front half compared to the width at the back trucks, people might ride them and be happy.

I think 149s on it is a stretch though, as I would really feel very tippy, but that is just me.

Those other Blind reissues were 9" at the widest but tapered a lot so didn't feel bad on the smaller trucks on the one I had a skate of from someone else, but I think I would still have 159s on it, if that is any indication of my preference.


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I thought I would go get it and measure it, so the Dane 1 is 9.25 at the front axle and 8.75 on the back axle of these Ventures, which have normal wheels, so even the back sits under a bit still.

The funny thing is another board with the 8.5 size trucks and wider offset cruiser wheels actually sit out wider and would work better on it, when I sat that over the top of the Dane 1 complete, but if you were more used to not so wide trucks, you probably could run them on it with normal wheels and still be happy enough.

Having the short wheelbase I think was what was causing me more issues than the trucks, even though I put Ventures on it for that reason.

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@Nth syd bear @ok  not too bad right?



149s with three washers behind each wheel, I am sure them being 58s helps. I don't think I'll get to skate it today but I'll try it tomorrow.

@jakeumms I'm glad I'm at least not alone. I initially though the issue was with the nylock on one of the nuts but it happened to both and has gotten worse. You're probably right about it being COVID-related QC issues. First time this has happened to me since the 90s.

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@Nth syd bear @ok  not too bad right?



149s with three washers behind each wheel, I am sure them being 58s helps. I don't think I'll get to skate it today but I'll try it tomorrow.

@jakeumms I'm glad I'm at least not alone. I initially though the issue was with the nylock on one of the nuts but it happened to both and has gotten worse. You're probably right about it being COVID-related QC issues. First time this has happened to me since the 90s.

This is hot!
I’m a magic carpeter, especially by the standards of today, but even with that bias, I gotta say that those proportions (deck to truck ratio) look really ideal. I like how 159s turn, but I have to think you’ll be able to get more turn out of this setup, and definitely more flip. Looks dope.

I have espoused some protectionist/or buy local, depends on your perspective I suppose, views re: USA made goods. I prefer to buy stuff closer, mainly a jobs thing. Anyways, some of the rhetoric around the China Indy’s has been pretty uncomfortable, and inaccurate. The bushings seem to be as good as they ever have been. And indy has long had possibly the best qc out of all the truck companies. Best durability. Sucks to hear that they’ve had a rough patch.

[Nth syd bear]

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@Nth syd bear @ok  not too bad right?



149s with three washers behind each wheel, I am sure them being 58s helps. I don't think I'll get to skate it today but I'll try it tomorrow.

@jakeumms I'm glad I'm at least not alone. I initially though the issue was with the nylock on one of the nuts but it happened to both and has gotten worse. You're probably right about it being COVID-related QC issues. First time this has happened to me since the 90s.

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This is hot!
I’m a magic carpeter, especially by the standards of today, but even with that bias, I gotta say that those proportions (deck to truck ratio) look really ideal. I like how 159s turn, but I have to think you’ll be able to get more turn out of this setup, and definitely more flip. Looks dope.

I have espoused some protectionist/or buy local, depends on your perspective I suppose, views re: USA made goods. I prefer to buy stuff closer, mainly a jobs thing. Anyways, some of the rhetoric around the China Indy’s has been pretty uncomfortable, and inaccurate. The bushings seem to be as good as they ever have been. And indy has long had possibly the best qc out of all the truck companies. Best durability. Sucks to hear that they’ve had a rough patch.

Looks magical 

This is good and I see something similar in my future
Even if I didn't like it with normal wheels I reckon that would be perfect with super juice 55mm

In the meantime I'm going to put these 149s on a love seat ive been sitting on .. ..

[Woodshop]

Looks magical 

This is good and I see something similar in my future
Even if I didn't like it with normal wheels I reckon that would be perfect with super juice 55mm

In the meantime I'm going to put these 149s on a love seat ive been sitting on .. ..

I think you would enjoy it.

If it wasn't for distance and shipping costs, I would say this one would be a good one for you to test / swap that I have, as I am not going to skate it, but I am sure someone else locally will appreciate it, as well as giving you the joy of finding, buying and setting up a new one.

Polar Dane 1 deck
9.75 x 31.375 with 14.125 wheelbase
9.25 over front axle
8.75 over back axle
Venture 6.1 trucks
Spitfire 58 mm wheels
Conical Full 99 duro
Bones Swiss bearings
Shortys Silverado bolts

Tried it with a number of wheels and was going to try risers and soft wheels too, but it has been raining non stop the last couple of days.

Fun overall but I need a longer wheelbase.

I also think I would prefer wider trucks on it too, but that is just me.

[Freelancevagrant]

Crosspost from the set up thread.

Krooked Eyes 9.3” with a 15” wb
Film 6.0/155mm
Spitfire f4, 54mm conical full 97a
Bones big balls
Jessup
7/8” Allen

[Woodshop]

Crosspost from the set up thread.

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Krooked Eyes 9.3” with a 15” wb
Film 6.0/155mm
Spitfire f4, 54mm conical full 97a
Bones big balls
Jessup
7/8” Allen

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I hadn't seen any in person, but since you have had the Huffer, how does this one compare?

Looks like a bit more all over, as in a touch bigger, longer, etc but still fits the same trucks, so would be a good one for people if they wanted a slightly bigger Huffer board.

[Freelancevagrant]

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Crosspost from the set up thread.

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Krooked Eyes 9.3” with a 15” wb
Film 6.0/155mm
Spitfire f4, 54mm conical full 97a
Bones big balls
Jessup
7/8” Allen

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I hadn't seen any in person, but since you have had the Huffer, how does this one compare?

Looks like a bit more all over, as in a touch bigger, longer, etc but still fits the same trucks, so would be a good one for people if they wanted a slightly bigger Huffer board.

Easily on par with the huffer as being my favorite shape of all time. Little bit longer wheel base, and a little bit longer and wider overall, 9.3” with a 15” wb and 33” long is really fucking comfortable. I can’t wait for a good transition session on this set up. I’m going to start hoarding these because I really don’t want to run out or they stop selling these.