Bushings are my favorite (and the easiest!) way to tune a board, and though I have tried many kinds, my love for Venom bushings rises above all others. There is a particular snap to Venoms that no one else comes close to; they are the Tracker Stims of the modern era. OK, about those new …
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New Venom Shapes?!
omgwtfbbq! Venom has new shapes? … have I been living in a cave?!! How did I not know about this? Stepped cones? Kegs? What the hell even is all this stuff? … Got some reading and thinking to do. Bushings
Try Weird Things!
I stumbled across an interesting bushing combination by accident. The Riptides have been fun to ride on, but I am still looking for the ideal dancer/carver hybrid, so I needed to add some stability to that rear truck. Pictured is the rear truck with a red Riptide fat cone (aka “Fatboy”) on bottom, and an …
Tuning for a Carver/Dancer combo on the Vanguard
I have been riding on the Loaded Vanguard almost exclusively for a while, digging the unparalleled carviture. The bushing setup for the version is what I call a “Supercarve” : extra snappy bushings, usually some version of SHR, cones, very loose trucks. Basically a deathtrap if you ride over 20mph tho, and shite at dancing …
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Chuck Taylor – the ultimate skate shoe
For lots of people, its all about Vans, Etnies, Fallen, or whatever, but for me the ultimate skate shoe is the good ol’ Converse Chuck Taylor. Everything else feels like a clunky boot, and there is nothing like a pair of slightly worn chucks for feeling the board under your feet. Since I ride with …
How many vain chimeras … do I rip on the daily?
… if you know both of those references, then we should probably be friends.
Oh, for the love of bushings!
Tuning the Mermaid
To combat the inexorable accretion of body fat that necessarily follows the formula of {covid + couch + beer} I decided to dust off the LDP board and get some exericise. Time for some config! First the basics of the build Deck: Roe Mermaid LDPTrucks: Custom. Bennett in front, wedged 22 degrees, with custom Cindrich …
Northern California Uphill Longboarding and Masochism Society
Announcing a new group dedicated to a little-known niche aspect of the sport (NCULMS). Feel the burn! That climb was slow and grueling, woot! Let’s do that again!
New year, new leaf, new post
So I think I might start blogging again, and make some use of this perfectly good, if ignominiously ignored, website. Thanks WP, for not recycling this site. I predict my next post after this will be less than 8 years from now …
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