![]() I definitely plan on ripping pretty hard on the Smoothstar. ![]() The bigger deck will also be better for slide stopping. It'll definitely be a learning curve though. ![]() I've seen people on YouTube hitting 50-60 mph hills on a longboard using Carver trucks so it's possible. I'm definitely looking forward to a bigger deck, 4 inches on the penny nickle tail makes it extremely hard to ride in a bowl especially because my foot is 12 inches. But if you position your feet property than it's okay. I'm literally able to pump/surfskate on that board without kicking for long distances and uphill. We're bombing hills at 20-30 mph on retrospect (bootleg) penny nickle boards 27x7 with insanely loose trucks on a riser. Literally everything is taking longer to ship because of Covid-19 so I'm parting up ahead of time. Every other bump and bruise has turned out to be minor, but I’m also using it specifically for surf training so other than the occasional skate park/pool visit I’m not really risking much. Bugged me at first but that’s been it so far and it would be easily remedied with some wood filler and polish if I really wanted to. Would be dope to see how you’re riding it.Īlso, I did chip the nose of my Manta Ray. If you have ridden it, throw up some vids. I get that you like it extreme but the board may be sketchy for some of the things you’re planning on using it for (bombing hills at 20-30mph for example). Take it on flats or small inclines/declines for a bit first to see if you’ll really want to use it the way you’re thinking. Out of curiosity, have you received and used your Smoothstar yet? If not I’d suggest waiting to purchase a bunch of accessories. When I did use them it was always screws, but that was the 80s/90s. I haven’t used rails or skid plates in a few decades (literally on the original version of that same Roskopp in your picture And maybe an old Hosoi or a Powell/Peralta) so I’m not going to be the best resource on whether screws or an adhesive is better. If you’re doing something different then sure, there may be extra considerations. Smoothstars are awesome surfskates and surf trainers, that’s how a lot of people ride them. I’m not trying to contest your usage or anything, it’s just not the most common way people use the boards. I even ordered like $80 worth of spare parts for the trucks in anticipation to it breaking.Īll good. It takes 2 months to deliver to my area so yeah, I want to absolutely rip on this board without breaking it. IDGAF about scratches but I am putting deck rails on it for board slides and to protect the sticker that I'm going to put on the bottom. $15 and 10 minutes worth of time is better than $130 for a new deck and 2 months of wait time. A bigger heavier board with a spear tipped nose will absolutely break off. If I completely screw it up and the board flys back into the bowl, then it could be nose diving from 10-15 feet in the air. If I fail my landing the board will drop from 6ft up. The nose protector is extremely necessary because I'll be flying out of an 8ft bowl. ![]() It's a blasphemous thing when one skateboarder tells another skateboarder that something is impossible.Īlso, we downhill a lot, it's very necessary. Worst case scenario I put a raiser on bit the tail is sitting at such a low angle, I doubt I'll have to. I'm sure I can do it on a Smoothstar also. I tail-slide-stop on a penny nickle board at around 20-30mph with raised trucks, huge wheels, and the back tail on those are at around a 50 degree angle.
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