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powerboard
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On 6/28/2004 hc
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http://streetsurfer.com/Powerboard/__home.htm
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70's wackyboards
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On 6/28/2004 hc
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http://www.sensestreamz.com/Skatetown/PatentsInventions.htm
weird 70's patents and 70's wackyboards from 'Wide World of Skateboarding'
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anyone heard of these?
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On 6/25/2004
carsh
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I found this gem at the Japanese version of K-mart. Gladly I picked one up. It's what got me truly back into skating and even better into longboarding. It's got the label "Calglo" with the motto "Trucks for a new generation". It's 47" long and about 8.75" wide at the widest. It's 7 layers of what they say to be Canadian maple and I belive them. I've hit the nose a few times on curbs and such and instead of chipping, the wood just dents. It came with 70mm/78a wheels, normal style trucks about the same size as Indy 149's(maybe?!) mounted with wedge risers and sealed abec 5 bearings. All of this cost a grand total of $75. It's a sweet riding board and it rides even better now that I've mounted some RII 180's and 88a Flashbacks with Bones Reds rolling stock. Good flex and nice carving response.
A few attempts at googling in English and Japanese haven't produced much. I was hoping someone might know more about the maker. It just seems to good to belive that it was made by a toy factory.
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new Seismics & widths for the MBII
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On 6/24/2004 Steve in AZ
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Have mine set up with the 155 seismics and 78a g'balls and not much riser, stocker springs (Yellow F, Red R). With the inner rear mounting holes, the thing carves like crazy, and ripped pretty well right outta-da-box at G4.
Now I've got me some 180's, and I think that runnin' the Gumbys or Avs makes them too friggin' wide. So I'm leaning towards using the 83mm Flys both F and R (although PaDan likes the FlyFront-GumbyRear set-up).
And the BEST thing about Seismics? If you're wondering about truck placement or deck clearance or making wheelwells, use your Seismics! Simply put the trucks together without the springs, mount the largest wheel you'll use on that deck, and use that for your measurements! I've also wrapped a Flashback/Flywheel with a sandpaper belt and used that to put the final finish on my custom wheelwells. Sweet! Nuthin' like knowing that you'll never wheelbite!
This works best if you're running similar leading-axle trucks...Seismics or traditional dual-pivots. Randals have trailing axles, so they may require moving the trucks inward 1/2".
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bozi mbII...another update
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On 6/21/2004 vaitus
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..after switching from 184mm darts to 180mm seismics and back to the darts, since the springy ones have found a permanent (maybe) home on the ed economy...found the darts to be a bit dull compared to the seismics, so I swapped them for my long forgotten randals II 180mm (double soft stims and no risers, avilas ) and got quite pleased by the results. not as turny as the seismics but still turny, the double stims make them less tippy than usual, also smoother and surfier (with this board) than seismics. with avilas and randals this rides a bit high but I've come to the conclusion height is good for low/mid speed carving (more leverage). the randals avilas combo feels great and reduces the somewhat excessive tendency of these wheels to slide...slides are easy and controllable but a lot more cahtty than with seismics and especially uptrucks. all in all an outstanding complete that I like a bit more than with seismics.
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wheelman
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On 6/19/2004 hc
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well, I don't think anyone posted a review yet. Pretty pricey for one.
http://www.wheelman.com.au/
I did get to see one up close at the Next Fair (an expo done by Wired).
The demo guy was talking about a downhill motorless version.
www.geocities.com/wackyboards
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xtremely wacky
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On 6/18/2004 vaitus
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anybody posted this already?
http://extremetoysforboys.com/index.php3/item_details/item/185.html
http://www.a2xtreme.com/2000/wheelmanvideompg1.html
http://www.a2xtreme.com/2000/wheelmanvideompg2.html
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newcomer
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On 6/17/2004
Kent
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I am looking into buying a new board and want some suggestions on what to get. When I was in middle school (a decade ago) in Colorado my friend and I would ride hills all the time. Later on I started learning tricks and skating street. I moved to Texas years later and it was too hot and there was nowhere to skate so I slowly gave up. Now and then I still will pick up my board and skate some street. Last year I came into an old, classic style, sector 9 longboard that I use for transportation. The problem is the longboard is just too big to carry around.
What I am looking for is something smaller. I live by some hills so it has to be able to take those (no speed wobble, like my street skateboard). I want a smooth ride. I am interested in riding banks and ditches. I also have an interest in old school tricks. I am a college student so I am on a limited budget, but I still want quality. I am looking to build a complete.
I am in L.A. CA for the summer, any good shops here?
Yhanks for your help.
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e-glide
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On 6/16/2004
Dave H.
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Maybe Exkate will lower the prices on their boards now that there's competition. Or they could take the American solution to competition and sue 'em into the ground. Somebody buy this board and review it. :)
Dave H.
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Hoverboard
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On 6/16/2004
Dave H.
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Looked at the fringeboard site. . .9000 DOLLARS!!!!!!!!!! for a board with a gas engine the size of a small refrigerator. Even the avi of the moving board is noisy.
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fringeboarding
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On 6/16/2004 hc
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looks like about.com have their own wackyboard page ;-)
http://skateboard.about.com/od/fringeboarding/
and the FCR site is listed on there!
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more xboard
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On 6/16/2004 hc
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http://skateboard.about.com/cs/fringeboarding/gr/XBoard.htm
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ice
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On 6/15/2004 hc
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justin, i been riding, not much hills though, just vans.
I will come and ride with you guys this weds,
hopefully you learned how to slide by now. ;-)
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sliding deck
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On 6/15/2004 Hamm
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HC,
I dunno what his most current deck is, but Cliff used to ride the now discontinued Gravity Pro 40, which was the Jeff Budro model before Jeff moved to Sector Nine and his sig model became the Gravity Pro 40. Basically it was a 40" popsicle stick with a 21-22" wheelbase. A comparable deck would be the Dregs Fourty.
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Silver board
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On 6/15/2004 SFKasJ
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Check out the Afroman Numbchuck, the new Big Red X board...can't recall the name or one of the Alva 36" boards, Chicken is making Pocket Pistol Hammerheads in 36 and 38"? inches Dregs has their 40" or just go with the Comet. There are lots of options out there.
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Wacky
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On 6/15/2004
ICE
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Hey HC!!
When you gonna stop lurking around these forums and come out to ride!!!??
Typing and posting
Now that's wacky!!!
ICE
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sliding deck
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On 6/15/2004
hc
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silversurfer,
I am looking for one too. I use to ride a modified powell stealth but it's too flexy after I lengthened the wb. I am riding a skullskates.com board 'all city' model that have great stiffness but the concave is real deep.
Cliff used a gravity board and modified from there, but I forgot which deck he used.
Anyways, hunting for board online is a bitch, nothing replaces being able to stand on a deck and 'feeling it out'.
BTW, I learned a lot from the guys here on NCDSA, without them my site would not exist.
www.geocities.com/sk8sanjose
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Wacky Stuff...
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On 6/15/2004
silversurfer
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hc - you are right the Originals are out of the ordinary. I think they perform great, though. Good overall performance, and awesome turning.
You are right about the stowboard, also. It is a bad design to force you into that uncomfortable stance. Cool portability, though.
Hey, a question. I asked you about a board for sliding and you recommended:
a wheelbase of 19-21", this allows back foot near the kick tail.
wide @9" with mellow concave.
I like stiff maple boards, usually 8-ply for no flex.
Do you know of any production boards that fit this description? The closest I could find was the Comet DH Spoon 36". WB is a little longer than 21" and it's not all maple, nice shape though.
What production boards would match you recommended specs?
Thanks for your help, you are very knowledgeable(sp?) uh, that is you know a lot.
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wacky
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On 6/14/2004 hc
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I use the word 'wacky' as meaning 'out of the ordinary', no positive or negative connotation.
Originals are definitely out of the ordinary.
Never ridden the stowboard, but having the front foot in a basket and point forwards at all time is just bad design. Period.
Carver trucks are like two trucks piggy back on top of each other. The main pivot is a solid hinge design with steep pivot axis and lightly sprung. The wheels' contact patch trails the 'main' pivot axis (aka positive trail) by a lot, which is unusual comparing to a regular front truck (negative trail). The second pivot uses convention style skate truck offering deck lean.
Anyways, I test rode it before and wasn't too thrill with it, but as with any wackyboard certain adaptation time would be required. (It felt similar to the extra loose seismic setup that I mentioned.)
Also, the carver trucks just replaces a conventional front truck. I liked it the best on a long wheelbase setup.
www.geocities.com/wackyboards
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SnakeBoard
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On 6/14/2004
silversurfer
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I just saw one of those last night. A kid was doing some pretty radical stuff right outside my store in the back parking lot. Looked cool, but I don't think I would do the tricks he was doing with my feet velcroed to my board.
He had one of those folding portable boards (stowboard?) too. Another wacky board. Great for traveling, but not much stace space. Actually, it kind of forces you into a wierd stace. hc you are probably familiar with that one to?
So you've tried the Carver trucks? How do they work? Would I get wheel bite if I put them on a standard set up? What would be a good deck and wheels to match up with those trucks? Or are they not worth the trouble?
I have an Original Freestyle 43 that I love. You have Original trucks on your Wacky boards page. I don't think they are really that wacky. They turn great and overall performance is really good. I seem to be one of the few peope here on the forums who really like them, though.
I think that webmaster Adam likes the Original trucks (am I right Adam?).
Adam, what deck and wheels are you using with your Original trucks?
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self propulsion
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On 6/14/2004 hc
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low speed wiggling is entertaining.
I could do it on snakeboards, carver trucks, flowlab, and ...
skateboards with real loose rigid pivot front trucks,
use a narrow hanger seismic with either no springs or very light spring (from the hardware store), you can pump at walking speeds and uphill.
Some Japanese slalomers have setup like this.
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X board
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On 6/14/2004
silversurfer
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very interesting...I would like to try it also.
I like the idea of propelling the board without putting your foot down.
The Carver trucks are supposed to allow you to propel like that (?) too.
Anyone ever try those?
Anyway x board looks like another good addition to your wacky board page.
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xboard
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On 6/14/2004 hc
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I want to try it..
http://datatronintl.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=43
links from skateboardingsux.com
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exkate?
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On 6/14/2004 hc
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http://www.e-glide.com/index.html
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surf stik
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On 6/12/2004 vaitus
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interesting post kid a....I guess the reduced frequence of the wobbles compared to RII's and the added stability even with loose springs come from the extra wide trucks.
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