My Skating Changed Forever After This

My first small(er) skateboard for "tech" skating, made everything... different.
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0:00 Intro
0:10 New Skateboard Setup
9:00 Basic Tricks
10:18 Learning Heelflips
11:35 Learning Backside Flips
13:22 Learning Frontside Flips
17:14 Conclusion Of New Setup

[maxxthemelonhead]

Great video! I actually had an opposite change in my skate setup this week. Went from a 9.0 popsicle with a 15 inch wheelbase to the 10.0 Grimple Stix egg board with a 14.62 wheelbase. Also switched from independents on the popsicle to thunders on the egg to even out the wheelbase difference. Honestly having so much fun on the new 10.0 egg. My current skate goals are more focused on getting better with obstacles, slappys, transition, etc. rather than flat ground however.

[Seaneskatejitsu]

Thank you for satisfying my dopamine hit. New skate gear always jazzes me up

[azazelreficulmefistofelicu]

Besides truck geometry / brand that affect the turning, if you want loose trucks use soft bushings if you want tight trucks use hard bushings, the kingpin nut is there basically to keep the truck together. That's the basics.
My madness: Inverted kingpins, Grindking.hard to medium durometer top bushing, cut a nice amount from the top(it depends on brand) bottom bushing soft to medium durometer. Perfect turning without wheelbite.
Not for everyone but definitively works for me.
Have used hard bottom and soft top, no wheelbite but less turning.
Don't get me started with wheelbase, truck brand changes wheelbase and as I am fairly tall less than 14 does not really work for me.
And I started in the 80's when changing board meant changing shape and getting used to a new skate. Broke my first pair of bushings and bought medium ones, when I turned my kingpin upside down and played with the bushings something clicked.
Point being find what works for you and stay away from the madness.

[DarkoNomad]

Dear Zack, you might consider to straighten your lower back to improve your street skating. Bending knees more and lower back less can really help with the form and consistency. For transitions it probably doesn't matter as much but for street skating it might be a deal breaker.

You are basically lowering your pop and cutting your flips and rotation short. So jjust bend your knees more before you pop and keep them in the air. Watch some BATB clips to see how easy it gets over time.

[spencernuzzi]

Loving the street setup and all the flip tricks dawg!!

[john]

Love your contents, the DIY builds are fascinating, and your honest and chill, thanks .

[plyTherapy]

When you have different set ups, you don’t want to stray too far from what you’re used to, so 8.5 is really good vs going to 8.25, if not you spend a lot of time adjusting to the major differences. I love thunders, and like I previously mentioned going from Ace’s with the shortest wheel base to thunders, second longest (venture is even longer) you should expect less turning, but changing to softer bushings should help a little; thunders are a tech truck, meaning they are meant to be more stable.

[syauqejamaludin]

I sized up from 8" popsicle to 9.25" shaped deck and my flip tricks are getting better except tre flip.

[davidleeashkenazi]

Thunders are amazing on a really short w"b board

[taitsmith]

Im 42, and I've never ridden wheels smaller than 54mm. I also skate skate street pretty exclusively. I would skate parks if we had any in my area. But normal for me is 55-56 mm. I really don't think it makes a difference for flip tricks, but now you've got me

[dneck]

backside flips seem SO HARD! nice video. 8.5 is the smallest I go with my size 14 shoes. But have kinda always wondered... "what if?"

[vorpalblades]

Santa Cruz, Madness, Welcome and Scram have the deck specs stamped on the top.

[Tj.R]

I’ve tried every truck thunder is always my go to in my opinion there not stiff or tight out of the box their my favorite truck brand and they’ve never let me down

[burger]

If you like wheelwells, maybe you could do a video on carving diy ones into decks? Lol I always wanted to try it myself, but I barely have enough time and other resources to go skate a few times a week, so... It would be good to see methods that will either work or not.
WKND seems to be the only company that does short wheelbase AND wheelwells...

[dbass]

Back in 90s we rode small wheels and it was awesome. Lower to ground the better. I started again recently after long time. I got krux k5 hollows dlk, 51.5mm high turn well and very light. Why so many people hate krux? They're excellent

[jazzmanworkz]

Well done. Nice park too - wish we had a park in my town

[mulldriftyr]

i would never pay for 44mm wheels, all the wheels i stopped riding even before that. you can still use them, just you stop when they become too small (or you flatspot everyone of them ?)

[Boxcutta]

I’d say either Indy 144/ or royals would give you the turn and the pop

[skatemango]

I'm in the same boat as you now Zack, you got me on 8.75s with 9" 66 AF1s and it's so comfy but I'm missing some old flip tricks that just take so much more effort. I don't think I can go back to 8.25 so I'm hoping 8.5 is a happy medium(tall guy with big feet). Also noticed the shorter axle Aces(44s) don't feel as magical as the 66s to me sadly

[tylerdurden]

Damn Homie! that was rad! Giv'n me some motivation to commit to riding again. Miss it like crazy