Potentially too light with too much flyaway feel?
I’m a fanny so I need a relatively light set up so am on Indy Ti in 139. I probably undo that reduction by skating 54mm wheels instead of 52mm….and on mid trucks….stop, shut up and stop thinking Mike.
I don’t flip my board much and for years thought a bigger board was better but I tried a 7.75 and some lighter trucks and realised that it gave me more pop, I assume because of the weight. I’m trying to get some pop back at the moment to hopefully get some ledge tricks back, and I’m thinking a lighter set up might help. Also considering a Powell flight deck or Santa Cruz VX board, if anyone has any experience of those.
I don’t flip my board much ( for ‘much’ read ‘at all’) so maybe I’m not the best person to give advice, but my experience is that once it’s under your feet, the weight of a board makes no difference at all.
I’ve had super-light setups - I’ve had the Theeve trucks with the one-piece titanium hanger/axle and flight decks, and I’ve had standard 7-ply and full-fat Indy’s. And once I was riding I couldn’t tell the difference. I still buy hollow trucks, nevertheless. Just because.
But I’d say what really gives you pop and speed
Is muscle power and skill.
Loads to take into consideration really. I have an ok ollie for an old Michael Fabricant. It has been a long time since I skated a heavy or super light set up, but I found the answer for me personally to be somewhere in the middle. Loads more higher skilled folk on here may have found something different to me!
Thanks @Mike and @Sleipnir. There’s every chance it not just weight but the tail shape and concave is helping also. That said, quite interested to experiment a bit and see what happens.
I started flipping my board again more recently and it’s pretty satisfying! I did 3 different flip tricks on a 8.75 Lovenskate egg the other day and it felt goooood. I’m 44 and definitely don’t have the pop I had when I was younger but I try to skate every day which helps staying in shape (well, at least that’s what I hope!).
Have fun!
Fuck!? Fair play. I’m actually quite enjoying playing around with things like board type, trucks, etc to see what works. But you may need to check me if you catch me on here in a few weeks talking about wheel base.
They were straight flip tricks (kickflip, heelflip, nollie flip) and that board has a short wheelbase (14 inches). I was still surprised to land them kinda easily!
I’ve ground my trucks down to the point where I can feel my stock kingpin grinding on normal grinds. I have a set of standard Indy plates with the inverted kingpins so I think they will go on my next board…
Just read that back. How boring 
I’m no expert on wheel base but they were talking in the Mostly Skateboarding podcast about how Quasi had published details of the shape each team member rides and Dylan Jaeb’s shape has by far the shortest wheels base, but is also the longest board, so must have a really long nose/tail. I’m finding it hard to understand how he does what he does on a shape like that.
FWIW, these are my favourite shapes and always have been, even when I was ‘good’ (read: tried hard) back in the day. I feel like that long nose/tail combo gives me the most consistent pop and, therefore, confidence rolling up to stuff. Swb keeps the overall length within reason for tricks like tre flips. Maybe his shape is extreme, but to me at least, that sounds pretty good. Now I’m considering picking up his board tbh…
Edit: Just found out Quasi boards are ~90 quid here so prob not, but I would like to.
I’ve got no idea on wheelbase as I’ve never really paid much attention but tail length definitely makes sense. I’m a big fan of a long tapered tail.
Also agree on the price, wanted to try a Santa Cruz VX until I saw they were over £100 and obviously they don’t do a 7.75.
About to get some Lurpiv hollows. Anyone got any experience of them?
Yes. They’re my all-time favourite trucks.
They have a responsive turn, like Ace, but also an ant-wheelbite feature on the pivot cup that means I don’t even get scuff marks on my deck from my 54mm wheels - and I run them loose.
Plus there’s the look, which you’re either going to love or hate.
I’m not convinced that hollow trucks feel or perform any differently to regular versions. But I bought the hollows anyway. I always do.
Cheers. Just ordered them. Personally I really like the way they look. Been looking at a few light weight truck options. Was seriously considering Tensor Mags for a minute but general sense was that they are pretty flimsy. Looking forward to setting them up.