I snapped every pair of tensors I ever had. Finally switched to Inde and then Thunder, haven’t snapped any since
Magnesium trucks make a nice noise on metal but I swear they grind worse on stone
+1 for Thunder. Best name. No nazi affiliations
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Someone here said they do something to brand new grip tape to make it less grippy. Who was it? I’d like to learn more of your mysterious ways
Edit - semi-related, has anyone noticed a new or different backing paper to Jessup? I don’t like it
Doesn’t everyone give their grip a quick sand with the off-cuts to take the edge off?
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I never usually do but I was given jessup ultra grip the other day which is more abrasive. Gave it a once over with a corner piece.
+1. Give a freshly gripped board an all-over ‘wipe’ with an off cut, just to take the bite out of it.
And also the bit on the nose where you grab it so it doesn’t kill your thumb.
And hard around the edges to melt the glue down nice 
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That’s the routine 
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I do the edges but never the middle. I normally fuck it up somewhere as well, usually between the rail and tail on my heel side.
Gripping a new deck is one of life’s pleasures for me 
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Yup. And plopping on* a couple of stickers.
(* actually, taking too long to consider choice and placement)
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sorry late reply been away! absolutely 100% worth it, not popped and still feel fantastic
think i got the 60 quid ish ones
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i sand mine down loads 
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i do the same however i know some absolute savages who dont sand the top nor the edges
Any skated one of those 8.9 Heroin egg decks?
How’s it skate? Do you notice the shape after a while?
Been skating a slick welcome board for 18 months and I’ve realised it’s now a soggy, heavy and limp drain on my enjoyment of skating.
I’ve been skating the Lovenskate 8.75 egg as my main setup since October and really love it. On my 3rd one now and have another 3 lined up after that. I don’t really skate flatground on it but it’s perfect for skating curbs, ledges, manual pads and transition.
Wtf you have a different board for flat ground and everything else?
I have different setups and I’ll skate most of them anywhere but I don’t skate flatground if I’m on the 8.75er because it requires too much effort. I can do nollie flips and impossibles and shit on it but I just don’t.
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I thought this looked clever / interesting.
One of those ‘why hasn’t this been thought of before?’ things.
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After skating twin tails for a while (mainly Ishod) and liking the symmetrical…ness of them, but not liking having two short kicks I finally tracked down a twin nose which arrived yesterday. Nice mellow concave and two long kicks.
The bit for the not stoked thread is it’s…well it’s….a….Neen board. And it looks like this. Need some spray paint.
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Yeah that needs a sheet of grip on the bottom too.
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I’d legit sand that off. Couple of minutes with a hand held sander, done
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Just spend an hour doing nose/tail/board slides. Far more enjoyable and the same result.
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