My new old school board

[pawnluvguitarist]

I fucking LOVE that they can put Peralta's name back on the reissues.

I came back from an injury by getting a Vato's Bones reissue deck, double risers, and pool wheels with the intent to basically start over from when I was a kid and relearn everything I never could bring myself to do growing up. I now hang the deck proudly on my wall, but always wished it didn't say "Powell Classic" on the topsheet when I was riding it.

Here's hoping the old-tech deck does for your style what it did for mine, sir.

Mighty fine purchase, indeed.

thanks dude, can't wait to skate this thing. I have a feeling no concave and that long popless nose are gonna do wonders for flatground. I'll probably use it just for that, and keep my Brew Killers deck for bombing hills and other misc non flatgroundish stuff

[replicant]

I think I still have an old thrashed out Welinder and Mullen in storage somewhere. That is a lovely board you have there. Can't wait to see new footy with it. If they still have the old habit (mushrooming and seperating) I'd recommend grabbing a set of tailbones for use on each end as it will add probably 1000% to the life of it from the abuse.

Edit: Forgot on the tailbones you'll need to sand them down so they go flush as they have a tendency to always hang a bit over the rounded edges of the deck.

[bohemian]

vcj grpx are all epic

[pawnluvguitarist]

I think I still have an old thrashed out Welinder and Mullen in storage somewhere. That is a lovely board you have there. Can't wait to see new footy with it. If they still have the old habit (mushrooming and seperating) I'd recommend grabbing a set of tailbones for use on each end as it will add probably 1000% to the life of it from the abuse.

Edit: Forgot on the tailbones you'll need to sand them down so they go flush as they have a tendency to always hang a bit over the rounded edges of the deck.

thanks man, I'll see how it goes, but i think for this first wave of old school boards I'd rather not have any guards/tailbones or whatever. Especially since i love grabbing the board. I'll see how i like it, how it wares and lasts.

[pawnluvguitarist]

im going to be keeping my trucks and wheels on my old set up:



just ordered some trucks and wheels, went with the lowest/lightest Indys and some soft 52 mm filmer wheels

http://www.a51.ca/skateshop/shop/pro...ies-black-129/

http://www.a51.ca/skateshop/shop/pro...ared-evans-52/

[DonVigo]

I just scored a set of Aces for my newest setup, and I LOVE the things. I was on the east coast, at a skatepark a buddy runs, and one of the local pro's and some Ishod Wier guy (HELL of a nice guy, and yeah, I know he's one of the best am's out) got into a convo about 'em. Local guy said they're based on the 80's era Indy design. I love 'em. They're stable enough that I ride 'em looser than the indy's I came off of.

[pawnluvguitarist]

I just scored a set of Aces for my newest setup, and I LOVE the things. I was on the east coast, at a skatepark a buddy runs, and one of the local pro's and some Ishod Wier guy (HELL of a nice guy, and yeah, I know he's one of the best am's out) got into a convo about 'em. Local guy said they're based on the 80's era Indy design. I love 'em. They're stable enough that I ride 'em looser than the indy's I came off of.

was it this one? http://www.a51.ca/skateshop/shop/pro...trucks-00-raw/

was one of my choices, says its recommended for 6.5" and under board widths while most of them that i looked at had a range more in the 7-8" range.

[DonVigo]

Mine are gold, but yeah, that's them.

Generally, for the last... Shit, 20 years I've only been able to fall in love with Indy's. All I've ridden since... Hell, the last new trucks before I tried the Ace's were Fury's when they came out, but I switched out of those pretty damn quick. The Ace's replaced some 7 year old Indy's I was totally married to, and I'm VERY pleased with them. Like I said, the old design. Makes them feel very, very familiar. I'd figure with all that kick-ass freestyling you do the extra stability would help. I'm an old pool/bowl/transition junkie, and they let me loosen up to the point that I'm finding new lines at the park I've been riding on and off for over 10 years. I love 'em.