I’m calling this board Huhu Honu, which means Angry Sea Turtle in Hawaiian. Edit - i this board became jawzare because it basically became a jaws with a nazare battery pack.
It wasn’t supposed to involve any DIY, but it arrived with a completely drained battery, so here we are.
Current next steps:
Solder up a 12s5p p42a pack with P-groups spot welded by @Skyart
Radium riptide adapters and anti-sink plates in the mail
I don’t know how lacroix went from the timeless beauty of the prototipo to this monstrosity of a design.
The graphics are well under a layer of resin, otherwise I would sand them off and reveal the carbon fiber.
I went with Jessup ultragrip. I wanted something with a little more grip than normal skate grip tape, but mostly I needed an 12" wide grip tape, and this was one of the few that I could find online.
I blew up a sentinel by accidentally shorting next to the xt90 with an allen key. $120 to replace it, bit I’ll call it a win since my eyes are undamaged from the mini fireball I caused.
I bought this board used on FB marketplace. It showed up with a dead battery. Here’s some pics from the teardown and building the new battery. I purchased pre welded p groups from @Skyart . Thank you
Bummer about the battery. But I’m glad you’re making the best of it and really personalizing the board. Grip looks great! I’ma big fan of grip tape. Tried a few frit tops and they’re almost too good at their job. Mob is probably my fave.
They say it’s some sort of snowboard top layer on their decks.
I didn’t like it, too so I just blacked out my board.
Having only the CF and then spots of griptape would be oh so nice.
If I ever need to replace this grip tape, I’ll take a sander and strip off the top layer, bringing it down to the carbon fiber. The carbon weave is interesting in a chaotic way. I’d love to have plain carbon with a few strips of vicious going across the foot pockets.
Ouch.
I once had the idea to make a lonestar out of my regular Nazaré, Lacroix quoted me 500,- euros for the enclosure, the taller baseplates would be another 100,- and I would t have a bigger battery by then.
Mega ouch.
I‘m going with a top box and that’s an end of it.
Adding my new build here. I’ve always wanted to build a demonseed, so here it is. @whaddys sold me this sweet enclosure. It’s shallow so it needed a fat gasket.
No regrets on the vicious grip. This stuff is awesome.
I tried drop thru mounting at first but the clearance was awful. Being so low to the ground feels like you might slide out so I went with top mount.
I’m trying out a gt2b with this build and I like it a lot but it’s big and the trigger pull is pretty light.
Demonseed 42" composite (deck from rayne, $100 for factory 2nd)
It’s a 10s5p p26a pack built by @Mawzie
Bn220 w/ xl idler mounts and paris plates 50/43
Tb6380
Xenith
Duck battery handle
Not much else to say. Love this thing. Super fun to ride. This build is thane and it has that og skateboard feel.
