I sprinkled/sprayed on the pivot cup and on the bushings where they make contact.
The Llama turned out way better with the narrow hubs for the 6 inch Novas.
It’s still a much rougher ride than the 200x50 CSTs…
Yesterday I got rolled around in front of the house riding switch stance.
It is such an interesting challenge.
I like to do it quite a bit on the Onewheels.
But it’s much harder for me on esk8…
The Matrix III Singularity set up is so easy to turn that it has made this viable and fun.
Oh yeah baby.
Good times had at the skatepark!!!
It really seems like such a long time since we last went… But it can’t be before winter…
When we got there we had it all to ourselves.
First I rolled around on the Nicky and I did pretty well.
I even filmed a little line!!!
Look @fessyfoo
Then I got on the MAD LaCroix set up and it was such fun.
I love this board so much!!!
I did have a good fall…
I was trying to roll up a quarter pipe which I had already done… But the Matrix III got hung up and I just dropped on my side…
Pretty hard
My little padded jacket totally helped. I just kind of fell straight down… But my elbow and shoulder hit on the pads!!!
I was getting pretty frisky I suppose, so it’s not . shocker I fell.
But falling really sucks… I need to not do that.
Be less frisky…
It was my first time trying the Onewheels with the new Vesc Bowl Tube.
It’s so different. And a huge improvement for the skatepark.
I wish I was better at onewheeling… It’s definitely the ride I’m least good at.
I suppose more riding could fix that. But most everything feel better with a throttle for me.
Really loving the four wheels these days.
The little dude is killing it.
He rode the Onewheel probably the most. Or as much as his bike .
And he rolled on his little esk8 and his scooter.
My buddy Drew came over with his GTS and had a great time at the park too!!!
This was really a ton of fun to ride around the park.
I really want to get some better carves through the half bowl,…
that electric accel through bowl pockets looked pretty cool.
50/50 on an esk8 is awesome.
It’s my favorite part.
And now I have goal to make a really clean pass close to the coping with both boards.
I got some work to do!!!
April 18 was Good Friday 2025.
And it was a good day for Esk8.
The UPS dude came earlier and brought mega goodies.
First up is this sweet sweet deck made my Dave Psychotiller.
This is the West Coast Standard Box Turtle.
So I have a Khymera, 2 Llamas, and now this beauty . Thanks a bunch @Dizzie
Thanks @dskate for tipping me off.
Next up is something really, really special.
I have not unboxed an Esk8 since my Wowgo 2S way back in 2017.
Wow.
Just wow!!!
This is so clean, and beautiful. @monsterbuilder
Luckily it was sunny, and I had time, so after charging a little bit I headed out on my mayden voyage on the IonDrive V1 #3
This figure 8 is the only part of my neighborhood that still has decent pavement.
Ever since they layed chip and seal all over the neighborhood, there was a serious decline in urethane wheel riding…
And I do feel a little sketchy riding them.
Especially since these were not MAD wheels.
The Zoobombs felt good. And gripped well.
But I could not let go of the concern of breaking traction…
The Zoobombs were a smidge of an obstacle to really letting loose.
The other hang up was using the VX1 remote, with a thumb wheel instead of my usual trigger remotes.
I did ok mostly. But I can’t live with the thumb wheel remote for good.
I think at some point I would do the wrong thing…
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But this mayden voyage was great, and I didn’t lose traction, or send myself flying with the weird remote.
The V1 is a delight.
It’s super low.
I really like the Hummie Deck.
The trucks were fun to carve on, and felt solid when I pushed speed.
And the wheels just rolled and rolled and rolled.
The drive train was so smooth and quiet.
I have never set up a belt drive as well, and Josh did here.
Heck yeah… I’ve been dying to hear your first impressions. So glad you like the board. Seems like it really fits your riding ethos more than anyone else I know.
I 100% would have gone with the MAD wheels if they were an option when I was spec’ing out the board. Are you going to stick with the Zoobombs or switch them out?
This comment made me laugh. Thanks man. I’m super happy with how the drives ended up. You’ll probably never break a belt with the way the way they are set up. But if you do for some weird reason… you can take advantage of the tooless belt change feature!
I’m dying to try the Akashas on here.
I think that is first.
I want to enjoy the light weight and low profile with small wheels.