If someone can tell me if brand new motors are meant to look like this, that would be great.
Otherwise @torqueboards 
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Happy Birthday!!! enjoy your day, i hope you get to do whatever you want!
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The v5 can handle up to 18s, maybe higher.
@Skyart has some for sale on his website or Ali if you don’t mind the wait.
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nice sounds sick Thx man!!
My heart is heavy. I realize that Josh may have been an inspiration to many of you, as he certainly inspired some of my daredevil hill bombing extravaganzas, but rest assured knowing this-
From CNN article:
“As the world sheds a tear, we should know that he passed doing what he loved, having just experienced the Northern Lights in Iceland for the first time commenting, ‘This is the happiest day of my life.’”
Tragic nonetheless 
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He posted a 113km/h (70mph) analog run just two weeks ago.
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Them be words my dude
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where?
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Holy shit. No 
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I poured 17 out for him last night. Dude was a fuckin madman. So much steez.
Anyone who has the courage to celebrate their failures deserves massive respect. The first video I ever saw of his was this one, and I fell in love immediately.
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Way too young 
, was barely drinking of age
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Dude slides down a couple cliffs and is unfazed…
Bet you he’s shredding in the afterlife already
Peep the 69 mph wobble 
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The way he crashes and just does this bridge thing with his body,& puts hands & feet down, lifts body is insane! Most of the time he pops back up like it’s no big deal
. I guess he doesn’t wear gear because of the aerodynamic drag. You would think the enormous brass balls would have drag of their own, but they must be streamlined (i suspect they are made of tungsten in reality). I love his videos, they make me look like a pussy with all my gear on worried about crashing at a mere 30-35 MPH
Legsofsteel
EDIT: when I wrote this he was gone and as usual I was clueless, just chattering away, typical of me late to know a dude I admired(exceedingly rare this)was gone . A few posts down I read some members post and bam! World is a bit less AWSOME.
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He wears gear pretty much all the time, actually. It’s just hidden under his clothes. I guess it just looks nicer that way for filming purposes.
You can spot knee pads and back protection if you look closely. (:
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I see those, but that’s pretty minimal considering he almost goes off cliffs. To be honest I did not spot the knee pro. I crashed at 35, though I think a car side swiped me, I had this
With a lazy rolling armored jacket with level 2 pads over it, and a full face helmet.
I had wrist pro as well as hip pads,knee /shin guards . I broke 5 ribs, my throttle thumb, got a concussion and a huge cyst on my hip
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Obviously knowing how to crash is important, I am trying to change my gear to slide better I’ll be wearing leathers when I can and I’m not riding with others because I look stupid,I don’t care how I look but I don’t want to embarrass my new esk8 friends. , I have no memory of the accident, well I remember getting up and riding a half mile but the fireworks in my head said “ bro call an Uber “ and “look at the red popping stars, pretty”
A member here recently told me wrist pro increases finger injuries, I guess that makes sense, but I have a badly damaged left wrist I WOULD NOT LIKE TO BREAK EVER AGAIN, chances are it would not be repairable if the plates that hold it together failed Or broke next to it. I’ve had my fingers touch my elbow (pretty close to,it)I can’t recommend it YMMV
I’ll be wearing this when I’m alone at night, no words on it except my name on my ass like a tramp stamp
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If someone wants that helmet I’ll give it for shipping, you can actually see fine out of it. I’m full time in a snell rated MC helmet now
It’s as light as a TSG pass but obviously a bit bigger
Plus carbon fiber blocks radio waves, CARBON IS THE NEW TINFOIL HAT
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Oh man, this is so sad. Josh was my favourite longboarder ever. Despite all the crazy stuff he’s done… It was an accident plane crash? I can’t believe this…
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