42" - itās bigger than prototipo
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Added ballpark pricing above cause I was curiousā¦ this is wild
Unless youāre getting serious deals on parts and/or buying everything used, I donāt think anyone can shave 30% off the DIY build price to hit their MSRP. This doesnāt even touch cost of your time and labor, taxes, shipping, tools, the endless list of loctite, epoxy, fasteners, gasket, etc etc.
Fuck it, I might have just convinced myself to buy one.
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Is 42" the deck, or is it the overall length? Asking because the weels extend further.
If the deck is 42, I might want one. 
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It looks like the standing area on this one is about 15 cm more than the evo 40". This is really nice!
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I am really close to pulling the trigger on this.
It would be the same price as my not yet started DIY street cruiser, and Iād have a board in 6 weeks instead of 6-12 monthsā¦ and my girlfriend wouldnāt be upset that Iām soldering in the garage for 4 hours instead of chilling with herā¦
I want one, does esk8.news have a discount code?
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I legit might just buy one next paycheque. The controller is easily 25% of the MSRP and the battery is almost 50% so for about $600 youāre getting all the high end Lacroix hardware plus motors and IMO thatās a fuxkinā steal. Makes DIY shopping lists look like financial suicide lmao.
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Wobble on one truck? Nah, with this you get wobble on both! Itās not you, itās your truck.ā¢
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Double edged sword tho. If the China brands start losing money to this then they will very quickly stop copying evolve and refocus into copying this format. I know if I was a China brand i would be CADing up a matrix clone right now. Very quickly the market could become flooded with barrel clones.
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Also Iād love to see inside one.
Wonder who will be the first brave explorer willing to share itās mysteries.
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If I get one Iām the type to tear into it and see inside before I even ride the thingā¦ And Iām sure Iām not the only one.
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Well there was that Kaly clone by Raldey/Eski that actually used knockoff shockblocks, although it didnāt appear to have ever taken off. Ant Innovation had those knockoff hypertrucks as well, and Meepo also had channel trucks shown in development, although who knows when that comes out.
Itās only just come out.
Yup, but that was likely happening anyway.
Eh it was first shown October last year, so itās been a while. Long enough to have rebranded from Raldey to a new company at least.
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Well, sort of a a rebrand. ESKI was started by the son of the guy who owns Radley.
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Yeah, probably because Raldeyās reputation was tanking pretty hard for other reasons. It was and still is the only China option for a carver board though, and probably the first one to ever feature channels.
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My understanding is there are some issues with the board to include enclosure/water ingress. It does look really nice.
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TBH I never really understood the appeal of a Trampa/Kaly style board. I had a chance to stand on one, and the insane camber was really unsettling and foot placement felt unnatural. Unfortunately it seems like thatās the shape everyoneās copying these days because it looks cooler.
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