Also, where are you getting the battery from? If this is your first board then I suggest buying a ready-made battery from a trusted builder on here. Maybe Ben’s garage sale has something that works for you –
The surfskate adaptor is a crazy loose setup. Even with just the front adaptor, it was super divey. I have it on a longboard and am still getting used to it haha. It’s like removing all bushings from your truck level loose.
I’d go for a longer deck and start off with just the front adaptor.
I have a couple hundred kms on my Meepo v3 + Waterborne surf adapter, works like a charm for city rides.
Once you learn how to ride it (most of the weight on the back foot) you can do 40km/h without trouble.
The thing is, the faster you go the straighter the adapter wants to be, I haven’t had classic speed wobbles ever.
Ive always wanted to fit an evolve 12 inch tkp hanger on a carver c7 front truck. Has anyone tried this? Might be more solid and ride better than the waterborne.
Maytech remote - I wouldn’t bother with that, it’s garbage. Flipsky VX1 or VX2 is a better budget choice
Personal choice here but if feels like you might be geared a bit high there, 2.5:1 with 200kv motors on 100mm wheels. I’d consider 170kv motors, will take your theoretical weighted top speed from 35mph to 30 but will pay you back with some torque. Depends what you think your estimated average riding speeds will be, I assume a surf skate would be lower than normal.
My personal experience with surfskate trucks is that they feel better on a shorter board.
I am not a fan at all of the waterborne adapter, they make the ride height way too high and just feel gross IMO.
If i was gonna make an e-surfskate, i’d be using carver cx trucks with the loaded hubs.
But personally i don’t really care for the idea. For me the joy of surfskate is gaining momentum through pumping the board… putting motors on one would just be a loose squirelly ride IMO.
Yup. Rode a local dudes DIY eskate w surfskate adapter and it was strange. It was super long and high. Really manoeuvrable and noodly/unstable at low speed and more and more stable with speed. Pretty wierd to ride but interesting to try a completely different setup.