Surfskate tech, can it be useful for esk8?

How-Tos & Esk8 mechanics Hold My Beer
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Here we can talk about surfskate products and how we might want to use them.

non electric discussion is fine, but we love slapping motors on stuff. Don’t we.

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Funny steering trucks. Major Arc, Curfboard, Lean Trucks, and all else that makes your head turn.
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I liek the look of these

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#3

These will be delivered to me in a couple of days.
Apparently these are not ideal for surfskates, but seem perfekt for my trike setup (to decrease turn radius)

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#4

we should use this thread for surfskate trucks. Maybe the title could use work to be more general.

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#5

You need your own entire truck wiki bro.

#6

I’ve only ridden a couple of surfskate trucks.

Paris v2s on waterborne surf adaptor - really not a fan, it’s a slow response time and washed out feeling from those things… not much fun.

Carver CX - suuuper snappy and divey, really nice for low speed pumping and ridiculously sharp turns. Really stoked on the CX.

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#7

Waterbornes adapter is scary as hell. I havent tried other surfskates because of it.

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#8

Don’t let the surf adaptor cast doubt on real surfskate trucks! The surf adaptor is a joke!

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#9

I agree. I just ride really loose rkp, and sometimes turn my back truck around and dewedge the fuck out of it for an extra drifty setup. I just really hated the waterborne. Maybe its just bad for electric iunno. Ive heard carvers are great tho.

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#10

So… anyone have a cheap waterborne adapter to sell me??

#11

I gave mine away for 15 bucks iirc.

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#12

Lol, I used Waterbornes on manual board didn’t think they were that bad, but don’t have much to compare it to. Planning an electric build around them.

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#13

I’ve got one lying around that’s almost brand new if you are looking to try one, got some cosmetic wear on the bottom cuz I used some bolts that were too long but otherwise it works fine. On a smooth road it feels great but the roads where I ride are shitty more often than not.

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#14

https://www.juckerhawaii.co.uk/Carving-Pumping-Achsen-RUGGED-Version-2-Skatesurfer-Trucks-Set-Black

If these are the same diameter as caliber trucks, we might have a really nice way to mount motors on CX clones…

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#15

Tbf if i were gonna electrify surfskate trucks, i’d just use loaded hubs. Easy peasy.

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The build I’m working on, but put on indefinite pause cause I’m lazy/haven’t been motivated lol.

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#17

I like it https://www.reddit.com/r/ElectricSkateboarding/comments/r63txp/i_did_a_thingmaxfind_kit_loaded_tan_tien_105/

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It livesssss, lol.

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#19

There is a thread where those wrapped boards go…

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#20

Lol feel free to move it there