Gecko

conversely the J24 was the first truly worldwide one-design keelboat that wasn't associated with the olympics...yes its dated and slow these days but when compared to the Ensign, Echells, Star, Shields and countless other attempts at one design keelboats the J24 is the hands down best for most people. Remember not everyone wants or needs to plane upwind

My brother and I own Laser # 100595...I don't think it's been in the water in 20 years but his daughters will probably use it next year

I've kept a mini in my car or truck for parking lot transpo for many years, and yes for ****s and giggles Mini's are fun to ride. Ace's are Stage 3 Indy's with a more precision casting and much better axels. Since Indy doesn't make 109's anymore and NOS ones are silly expensive Ace 00's are my fix

Candyspanks Rockered Mini 28" x 7.75 x 18.25"WB Ace 00's on Indy Stage X baseplates drilled Oldschool Khiro Shock Wedge front, 1/4 Shock Riser rear Red Translucent 66mm Zigs Bones reds this is the replacement for an Oak and Maple Vlam Mini that I've had in my truck for the last 2 years. Fun little board

you are missing SHR Venoms

I've been using one of these for a few years. I have faced all my trucks and a bunch of my friends trucks I have turned down a couple of Benett 4.5's for friends to use slaloming...it's a very worthwhile investment if you plan to skate for anytime....for the record the infamous Geezer X pointed me in the direction this very counterbore

Xmetals

the color'd thane lasts longer than the older white thane, or so they say the only thing I noticed was that the color's sound a little diffferent

Gravity Clear grip since that's the only clear griptape that works.... I've spent enough time on it to know that I need to have one though not this year. I am searching for a fabric (for a topsheet) and a sheet of Koa (for the bottom) to have Rus press me one this winter

My brother has added this to his quiver....well he will be adding it as soon as he figures out how to explain it to his wife....until then I get to joy ride it up and down my block, it sure is fun....

just picked up a Kanuna Creations Big Stick to skate the bike path with very fun and an awesome workout

that guy is such an uber geek pretty, mind you I can uderstand why he surfs the stuff he is thinking about would drive me insane

WHOA

yeah other than standing on it in my living room I will not be trying it out...no way am I gonna be the one to scratch it Rus builds his classic shapes (in lots of forms) and the modern ones in simple unadorned form as CandySpanks. He is planning on relaunching CandySpanks sometime this summer, I'm assuming completely classic shapes....right now I ask that all the boards he builds for me be Candy Spanks mostly because I want simple construction PS you are probably right....I own up to all mine though I don't parade them

I have a new Jailbait (3rd board in from the left) and I believe (depending on construction) they fall in that price range as well....the Lambchop is the board I like for speed these days my Jailbait is more of a slash and slide board now

my simple maple construction boards run about $109-$119....that beauty on the other hand is a Aspen and Mahogany Vlam bottom sheet with a surf resin hotcoat (think bar top) and aircraft clear I think it was $189

the Sodafactory AKA CandySpanks, Clutch, Airotica is in Bristol RI, I live in Westerly RI....the distance is about 50 miles, Rus is a friend and he makes very nice boards. That last one is too nice for me but my younger brother has some disposable capital and wanted a new board for land paddling. He's shipping the parts to me and I'm assembling it and giving to him for his birthday so to alleviate questions from his wife (he thinks anyway)

Not mine but I get to put this together next week for my brother

for Vlam oak is good though you need another wood to give it some flex, the old loaded vanguards were horizontal laminated oak and IMO felt better than the bamboo. However there is a reason soo many skateboards are made from maple, it is a better material in most conditions

It hasn't been gathered like that in some time, my wife is out of town so I decided to gather and shoot the quiver....I look at my quiver the way many look at a golf bag, each board has a purpose

New Quiver photo.......some things have changed some haven't

CandySpanks 7ply Hoodwalker Abec 11 78a 65mm NoSchools Indy 159mm Stage VII hangers on modded StageX baseplates (Paris Kingpins and 6-hole drilled) I started dancing on a Hypercarve, bought a eastbilt super longboard, awesome for cross stepping but heavy and hard to turn no matter the trucks so I went back to dancing on the Hypercarve until two things happened, the first was I bought a 1st Gen Supercharger for commuting and such, the second was I gave the Hypercarve to my younger brother. He loves it and has put in many miles on it. Left without a dancer I‘ve been dancing on the Supercharger. Over the last year I have come to see it’s limitations for dancing the biggest for me being no foot room on the nose for manuals (props to anyone who can nose many on tiny nosed boards like the dervish, I can’t) ... I reached my limit at the end of the school semester when I was spending 6-8 hours a week dancing and the board was limiting my progression. I had had a short discussion with Rus a few weeks before about my problems dancing on my supercharger, the things I liked when I picked up my Lambchop but I hadn’t finalized anything not to mention I had a new board to play with….that changed after one too many cases of foot bite. I wrote Rus exasperated and asked that the project that we had discuss before be started. I guess now is the point I should explain what I was looking for in a board. I had at that point tried a few peoples Loaded Dancer, and more importantly skated both Orion’s and his brother Brock’s (livehard365) Hoodwalkers I love the hoodwalker shape but unlike Orion I don’t plan on skating park on 52” board so the stiffness of the stock hoodie wasn’t something I needed. Added to that my comfort dancing on the softer 1st gen Supercharger led to me asking for a “soft” Hoodie. Yeah I know vague, but Rus had built 3 boards for me at this point so he know what my idea of stiff was and he know both what the Hypercarve and the supercharger flexed like so he had an idea of what I was looking for. Talking to him the day I picked it up he told me he tried a few different constructions before deciding that the simple 7ply’s of maple fit my needs the best. Now I don’t know know what those other boards feel like (though I believe there are a few that people will be seeing but this one is perfect. When I gripped it was natural to find the camber point, it felt so natural that I placed different grip on that point so that it stood out when walking around. I’ve only had it 3 days now and the first day I was off on my bushing setup by a bit but that’s fixed now. The Flex is very nice not as soft as my supercharger but easier to walk than the charger is. It’s odd set up as it is with NoSchools and Indy 159’s it is an amazing carving board not to mention its pumpable but it is at it’s heart a dancer; once I got the bushing issue figured out I started working on manuals, oldschool kickflips and shuvits, cross stepping carves and pirouettes. I can’t find anything I would do different with its construction so I decided I had best take pictures tonight because I’m starting to scratch it up, I think I’m gonna put stickers on it For the record this has replaced my supercharger as my constantly in the truck when I’m going someplace board

i'm sure you wouldn't mind either of them blowing your horn:eek:

Just because it has to be said....I wanna pull into that draft train :eplus2: you notice the horn?

whew, I'm not financially ready to own another Coiler, back in school. That is a sweet one though exactly what I want for my next board