davekempmeister Posted September 8, 2007 Report Share Posted September 8, 2007 Tanker 187 with wide waist preferable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tex1230 Posted September 24, 2007 Report Share Posted September 24, 2007 one on the bay right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Sub Posted September 25, 2007 Report Share Posted September 25, 2007 there's a 182 on ebay, but its OOOOOLD and not a 187, BUT...I think back then they were wider... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svr Posted September 25, 2007 Report Share Posted September 25, 2007 Actually the newer ones are wider...with taper and larger sidecuts as well. The one on ebay is the very first model of tanker produced...before there were tankers, rad-air's longboard model was the obsession. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davekempmeister Posted September 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2007 Thanks for the heads up fellas. I called the Tanker distributor recently (Exotic Boards - Winton, CA) and spoke to RJ. I'm gonna pick up a previous years model 187 for $550. He'll call me when he gets his hands on it. Anyway, thanks for lookin' out. Tex, I'll be a dad again for the 2nd time any day now and this season my adventures will be a bit curtailed. I.E., lots of quick jaunts up the 95 corridor into NY, VT, NH. When time comes, I'll post up and see if our itineraries can reconcile. I know you wear a path to Stratton - somehow I've been everywhere but. Perhaps you could show me around the place. Just a thought, not inviting myself entirely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davekempmeister Posted September 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2007 Just got a look at the Tanker on e.bay - looks like Carolina Blue. My wife went to Duke and wouldn't let it in the house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Sub Posted September 29, 2007 Report Share Posted September 29, 2007 Actually the newer ones are wider...with taper and larger sidecuts as well. The one on ebay is the very first model of tanker produced...before there were tankers, rad-air's longboard model was the obsession. Since you corrected me...I wanted clarification. That board that is/was on ebay looked like a mid-90s, and those were pretty darn planky-wide, no? I thought modern tankers were around 24.x unless you got a "wide" model? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svr Posted September 29, 2007 Report Share Posted September 29, 2007 D-sub, yes the early tankers were fairly wide, but the 06/07 and 07-08's are almost a cm wider in the waist and nose and the tail is narrower because they have taper and larger sidecuts then the older ones. The overall width's of the regular tankers (162, 172,182, 192 and 200) did not change much from the first model (the one that was on e-bay) until the new ones (less than .5 cm). Most of the changes had been in sidecut, flex, and materials. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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