groovastic Posted September 17, 2007 Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 Hi all! I'm totally new here... I've been tinking of getting myself a longboard for at least a year now. I'd like to get something that would be the best substitute for alpine snowboard carving. I don't know much about longboards, but I've been thinking of following (I find them interesting by looks :o ): Landyachtz The Wedge-Flex Pogo TT Citycruiser 110 cm Arbor Bamboo Pin Loaded Vanguard Bamboo G&S BlackTip Pintail Gravity Carve 46" Kauna Pipeline Lush Bahari Motion Bigfish Sector9 Goddess or maybe some other? What's your suggestion? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pokkis Posted September 17, 2007 Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 Flexboardz, if you look for carving feeling and dont want necessary get longboard feeling :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pow Posted September 17, 2007 Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 the arbor pins dont have a very good feel to them, just my 2Cents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gecko Posted September 17, 2007 Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 I've more than half of those and if you are looking for the closest thing to a snowboards I would say Loaded Vanguard or Dervish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willywhit Posted September 17, 2007 Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 check out http://www.carverskateboards.com/ C7 trucks have a really sweet carving feel, esp short radius turns. we were riding my buddys new Laird 36" last night until dark. The more I ride it, the better it feels. Even at slower speeds it cranks turns. You have to be careful not to get wheel bite and launched. http://www.carverskateboards.com/techinfo/c7.php http://www.holeytruck.com/downloads/silverfishrandalkillers/silverfish_randalkillers.htm we're running 65mm carver wheels http://store.valueweb.com/servlet/carver/Detail?no=28 which are a good deal for $25, really soft 78a the new gumballs are HUGE 76mm and need a cutaway board, maybe one of the new Chubz specials - Vicarious Skates -Hammerhead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdea Posted September 17, 2007 Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 I'd say the loaded vanguard mine really feels softboot snowboarding like, kinda close to hard boots but more snowboard like than anything else I've been on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gecko Posted September 17, 2007 Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 Bob the Dervish is just a drop through Vanguard more stable and better at highspeeds from what I've heard. Force C7's are essentially a Randal RII 180's hangers with a DH baseplate only made much better than Randals (C7's are speed trucks not carving trucks) the R7's are just better made RII 180's. You can find Force R7 Clones on Ebay for a song Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdea Posted September 17, 2007 Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 yup, I actually want a dervish, I like lower most of the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skipuppy Posted September 18, 2007 Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 Bob got me on the Loaded Vanguard. Large bloody gravelly summer accident aside- its the only skateboard I've felt comfortable on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terryw Posted September 18, 2007 Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 Love my carveboard. Thats whats in my avatar. Check out thier webpage. http://www.carveusa.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest carvel Posted September 18, 2007 Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 look at my last vid with the spinskateboards cruiser/carving model http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=pSsy0lr194U, today I have a better setup with a randal 2 trucks with kripto wheels and my board carve really nice, the hook allows better control, stability and carving feel... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willywhit Posted September 18, 2007 Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 carvel, great video ! Thanks for posting that. Is that Biarritz ? South of France ? http://www.spinskateboards.com/contact.php doesn't tom curren live there now ? Say hi to Cookie Puss and Fudgey the Whale edit/wow: http://cdbaby.com/cd/tomcurren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groovastic Posted September 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 Thanks guys! I don't know yet how fast am I gonna learn to ride this thing, but I'm definitely more after some lower layed turns than "slalom" turns when carving a longboard! I hope I'll be able to do that in some time Does this change anything in choosing a board for me? Thanks again! P.S. and this is what I'd like to look like when I grow up. at least in this style ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest carvel Posted September 18, 2007 Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 thanks! Yeah its in Anglet, just 1 minutes of Biarritz and yes Tom lives here, I think he loves this surf spot!The Basques country is a very beautyfull area and a good place for surfing and snowboarding In the vid we didn't have yet randal R2 180 trucks but with this trucks and kripto wheels and bindings, the board carve really really nice, its just amazing cause i turn like on a carveboard but without speed wobble. Its really close to snowboard carving feel, the best i ve tried today with the flexboardz. Its not easy for me to explain what i feel with this board cause my english is not really well :) I will show you a vid of the carving possibilites with this board soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willywhit Posted September 19, 2007 Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 carvel, your english is actually pretty good. Look forward to seeing some more pics and vids. Don't hesitate to post. We're planning a trip to Paris and Amsterdam next month, the wife and I. I wish I could get to the coast, it looks like incredible surfing and a very cool town:biggthump http://www.surfline.com/reports/report_travel.cfm?id=6080 http://www.damien-poullenot.com/ my high school level french is pretty bad, but I can get by http://pierre.pradier.free.fr/index.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest carvel Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 thanks willy! If you come to south west coast, you re welcome here! Some pics of my board When i pull the binding in backside Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gleb Posted September 22, 2007 Report Share Posted September 22, 2007 I got myself a dervish and its the closest to feeling like I'm on a snowboard I've ever had this summer. The carveboard looks sweet but I've never tried it. The downside of the carveboard is that you can't slide so it would make it hard to do what you want to do safetly. I don't know aboute the carvestic though. From what I've seen, the dervish can carve the hell out of 90% of boards out there. if you want to do what are doing, id say a Landyachtz DH race or evo, but thats because they look stable. For carving, defintly the Loaded Dervish or Vangard. Good luck man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gecko Posted September 22, 2007 Report Share Posted September 22, 2007 while Landy boards are stable there are lots of boards that are just as good if not better. Kebbek, Chicago Longboards and Rayne are but 3 such examples. Loaded is rumored to have a speedboard in the works but no one knows when it is expected Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest carvel Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 frontside carving pics and my last downhill vid in the Bardenas desert in spain:lurk: http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=7cnLx2bLLdo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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