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I have just purchased a Carver Bing with C7 trucks. I already own a Green room with CX trucks- I prefer the C7 at the moment. Very useful video as always. Many thanks from Cornwall, UK.

Hey one thing I didn't notice in your selection (even in the boards in back), was Revenge trucks. I have ridden Revenge trucks for years, and am thinking about getting a Waterborne adapter to use with them. But I also know that Revenge is kinda a dated tech? (Or maybe it's just proven?) but I get a lot of people asking me about my Revenge trucks, and they are often surprised at how turny they are. And I'm curious what your own opinion of them is compared to other surf skate trucks. Thanks!

I've almost watched all your videos. Just wanted to thank you for all the work you've put in this videos.

Your video convinced me to buy the WB FIN System. I'm planning to use it on my penny longboard & on my Landyachtz Dinghy. was over the fence on starting to skate being 36 yo. I had some experience as a kid, but never really give it a chance back then. You inspired me to start again with something that has always fascinated me. Kudos man!

Zealous are my choice!

Great video, thanks for taking the time to geek out about all of that! Can I ask your height/weight? I measured my stance on a goof balance board and it’s about the same as yours, 18”. I also had my eye on a few carvers and the proteus was one of them. Which trucks did you go with and which length deck? Looks like the CX on all your options. Is that right? If so why CX over C7? What size would you do in CX or the C7 for your own? Thanks again!

Would the basic raisers for the cx from carver work? Im not experienced in replacing or tinkering with hardware and googled carver risers for cx i just dont know if they are thick enough for this board?

what angle is this pipe?

Hey David, could you make a manual tutorial video please, I have a hard time learning those 😅

Very good video, thank you so much for all the effort! Greetings from Thailand💛

Thanks!

Hi. I like your videos... I like your videos... Could you show us how the trucks are placed on the surfskate? I mean position. Thanks

Just got some 81a for my Blacktip. Can't wait to hit the park with them. Thanks for sending a sticker pack with my order as well. Nice surprise. 🤙

Love the part where people sent you their opinions :)

Just came back to surf again ❤❤

decathlon has a nice shape, template it make one with conclave, change truck call it a day. Or just change trucks 😅

Thank you so much for saving my money. I've been thinking about buying a Sector9 complete with these trucks. Though they look hitech and cool.

Incredible video! People don't even understand how much work went into this.... Well done! I want a YOW for summer snowboard carving exercise... Torn between a 19" and a 21" wheelbase of the Teahupoo and the San Onofre... Any ideas? 17" WB is definitely too snappy for what I need. Cheers and keep up the great work!! Lars

Thanks so much for all your videos! its super helpful

Really good video my god lol thank you for the knowledge!

Very nice setup! Also which ghost town you filmed this video in where are all the people 😊 .

You helped me big time with bowl carving - now this - my flat pumping has improved big time as well. I have my Arbor Rally with Paris V2 180mm trucks - quite wide for the board and am riding them fairly loose - they are stable don’t think I want to go down the carver trucks route, but do they make a significant difference?

Love Carver trucks, both varieties. Before I got into surfskating I was a bit scared of longboards because of the speed, as I face my sixtieth birthday. Surfskating lets me ride a board in a way I feel I can control, whizzing around on the flat in an expressive way. Tumbles aren’t bad and the workout is whole body!! For a greybeard I’ve managed to get a respectably ripped body.

I have a Carver with an CX truck, but it‘s not as easy to generate speed on it. I don‘t really know where the problem is.

That’s the best vedio in CZcams for beginners

brilliant processes!

Thank you!!! Awesome video!

For Curfboard, it looks like more riser pads are needed to create more lean.

Swelltech is an acquired taste, but you just need a few hours to adjust to appreciate its looseness.

Yessssss 🎉

Great video, I'll def be attempting some of these! How to you maintain so much speed on flats without having to push?

Having multiple boards does help depending on what kind of experience you're looking, the place you're going to skate, and even the weather. The important thing is that you're not creating a useless board that won't see the light of day.

Now this is a really good tutorial. Thanks mate!

One of my favorites is using stuff on the ground like painted dashed lines, gum, geese poop, and leaves/sticks/etc as an imaginary slalom course. It's fun to see just how tight of a turn you can make to miss the obstacle.

One of the best videos on your channel! Thank you David and Steve! 👍

what surfskate model do you use in the video?

*Amazin pumpin/carvin!* 🤟🏽🤙🏽🤟🏽

Thanks for your vid! For some reason I really struggle with backside 180° powerslides riding surfskates even though throwing in bs *360°* powerslides on flatground and in transitions had been a go-to maneuvre of choice for me back when I was still riding "classic" skateboard.. It's been more than a decade since I quit due to a broken wrist and limited myself to cruising which would eventually bring me to surfskating in the years since - until recently when I couldn't resist to drop into a freshly finished miniramp with my battleship of a surfskate which would lead to rock to fakies and 50-50s even though I've been out for years and was riding an unsuited setup (a 32.5" by 10" _YOW "Snappers"_ with Hydroponic's_ 'Carver CX style' trucks and _Retro Wheels' 65mm "ErnieZ" I had specifically equipped with a hybrid truck system so it would be a little less sketchy rolling fakie - to no avail as far as it applies to skating transition as I came to find 😅) and given that I'm somehow 37 years of age at this point I was incredibly stocked because I never would have possibly expected being capable to pull off somewhat solid runs with various basic tricks still dialed in under conditions like this when I wouldn't have expected to ever drop into a ramp again the very same morning! The next day I purchased what's needed for a classic popsicle setup besides a pair of trucks I had still laying around - because I've actually learned from my broken wrist for once I had pads and wristguards for more aggressive surfskating stuff already and a few days ago I made my final purchase after it had occured to me that I was at this point indeed _old enough to wear a helmet_ - so now I can take full advantage of the fact that a ten minute walk from my place there's a former inner city airport which had been shut down and opened to the public as a unique park of sorts 15 years ago where a legitimate surfskate scene has developed at a site where the asphalt is particularly smooth so all sorts of rolling sports enthusiasts are gathering there (with exception of the land-kiters to whom one of two legitimate former runways is dedicated - quite possibly the only place worldwide where you regularly can and are permitted to land-kite within the inner city districts of a major metropole) all while a three minute walk across the former airfield you can find a dedicated _streetskating plaza_ which had gotten accompanied by both a smaller as well as a quite large wooden miniramp, all accessible for free. 😁 I hope to revive my transition skating and hope to achieve some carry-over for my surfskating in exchange, just as I hope to now profit of my surfskating when skating ramps because in the meantime me working sufficiently with my center of gravity has become way better internalized thanks to "aggressive flatground surfskating" in recent years as I came to realize on said occasion when trying a miniramp with a surfskate after years of hiatus, rolling out sketchy situations which would have buried my face in the ramp's flat back in the day simply because now I would hold myself lower, instinctivly lowering myself even further into an outright crouched position going back down the ramp so the board would essencially slide following my center of gravity instead of shooting off into some random direction opposite of mine.. Sorry for being so verbise but I'm euphoric about all things skateboarding related as I haven't been since teenage days while being as motivated as never before and particularly not back then - I even got addicted to fingerboarding again after coming across an old setup from the 2000's when cleaning up. I looked into it, went to one of only four or five dedicated fingerboard stores worldwide which is coincidentally located around here as well in order to get a modern setup after the scene had developed immensely in the underground after the late 90' s fad had ceased and decks had gotten wider in comparison to the professional fingerboard decks in my days. Today you not only have real 5-ply hardwood decks and urethane wheels with legitimate ball bearings but a whole range of professional quality trucks to pick from - and a vibrant scene of practitioners who in the huge majority of cases are skateboarders most and foremost with fingerboarding just being a fun extension of the wider skateboarding culture, with numerous large wooden or concrete fingerboard parks and international visitors Guess in combination it all hints towards me entering the infamous _Midlife Crisis_ - but if it shows this way instead of turnig me into a creep driving a too expensive cabriolet or a part-time rocker atop a seat-heated stock Harley I'm all here for it! 🛹🤘

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Thanks for the vid! I'm just about to get my first surfskate tomorrow and looking forward to carving some hills. I already carve steeps (25-32° stuff) with a snowboard and your vid confirmed I can just use the same techniques to control my speed. Thanks!

Steve I love your videos so much, it inspired me to get a surf skate. I was lucky to acquire a Carver 33 inch board with C7 trucks. I really felt like I was getting the flow down when it jackknifed on me. I'm not entirely sure why, I believe I was going too slow and my front foot crept too far forward. Now I am very concerned about wheel biting and jack knifing on this thing. I tightened it up a bit but now it still feels kinda sketchy but doesn't pump nicely anymore lol. If you have any info or a place to point me for different bushing set ups, or how to exactly dial in a C7 to avoid jack knifing, that would be amazing

Carver makes a really fast smooth bearing.

Absolute devotion mate. I have four different surfskate and to be honest one of them is wickedly dangerous and unstable due to incorrect wheelbase sizing- perfect for my wife to ride luckily! Excellent informative video. Many thanks

Ha! Love it, I have mine setup with the Curfboard Trucks and some Fatty Hawgs, still light and agile even though so wide, very fun ride, great video!

well done, you are the best. you really encouraged me. I started surfing a year and a half ago, I'm 63 and a half years old, I started surfskating despite the fear of hurting myself. I now understand why I am not evolving, because I only practice once a week. thanks again

What a wonderful spot for cuising!

Great vid as ever. I have a slide Neme pro- it was the first surfskate i bought. I love the trucks but would like a deck with a longer wheelbase. Can you forsee any problems with putting my slide trucks on a longer board (37/38")? cheers!

Im wondering how the abians are in comparison.

I've recently been looking into getting a C7 front truck.... I think the rear truck feel Ace is talking about is due to the geometry of the C2 rear truck having the axle so far behind the pivot axis point which creates a bit of a trailing castor wheel effect that makes it turn sooner and sharper when first starting to turn. I've ridden one on the rear and to me it feels like my rear foot is turning too much and coming out from under me a bit. I much prefer the feel of an RKP truck on the rear so I'm going to try running a C7 on the front and Paris type RKP on the rear and see how that feels.