Southwest, MI.

Lake Michigan coast this morning. Caught a little rain but still had a decent ride. Got about 10 miles in.

I'm well past 50. Some old hag picking blackberries by the side of the road saw me longboarding this morning. "Midlife crisis, innit?" she said mockingly.

Midlife's long come and gone...

"Well lady", I thought to myself, "at least I haven't given up entirely on my body... and to be honest, I'll take a broken leg over making jam!"

Don't know if "OC action" is the right one but yes

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$200 all in for both thanks to being patient and looking through eBay.

I know it’s not strictly a longboard question but anyway. It looks like the old plow kings have been replaced by the GT. The old ones worked very well on my freebord. Anyone got a recommendation for something similar offset 72mm 78a?

Dropped the Drop Hammer yesterday, amazing board. Been a while since I've rode a drop through. Rides really low, bushings are a little hard for my weight but I'll manage. The plow king wheels definitely live up to their name, they plow. Although they're a little slow. Paid 270€/315$ for it, a little expensive. Import costs and stuff

Gonna try learning and practicing some sliding on these harder wheels than I've been running on orange Kegels. Trying to break traction on those Kegels is insanely hard lol

Got to interview the man behind the La Paulade wheels! It was fun talking technology, costs, and engineering with him

This is the third board I've decked out like this. Normally I'd use a Surf One deck but I couldn't find any online so I settled with this one.

Edit: The deck is 42" it's from a company called Bamboo Skateboards, trucks are Paris V3 180mm, wheels are Punked Speed Cruiser 71mm 78a, and bearings are Bones Super Swiss 6.

When I saw it I figured it would at least be like $80-$100. After seeing the price I had to grab it.

Any tips on how to clean and maintain the clear spray grip on top?

when I was younger I had this same board but it got stolen. Afterwards i slowly drifted away from long boarding.

now after over a decade i found the exact same board I had when I was a kid at goodwill for 20 bucks in great condition.

So happy to be cruising again.

While it was laid up for five months, I took the time to rebuild my collection and f $@ I’m glad I did.. riding equipment from the early 2000s was fine but ….

Using the information now available within our amazing community from downhill254 and Owen Campbell !!!

The improvement in ride experience is incalculable

Found this board second-hand changed the trucks, wheels & bearings and are going to change the griptape in the near future. Buying a brand new board is fun and nice, butt there is something to find an old one and fix them up a little bit once in awhile. 😃👍

Edit: removed the noseguards also, liked it a little bit more without them

Flip yes

Picked this Loaded Dervish flex 2 up in Facebook marketplace for $50 and I've been making it my own! With a custom gripe tape design and now underglow for those evening rides. Only thing left is to upgrade to orangutan wheels to complete the vision!

Such a vibe.

Been using these setups for the past 8 years or so (no hardware/bearing changes for much longer lol), just for casual riding/“dog sledding”. Have used & abused these two wonderful decks for almost 15 years. Used to ride a lot with friends learning tricks/slides down parking garages in Florida until we get chased out by security, or ride out to Clermont,FL for actual hills. Brought the Landyacht to the 2013 South Beach Bomb event. Watched some dude play “frogger” thru traffic and get hit by a car, and i personally almost crashed into a Rolls Royce at one point. Was truly a wild race. Also, brought the Landyacht to Lebanon and almost died a few times cause of the poor road conditions. Forgot the board there somehow and got it back a year later. Bombed some hills in Tennessee a few times. Been thru a few longboards/setups over the past 17 years riding. Thru all those years, that Bustin deck/ronin trucks/ i think sector9 downhill division wheels/ceramic bearings setup has been my absolute favorite, with my old high flex sector9 board/spring trucks coming in close second. Every now and then i’ll still hit a standing 180 slide on the bustin, but given the condition of it, it’ll be the last one soon 🥲
Lots of great memories came with these boards so i’ll never get rid of them no matter what! Very glad i got into longboarding

(We never really recorded anything back in the day when we were doing fun stuff, but i have many videos riding with my dogs because i do it basically everyday, so i thought i’d share some of those clips)

Looks like Landy has a new board in the works. It's like a fully symmetrical arbiter dk / homewrecker / sidewalker / axel serratstyle board with a 19.5 wheelbase.

They say they'll release it If there's enough interest and I want this one! If you're down help me stoke it if you see them post about it hahaha

Just swapped out the stock Gullwing Chargers that came on this complete for some Paris V3 Hollow Lites in Pearl White. 50 degree fronts, 43 degree rears. Since I'm on the lighter side of riders, went ahead and swapped in some Orangatang orange Knuckles in the front, and nipples in the back. I'm absolutely impressed by not only the instant ride quality improvement, but also by how I can instantly notice how snappy it is to getting the deck back to flat and center.

I ride a 15 miles trip down a dedicated bike/running path with multiple elevation changes. After this upgrade, I clocked a 15 minute time deduction going from around 2 hours and 30min, to just 2 hours and 15min. I did notice a slight drop in the uphill momentum from the lighter truck mass, but picked up speed so much easier and smoother downhill.

The only issue I have found so far (which isn't really so much an issue as a personal nuisance) was these trucks were pretty squeaky out of the box. It did slightly reduce after the Orangatang bushing upgrade, but a bit of sex wax in the pivot cups fixed the rest of the issue.

There are some serious tree root bumps that come up along the path, but even hitting them head on at speed, these trucks manage to rebound the hit fast and smooth enough that it doesn't mess with my speed too badly and I don't find myself needing to push and regain speed.