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Comment by jed locsin on November 24, 2010 at 20:25

chris, i read that they made an upgrade to the old venom bushings.. they are now shrs.. the plain ol 'supercarves' have the old urethane in em and they have new supercarves which are s.h.r. theyr called 'venom shr supercarves'
check hopkin bruu..
hehe

Comment by Jan Malski on November 24, 2010 at 0:50

theres a momentum in freo and beyondskate is another place u can get stuff and its in cannington near carousel

Comment by jed locsin on November 23, 2010 at 22:51

i havnt tried the venom supercarves but i think the cone shr bushings would be better for carving and stuff..
iv only tried the khiro cones and the venom shr cones and i defs recommend it..
i think the shrs are the upgrades to the supercarves.. not sure tho

Comment by jed locsin on November 23, 2010 at 22:42

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AvNxl-SCTw

Comment by jed locsin on November 23, 2010 at 22:38

haha cool no worries bruu!
the dervish is a pretty good board!
hehe
defs put venom shrs on..iv got a set of cone shrs for carving and barrels for DH.. great bushings with heaps of pop and gets me back in line...

Comment by jed locsin on November 23, 2010 at 22:32

heya chris
so is that final? ur not selling yerr board anymore?
if thats so then its aight,, i might just get a vendetta or 9two5 or maybe just a brand new dervish or evan the new loaded bhangra..
i just need a board to throw around and practice my bigspins and oldschool tre flips..(but its gonna be hard if i get a bhangra)

Premium Member Comment by Shannon on November 23, 2010 at 11:19

Paul, with respect to boards 'floating'. I have found that the more flexible the board, the less stable it is at speed (or the more it will float at speed). The tan tien scares me at running speed, and how you ride yours as fast as you do I will never work out :)

Its easy to see, you just stand on your board and put your front heal and your back toes into the board (then swap from toe to heal and vice versa). Watch it flex. As it flexes note that the board and wheels are still pointing forwards but the angle that your trucks are at is changing. I believe this is the floating. I have noticed that the stiffer the board, the more stable it is as you get faster.

On top of that, stability has a lot to do with kingpin angles. 40 Degree is more stable the 52. Just try running a 40 degree base plate (should be all of $25) at the back and you would be surprised how much more stable it is once you start going fast. That and throw your standard bushings out and get some good ones. two in every durometer. Play with them a bit and you will find something you like. If your board has a front and a back, put the stiffer bushings in the back. Also, always have the harder bushing closest to the deck.

Comment by Paul Stone on November 23, 2010 at 10:42

Christopher,

I'm using the standard randal bushings on my board, I've toyed with a few other cheapie bushings but as my tan tien is flex 3 (quite flexy) it has a fair bit of flex and carvyness and give without needing really carvey bushings.

one thing ive noticed recently is that when i get speed sometimes the board 'floats' and changes direction fairly easily without my consent.. im not sure if this is because ive put some soft risers up top to lower it that reduce the predictability or what, its a bit like speed wobbles but different..anyone else experienced this? its like your board floats and changes direction all of a sudden

Comment by Jan Malski on November 23, 2010 at 3:20

@chris try out the venom bushings i think they hav carving ones and also how much would u sell ur trucks and wheels for? cheers

Comment by jed locsin on November 22, 2010 at 22:01

yeh it is.. i might get the 150 by next monday so if u still havnt sold it yet then can i get it off u by then?

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