Adam's Comments

sent u the trucsk today. let me know when u get em

Hell yah, had a ball. Im heading to new castle on the 6th of Feb, will have to catch up before then!!

hha sorry man. it looks great. if you ever need a guinea pig. you know where i am haha

awesome mate, super stoked. giving me something to look forward to! Still gonna be a few weeks till i can start skating but its good to have something to work for!
Gonna get the trucks off to you today, so you can have something to play with in the mean time.
thanks heaps champ!

cool man well i'll get those trucks sent off to u on monday so you can play around with them and shred it up. have fun with the building!

nah dude i didnt see it, whats it under?

-ian

you can slide anything dude! just gotta be going quick enought! haha

Hey mate, the orange big zigs are a harder duro that the green, and also the yellow. the scale goes green, yellow, orange, green softest and orange hardest.

hey mate. yeh how much u sellin them for. wen i get a bit of money i might be keen ay

Yesss of course sorry I forgot, But there was a tiny mix up with the wheels. The other set I had at home were the ones I used at bathurst and had only been ridden a handful of times, So they have no rough edges at all on them not like the other set!!!!! But because i did need the money I'm still selling them to you of course just wondering if an extra 10 bucks would be ok for them.... sorry to seem like i suddenly wacked up the price or anything but 50 is still super cheap for them haha :)

yes your last guess is right. Stringers can be many things and can be constructed many ways. their purpose is too just stiffen up the board lengthways. On that deck I added an extra layer of ply then covered it in carbon. but even an extra layer of cabon can be a stringer. Triax is just a type of fibreglass cloth

Yeah i work at Hopkin Skate. the randal template for drop-thru is pretty much the best template as it allows for most trucks. I actually have no idea about board building so all that stuff about materials went straight over my head hahaha but yeah it sounds good either way! I'll be up in townsville for sure, wouldn't miss it for the world! read that post, cheers for the mention but yeah im actually even more impressed with the fact that you have never even tried a proper board or had much experience and then you just go ahead and make a sick one that has all the characteristics of a proper freeride/DH longboard! keep it up champ

yeah paris are good trucks. with the right bushing combo they can do it all. for carving they have a nice turning feel, real smooth and when left loose u can get that snappy 'surfy' feel. put good DH bushings in and they are good to go (just like any truck).
u should make it drop thru, and if possible give it a bit of extra strength (if you can, dont go to too much effort) coz we will be pushing it to the limit ;) probs wont be sending it off 10 stairs like Rob Dog but will sure be having fun on it

Hey man thanks,

It can be a hard message to get across sometimes without sounding like an asshole. I really do believe it is the right thing though. I only learned the lesson a couple of years ago myself. I think we have all been guilty of it at one stage or another.

No Maryhill for me this year. Im in Euro this year so I will be in Norway in June which should be great.

That board you have built is looking primo!

i can swap you the trucks for the board if you want to make me one?

ive got a set of paris that i can swap you for the board. i know theres lots of crew on the Sunny coast that are into downhill and riding these sorts of boards so just post up and im sure someone will want to roll with you! there is no such thing as an age-barrier in the skating community!
We will definately be able to put the board through the test and shred it to the extreme, give you some good feedback for it as well

yeah its normal for boards to have the little bit of flex when you stand in the very centre of the board. the shape of your board looks fine, very functional. If your interested in other boards to compare i would suggest getting out there with your buddies and riding everything you can get your hands on. the skate comunity is a friendly one and people are always willing to share so go out and try as many boards as you can. Good downhill boards are never light, unless you start dishing out big dollars for carbon-foamcores. Its hard to say exactly how much a board weighs (deck only) because you have to take into consideration the trucks and wheels adding extra weight.
its cool to see you made a board with very little experience of what makes a good board coz from what i can see u got it spot on first go. i really want to see it in real life and have a go on it it looks like heaps of fun. well done champ

hey man yer i just gotta get my money sorta ill get back to you when i have some money:)

titebond is not at bunnings. there are three kinds titebond 1,2and 3. Expensive but very good. they go up in water resistance and price. I use 3 only because it has a longer open time than 1 or 2. think its 15 mins as opposed to like 8 or something. i get mine here
http://www.alltoolsonline.com/
but you may find cheaper I don't know.

Carbon is expensive $90 a metre is pretty standard. You learn a lot everytime you fibreglass. Ive done 5 boards and I know nothing. Keep up the good work, Your 1st deck is lookin great and it only going to get better from there!