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Nelson Longboards - The Spindrift and TopSpin

Hey guys,  I'm Rich Nelson of Nelson Longboards a company based out of the US.  I've gotten a decent amount of interest from Australia recently and have sent a few boards out that way.  Since most boards in Australia have to be imported, the prices in your shops seem to be pretty high.  My decks run $110 with $55 shipping to Australia (from what I've been told this come out cheaper then what the shops generally charge).

 

So here are the decks.

 

The TopSpin and Spindrift,  two boards designed from the ground up for Soft wheel sliding and Downhill.

 

Specs: 40"x10" with a 30" WB,  1/2" drop, and 9/16" Progressive W-Concave that continues straight into the drop.

 

 

The Concave is designed to be both comfortable and effective at locking your feet,  the W-hump is minimal so it is not uncomfortable or obtrusive,  but give an nice little pocket to push your feet out on toeside slides. After riding the deck I have been told my countless people that it is the best concave they've ever ridden.

 

The drop is 1/2",  it is not extremely steep like the drop on rayne's.  This makes it feel like a concave for the outside of your foot,  you can stand right up to the edge of the wheel cutouts, this is great for holding your feet on 3 sides.

 

and as I mentioned, unlike most dropped boards,  the concave continues straight into the drop,  so when riding you have the full effect of concave and the drop to create a perfect pocket for your feet.  It also doubles as a 52oz birdbath.

 

and some action shots for fun.

 

The website is www.NelsonLongboards.com

 

Let me know what you guys think.

 

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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Alex Groth on June 18, 2011 at 15:00
just wondering, whats the "extra steaz" option when ordering a complete on your site?
Permalink Reply by Richard Nelson on June 18, 2011 at 15:12
Steaz!

Alex Groth said:
just wondering, whats the "extra steaz" option when ordering a complete on your site?

Premium MemberPermalink Reply by The Dave on June 18, 2011 at 15:20

Niiiiiiice. as if mega-tsunamis on a spindrift wasn't enough steaz already...

 

So Rich, I think I saw on silverfish that there's a problem mounting Sabres to a spindrift dropped through. Is that the case? Could one easily be modified to take them and if it were would there likely be major wheelbite issues given the crazy range of sabres?


Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Alex Groth on June 20, 2011 at 17:05
hey rich, I just ordered a spindrift complete off your site but it said shipping was $80 not $55. is this because I ordered a complete and it was only the deck that is $55 shipping?
Permalink Reply by Richard Nelson on June 22, 2011 at 0:37

The section of the baseplate where the kingpin is, is large and squared off on sabres so they did not fit on the drop-through cutouts until we modified them about a month ago.


A little work with a file on the inside of the dropthrough cutout could fix that problem relatively easily though.  as for wheel bite,  Sabres are 45 degrees but still pretty high for that angle, also the axle is 190mm.  So I don't think thee would be any wheelbite issues.  If your curious I do have a set of sabres on my topspin that I can mount on the spindrift to check it out. 

 

Dave R said:

Niiiiiiice. as if mega-tsunamis on a spindrift wasn't enough steaz already...

 

So Rich, I think I saw on silverfish that there's a problem mounting Sabres to a spindrift dropped through. Is that the case? Could one easily be modified to take them and if it were would there likely be major wheelbite issues given the crazy range of sabres?

Thanks for the order Alex!  you are correct, shipping rates are calculated mainly on the weight of the package.  Completes weigh about twice as much as just a plain deck, so that is what causes the increase in shipping cost.

Alex Groth said:
hey rich, I just ordered a spindrift complete off your site but it said shipping was $80 not $55. is this because I ordered a complete and it was only the deck that is $55 shipping?
Permalink Reply by liam healy on July 21, 2011 at 23:10

thanks heaps

hopefully ordering one soon

Richard Nelson said:

Definitely the rainskates.  The classic zig zags are a good all around wheel, in that that have a decent amount of grip, but when they slide it's still pretty smooth compared to most other square lipped wheels.

 

The rainskates are freeride machines, I've owned over 20 sets of wheels, and the mega tsunamis are my favorite wheels for sliding and big standers.  They slide far and are very predictable throughout the slide.

liam healy said:

for freeriding what are better the rain skates or the classic zig zags?

i want to be doing heaps of stand ups and want to learn speed checks and all that

Permalink Reply by Anton Zalewski on July 22, 2011 at 22:52

hey guys, good place to post this photo so that people know how awesome this board is. I got mine with mega tsunamis and the parises from their site. Ive been riding this board for the past month and a bit almost everyday doing mostly sliding and progressively increasing my speed and tricks (here in melbourne). Wheels were awesome, and for those who are curious, the wheel had a depth of 15mm (from circumference to core on one side).

Permalink Reply by Richard Nelson on September 15, 2011 at 15:46

Awesome job with those Mega Ts Andrew!  They wear relatively quickly, but they are definitely my favorite freeride wheels. (I'm on my 5th set)

I just wanted to check back in here.  I was looking at some statistics on the locations of our sales today and saw some big groupings in Australia.  It looks like the biggest concentration is in Brisbane,  then there are some pretty solid groups around Perth and Sydney, and a looser grouping around Melbourne.  Thanks so much for the support guys!  It seems like you have a healthy scene going on.

Permalink Reply by Sam Deighton on September 17, 2011 at 16:04

just curious, how many in adelaide? all i know is me and phillip thorn who has a topspin, and i still get all the "what board is that" questions

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