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Skatement Speedboards "Model update"

Skatement Speedboards, Aussie made, quality aussie materials. PERFECT for going as fast as humanly possible. All made from single layer veneer products,  glues are epoxy based. If you're interested leave me a post and we can models and talk specs.

For all the boards i have made look at the link, remember the album goes from oldest photo to newest so make sure you look at the most recent shots

http://www.skateboardracing.org.au/photo/albums/skatement-speedboards

A little arvo session video, Elliot, Sam and me "on the palindrome"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1d4Q8n2LmI

 

I am looking for $200 plus delivery for the basic materials of veneer and epoxy. Carbon fibre and bamboo cost me more so i will discuss them with individual buyers. $100 deposit and i start building.

This is just me riding an older board.

 

The current models are

The BIPOLAR or PALINDROME

Its a symmetrical freeride board that does it all.This one is 10.25 wide and 29.5 WB length 36.125

This is my bombing board of choice right now.

Here is a little vid i did of it when i first made it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueroNGOcuz0

The Bird of Prey

Its a classic topmount with awesome curves in the right places. little hips and wings to jam your foot into to gain the extra leverage you need.

Usually a 30 and 29 inch WB and 10 inches wide its a slick machine for race and free ride.

 

The Bird of Prey (EVOLVED) Rob McWhinnie model

This is the model i am most exited about right now. It's based around the Bird of Prey with some Rob McWhinnie inspired tweaks. Reduced the wings down but keeping the little hips for comfy grip and leverage, and best of all it has a 9mm drop just in the front. Locking that front foot into a sweet little pocket, I just heard from Rob and Maga the other day and he plans to race this one in South America, "its light stiff and responsive" and he hit 90 plus km\ph on a sweet desert run. The only thing is that i haven't had time to make one for myself, bummer!

Here he is shredding on it with luca in Peru.
http://www.skateboardracing.org.au/video/episode-2-it-s-all-downhil...

The Beast

This shape is a bit old school, with large cut outs to eliminate any chance of wheel bite. The shape doesn't seem to be that trendy with the big companies right now but it's been in demand at the Skatement house lately.

No name, "but i like it"

I had been thinking of a clean line topmount for a bit and when jack asked for something like this i was happy to bring it to life.

 

Feedback from WAY older boards from Haggy and Jacko from one of the older boards i made haggy. "unedited".

By changing the materials to real maple, pine and bamboo veneers i have a lighter super stong product so i have made the changes he and jacko suggested 

Haggy
Just had a good little downhill session on the Skatement! Very cool. It is a pretty cruisy tucking hill, with a bit of railing around the corners. The board was great, concave real nice, very comfortable. The back foot positioning feels natural. I didn't have to do much back foot adjusting during the run. Which is opposite to the Killswitch, where I never quite know what to do with my back foot. Next thing is doing some sliding on it and I'll let you know how that goes.
Keep up the good work,


Haggy

Yeah, went to pie this morning. Got the boot from the coppers after a while, but got a good few runs in. Good to hear it handles slides well. Hopefully I'll be able to hit some corners soon and I'll let you know how it goes!
Definitely, I really like the sharper edge of the concave. It allows you to lock in properly and find the edge when you want to. All in all, its a very fun ride.

peace
haggy

 

Haggy 

yeah dude - Skatement. Gave it a good test run yesterday. Trying to stay hot on the heels of jack, benny, cam and gabby certainly meant it was a fast day at keira!
The board is solid. Overall, great shape. It holds well through the corners, concave is comfy under my feet. I will probably add a toe stop as my front foot kept migrating towards the front of the board when riding. I noticed Jacko has a top stop on his top-mount avenger and he highly rates it.
I do think however, the board would probably be a bit better suited to someone bigger than me and with bigger feet. Like the killswitch, the skatement is a bit wide for my feet, which means i'm still moving around a bit to get the leverage i feel i need around corners. A slightly narrower board would probably take care of this. Also, i'm a skinny dude so don't need as 'beefy' a board. There is quite a bit of glass on the skatement. I reckon you could definitely reduce some of the glass and have a slightly lighter, but still very strong board.

But again, the positives far outweigh the negatives. The concave is really nice and i like the way the rails feel underfoot. The shape is great, looks good and is very functional.

Keep it up bro!

Haggy

Jacko writes

yeah i had a look at his board it looked sick as fuck. the shape and concave felt very nice... it was pretty thick and heavy but im sure as you figure shit out with board building you can also figure out how to make em thinner and lighter without sacrificing strength. 10inches is a pretty standard size and most people love that size deck but yeah Haggy and i both prefer a narrow deck.

 

 

This gives you some idea of the boards and what people have thought of them.

Lastly the current decks weight between 1650-1900 grams depending on the size of the deck, much, much lighter than the board that Haggy and Jacko are reffering to.

 

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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Adam on September 14, 2011 at 16:10
In a word no. Rob McWhinnie is riding a very similar board I mare him but has a 9 mm drop in the front(so more prone to wheel bite) he had it set up with 44's and new in heats and he said he had no issues with wheel bite.
Ian coggan had a bit of wb at the front but my wheel wells are bugger now. So......
Permalink Reply by Alexander on September 14, 2011 at 16:18

thats sick man ill have some money in a couple of weeks. How much is a board? do they come gripped?

 

Permalink Reply by Chris Jackson on October 7, 2011 at 23:20

which is better? the mini top mount or the bird of prey?

Permalink Reply by Bozac on October 7, 2011 at 23:56

depends what you want to use it for, my mini topmount is great for its purpose of being nimble for slalom and I am around 6ft and can still tuck on it if needed. If i wanted a board for freeride and higher speed downhill I would go the bird of prey for a bit more width and foot space for a wider stance. Adam made my wheel wells a bit larger and i can run 76mm wheels on loose paris 180s no problem with only thin risers. Adam changed some specs for mine and I am sure he could do the same for you if you know what you want in a board... I will post up pics of it soon set-up but he has pics of it on his page


Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Adam on October 8, 2011 at 6:28
What bozac said.
Permalink Reply by Chris Jackson on October 9, 2011 at 8:47
Thanks heaps, i was looking into doing some dh , so ill probs look at the bird of prey :)

Bozac said:

depends what you want to use it for, my mini topmount is great for its purpose of being nimble for slalom and I am around 6ft and can still tuck on it if needed. If i wanted a board for freeride and higher speed downhill I would go the bird of prey for a bit more width and foot space for a wider stance. Adam made my wheel wells a bit larger and i can run 76mm wheels on loose paris 180s no problem with only thin risers. Adam changed some specs for mine and I am sure he could do the same for you if you know what you want in a board... I will post up pics of it soon set-up but he has pics of it on his page

Permalink Reply by Bozac on October 17, 2011 at 22:02

hey adam sorry it took so long i moved house and the last month has been chaos but here are some crap quality pics haha hope it shows off how mega those wheel wells are, those are in heats and still don't bite

Ado sent me down some hammer griptape for it, I hadn't heard much about it but it is hardcore I just lost my fingerprints gripping the damn thing. I might try and get santa to bring me indeesz for christmas, I reckon this board would be awesome with some twitchier traditional kingpin trucks on it.


Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Adam on October 21, 2011 at 19:12
Just a little bump cause I spent a bit of time updating tis page today so check it out.
Permalink Reply by James Bailey on October 25, 2011 at 10:49

how much concave does the biopolar have?


Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Adam on October 25, 2011 at 12:13
Have a look at the video link.
About 15-18mm. Probs 18 I think.

Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Adam on November 7, 2011 at 14:19

Is there anyone out there who would be intersted in the original "Bird of Prey"

 

I am thinking of selling it to get a go pro. It's maple bamboo and fibreglass with the original one of a kind alien head graphic.

 

If it was new its worth 190+ 20 for bamboo +40 for the artwork so 250. But its the first ever bird of prey.

 

If you are interested in a great deck and a piece of potential history let me know.

 

I dont even know what price to put on it????

this is it as new.

http://www.skateboardracing.org.au/photo/skatement-1?context=user

http://www.skateboardracing.org.au/photo/skatement1-1?context=user

http://www.skateboardracing.org.au/photo/skatement2-1?context=user

Permalink Reply by Cents on November 7, 2011 at 22:04

Will you do custom lengths, and a slightly fuller nose, deeper waist on the bipolar?  

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