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 charlie harris on February 13, 2012 at 17:55

Skatement Speedboards “Palindrome” Review By Charlie Harris.

Specs-
25-26” WB
9.5” Wide
Tub/W concave.
(This board was made at custom specifications for me, Skatements can be made at any length and width you want.)

Looks-
This board looks rad, the graphic I have on mine is a rad Egyptian sort of graphic and it looks great. The wheel wells are perfectly formed and nice and smooth and there is no delams or problems on the board.

Performance-
I have taken this board up to around 70-80kph now and have done lots and lots of reasonably fast stand up slides and predrifts on it. The concave is amazing, it is a fairly steep tub concave with a mild W concave that is perfect for pushing your toes against in toeside stand up slides and predrifts, it also locks your feet in place when your tucking, railing corners and getting sideways. It feels extremely solid under foot and is very stiff, the shorter wheelbase that I got on mine makes it extremely nimble and responsive and feels great through corners, its also very easy to whip around for freeriding.

Price-
Skatements are very affordable starting at only $190. This is an amazing price seeing as there is far more effort and time gone into building these boards by hand unlike bigger brands like rayne. And the quality shows.

My Setup On it-
Im riding Kahalani 184mm trucks, and any wheels I have Generally 70mm wheels, with kahas which are very low trucks I have never gotten any where near wheelbite with 70mm wheels.

All in all this is an amazing board for downhill and freeriding, and also makes a good board to just cruise around on because its very comfy.

Charlie Harris.

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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Adam on February 14, 2012 at 23:06

Got a cool little mini in the press right now.same mould as my first deck. But not using it like the micro drop, drop through. Gunna make the 6mm drop like little tiny kicks nose and tail. 22 wb.
Experimenting with a straight outof the press epoxy external gloss finish.

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Permalink Reply by neal morrison on February 26, 2012 at 19:10

Can I ask how much the bird of prey evolved is and what is the length of the board?

Cheers,

Neal

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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Adam on February 26, 2012 at 22:18

Hey Neal it starts at 190 depending on what extras you want carbon fibre. Custom art. Etc. if you look at my pics you will see the rad alien faces.... Length depends on what wheel base you are after. Robs was a 30-29 so it was around 36.5-37 from memory.

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Permalink Reply by neal morrison on February 27, 2012 at 7:27

G'day Adam,

I was want to get into Long boarding but I was looking at the comet voodoo d2 for the deck, but I would rather a Australian made board if at all possible, I know it is hard I am looking at a all round board, mainly down hill, but be able to carve on it and also ride it on my local cycle way, I would like a fairly stiff board about the 30-29 mark i am guessing, hopefully you can give me a some idea's. As I said I am newbie at this sport but there is lots of hill around here too. I do like the look of the bird of prey evolved.

Cheers,

Neal

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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Adam on February 27, 2012 at 7:37

If you want an all rounder maybe that shape but I'll make it with no drop that way it's less variation to ride switch. Or maybe the palindrome. Help you out. I'll pm you my number. But I have to travel away to a family funeral this week so if I don't get back to the phone that's why. Talk soon.

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Permalink Reply by Nedly Kennel on March 15, 2012 at 8:14

How much would the Bipolar (i think) cost. just wondering

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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Adam on March 15, 2012 at 8:18

As above

I am looking for $190 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.

Nedly Kennel said: