Tacos es muy muy Caliente!!! guys, if you’re into skating/carving or have been thinking about getting into it…HERB IS THE MAN! his Taco is by far the most fun board I’ve ever rode. I AM STOKED! look at that, I’m even using upper case letters, I must be STOKED! I don’t remember who was posting about how fun Herb’s decks were but HE’S RIGHT. I’ve been on it everyday since it arrived. Thanks again Herb.
Herb hooked me up with the HyperEdge Taco when I was down in Anaheim. Herb…thanks again. I will be down the first week of December. How about surfing in the morning and The Fusil Automatique Leger in the evening. Thanks again Herb- Dave
…Glad you guys like the Taco design. …The HyperEdge Taco(s) are based on my surfing/hills/speed skateboarding life.I wanted a skateboard that carved like surfboard,but still had great downhill speed cap.s…these decks don’t have kicks in them so as to allow for maximum concave and spiral flex.With kicks it would cancel these to important factors out. …My newest prototypes include a 37" x 12.25" Taco with experimental H.E.Suspension.What this suspension allows for is better/tighter radius turning with the trucks ajusted for maximum stiffness(tight trucks/no or low turning from the trucks ).Also it buffers the vibration from rough roads,cracks etc.The anti-vibration factor also allows the board to excellerate over rough roads rather than bog down.There’s alot that this suspension could be used for especially dirt/mt. boarding.The key here is not to mount the trucks directly to the deck.I was told (over several years) this couldnot be done,utterly impossible…I love it when someone says that to me only to have me come back and say …Yeah,Right! …Finally my most cutting edge HyperEdge Taco(37" x 10.5") has slight fliped ends like kicks,and a rockered body thru and thru,but the rails off the 2 inch centerline are cambered(rocker and camber together?YES)Another design that several folks in the Skateboard industry said was a…you know…yeah…right ! This deck hopefully will cover more ground for ditch,park or pool type terrains,The prototype is abit heavy but I plan on introducing a lighter version my next pressing.We’ll see how this one works first…Herb
…Call me when you’re coming down,Got some great surfin spots locally.I’ll clean my gas checks and pistons on my fusil,and get it ready to rock.Herb
let me know when you get that pool deck ironed out. I’m just putting the plywood decking on my mini half.
…Will do,I guess you’ll have to be my eastcoast proto test pilot JR.I got to ride the first exp.proto yesterday(named “Frankenspitzer”,Mutant Taco Series Model)…TWO THUMBS UP SO FAR !!! And the extra wt. didn’t hurt it either,we will see what goes with a lighter version. …oh yeah Dave J. will be my central cal. tester as well.Herb
I amazed a couple dozen kids at the park the other day, carving in the parking lot. they asked if I had those 360 trucks… “nope, just one kickass board.”