nuff said.
I like the blue one , in the middle , herb !
is that around ? 30 x 11 " ?
if i could get wider trucks , i’d LOVE to make a bulldog skates type board !
12" wide … wow !
…and , what trucks and wheels did it use ? tracker x tracks ?
btw…the city of signal hill is celebrating it’s 90th year and is showing the “signal hill speed run 1975-1978” documentary movie at 6pm and 8pm tonight at the signal hill community center.
herb
btw…the city of signal hill is celebrating it’s 90th year and is showing the “signal hill speed run 1975-1978” documentary movie at 6pm and 8pm tonight at the signal hill community center.
herb
family.
Not round any corners, on those wheels!! YOW!
i like em ben !
on a sad note…a good friend and one of the original z-boyz passed on …shogo kubo…may he rip where ever he rides.
herb
Ive been searching for weeks to find all the single piece Spring Steel trucks I made in 2009 but I must’ve lost them in the last house move. The plan was to use the memory in the steel instead of the standard rubbers and the only other part was the axle. The benefits were that they never wore out rubbers or ground away at the Aluminium components, the design created a suspension effect so the ride was smoother and being a single piece, there was nothing to pull apart and was simple to clean.
however I still have my favourite “last mile” ride for getting back from work these days…
Its a Stowboard from the U.S. Very smooth and I love the innovative design. Not a ripper but its a pleasure to glide along on soft rubber large diameter tyres.
trippy ! looks fun !!!
herb
Just a pic or two about the spring steel trucks I made but can’t find in the garage…
There is a 3mm plate (grey) of SS, one end bolted to the underside of the board with the other end rolled around the axle. It’s facing ‘out’ rather than in, because axles need to converge on the inside of a turn.
The only other part was a bridge (red) to support the SS plate. No rubbers, no kingpin, no wear.
I changed the design lots of times and it worked fine without the bridge but with the bridge felt more secure.
GREAT shots , Herb !!
did you take them ?
please keep them coming , mate !
cheers
ben
here’s a couple more ! most pics were taken by murray irvin…some by me.
https://swaylocks7stage.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/Scan10027.JPG
