Haha! Looks like a nice longboard there chip! Any action shots? LOL!!
Actually I just finished my first board and had a go with it yesterday, it was awesome, the board works!! The stoke of riding your own hand made board… my buddies where like “holy Cr@p he really did it!!” …
Anywowzers, thanks to all at sways for all the info and sharing the stoke!! I know now, I’m hooked on this…
Have you considered the problem of wheel bite? Difficult to tell from the pictures if it will bite, but that would be a nasty bail on something that heavy.
Thanks TC, wheel bite won’t be a problem, I’m limiting the range of movement by using gas filled shock absorbers either side of the axles.
I don’t want it to lock up either…
BTW, I’m open to any sponsorship if anyone knows any companies wanting a bit of exposure. The attempt will attract a lot of media interest worldwide (15 mins to be exact)…
maybe if you got some band to play on top of it , in full leathers and helmets , as they whizzed down the hill [a la the “whoa black betty blam be lam”" film clip] and it was filmed ,
you would get your fifteen seconds of fame on ‘MTV’ , Hicksy ?
re : sponsors ?
…maybe some big billboards with “swaylocks mad ‘scientist’ at work” written on the side of it , perhaps ? …just a thought …
Just a bit of an update, finally got the shocks sussed out, put on the mounts and everything bolted in place.
Bent the steel for the ends.
Terry. owner of the shop, testing out the turning angle.
No lockups thanks
Hopefully everything comes together next weekend, just got to organise a flat bed truck that can handle 6+ metres to move it to my place for the woodwork and brakes…I’ll keep you posted…
Bovine Spongiform Encephelopathy…Hicksy, do you have mad cow disease ?
This thing is rad. I love it. Just watched The World’s Fastest Indian last night and old Bert Munro had nothing on you, G. I can’t wait for the action video…
this b-u-tee could suerly double as a sup porter with a couple oc-1s
anna dory and altogether would make a fantastic parade float with a bevy of bikinified beach beauties covered with flowers on the skate top dujour.even a tow rope will eventually be employed when the folks go away on holiday.
you remember the mild mannered lad that was so friendly thatwould often
build fins in the garage?Who needed the key to the skate board shed to get his overhalls ?
national news photos on the freeway in the middle o’ the night
in a a police chase dooooing 92 miles an hour…
there are some great freeway down grades waiting for this new unlimited venue
Something Ambrose just said gave me an idea for you, Hix - you need to be able to do Stand-Up Propulsion with this thing. Maybe a pole-vault pole with an Air-Jordan on the bottom? Or a Chuck Taylor for that old-skool vibe
In fact…is anyone using skateboards & poles to practice stand-up paddle?