Carver quiver (Or other surf trainers)

mikespeed, the Revert you can't even find anymore (or one that exact shape) and that's my stick to just go AWOL on. The Pintail I haven't ripped in a while but 3' is a lot of speed for pumping so it'd be tough to give up. The Knox is basically on the wall of fame now and I don't know I could part with my original stick. The Green Room, well, that's my steady and root of all my dry land stoke. I'm happy to give you my thoughts on a setup for you though.

OldSoul, which orangutangs? I've got Kilmers on the Revert and those slide til tomorrow. I change my wheels up all the time for different purposes and terrain so I'm sure they get thrown on different axles. In my experience, you don't get much uneven wear on duro less than 88 or so. Keep in mind I'm hammering all my sticks and wheels hours a day.

Bearings are what I go through like mad. But I'm done riding at all with bearings that aren't clean and lubed. Way way way too hard to pump for speed with crusty rusty ones. Keep that front truck greased too. Huge difference.

 

Carver Resin, never had more fun on the concrete, plus the looks I get dropping into the local bowls on it are priceless

 

Ha, fair enough emass. If you had to pick the one that best replicates surfing which one would you recommend?

 

Emass, Im on 83a stimulus.. they break loose real easy when I want them to but they might be too soft for the heavy pumpage.. i wore out the roundhouse that came with it.. those were nice wheels too

 

The roundhouses are great. I recently went back to them for winter tires. It's so damn sandy even now the snow's melted, I need the grip. Which Resin is that, 31 or 32?

The Kilmers are 86a I believe and those still grip like mad even with a round lip. I was surprised. I take those out on rainy nights and fahgheddaboudit. I'm shoving and extending the back foot/leg more each day on both front and backside snaps so when I go back to those wheels when the pave is swept I'm gonna be rocking. I really can't wait til this translates fully to surfing. When I even begin to resemble what I'm progressing to on the Carver I'll never look back.

Unbelievable props to all you guys who progressed in surfing without the aid of a Carver, which is most all of you. This thing has expedited me very much. I'm surprised I did what I did before it now. Get on one if you ain't.

 

31".. im on their website right now and apparently they upgraded the rear truck.. interesting

 

Upgraded to what and from what? It's been standard.

I think the USA Resin is a bit bigger. The added length of the 34" Green Room goes a looooong way in shaping my surf stance. I'm on the kick in the back behind trucks then as far as front foot will go on the nose. Big stances for big plans.

 

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if im cruising and gliding i have my back foot off the tail and further up by the wheels but when im throwing hard turns and slides Im always on the tail.

 

Wtf bro. They need to clear this with me first. I'm rocking 5 of their sticks. I got the Green Room in SD right after New Years so I'll have to see what's up.

So you bring your foot up? I'm seldom cruising. Always pumping and hacking. If I'm on any downhill then I'm carving hard on rail to make the most out of the ride and keep it surfy and aggressive. There's only one downhill through town that I cruise at all on right after doing a cutback on this sick bank on a hill, but even then, I'm trying to pump and carve as much as I can on the downhill. If I'm not choreographing my power moves then I'm shaping my style. To me, there's nothing stokey about standing on a board in a relatively fixed position for much of any length of time. Too LBish for me (kook LB, not NR or X-stepping). Just one brah's opinion.

 

Shoots brah, if this is the chronic then I owe you one. My main issue is them holding up through the wet if not the cakey crap and you know there's another month and a half of that up here. I cook bearings in a day if it's rainy. You think this stuff will be exceptional to speed cream in that sense?

What I really need to do is keep progressing to the point where I've got compiled footage of good worth on a regular basis that I post on social media for a company to give me bearings at will. Because I'm not gonna stop skating on any day that's not dry.

 

Man, I'm ripping pave to no relent. All damn day every damn day. If they're gonna wear they're gonna wear. I haven't had one wheel issue yet then again I've purchased 5-6 other sets aside from the 4 stick sets I have and I really only rock 2 boards at a time aside from the PP with the CX4 for the pools. My maintenance issue lie in keeping grip clean, bearings rolling, and front truck greased and clean. There's 37.68 parts in the C7, but learn its composition where you can take it apart and clean and grease when necessary. It's like a new Carver that next sesh. We should always be masters of our equipment.

 

I busted by c7 a few months back, was a pain to get out but I had a matching bolt so it worked out.. greased up the inners and tightened up the springs... felt brand new

 

Good man. You can grease and clean everything, just don't mess with the bushings or that bolt. They sell complete kits and individual pieces through their site. I need to stock up. Just been taking parts from my inactive C7s til now. One of them I basically snapped the whole thing on a hack. Busted the inner spring arm and a bolt. Didn't know for days and then it all made sense why pumping was hard for a few days prior...

 

BTW, Emass, you'll be happy to know I finally bought my first Carver ... Picked up a nice 31" Taylor Knox from Craigslist ...

 

Do you love it man? I got mine like October of last year and was immediately hooked.

I'll post the picture tomorrow, but being the broke college student I am, I just bought the trucks and put it on a normal skateboard deck. It looks sketch but it definitely does the job and when I do slides and power turn I the normal deck concave gives my backfoot a perfect little pocket to put pressure on. I actually just emailed them a video trying to get sponsored.

Any of you guys wanna shred when the weather gets nicer? Sessions with fellow carver skaters are always so progressive and my one friend that had one moved cross country.

Concrete surfing=Surfing in my opinion. Sort Of.

 

He'll be happy when you pick up 6 more

 

Clemmy, you character, you. Exclusive dry condition surf skating is so beta bro! No parking decks here aside from a drive (not gonna do it for that) and I go out for pave ripping sessions as often as some of you pull smoke breaks. I'm going out no matter what. I'm just rifling through bearing sets as a result.

Haven't checked my wheels for heat. When I come in after a pave sesh I'm literally covered in sweat even in these single digit nights, so the one thing I'm attending to is getting out of sweat-soaked clothes. Honestly though, I'm pushing the limits of these things from wheels to decks so if I'm not seeing heavy wear then the products are A-OK. And I'm on all types of terrain, even wooden decks here on the coast if a parking lot, boardwalk or establishment has one, as well as brick, cobblestone, etc. These things are heavy duty brah.

Nice!!!! Glad you picked one up after our talk. Was wondering if you would! How much and what condition? The Knox is a sick first stick.

I concur on that last statement, at least for times we can't be out there. Closest damn thing otherwise.

Where you at breh? Tough for us to tell you if we can pull a break meet up to go out for a rip without knowing that. And it's not like we are all sitting in the same hood either.

You put the Carver trucks on an 8" wide traditional deck? That can work, and my braddah out in SD who I stay with there threw on 62mm square-lip cruiser wheels and loosened trucks after seeing what my sticks could do. If I'm you, I'd pick up a cheaper old school single-kick that's 31+ and 9-10" wide with both wide nose and tail. You'll be very pleased with the change and you can get those anywhere on like for a few dozen bucks tops. Some shops will have them for $20.

Bi-stater, I'm stoked that anyone gets on these things because I know they're instantly scoring and super stoked at any hour of the day or night. Have YOU stepped on one yet Bro Montana?