Monday, August 19, 2013
Sunday, May 05, 2013
Fro Pic X, build
Fro Pic painted with a purple (Grape) X as well as the tips of the board |
Glow-in-the-dark tape added |
Gripped with clear vicious |
Fro Pic-X fully assembled, electrical box covers painted, gripped and used as oversized washers to create more secure truck mounts |
Fro Pic-X Caliber 50 trucks, painted Grape to match the color of the board. |
Fro Pic-X Roadside |
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Incline Mohawk, reflective tape and bumper job
My new Mohawk from Incline's line of long boards.
I decided to create some custom nose and tail protectors, designed to cut down on the impact damage all boards suffer from hitting curbs and such when they get away from the rider or when you eat it. I used PVC pipe bends, cut with a Dremal to fit precisely. I used quarter inch thick Vibram shoe sole rubber between the PVC and the board to act as a shock absorbers. These are held on by pressure alone and can be easily removed and replaced.
I decided to create some custom nose and tail protectors, designed to cut down on the impact damage all boards suffer from hitting curbs and such when they get away from the rider or when you eat it. I used PVC pipe bends, cut with a Dremal to fit precisely. I used quarter inch thick Vibram shoe sole rubber between the PVC and the board to act as a shock absorbers. These are held on by pressure alone and can be easily removed and replaced.
I also covered the entire perimeter of the board with Gorilla glue tape, and a layer of engineering grade white reflective tape over that. The nose and tail protectors/bumpers were painted white, and then covered first with white reflective tape, then lines of red or orange reflective tape, in order to make the board more visible at night. There's also glow-in-the-dark tape covering other areas like the trucks and risers.
Gorilla glue tape runs the entire perimeter of the board including just below the gas pedals, covered by a layer of reflective white tape |
The nose guard is designed to cut down on impact damage that contributes to delamination, and hopefully extend the life of the board. |
Providing complete protection for the tail required 3 guards in the positions which will likely take a direct curb impact |
After painting the bumpers white to match the board, they were covered with Red and white reflective tape, making the board much more visible at night. |
The nose got white and orange reflective tape |
The bumpers served to protect the board and also make it more visible improving safety for the rider |
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Earthwing Supermodel conversion to top mount
I Originally bought this Earthwing Supermodel from the cool people at longboardskater.com, my preferred skate shop, because they always treat me right.
The Supermodel converted to atop Mount, also added some Vicious grip tape replacing the original Jessup tape |
Have been riding this Earthwing for two years now and it's holding up well. |
As a top mount the board is definitely more divey and responsive |
The Indy trucks are much more responsive in the top mount configuration |
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Incline Mohawk build
This is an Incline Mohawk from Incline longboards and Shane McCartney |
Preliminary construction of my Incline Mohawk with These wheels shot under a blue party light |
The neon green water-based dip that Incline users glows beautifully under blue light |
White stripe I painted down the center of the board came out good |
White racing stripe :-) |
Glow in the dark pinstripes added and covered with clear Vicious grip tape |
Stripes are nice and straight, grip tape covers the gas pedals as well |
build nearly complete, trucks wheels, painted truss head bolts white |
Drop accentuated with stripes |
Shot of CNC wheel cutouts that I painted white |
These wheels with Zealous bearings. |