My opinion is Genesis better than Meraki because Meraki have spring feel and spring force for rebound. Geness have bushings not spring. Forexample you do not feel rebound force in water and thats why Genesis better.
Nice path! Great day and I like the gear! Those gloves are fire!💯👍 Yo I got my first set of YOW surfskate trucks, amazon version and they are wicked smooth. Keep riding my friends❤.
Your deck is very similar to my bamboo surfskate deck, I got from Moose. These days, I ride a Yow Meraki in the front and a Waterborne rear-adaptor with an Ace AF1 66 in the back and 70mm, Surfskate Love 78a wheels with Zealous Ceramic bearings. I started with another Ace AF1 66 on a Waterborne front-adaptor like you but once I switched over to the Yow Meraki, there was no going back for me. At last...the Perfect Carve! 😎🤙
@drzilton Some places obviously do a better job taking care of their own. There is too much greed in this part of America to bless the people like this. Congrats. I've found some cool places to skate though just can't stay long because people call in on you. Bro maybe I need to immigrate. 😂😎👏💯👍
It is custom setup Koatal Drifter, The surfskate trucks are modificated to turn radius for that board. Also the wheel core position is designed fot that type of board to handle as deep turns as possible without wheelbite. I made this setup 6 years ago and still rules and everybody who tested it wanna buy it.
@drzilton I love those turns on a board that long! Sweet! Thanks for the info. I liked the hamboard ride you had the other day. A few months ago, I purchased a Hamboard Cory Lopez twisted fin. Pretty cool even in the smallest of places because the turns are insanely sharp! Boarding is so much fun and a lifetime of joy for me. Sometimes it's the only joy I have. Thank you for all your cool videos, I really enjoy all of them.
@@drziltonInteresting, I'll have to check it out. For me the Meraki only nose dives when the rear truck bushings are too soft or too loose. Tightening up the rear and switching to stiffer bushings completely fixed that issue for me. I love the Meraki but I'm in search of ways to get a lower deck height. The Slide looks appealing.
@@nateross14 Yes , chanching bushings helps Meraki nose dive issue when your board wb is really short, so short that it is difficult to find properly surfstance and position. Longer wheelbase Meraki boards you need to keep back truck loose, otherwice the front trucks steer too much.
@@drzilton I haven't personally found this to be the case, but ride and " proper stance" is subjective. Im 6'3" tall and ride the full spectrum of board sizes and wheelbases from 22" deck length Micro Meraki setups with an 11" axle to axle wheelbase all the way up to a 6ft long decks with 46" wheebase. On wheelbases longer than about 31" , I prefer the Smoothstar Thruster over the Meraki, but below that I like the Meraki. For my style of riding, I actually prefer the front trucks steering as much as possible and less steering in the rear which better emulates the feel of planted fins in the water. I've found that you get used to whatever you ride and anything drastically different will feel strange at first. So If youre used to setups that have a lot of rear steer, I can totally understand the Meraki feeling like it has too much front steer for you with stiff bushings on the rear. I've found dialing in setups to always be a sort of compromise, lean vs steering etc. I've decided that I like RKP trucks on the rear because they have less initial steering than TKP due to the angle the bushings are compressed. Anyway, just talking semantics and preference which can vary greatly between people and riding styles.... You've got me interested in the Slide so I'll have to try it out and give it a shot. Preferences can easily change, I've found!
@@drzilton If you'd like to see my 22" Micro Meraki setup with 13" axle to axle wheelbase I've been testing, I have a short vid on my channel I recently uploaded. At first I didn't like it at all, way too small and short.... but after spending time on it and learning to ride it how it wanted to be ridden, I'm blown away with it. Its opened up a whole new way and style to ride for me, to add to the quiver. I'm going to get some better vids uploaded to showcase what can be done on a tiny micro setup. I found it's making me a much better rider using it also as a training tool, because it's so small, foot placement and balance has to be very intentional and focused otherwise the board can get away from you. When I get on my regular 18.5" wheebase surfskate after riding the Micro, it feels so good and stable. I love, love, love the Micro/mini setups. so much fun. I'm all about experimenting and pushing boundaries. I really enjoy your videos and seeing the different setups you build and ride!
Hi marsmachine1156. At the end of the video, see the text :) Also it is shown on the video. When you try to keep your head to the same level at bumbs then your pump rythm goes automatic right. Lot of people ride wrong rhythm and techiques. They try to pump speed when going bumbs up.
@@billytuchscher No more than the World and the European longboard surf champions training their stepping etc skills for this Horseradish surf balance board!
