I read this comment before watching the vid thinking they told someone to make a troll comment about how great a kickflip was, even though it never happened.. was such a sick kick flip!
Gab, that was 100/100 riser pads! When I saw the thumbnail I thought maybe a shuv, but not much else and never a kickflip. Then Rick comes with perfect flick! Well played Sir
When cutting a threaded rod, you can put the nut on the rod below where you want to cut it. That way, you can spin the nut off and it will straighten out the crooked threads from the cut.
Once I saw him start cutting I yelled at my phone, “gotta put the nut on first to back cut the treads”. It was an instinct response trying to prevent a problem that I would normally have to fix, even though I had no obligation or way to fix this one.
I love watching you guys. A team thats not just focused on big tricks. You guys keep skating fun like it should be. Its amazing how much talent you guys have to be able to skate anything with wheels. Great video guys.
I've made some wacky boards before. I made one with a swing arm suspension in the back and flex in the front and I've made a couple with three wheels and a couple with two wheels and all kinds of things. What I found is counterintuitively lifting the trucks up off the deck a couple inches like 3 in not 20 reduces speed wobbles quite a bit.
The trick to cutting a threaded rod is once the cut is made you have to take the side of the blade and kind of buff the edges of the cut. It will Make it so you can catch the threads easier with the nut
A little tipp for cutting these metal rods, use a small file and deburr the end that you cut inwards. Towards the center of the rod. That way it will allow the nut to go over it easily.
In case nobody said this yet, if you put the nut in the screw before cutting, when you unscrew it, it recuts/realigns the threads. Just a tip for future projects
That build was incredible, Gabe. 100/100 for me. But it begs the question how many riser pads can you stack before it's unskateable? Is a "stiltsboard" possible? For science!
This reminds me of the time I took the knuckles from 3 sets of Gullwing sidewinders and put them on one set. The longer the screw the more the bend. They have mountain risers.
- it's a real mental trick with that one I was 50/50 it would fold as soon as you stood on it !! ... those risers saved the day with the cross bracing on each one it does have a great effect
What if you have a normal board without pads, and add the pads on top of the board with another board on top? Then maybe you'd be able to raise it off the ground more easily, because the bottom board kicks the ground.
What you should have done for cutting the long bolts, is to already have the nut on there and maybe those upside down since they have the plastic and you don’t want to damage those but if you thread it off it will make the threads work right so you don’t have to try to fit it on which most of the time won’t work without putting a bevel around the outsides but you got lucky
Haven’t finished the video yet, but I’m hoping to see a hippie jump intersecting THROUGH this board as it’s rolling past. Would be epic. Rick’s name is written all over that trick.
the way you looked on that board at first is how I felt my board was like when I put my Indy Hi's on my Qwik Truks with 54mm dragons, felt like death. overall rating 89/100 riser pads bud, it was built pretty solid for what it was
When cutting something with threads there’s a trick if you put a nut on first and cut past where the nut is and after you cut when you back the nut off it will align the threads so the nut goes on easier at the end
That kickflip was fire 🔥. I have a video idea, the centipede skateboard, have as many trucks as you can in a line on the skateboard. Or upside down skateboard where the griptape is on the same side as the trucks. Have a great day
Gabe, next time thread the nut on next to where you are going to cut it. That way when you take the nut back off it will clean the threads up versus trying to fight it back on 👍🏼
You should have assembled the thing then grind it off. And if you say the trucks was in the way you should have threaded the bolt all the way passed the cut then cut it off.
