I Built a Curb Setup!!! 

That little chuckle of joy when you got the first boardslide to hurricane was nice to see. Skateboarding just feels so good.

Glad to hear you’re doing well, Ben. As an older skater, I appreciate your vibe and videos. The joy of skating lasts decades. It’s beautiful.

I just put together a similar deck. 9.0” anti hero Russo deck with Indy Stage 11 Hollow 149s, those same OJ Elites, and Bones rails. I’m 51 and getting back into skating after 35 years off. Built a pair of mini ramps and a curb/ledge in my backyard as a DIY skate park, using your videos as inspiration. Thanks for all you do.

Congrats on winning Influencer of the year in the 2022 gifter hater skate awards, We all knew you could do it. Way to go, Champ.

This has been my setup for about a year and I love it so so much! 8.75 deck with 9in aces, big wheels and 8th in risers so beautiful. I love ur videos so much, best RU-vid skater out there

Ben I knew you can't resist building new setups 😁

Mag Lights are an underrated slappy truck once fully broken in. I've even slappied dry curbs with them

Thanks Ben! Another awesome video. Those Cotton Candy rails look like a reincarnation of Schmitt Stix Type II rails from the 80s which were amazing. So happy to see these.

Dunno about the wheels. There's a reason curb skaters have embraced sub-50mm wheels like those Boardycakes makes: it's not just 'big pants, small wheels' nostalgia, the small size actually makes popping the wheel up onto the curb easier when doing noseslide to crooks and the like. I learned those last year on a set of Spitfires I'd rode down to 39 mm but struggled again when I got a new setup. What also helps is if the wheel has a more rounded transition from side to bottom on the outside - I'd got the very angular Spitfire 'OG cut' shape and could feel the wheel snag every time I wanted to do a noseslide crook, so I ended up ditching those for a smaller, 'classic' shape instead.

Great video, Ben. The rails take me back to the 80's!! We had a pvc pipe setup in my friends garage, which was super fast on rails. There may or may not have been WD40 on it...on fire sometimes...omg, so crazy fast!! 🤣

I just started skating curbs a couple months ago because of you!

Your the only skate RU-vidr that I actually enjoy watching.

I've found that wheels of that size inhibit getting into the slappy grind (a smaller wheel rolls up the curb into the slappy more easily). I'm not completely sold that the "lock in" shape of the wheels actually helps but seeing you lock in on a few of those slappies is beginningto convince me. Shred on!

ACE are awesome slappy trucks. I have slappy board set up with the 77s and absolutely love it.

I recently popped rails on my decks and don't think I can ever go back! I find myself skating really crusty parking blocks and it's so great to be able to boardslide them without much more than a bit of wax. Awesome set up!

I’m glad you mentioned the distance on where to place the rails. For me, I like to measure a three fingers from the edge of the board going in. I feel that’s a good tipping point.

I just finished my jackson pilz board .... 9.125. .. love it ..

Love it!!, I'm an older head myself and only sk8 curbs, ledges, and flat.... Gotta work on Monday.... Unfortunately!!

Tensor Mag lights (-90 grams, slides even unvaxed curbs) + board rails (+90 grams) + Powell dragon wheels (93A that slides) + whatever board you prefer = street destroyer that weights as regular skateboard. Add some thin riser pads to better absorb rough streets if needed. Thank me later.

Anyone else get the fizzle feels when the trucks hit the concrete 😂😂 i love it!! Thanks for the vids sir!

You can move those Candy Bars. If the tape peels just put it back on as straight as you can and reapply. Awesome video dude. I didn't know you pulled out of the Canada Skate Shop deal thing. Oh well dude. You still rule.

Thats a great set up. I started using rails again a couple of years ago for the first time in probably 20 years. Never going back. Glad to see you getting those board to hurricane combos.

Funny when the tradey comes out with you 😂. The measuring, the lines, the drill finesse. I feel that.

Hello Ben.Can you do a review video of the ace af1?

That spot looks so fun I wish I had something like that near me

My dude! Premium slappage! Your rail placement looks spot on for mix up grind and slides. Play with it more while being stationary. From boardslide, fully lean on your heels or toes. Go full Michael Jackson or cartoon character skid stop until you touch the wood. You should be able to balance on it like that (or even do boardslides like that if you’re feeling silly). From there, do the awkward old lady mall walk shuffle until one of your trucks make contact. It should go right to the grind with no effort or wheel bonk.

love how wider boards flip slower... looks soooo much cooler than with a skinny setup !!! i got a 8.75 with them wheels and its a great ramp setup. ps im using a driver in future !!!!!

All of these curb slides and grinds are so satisfying. I really like them.

Looks so Awesome, it knocks me out! Chris R., has got rails on his double paddle. This has got me thinking' ..rails?

Can't wait to see Ben riding a 10 inch Heroin egg with 49mm wheels and just destroying the curbs!

Awesome lil setup. I was gonna say the rails were setup fine there, but then remembered it was an 8.75 with all that concave 🤣 Fun lil sesh, must've been a while ago. Thought it snows a lot up there 🌨☃️⛷❄

Crob said he drills the rails in with drywall screws all the way through the other side and breaks them off with a hammer then sanding and then put the grip on...but yeah love the channel

LOVE the poutine graphic!!!

Made me feel soooo much better about my sketchy Fs boardslides 😂 👊 my man

Uses Hilti... a man of quality.

Lol I almost thought you were gonna go all in and get some Tensor Mag trucks for extra butterness

I love watching you skate

Nice to see you enjoying and exploring new tricks! jfyi, ace af1 have a bit bigger wheelbase, closer to indy, and they are a bit more stable, keeping same enjoyable turn. also they have hollow option, which is nice for big setups )

Rails are really cool for boardslides and combos and whatnot, but nothing is worse than missing the lock in on a fs slappy and getting into fs board and eating shit. I always get PTSD skating a double sided curb with rails lol

That's arguably the best slappy curb in the world. I met you last year in Richmond. I wish I could come skate with you at your spot

that feeble looks so fun!

I had rails (and only time)on my very first board which was a jeff grosso knock off (alice in wonderland) from like toys r us or something back in 1992. Man i would love to rebuy that board even tho it was a fake. So many memories.

Those slappys sound so good. Also, Thats *BevUp* 's setup ;)

I tried rails on my ramp board and had to take em off. I ended up with divots in the middle. They slid well but were no good after a week or so. I board slide a lot for setting up, so bare board works best for me. Also them big wheels are hindering popping into the combo grinds. The small wheels in the 90s were great for the nose slide grind slide grind stuff. Love your stuff!

Those rails are nice! I use grey Santa Cruz ones because they're only 14" long as opposed to many others that are 14.5" which I feel are too long for 14.25" wheelbases. The rounded over outer edge and "double sided" tape included on the Candy Bars is a very nice touch. How long are the Candy Bars?

that park looks like an over-30 skater's dream 😄

Inverted kingpins are the boss for curbs!

Curb skating is super fun. Two of my previous boards had Ace 55s and 56mm Ojs and Spitfires. Rails would likely assist you better if they outside edge of the rails were in 1.5” from the edge of the deck.

I’v heard that small whells good for slash motion to stend upon curb

Ben if you wanna do hurricanes ya gotta heat up (or forcefully bend) the rails and put them on curved with the ends at the truck baseplate, shred on!

Hey Ben, u look great on that setup! AwEsomE video of course. Good day!

I think the inward divot is for rail grabs, you can get a better grip on the board

I have the exact same setup but with Indys. Would have never thought that Ben rides such a huge thing :D

That’s a crazy big wheel. Aces are the same height as thunders.

Love 8.75, nice setup

This video is soo cool, looking forward to the next reviews 🤗

I honestly expected to be surprised and see ben with some slappy trucks. they look so similar to aces that that was my first thought. slappy trucks for a curb setup sounds fitting lmao

Happy see you good to your health and skating, do you stuff see you

Ace trucks reign supreme

God bless to you and yours, Ben

I also just setup a curb/mini board of sorts. I went wild with the shape though with a Welcome Dark lord shape. I also have never used rails and also put them too close to the edge.

Great video. Next video idea, You should review a modern world industries deck and make a review about it. That be awesome!

Dang, i haven't skated a deck with rails since prob, '88 or '89.... Funny to see all that stuff coming back...

Cant belive youre riding OJs again after that insane a thane review

looks like a fun setup for sure. Happy new year!

stellar ben!

Small wheels will help with the hurricane feeble combos

I cut my own board from a blank I bought locally specifically for a kerb set up (U.K. kerbs are crusty af so they spell them differently 😂). Initially I opted for a 57mm wheel for a good lock in but I’ve gone down to 52-53 conicals and still lock in well. 8.75” board, 32.25 length, 14.5 wb, 9” slappy trucks, some cheapo nasty rails and that’s about it. Definitely prefer the wider truck with a slightly narrower board, the smaller wheels make getting up on the kerb easy, the pinch on slappys is as good as a thunder imo. Lower, wider rig for kerbs seem to work well for me but your mileage may vary.

i line them up with inside of the wheels. i predrill my holes my rails and i use an impact till the clutch kicks in.

How u setup a slappy board without slappy trucks 😂, loved this video and the cotton candy rails are sick!!!

That deck looks sick!! Gotta love poutine!

I've mostly dropped boards on tranny since taking off rails. It's counter-intuitive, but when rails slide even on rock fakie, you just accept that you're always boardsliding 👌

Is this your backyard or did someone build this as a public park?

Hey Ben, where is this skatepark located? Can I skateboard there? (Lower mainland local here)

those slappy feebles are so butter, of all tricks to not be able to get down i can not land them! any tips for a curb skater who cant feeble? 😵‍💫

U know he puts the work in with that Hilti

1:10 ace 55s are 8.5 inches. Ace 60 are 8.75, ace 66 are 9

When you have rails, boardslides are called 'railslides'. Like in the 80s.

Are you planning to review Slappys? Did I miss that somehow?

Looking cool

You basically just built my setup, but I found the 8.75 - 9 is too big for curbs that have grass on the other side, which i skate a lot, the tricks grind both sides of the curb, forcing me to pinch in a not fun way. needless to say ive been skating less curb because of the setup, and I think 8.5 might be the sweet all around spot for me.

I really liked wide boards with short wheel base.

so good skating, as allways. I allways seen and hear that for curves/slappy setups it's better with small whells, like 52mm or less. Do you recomend bigger wheels? like 55 mm + ? thanks!

heck yes on the huricanes

I've set up curb boards but I don't skate curbs enough to really justify another setup they're very fun to just dork around on though.

Cancel all plans, call in sick, gather round, Papa Ben posted a new video.

Nice! Not sure the rail placement is wrong though. Looks very similar to Dan Corrigen's placement imo and he is the master of combo rail/curb tricks

Slappy truck review??

When skating gets painful there's always slappies , skateboarding form of meditation.

Now that you have screwed your rails on, try some feebles and smiths on transition. They're much easier with a toeside rail, since your wheel does not touch the deck or transition and you have a consistent lock.

You’re on your way up :) love the content

Not gonna lie, that setup is looking pretty bro

Yo Ben! Have you seen the new slappy truck? Would be keen to know your opinion being the truck connoisseur that you are haha

Can you do a review on slappy trucks? Love your content 🤘🤘

Now I need desperately some Poutine

Your a natural 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Bevup Ben. You just need some 9" Tensor Maglites and some 60mm 99A Spitfire Classics to make it a true curb board.

that slappy front crook to regular was wet

that shape is so nice

I was in Canada recently for 4 days for the new year and wanted to try out some of the spots you’ve shown, but it was literally either raining or the floor was just wet, I was so sad.