dpV.t final

been so busy i haven't had a chance to share the final pictures. Been ripping it for a minute and its fast. the setup:

• grind king trucks circa '96, hit with a coat of flat black enamel (gk5's?)
  
• 60mm 85a powell peralta rat bones re-issue wheels, black
• bones super swiss 6, six -ball, ball bearings (jury's still out on 6 vs. 7 balls per bearing)
  
• independent 1/8 shock pads
• grind king bridge bolts hardware
• generic grip tape

GSD II

/// Update: go skateboarding day is saturday. Here's the flyer for the NYC event. don't forget to get your free griptape!!!

circa '89

Straight outta 80's skateboard culture excess, I dug these up for my custom ride. Call em what you want, ubolts, bridge bolts, harbour bolts; grindking claims they invented them in '89. These add much style to my flow. I guess they get in the way of huge ollie's, becuase no one makes these anymore.

As long as i got these, and neon pink griptape is still available, the 80's won't be forgotten.

dpV.t II

Had a chance to stain up the deck this week. Olive green action came out just alright. Next up, passing it off to JB for a screen print, then poly then its ready to bomb my freshly paved broadway.

dpV.t

I started my blank this weekend. The template was inspired by the classic pool shape (flat tail rounded nose) and it measured up at 32" x 9.25". I felt 9.25 was just too wide for me to throw around so i decided to trim an 1/2 inch all around. Freshmode OG dp did the bulk of this work. Using his primo drafting skills, he took off an inch and evened up the template. You can see in the photos his technique: squared line down the middle then he measures every few inches to make sure its dead on ball even. Then we hit it with the band saw and it was ready to sand.

Special thanks to dp. This deck is as much his creation as it is mine for all his help. I had a chance to table sand it and finish sanding it by hand Sunday. Next up is stain/graphics.

(entire deck templated out)

(detail of the tail, dp is precise)

(nose detail mothafuckin tone one cruiser 31"x 8 1/4")

(additional detail)

(deck after we hit it with the band saw)

Slice & Dice

Your kitchen at home is just about the best place to set up your woodshop. Where else in the house are you close enough to the refrigerator to grab a cold beer to sip on while you make those critical cuts? And what goes better with alcohol consumption than skateboarding – pretty much nothing, right? My kitchen is my sanctuary - where it all goes down. Seen below is the rough *cough// cut of my interpretation of the Krooked Zip Zinger. The goal is to create an around town monster with enough width to provide the necessary stability for constant pushing. The traditional ZZ is 7-1/4’’ wide – my model, measures in at 8-1/4’’. The ZZ is meant to ride loose – it’s a full on style machine; however, try hittin’ the gas down Atlantic Avenue in traffic on a 7-1/4’’ loosie and you may sprout a couple of extra grey ones. The length is 31-1/2’’ and I opted to reserve the length for the tail, that’s the surfer talking. More photos to follow -

shooting 'blanks'

fresh off an all american bender friday night (bud bottles and jack daniels); main man and freshmode OG dougie P, along with my wburg loftmate W and long time ace Dave, stormed Mollusk like Normandy Saturday afternoon. Doug's mate joey clams sold us some blanks and we were off to Satriale's, errr, dp's Carroll Gardens crib for a gang meeting, complete with power saws. Here's a few pictures of the gang in action.



(dp getting all christopher moltisante with the circular saw before he cut it out with the band saw.)



(dp and W - this is architect music.)

More updates to come.

Special thanks to clams, the dude who suggested nachos and nick nice for the beers...