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Any tips or downsides to working with shorter kick gaps? as well as having mismatching ones, meaning the nose and tail's have different ones.
Like do I have to design the mold a certain way, or how does the math change? Thanks.

I want to measure the concave drop, Kick angle, Nose/tail taper, and Radius of the boards I already have for reference. How do I go about doing that?

I have cut the ends of a popsicle deck. I've found that since popsicles are usually pointy, the width of the flat area is never that wide (unless you want to REALLY shorten the kicks or you're altering a shape that is already full) so the squareness never really stays and wears out fast. The final p...

People say that the lighter the board the easier it is to flip while others think having it a bit heavier = easier to control. Guys like Daewon Song or Rodney mullen will ride smaller and lighter but you have to think about it, these guys don't do heavy impact skating. They are all about finesse. Al...

Because trucks have different geometry, different trucks tend to pair best with specific shapes. People tend to pair flatter kicks with thunders or ventures because they decrease the fingers of flat which give them more pop. Otherwise, if paired with a a truck that has a shorter wheelbase it will fe...

Some good reasons for using rail cuts are, they provide stability in rail, they make old school kickflips easier, they have less friction for rail tricks, and they wear out straight as opposed to a eventually curving. My experience with them was on the Andy Anderson deck (8.4375) A month into skatin...

For the longest time I wondered why for freestyle decks, a lot of single kicks specifically, were a bit rounder at the nose. I always figured, wouldn't a squared off nose = easier pogos/truck stands? What I have discovered is that, yes, this is true, but you wouldn't be able to do anything as well ...

I have 3 different offset wheels I have on rotation. While I'm not the best at coconut wheelies, I have noticed that the wheels I'm best with are the Decomposed 53mm Ghost/mantis wheels and those have a radial lip. The other wheel I have is the Decomposed 54mm Ghost writer wheels. Although they are ...

For the longest time I wondered why for freestyle decks, a lot of single kicks specifically, were a bit rounder at the nose. I always figured, wouldn't a squared off nose = easier pogos/truck stands? What I have discovered is that, yes, this is true, but you wouldn't be able to do anything as well a...

I didn't create the sheet. I think I actually found it on reddit one day. I'm not sure who created it and honestly some of the numbers I'm still trying to decode what they mean to this day lol. I will say, a truck that has a shorter wheelbase typically pairs best with steeper kicks because they leve...