Great video and review. The V8 have the cast baseplate that do not have the weird geometry as the Venture forged plates. This is true with any Venture cast baseplate.
I've drilled the holes on my Venture low v-hollows, now I can also change the wheelbase and they are a bit lighter. I guess the same will be with any other Ventures because they have a plenty of space on their baseplates.
Great review as always thanks, i have a likewise experience after drilling holes and also having v-lights. And also back on thunder after a year venturefever. Often i change every couple sessoins as i really like both for their benefits or feel, love my Truck madness never bored again 😂
Maybe aome 53mm wheels would make a difference for you man. Not sure but big ass wheels on venture I’ve been seen fools do. I only skate 53mms but people seem to be riding 54mm and up for street a lot these days.
Ventures are what I grew up skating in the 90s and 2000s then I started skating again in 2020! I got on Indy’s and eventually just fell in love with the stability, feeling safe, I felt like if Mason Silva can skate Indy then so can I mental thing. But then I started purchasing Trucks like the Tensor mag lights “garbage”, the ACE af1s “Fire Turning” but excessive, Indy’s are carvy and strong 💪, Thunders light and pinch 🤏 perfect. But now I’m a Ventures for street, Indy for transition, I skate the Forged Titanium Indy’s and the Standard Team Ventures with the Venture loose bushings. I’m now just accepting the fact I can’t live without both, I set up all my ventures on boards with 14.25-13.75 wheelbase boards only, on Indy’s I ride 14.25-14.5 wheelbase. That’s the thing wheelbase and getting your tail length dialed also. I like 6.5 length tails on ventures and I like 6.6-6.9 in tails on my Indy set ups.
Holes are drilled differently in the Forged baseplate (V-Light and V-Hollow) and the Cast Baseplate (the V8 or Raw ventures). Wheelbase is a bit longer with forged baseplate and could explains the tight clearance with the skate tool
I like ventures. This is a neat idea. Indys on 14.25” wb and ventures on 14”wb are basically identical axle to axle. My primary is ventures on 14.25” and I really like it. I also have a 14”wb with Indys, it’s squirrelly but fun, and good for rotational tricks. The difference between those two, axle-to-axle, is about 1/2”
The shorter wb setup should have a quicker snap and lighter pop-feel, I’d think. With the tail being longer behind the back truck, and the front truck being further back
I have some old 6-hole ventures and thunder, maybe I’ll try to make some 😭 I drilled the ‘new’ holes into some old stage V indys, it turned out fine and was easy enough to do
Wow 1/2” + is crazy, I thought they were only 1/8” per truck. Fwiw I just check my old 6-hole thunder plates and the difference between holes is about 10mm(3/8”). So I guess the idea is to leave a thick enough wall between them
That's the only thing that made sense to me. Cause marketing said a 1/4 per side, and it ends up being just a hair more the 1/2 when your in the v8 pattern.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts on these as I was curious on the adjustable wheelbase. I’ve been liking thunders on a 14 inch wheelbase too. For reference though, what’s your height and shoe size?
Main reason to leave Ventures was that you could not get the bolts off with a skate tool? Acting like helpless consumer? Be a kid for lifetime? This is not real reason for someone to leave their preferred trucks. Just say that your style of popping is too sleepy for Venture Hi-s and that's it.
I said it was one of the reasons. Pop felt off, pinch felt worse, turning is worse in my opinion, just to name a couple. Many reasons I just didn't feel the need to explain that in a video talking about a completely separate model of venture. Kids only watch 30 second of a video and form an entire opinion about what went on.
"Venture lo-s are not ventures" is what you're saying in this video. Forced reviews ain't good reviews. You don't need to do a review because "everyone" is doing it or it's "hype".
I think you missed the point, I was highlighting the adjustable wheelbase the whole video. I never said they don't feel like ventures in fact I said the opposite right after I set them up. 3:52 All I said was that in my opinion it does not make a 14.25 wb deck skate like a 14 wb, which based on other videos and conversations I read and watched was what people thought it would do. Also never called it a review either, you can't put out a full review on a product with 1 session that's why I call it my first impression at the end...
Great video and review. The V8 have the cast baseplate that do not have the weird geometry as the Venture forged plates. This is true with any Venture cast baseplate.
Good info I didn't know the bolt placement was different between the two baseplate styles!
I've drilled the holes on my Venture low v-hollows, now I can also change the wheelbase and they are a bit lighter.
I guess the same will be with any other Ventures because they have a plenty of space on their baseplates.
Did it change geometry 📐 in anyway for the turning?
Great review as always thanks, i have a likewise experience after drilling holes and also having v-lights. And also back on thunder after a year venturefever. Often i change every couple sessoins as i really like both for their benefits or feel, love my Truck madness never bored again 😂
When you said „ let’s get to the more techy stuff“ I thought you would go crazy on the ledge :D
Other videos lmao maybe I'll put together an edit of crazy stuff
Maybe aome 53mm wheels would make a difference for you man. Not sure but big ass wheels on venture I’ve been seen fools do. I only skate 53mms but people seem to be riding 54mm and up for street a lot these days.
@soundsbitter I ride 54s mainly!
@ fasho . Yeah 53 is right in the middle. Perfect for street and anything really depending on the your wheels durometer
THAT HOODIE IS FIRE 🔥🔥🔥
Using the sticker backing to press the grip is genius thanks friend 😁
Just when my truck madness started to slow🤪
Don’t do it
Ventures are what I grew up skating in the 90s and 2000s then I started skating again in 2020!
I got on Indy’s and eventually just fell in love with the stability, feeling safe, I felt like if Mason Silva can skate Indy then so can I mental thing. But then I started purchasing Trucks like the Tensor mag lights “garbage”, the ACE af1s “Fire Turning” but excessive, Indy’s are carvy and strong 💪, Thunders light and pinch 🤏 perfect. But now I’m a Ventures for street, Indy for transition, I skate the Forged Titanium Indy’s and the Standard Team Ventures with the Venture loose bushings.
I’m now just accepting the fact I can’t live without both,
I set up all my ventures on boards with 14.25-13.75 wheelbase boards only, on Indy’s I ride 14.25-14.5 wheelbase. That’s the thing wheelbase and getting your tail length dialed also. I like 6.5 length tails on ventures and I like 6.6-6.9 in tails on my Indy set ups.
@@TRAVIESO_NA I use Indy’s for bowls, Thunders and Ventures everywhere else. Ventures for under 14 3/4 wheelbases.
Holes are drilled differently in the Forged baseplate (V-Light and V-Hollow) and the Cast Baseplate (the V8 or Raw ventures). Wheelbase is a bit longer with forged baseplate and could explains the tight clearance with the skate tool
Someone pointed that out to me, I had no idea there was a diffrence between the bolt layout between baseplates. Good info tho!
I like ventures. This is a neat idea. Indys on 14.25” wb and ventures on 14”wb are basically identical axle to axle. My primary is ventures on 14.25” and I really like it. I also have a 14”wb with Indys, it’s squirrelly but fun, and good for rotational tricks. The difference between those two, axle-to-axle, is about 1/2”
Quasi and GX1000 boards = butter
The shorter wb setup should have a quicker snap and lighter pop-feel, I’d think. With the tail being longer behind the back truck, and the front truck being further back
I want to like ventures but I love loose trucks. I even took the top washer off my thunder trucks
Combined with the loose bushing kit ventures might feel good!
I have some old 6-hole ventures and thunder, maybe I’ll try to make some 😭 I drilled the ‘new’ holes into some old stage V indys, it turned out fine and was easy enough to do
Wow 1/2” + is crazy, I thought they were only 1/8” per truck. Fwiw I just check my old 6-hole thunder plates and the difference between holes is about 10mm(3/8”). So I guess the idea is to leave a thick enough wall between them
That's the only thing that made sense to me. Cause marketing said a 1/4 per side, and it ends up being just a hair more the 1/2 when your in the v8 pattern.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts on these as I was curious on the adjustable wheelbase. I’ve been liking thunders on a 14 inch wheelbase too.
For reference though, what’s your height and shoe size?
9.5 and 5' 10"
Venture was always that truck
That know one had growing up😂
I had one pair and broke them at 80 pounds ahahahah
Main reason to leave Ventures was that you could not get the bolts off with a skate tool? Acting like helpless consumer? Be a kid for lifetime? This is not real reason for someone to leave their preferred trucks. Just say that your style of popping is too sleepy for Venture Hi-s and that's it.
I said it was one of the reasons. Pop felt off, pinch felt worse, turning is worse in my opinion, just to name a couple. Many reasons I just didn't feel the need to explain that in a video talking about a completely separate model of venture. Kids only watch 30 second of a video and form an entire opinion about what went on.
Venture 5.6 highs. 8.25 axel ❤🫡🙏👌😌😎💯🔥clear purple bushings are so good btw . FYI gonna shorted my wheel base soon actually this year
"Venture lo-s are not ventures" is what you're saying in this video. Forced reviews ain't good reviews. You don't need to do a review because "everyone" is doing it or it's "hype".
I think you missed the point, I was highlighting the adjustable wheelbase the whole video. I never said they don't feel like ventures in fact I said the opposite right after I set them up. 3:52 All I said was that in my opinion it does not make a 14.25 wb deck skate like a 14 wb, which based on other videos and conversations I read and watched was what people thought it would do. Also never called it a review either, you can't put out a full review on a product with 1 session that's why I call it my first impression at the end...