@Lord Riggnarok I recently got some Hamboards. But no, I left them out because I originally thought they were making boards that looked like surfboards instead of having the functionality of a surfskate. Discovered their HST, so I'll be covering them soon
I live in Australia and have a smoothstar toledo 77 model and I’m telling you it’s the most fun board to ride and is the perfect tool during the flat summer days and so fun just cruising around at the skatepark. Cant wait to watch your review videos. Keep up the great work.👍
Shred Shack no I haven’t tried one yet because all the people that I know all ride smoothstar boards as they are so reliable but i have only heard good things about Yow boards but i hope to try one out in the future.
@@madformtb2312 Yeah I gotcha. Yow is solid, it's just a different feeling... more 'divey' and a little less predictable. But I love their board designs. Smoothstar has more resistance from its compression spring which is why it's more smooth. From a functionality standpoint, Smoothstar is the best for surf training
Been riding a Smoothstar since 2010 and I absolutely love it. Been through a number of sized decks from 32" to 50" and it's fun all the way. I HIGHLY recommend the smooth star.
Skating on my Carver throughout the winter helped me improve my speed generation on the water. I didn’t realize it until the first time I jumped in the water this year. Definitely get one if you haven’t already.
My favorite thing is my Carver with the spring detached, it lets me pump uphill ridiculously fast and make even tighter carves with my foot past the front truck
Love the shoutout to the subreddit!! What you really need to try is a Slide truck, or one of the many clones (I have a Flow, which is a new subbrand of Origin so the quality is pretty great). They don't lean near as much as others which is great for skate parks or just general cruising if you're a longboarder. I imagine with any other truck going back to regular trucks would be awful. I had to sell my Vanguard because I kept falling off of it since it's so radically different from my surfskate 🤣
Had to shoutout the subreddit... learned so much from it the last few months. And interesting, I’ll have to add slide to the list. Is it basically a rkp truck? Or is there a spring in them?
@@concrete-waves it's basically just on a bearing with a spring pulling it to center. It turns sharper easier and is lower to the ground. It's def worth taking a look at!
Just FYI water born sell the adapter separately so you can buy it and fit it to your existing board in place of the front truck, I know a bunch of people in the eskate community who have done this and are really happy with it
Yeah! I've been experimenting with waterborne's adapter on different types of boards recently. I've heard so many positive reviews of it in the eskate community too
Just got the last Yow S5 of Hossegor and put it under a Globe Big Blazer. Absolutely loving it! Seems like they have problems producing enough since Covid. Btw Globe is now also offering Surfskate trucks which they call revenge trucks and onshore series.
I've been curious about these. I live in Louisiana now. I used to surf when I lived in Puerto Rico. It's been 15 years since then. Surfing was my first time on a board. From that I moved around the US. After surfing, I got to try snowboarding, moved to LA, tried out wakeboarding and skateboarding. Never done longboarding but I'm pretty happy with just regular skateboarding.
Surfskating is probably my favorite type of boardsport right now. I started regular skateboarding when I was 5 and did that for many years. But nowadays I enjoy surfing and mellow riding more. It's an expensive hobby but I think it's worth it. Maybe try to find someone that lives near you with one so you can test it out
@@concrete-waves that's a nope. There are 3 longboarders, 2 of which stopped riding to ride those electric one wheels, and I'm the only skateboarder in town. I live in a small town. Occasionally another skater comes in because of the army. I drive almost 2 hours to skate a bowl
Let me just say as a person looking to buy a surf skate in Bali, with the language barrier and sales reps that are not riding boards themselves make knowing what I'm getting really difficult, this video is golden! My best option here appears to be a Globe onshore series skate. I'd love to hear your 2 cents on that. Thanks in advance!
Dude I just found your videos a couple of days ago right after I started my channel and I was blown away by how awesome your channel is and how similar our channels are. I have to commend you for your high quality videos, especially with how recently you started. I can't wait to watch more of your videos man and hopefully we can do a collab at some point.
I just got back into skating after like 16 years and eat looking for something surfy. Found surfskates and an in love. Super fun to cruise on, and I got a Slide from the UK with no extra shipping cost.
I'm on the verge of buying a SwellTech Premiere ( or maybe the Hybrid Camo? because its slightly cheaper with a wider tail area and decent wheelbase) anyway, I'm over my Carver -even put the CX truck on an old reverse kingpin Chilli deck and drilled new holes making it super loose. I previously owned a Carver C7 and found the CX to be tighter turning. But Carver as a surfskate has its surftraining limitations and after 5 years of being on them, I am ready to progress on to something even "surfier". WHAT I really want is to get my hands or feet on a Toledo #77 by Smoothstar but I live in Orange County CA and with the Carver patent monopolizing the So Cal surf skate market it is impossible to get a Smoothstar. So glad that you shed new light on the distribution center opening in 2021! In the meantime, I am on the fence about getting a Swell tech, on the positive side they 're the LOOSEST surfskate out there and are said to 99.9% resemble short board surfing, however the thing is fragile as the the springs break often even with their newer truck version II. Also, having broken both wrists (my rt one with the Carve Board -the giant board with inflatable tires that I thought would never slide out!) the Swell Techs seem really sketch as nosediving looks all too easy to do on them. I look forward to your review of Swell Tech's as a surftrainer (bottom turns top turns cutbacks) and also your opinion on how sketchy it is. It looks like you got the J.O.B. Banzai model?
This vid got my sub. Looking forward to seeing your reviews to hear you take on comparing them. While smooth star was enticing, I was between waterborne and carver because smoothstar are already expensive and tack on almost $100 shipping. Yikes. I picked waterborne to try on my deck to see if it was worth the hype. A couple months later, I built a new board based on their adapter since it was so much fun. That said, it makes me wonder what I am missing in the other surfskates, which wraps me back to waiting for your comparison!
Thanks, really appreciate the sub! Waterborne is a solid adapter. The fact that they created something more affordable & universal is genius. I will be doing a comparison between YOW & Smoothstar after my Shark Wheel’s review (2ish weeks). I usually rotate between my YOW & Smoothstar
first off , your videos are truly amasingand youre doing really well, just wanted to point out that miller also made some surfskates. I own one myself and its my first good quality board.
@@concrete-waves well it's been a great upgrade from the one I had before , better bearings and definitely better hardware but the only problem I have with it is that the trucks went really squeaky really soon but I don't think every single model of this surfskate had the same problem
mmm yes, it's a lot more wobble than most boards if you're picking up serious speed. but it's perfectly fine at most cruising speeds and it's quite enjoyable being able to carve so hard.
Dude I've the Waterborn adaptor it's pretty sick, getting the YOW next, I live in Australia but I couldn't even get my hand on the smoothstar, its sold out like hot cakes.
Sick, both really solid companies. You'll love YOW too. It took me over 3 months after I ordered just to get my Smoothstar haha. Have you tried a Smoothstar before?
@@concrete-waves, sorry for the late reply. I already bought CX replicas online for $32 and put it on my $100 Yamba 900 cruiser and it's amazing! It carves and pumps very well but I find the wheelbase a bit short at around 16"
Checking back one year later, I went to the pump track today, half of the people there had a surfskate, I went to an In n out afterwards, saw four kids with surfskates. Yeah, they got popular here
I just bought Waterborne and about to order Smoothstar. It's just difficult to buy from.where I'm at and shipping fees are expensive especially the exchange rate now is $1 is equal to 50 to my local currency. Will order the Y.O.W. after I receive the smoothstar.
Best option is to pick up a used cruiser in the 30-34” range and a waterborne adapter. That’ll give you a solid surfskate setup for much cheaper than a new complete
You could, but it's not going to be as surfy as something that's in the 28-34" range. It'll work but it won't be optimal if you want the surfskate experience
Any reason why I shouldn’t think it just looks like sloppy longboarding? I can see the huge benefit of the fun you could have going slower on flats and even going uphill but seems like for more energetic riding a cruiser can suffice.
I wonder if you have tried "Original Skateboards" and their unique approach to inverted kingping longboards? They use a spring base instead of poly bushings and their turn rate is nuts, but yes... it's both trucks doing the trick.
ive watched this video 6 times your videos are just soo good I'm planning to get the YOW pipe and was wondering when your going to release your video on it next I've already read the review on your website twice
I have the waterborne surf skate, and it's so awesome! The only thing I don't like is that it's so high up, so I don't go as fast because of the higher center of gravity.
Waterborne is solid! I’ve noticed with surfskates its more about doing aggressive carving rather than gaining speed. Interesting you notice it goes slower because of higher center of gravity. Didn’t think about that 👍🏼
@@concrete-waves I have a normal trick skateboard, but for speed i use 60mm and 70mm wheels. When I saw a video about the waterbourne and how there was no wheel bite, I was sold. Because of the big wheels, all I know was wheel bite. The carving is super sick, and a workout and a half on the calves.
I’m wanting to get one of these surf skate but the problem is are you able to take off the surf adapter because I also like going long distances and sometimes ruff tarmac and I’m not sure if there surf skates are able to do that.
ok so i have a couple cruisers with reverse kingpin trucks, one is a alva reissue with some sprung seismics and a traxart complete i picked up in brazil. i've ordered a waterborne adapter, arrives tomorrow (woohoo!). the seismics came off a bahne slalom deck. what trucks and/or adapters you think i should put on that? has no kick.
I have both and I ride the CX more. They both are pretty similar feeling, but I find the CX have a more fluid feeling. Hard to describe. You can't really go wrong with either in my opinion
Yeah I’d love to do that further down the line. I’m still not an expert myself but what has really helped me is focusing on longer/slower turns. Focus on swaying your front arm back & forth. It has a lot to do with the movement of your shoulders
You probably got asked this already, but i was thinking about getting a surfskate (never had a skate in my life) and i was wondering if the Longboard Surfskate Carve 540 Bird from oxelo is good enough. Just to try it out and later in the hobby i could get a better one.
Landyachtz recently came out with their own version of a surfskate and I picked one up recently as they were the most accessible to me in Canada. They dont use springs but a reverse king pin truck and I've managed to learn to pump pretty well on them but lacking in some speed. I'm thinking its due to the lack of springs not providing me any return of energy? Might be worth checking out!
Someone actually just mentioned to me about that Landyachtz surfskate. I haven’t tried it but, yup I’d say you’re right... chances are you’re not getting that return of energy because there aren’t any springs. The springs are pretty vital in a surfskate because it pulls the truck from one side to another, without losing speed
Great Video dude! Very clear and to the point, Subed! May i suggest a similar aproach to types of longboards and ways to use a surfskate? I think there are many videos out there but none of them are as clear as this one and it would be great to have them made. Thanks!
Thanks for the feedback, stoked to hear that! Yup, I'm actually planning on doing a 'types of longboards' video in the future with this approach. If you have any other suggestions, lmk
I’ve been skating since I was about 5 or 6 and since i live in Ohio and can’t surf (except on vacations or in Lake Erie and I tried that onece and it was just nasty lmao) and I’m getting kind of bored of regular skating:) I’ll check this out! Thanks
I wanted a Smoothstar for my first surfskate so bad but due to the virus I gotta wait for 2 more months to order, so I decided to go with Yow ( for now ) maybe i ll get the Smoothstar in the future.
Honestly, you can't go wrong with YOW... which one did you order? If I had to do it all over again (and wasn't doing these reviews), I would've just got a YOW and Smoothstar. You're in a good position!
These were popular in Hawaii in the 00s. I had a chance to try out a surf skate, the one with 3 wheels, the front wasn’t a truck it was one wheel on a caster at an angle like those ripsticks. Much too unstable for my tastes
I have a retrospective rift through longboard do you think it would be impossible for me to ride this or will it take some time Is it harder to ride and can it go over speed bumps
It depends what surfskate you get. YOW, Smoothstar & Waterborne are more aggressive for carving, whereas Carver has more mellow trucks. I wouldn't recommend going over speed bumps with these
i have a sector 9 pintail longboard, it’s super fun! but i want my carving to be sharper, do you think the surf skate adapter would work good on my board? or should i look into getting getting a smaller cruiser?
Surfskating works best when you have a board in the 28-34"ish range. The shorter the wheelbase, the snappier the turns. So I'd prob save up, get a used cruiser and Waterborne adapter. Or look into a YOW or Smoothstar, although that'll be more expensive
I love the pumps of the surfskate I have a 80s shape Santa Cruz deck that I would love to put in a surfskate truck on it, if someone has done it tell me how does it worked 🤙🏾🤙🏾
@@Appl3whit3 yess I bought the Waterborne surf adaptor and it's been lot of fun, If you choose it I'd recommend you tracks big enough for the size of your board. And first feels weird as hell and putting the adaptor is kinda difficult
should i buy it as my first skateboard? I like it a LOT and i think i would have so much fun using it but maybe i should first learn how to skate properly on a board with a regular deck and then go for a surfskate? this make any sense??
I know I said the USA was ranked 26, but the video shows 25. Just waiting for someone to point that out. Close enough, right? 😂
@Lord Riggnarok I recently got some Hamboards. But no, I left them out because I originally thought they were making boards that looked like surfboards instead of having the functionality of a surfskate. Discovered their HST, so I'll be covering them soon
Yoooo you should cover original s series trucks!!!
Agreed 100%
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I was sure you had at least 100k subscribers with this quality. Wow! Keep doing what your doing, I’m positive you’ll get big. Amazing!!!
Wow, I appreciate that a ton! Thanks 😎🙌🏼
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I was really surprised too.
Same dudes killing it with the content
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I live in Australia and have a smoothstar toledo 77 model and I’m telling you it’s the most fun board to ride and is the perfect tool during the flat summer days and so fun just cruising around at the skatepark. Cant wait to watch your review videos. Keep up the great work.👍
Thanks Jake! And I totally agree, Smoothstar is so fun to ride. Have you ever tried YOW before?
Shred Shack no I haven’t tried one yet because all the people that I know all ride smoothstar boards as they are so reliable but i have only heard good things about Yow boards but i hope to try one out in the future.
@@madformtb2312 Yeah I gotcha. Yow is solid, it's just a different feeling... more 'divey' and a little less predictable. But I love their board designs. Smoothstar has more resistance from its compression spring which is why it's more smooth. From a functionality standpoint, Smoothstar is the best for surf training
Im excited for my toledo77 smoothstar. Been waiting for 4 months to be delivered because of this pandemic.
@@camz9014 Nice! That was the biggest issue when I ordered my Smoothstar, it took about 3 months to get
Been riding a Smoothstar since 2010 and I absolutely love it. Been through a number of sized decks from 32" to 50" and it's fun all the way. I HIGHLY recommend the smooth star.
Your channel is growing so fast! I got here from your nickel board video! I was here at 128 subs! You’ll get big for sure! 🔥🔥🔥
I remember you from the nickel board vid comment. Thanks for always supporting 🙌🏼
Great job with the video man! We appreciate you educating people about the sport of surfskate and surfstyle!
Thanks! Slowly but surely educating haha
This channel will grow quickly. great content.
I really appreciate that, thanks 🤙🏼
Im shocked of the high quality of your videos. holy your amazing, keep up the good work
Really appreciate that, thank you!
Skating on my Carver throughout the winter helped me improve my speed generation on the water. I didn’t realize it until the first time I jumped in the water this year. Definitely get one if you haven’t already.
That's awesome to hear. Yup, I have a Carver already. Which one do you have?
Great Video Mate, Was interested to know a bit more about Surfskates and this told me all I needed to know. Great quality as usual. Keep it up.
Stoked to hear! Thanks for watching bro!!
My favorite thing is my Carver with the spring detached, it lets me pump uphill ridiculously fast and make even tighter carves with my foot past the front truck
Which truck is that, the Cx?
@@Appl3whit3 no, the c7. I might be wrong but I don't think the CX has a spring at all, it's just like the skateboard version
Love the shoutout to the subreddit!! What you really need to try is a Slide truck, or one of the many clones (I have a Flow, which is a new subbrand of Origin so the quality is pretty great). They don't lean near as much as others which is great for skate parks or just general cruising if you're a longboarder. I imagine with any other truck going back to regular trucks would be awful. I had to sell my Vanguard because I kept falling off of it since it's so radically different from my surfskate 🤣
Had to shoutout the subreddit... learned so much from it the last few months. And interesting, I’ll have to add slide to the list. Is it basically a rkp truck? Or is there a spring in them?
@@concrete-waves it's basically just on a bearing with a spring pulling it to center. It turns sharper easier and is lower to the ground. It's def worth taking a look at!
There is also the ripsurf. It is a rip stick that is shaped like a surfboard and it is amazing!
Just FYI water born sell the adapter separately so you can buy it and fit it to your existing board in place of the front truck, I know a bunch of people in the eskate community who have done this and are really happy with it
Yeah! I've been experimenting with waterborne's adapter on different types of boards recently. I've heard so many positive reviews of it in the eskate community too
I love my Gullwing Sidewinder trucks for longboard carving. Double kingpins on both trucks allow for fast tight turning on any longboard.
I've heard a lot of positive things about the sidewinder trucks - I have to try them out sometime. Thanks for the suggestion
Just got the last Yow S5 of Hossegor and put it under a Globe Big Blazer. Absolutely loving it! Seems like they have problems producing enough since Covid. Btw Globe is now also offering Surfskate trucks which they call revenge trucks and onshore series.
I've been curious about these. I live in Louisiana now. I used to surf when I lived in Puerto Rico. It's been 15 years since then. Surfing was my first time on a board. From that I moved around the US. After surfing, I got to try snowboarding, moved to LA, tried out wakeboarding and skateboarding. Never done longboarding but I'm pretty happy with just regular skateboarding.
Surfskating is probably my favorite type of boardsport right now. I started regular skateboarding when I was 5 and did that for many years. But nowadays I enjoy surfing and mellow riding more. It's an expensive hobby but I think it's worth it. Maybe try to find someone that lives near you with one so you can test it out
@@concrete-waves that's a nope. There are 3 longboarders, 2 of which stopped riding to ride those electric one wheels, and I'm the only skateboarder in town. I live in a small town. Occasionally another skater comes in because of the army. I drive almost 2 hours to skate a bowl
Do you think you could do a review on the landyachtz surfskates. They seem pretty solid, but I don't think they have an adapter
Let me just say as a person looking to buy a surf skate in Bali, with the language barrier and sales reps that are not riding boards themselves make knowing what I'm getting really difficult, this video is golden! My best option here appears to be a Globe onshore series skate. I'd love to hear your 2 cents on that. Thanks in advance!
Dude I just found your videos a couple of days ago right after I started my channel and I was blown away by how awesome your channel is and how similar our channels are. I have to commend you for your high quality videos, especially with how recently you started. I can't wait to watch more of your videos man and hopefully we can do a collab at some point.
Best Skate channel on YT. Period.
Appreciate that, thanks man!
I just got back into skating after like 16 years and eat looking for something surfy. Found surfskates and an in love. Super fun to cruise on, and I got a Slide from the UK with no extra shipping cost.
I'm on the verge of buying a SwellTech Premiere ( or maybe the Hybrid Camo? because its slightly cheaper with a wider tail area and decent wheelbase) anyway, I'm over my Carver -even put the CX truck on an old reverse kingpin Chilli deck and drilled new holes making it super loose. I previously owned a Carver C7 and found the CX to be tighter turning. But Carver as a surfskate has its surftraining limitations and after 5 years of being on them, I am ready to progress on to something even "surfier". WHAT I really want is to get my hands or feet on a Toledo #77 by Smoothstar but I live in Orange County CA and with the Carver patent monopolizing the So Cal surf skate market it is impossible to get a Smoothstar. So glad that you shed new light on the distribution center opening in 2021! In the meantime, I am on the fence about getting a Swell tech, on the positive side they 're the LOOSEST surfskate out there and are said to 99.9% resemble short board surfing, however the thing is fragile as the the springs break often even with their newer truck version II. Also, having broken both wrists (my rt one with the Carve Board -the giant board with inflatable tires that I thought would never slide out!) the Swell Techs seem really sketch as nosediving looks all too easy to do on them. I look forward to your review of Swell Tech's as a surftrainer (bottom turns top turns cutbacks) and also your opinion on how sketchy it is. It looks like you got the J.O.B. Banzai model?
This vid got my sub. Looking forward to seeing your reviews to hear you take on comparing them.
While smooth star was enticing, I was between waterborne and carver because smoothstar are already expensive and tack on almost $100 shipping. Yikes. I picked waterborne to try on my deck to see if it was worth the hype. A couple months later, I built a new board based on their adapter since it was so much fun. That said, it makes me wonder what I am missing in the other surfskates, which wraps me back to waiting for your comparison!
Thanks, really appreciate the sub! Waterborne is a solid adapter. The fact that they created something more affordable & universal is genius. I will be doing a comparison between YOW & Smoothstar after my Shark Wheel’s review (2ish weeks). I usually rotate between my YOW & Smoothstar
first off , your videos are truly amasingand youre doing really well, just wanted to point out that miller also made some surfskates. I own one myself and its my first good quality board.
Thanks so much, I appreciate the suggestion. I've heard a lot about Miller. How do you like it so far?
@@concrete-waves well it's been a great upgrade from the one I had before , better bearings and definitely better hardware but the only problem I have with it is that the trucks went really squeaky really soon but I don't think every single model of this surfskate had the same problem
how fast can u go - do you get loads of speed wobble from the front truck ?
I bomb some decent hills on mine and its a lot easier to control than you might think.
mmm yes, it's a lot more wobble than most boards if you're picking up serious speed. but it's perfectly fine at most cruising speeds and it's quite enjoyable being able to carve so hard.
I would check out Hamboards! They're also based in the US. Very expensive but an incredibly unique board even among the surfskate scene
Dude I've the Waterborn adaptor it's pretty sick, getting the YOW next, I live in Australia but I couldn't even get my hand on the smoothstar, its sold out like hot cakes.
Sick, both really solid companies. You'll love YOW too. It took me over 3 months after I ordered just to get my Smoothstar haha. Have you tried a Smoothstar before?
Totally waiting for the reviews!
I’m just getting into surfskating but it’s so expensive 😢
Bro I know. What board did you get/ thinking of getting?
Slidesurfskates are kinda cheaper, and probably have best system
@@concrete-waves, sorry for the late reply. I already bought CX replicas online for $32 and put it on my $100 Yamba 900 cruiser and it's amazing! It carves and pumps very well but I find the wheelbase a bit short at around 16"
Two bare feet on amazon for £40.
Buy a real skateboard then.
Checking back one year later, I went to the pump track today, half of the people there had a surfskate, I went to an In n out afterwards, saw four kids with surfskates. Yeah, they got popular here
Have you seen the landyachts pocket knife? they have a "surfskate truck" but its a longboard truck essentially backwards.
Yeah, I actually just got one last week and will be doing a review on it in the future
I just bought Waterborne and about to order Smoothstar. It's just difficult to buy from.where I'm at and shipping fees are expensive especially the exchange rate now is $1 is equal to 50 to my local currency. Will order the Y.O.W. after I receive the smoothstar.
Looking forward to your swelltech review 🤙
Thanks Aaron! If you have any questions in the meantime, let me know. Still have a few other videos I need to get to before the Swelltech video review
Can you use a Gullwing Sidewinder 2 with a surfskate adapter and longboard
Wish I could help you here. I'm not too sure, sorry about that
@@concrete-waves it's all good I guess I will find out I'll let you know have a happy healthy safe day and a merry Christmas
Love your videos I've been watching them for like a hour now I should be doing homework lmao they are just to good keep it up!!!
Haha thanks man, really appreciate that. Get that homework done lol
So what cheap surf skate should I get because I have a low budget because my family’s going through a hard time but I’m willing to buy one
Best option is to pick up a used cruiser in the 30-34” range and a waterborne adapter. That’ll give you a solid surfskate setup for much cheaper than a new complete
I have a 41' bamboo drop-through deck. Could I add a surfskate adapter to it 👀
You could, but it's not going to be as surfy as something that's in the 28-34" range. It'll work but it won't be optimal if you want the surfskate experience
Any reason why I shouldn’t think it just looks like sloppy longboarding? I can see the huge benefit of the fun you could have going slower on flats and even going uphill but seems like for more energetic riding a cruiser can suffice.
Double kingpins are another level too, though I'm interested in this too
You're right, I've heard a lot of good things about double kingpins, but haven't tried them yet. Surfskate adapters are a step up I think
Double kingpins are a blast. Have some gullwings that came on my S9, and it's a blast
I wonder if you have tried "Original Skateboards" and their unique approach to inverted kingping longboards? They use a spring base instead of poly bushings and their turn rate is nuts, but yes... it's both trucks doing the trick.
I have a landyatchz dinghy cruiser. Is it possible to turn it into one of these?
Yup you should be able to do it with a Waterborne adapter. I would just make sure by sending Waterborne an email or IG DM. They're super helpful
ive watched this video 6 times your videos are just soo good I'm planning to get the YOW pipe and was wondering when your going to release your video on it next I've already read the review on your website twice
Noone ever talks about Carveboard from California. I personally have the Carveblade model and it's amazing.
Yeez another type of skateboard im interested in.
Can't decide to go for a surfboard first or save up for a e board for commuting to collage.
Bro, your videos are pro ! 🔥
Digging the channel !
Dude thanks! Means a lot 🙌🏼
I have the waterborne surf skate, and it's so awesome! The only thing I don't like is that it's so high up, so I don't go as fast because of the higher center of gravity.
Waterborne is solid! I’ve noticed with surfskates its more about doing aggressive carving rather than gaining speed. Interesting you notice it goes slower because of higher center of gravity. Didn’t think about that 👍🏼
@@concrete-waves I have a normal trick skateboard, but for speed i use 60mm and 70mm wheels. When I saw a video about the waterbourne and how there was no wheel bite, I was sold. Because of the big wheels, all I know was wheel bite. The carving is super sick, and a workout and a half on the calves.
@@themanunleashed Haha I hear ya about the calves workout. I was so sore the first week of trying surfskates
is there a way you can put the back trucks like the front ?
I’m wanting to get one of these surf skate but the problem is are you able to take off the surf adapter because I also like going long distances and sometimes ruff tarmac and I’m not sure if there surf skates are able to do that.
I wonder if you put the pivot truck on the back if youd get a snowboard feel
ok so i have a couple cruisers with reverse kingpin trucks, one is a alva reissue with some sprung seismics and a traxart complete i picked up in brazil. i've ordered a waterborne adapter, arrives tomorrow (woohoo!). the seismics came off a bahne slalom deck. what trucks and/or adapters you think i should put on that? has no kick.
What is the best boards for pumping
LA been in Tennessee for years now. Love my surf adapter.
You need more subscribers you're informative and hella funny. I'll be binge watching all your videos
There are carvers in Spain and they are the main brand in the Andalucía region.
I'd like too see visual comparisons of how they work.
Can we get an adapter and put it on a skateboard or longboard to start?
Yup! Waterborne sells adapter kits
Love the quality of your videos!
Thank you. I appreciate you watching!
Hey so I’m a bit of a skate noob here, but I feel like the wheels would bind up a ton, are the trucks raised at all to counteract that?
yea the trucks are raised so you dont get wheel bite
But what about the rail adaptor for the rear trucks?
Honestly, I still need to experiment with rail adapters 🤔
I can get the same results with Sidewinder Trucks. They are awesome and not expensive at all!
I want to get a carver, C7 or CX? I enjoy a challenge when riding but mostly gonna be for cruising around town
I have both and I ride the CX more. They both are pretty similar feeling, but I find the CX have a more fluid feeling. Hard to describe. You can't really go wrong with either in my opinion
Look forward to seeing you put a Yow and a Smooth Star through their paces against each other......no videos out there making this match up!
Awesome. Going to do a video comparing the two in the next few weeks
Great vid! "Penny" actually have a surfskate not sure how it performs though!
Yup I actually do know that. I have a review of it on the channel - th-cam.com/video/A-HAsHtFFyM/w-d-xo.html
Hope ur channel grows so much
Thanks for always supporting 🤙🏼
So I'm guessing (newb here) that surf skates aren't for beginners to skateboarding and surfing. Should I stick to a longboard skateboard?
Someone at the skate park had one of these and asked me if I wanted to try it, it was so fun!
Can you make a video about how to properly use/ride one? I recently picked up the pennyboard surfskate and I can't seem to do it right.
Yeah I’d love to do that further down the line. I’m still not an expert myself but what has really helped me is focusing on longer/slower turns. Focus on swaying your front arm back & forth. It has a lot to do with the movement of your shoulders
There are several youtube channels that have tutorials about surfskates like Kales Brock and Shane Lai
@@sepg5084 Yup! Recommend them both!
My last board is a SurfSkate from Maui & Sons. Yes you carve so sharply😎😎😎
Haven’t watched the video yet, but 100% not a gimmick. They’re so fun to ride... like crazy fun.
You probably got asked this already, but i was thinking about getting a surfskate (never had a skate in my life) and i was wondering if the Longboard Surfskate Carve 540 Bird from oxelo is good enough. Just to try it out and later in the hobby i could get a better one.
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Ayyyy, thanks bro! Appreciate that support 👍🏼
And what about swelltech, any thoughts?
Landyachtz recently came out with their own version of a surfskate and I picked one up recently as they were the most accessible to me in Canada. They dont use springs but a reverse king pin truck and I've managed to learn to pump pretty well on them but lacking in some speed. I'm thinking its due to the lack of springs not providing me any return of energy? Might be worth checking out!
Someone actually just mentioned to me about that Landyachtz surfskate. I haven’t tried it but, yup I’d say you’re right... chances are you’re not getting that return of energy because there aren’t any springs. The springs are pretty vital in a surfskate because it pulls the truck from one side to another, without losing speed
Great Video dude! Very clear and to the point, Subed! May i suggest a similar aproach to types of longboards and ways to use a surfskate? I think there are many videos out there but none of them are as clear as this one and it would be great to have them made. Thanks!
Thanks for the feedback, stoked to hear that! Yup, I'm actually planning on doing a 'types of longboards' video in the future with this approach. If you have any other suggestions, lmk
I’ve been skating since I was about 5 or 6 and since i live in Ohio and can’t surf (except on vacations or in Lake Erie and I tried that onece and it was just nasty lmao) and I’m getting kind of bored of regular skating:) I’ll check this out! Thanks
I wanted a Smoothstar for my first surfskate so bad but due to the virus I gotta wait for 2 more months to order, so I decided to go with Yow ( for now ) maybe i ll get the Smoothstar in the future.
Honestly, you can't go wrong with YOW... which one did you order? If I had to do it all over again (and wasn't doing these reviews), I would've just got a YOW and Smoothstar. You're in a good position!
@@concrete-waves Since I'm only 5 feet with 47 kg. I went with Pukas La loca, not too big not too small, and design of the deck looks great.
I want a surf skate that at the same time could also work as a cruiser if I make the trucks tighter, are there any brands that you can recommend ?
These were popular in Hawaii in the 00s. I had a chance to try out a surf skate, the one with 3 wheels, the front wasn’t a truck it was one wheel on a caster at an angle like those ripsticks. Much too unstable for my tastes
I have a retrospective rift through longboard do you think it would be impossible for me to ride this or will it take some time
Is it harder to ride and can it go over speed bumps
It depends what surfskate you get. YOW, Smoothstar & Waterborne are more aggressive for carving, whereas Carver has more mellow trucks. I wouldn't recommend going over speed bumps with these
Shred Shack thank you for replying
Anyone ever try a-flex surf skates? They’re based in America and seem nice just looking at em at the local skate shop. Haven’t ridden one though.
try putting a surfekate adapter on a longbowrd
Hey there! I have a 26'' Globe Cruiser, is is too small to use as a surfkate?
Thanks for listing the US made companies. I would rather support local. When I retire I definitely see a board like this in my arsenal.
They're a blast to ride
I ride a "The wave flow 31" idk I really like the feeling when riding down the street with it.
I love mine I have a carver on the front and waterborne rail on the back and it ripps I have a waterborne system on my electric and its game changing
Dude that's sick! I haven't heard of anyone combine the Carver and rail adapter. I bet it's awesome
Hey I have a penny surfskate but I think it’s way tooo small for cruising. What surfskate would u recommend for cruising?
Within a week using a surf skate took my surfing to another level.
That's awesome. Which one do you have?
@@concrete-waves Smoothstar Manta Ray
Can you reve the decatlon surfskate
i have a sector 9 pintail longboard, it’s super fun! but i want my carving to be sharper, do you think the surf skate adapter would work good on my board? or should i look into getting getting a smaller cruiser?
Surfskating works best when you have a board in the 28-34"ish range. The shorter the wheelbase, the snappier the turns. So I'd prob save up, get a used cruiser and Waterborne adapter. Or look into a YOW or Smoothstar, although that'll be more expensive
Shred Shack thanks!
Whats a good board to get for like $120
I know what your saying man I wake surf and I never got the same feeling but this is awesome
What about Z-Flex?
Hamboards is selling Surfskate too. But the trucks are different, they called it HST200
Just got a few new Hamboards in the other day. I’ll be testing out their HST200 thoroughly 🤙🏼
I love the pumps of the surfskate I have a 80s shape Santa Cruz deck that I would love to put in a surfskate truck on it, if someone has done it tell me how does it worked 🤙🏾🤙🏾
Did you do it ? I'm about to try it tomorrow
@@Appl3whit3 yess I bought the Waterborne surf adaptor and it's been lot of fun, If you choose it I'd recommend you tracks big enough for the size of your board. And first feels weird as hell and putting the adaptor is kinda difficult
A friend of mine lended me his Carver board for a week and i gotta say, Carver has some hella good Carving (no pun intended)
Haha yeah Carver is fun. But imo, YOW & Smoothstar are on another level of carving
Hi do you have a surfskate you dont use anymore,cant buy one coz ut costs a lot
Are the land yachts surf skates also just adapters?
No, they have a reverse kingpin truck that makes it a little more carvey than traditional cruisers
Ah ok
Is smoothstar a good brand for cruising with the ability to carve? Or is it too aggressive to go long-distance?
I’ve heard people doing longer distances with them but I personally wouldn’t recommend them for that. Too aggressive in my opinion
should i buy it as my first skateboard? I like it a LOT and i think i would have so much fun using it but maybe i should first learn how to skate properly on a board with a regular deck and then go for a surfskate? this make any sense??
Yeah I wouldn’t get a surfskate as your first board. Once you get comfortable, then I’d look into one of these