When putting the grip on, to get the air bubbles out, use the brown bit of the grip you pulled off….place it on top of the grip, then you can rub your hand up and down all over without the grip taking your skin off. Then it comes to the filing, slice the 4 corners where the kicks meet the rails . THEN use the file for the outline.
ALSO…. If you’re in a cold climate, use a hair dryer to warm up the grip tape before applying it to the deck. Glue has to be warm for it to stick the first time.
Mitchie you’re one of the biggest reasons I got back into skating after over a decade away. I watch all your videos and nobody else comes close to tutorials and breaking down tricks the way you do. Hope to meet you someday brother!
There is definitely something special about you Mitchie, thw way you teach is different. You seem to reach through and connect with me as a viewer (it feels personal). Plus, there is something about your voice that makes me feel at ease, its soothing lol.. I think I have a pretty good meter for genuinity in people, I get a really strong feeling that you are just a genuine dude. Just wanted to say I appreciate that and you!
Your clips have been popping up on my feed for the past couple weeks and I’m getting the itch to skate again. You must’ve read my mind because last night I was thinking, “I want to learn how to properly set up my board”. Thanks Mitchie, you’re an amazing teacher.
I love your videos so much, they have taught me a lot as i started 2 weeks ago. I can now kickturn stationary ollie to my knee and do a pop shuv-it. These videos inspire me your one of the best teachers I've ever seen now I'm practicing dropping in
I used to work at a little surf/skate shop on the Oregon coast in the 90’s. Been getting back into skating in my early 50’s. This was my favorite part of the job. Stoking out kids on their new skateboards was fun, and yes, edging a whole board in one piece is like peeling a whole orange in one spiral piece. Just feels good. Your videos are super helpful, and make stuff I was always bad at seem more approachable. If I ever get to doing 50/50s successfully, it will be from people like you doing videos like these and sharing what they know online. Thanks.
Thanks for putting this out on your channel. It's been something I've been keeping an eye out for since the algorithm started recommending your work, which is consistently excellent.
I've been following you for about a month now. Thank you for your hard work to make these videos. Very appreciated. This answer a lot of questions for a new skater.
I found leaving that "give" between the wheel and the nut helps to account for the slight axle slippage that will probably happen over time to your truck. More so if your board is landing on its side on concrete alot.
You are genuinely a legend. You have inspired me to get back into skating after a 20 year hiatus. I promised myself that I would build out a new complete and start skating again, if I could reach my goal weight by new years. I hit my goal weight this morning ahead of schedule. So… today is the day I guess lol
Hey Mitchie, I grew up watching you skate big air, I haven’t skated in about a decade and I came across these videos recently and it brought back the love for it. Thanks Mitchie 🤙🏽
Mitchie, I absolutely LUV the attention to detail in this video clip. Also demonstrated the amount of OCD (we are all guilty of this) when it comes to whacking on grip tape and screwing on the wheel nuts to your trucks. Many thanks for coming down to Australia to impart your knowledge to the kids and spreading the love for this sport ! 👏👍 ❤
Regarding a wheel's durometer. If you're just cruising around crunchy streets and scraggly concrete look at 78A or 92A durometer wheels you can push and get up to speed a lot easier. If you can get around with 99A Duro wheels great. If you're having issue consider a softer wheels. My nephews and nieces were not having fun pushing around their areas. We installed Spitfire 80HD wheels and they were so happy.
@@Lukartstudios haha yeah I can get boards if I need. Probably from pretty much anyone 😂 but skateboard sponsorships usually aren’t that worth it imo and I just like popping into random shops and trying stufff out
Doesn't matter how long I've been skating, I enjoyed watching you set up a skateboard like I just started skating yesterday. Kids are lucky to have you.
My mistake on my first setup, was overtightening the trucks to the deck. What this did, was make the truck dent into the deck. Leaving an impression. It's now harder to get the truck planar with the deck. Tighten just enough to have no gaps between your truck and deck. Mitchie, Your value to skateboarding, and the community is amazing! And appreciated.
@@SKATEiQ yea, I skate the REDS ceramics, my sons do too… I just take them all the way apart, clean the races with an wire brush in a small amount of acetone (with gloves of course). Putting them back together is a bit tricky at first but once you know how, pretty simple. Also, Bones sells replacement rubber ‘shields’ for a couple bucks, as they can crack after a year or so. I’m not affiliated with them btw… just a fan
I have been riding a Girl board for a while now almost like 2 years and i just love how the board feels. I love soft wheels that are 58mm. I feel like that's just something I'm going to stick with for now.
One tip i can add is take razor from top and clean grip out of bolts holes by putting point of razor in bolt holes and cutting in a little circle then push grip out with bolts before putting trucks on.
Ayye thank you for this video I love nerding out about different setups and what works for different people 🔥 🤙 I never knew about the number on top of the board very handy tip to know!
I'm so happy that your video showed up in my algorithm. Make me wanna have my own set-up. Thanks for a lot of informative tutorial it makes me understand much more and easier thank you very much. skateboard for life
If you use a cordless drill, the numbers on the chuck of the drill are torque settings. If you set it to 1 then go up as needed you can't over tighten it.
Lol my timing is terrible. I rented park setups for a month to see what I thought I liked and then finally just went for it and bought my first board two days ago. 😂
Crazy to me. First, how is this guy not pro? Secondly, this size board is crazy. And knowing a board enough to buy the shape anytime is such a luxury today’s skaters have. I remember my 7 1/4” Jeremy Klein birdhouse/ hookups with my 38mm Color wheels. Any early 90s east coast skaters know that was such a dumb thing we did. But you’d get thrown out of love if you showed up with anything more than 44mm. This dude is great!
I learned from some longboarders a while ago is that the less space you have between the nut and the bearing the easier and quieter your slides are. It's probably tiny amounts but if a slide is what your after it's worth considering.
5:54 is like a commercial for Mob grip and how easily anyone can lay down their perforated grip tape!! Beautiful camera work!! Grip never looked so good until seeing this! MOB4LIFE
26:55 I ride practically the same set up, only I’m stuck on the Ishod twin tail slick 8.38. But definitely on thunders and formula 44s.and don’t forget bones yellows bushing that’s a crucial upgrade for me.
I skate the ceramic reds without the shields off. If they seize up I spray blue windex (windowline) in said wheels whilst still on the board and spin it out then a drop of machine oil does the trick
love the setup! is there a reason why you’re on thunders over Indys? would love to pick your brain because those are the two trucks I find myself going back and forth on
It's counter-intuitive, but the friction force only depends on the force applied at 90 degrees to the surface (the normal force), and not the contact surface area of the object. So both skinny spitfire classics and wide wheels (like full conical), will experience the same force from friction, as long as the applied normal force is the same (and they're both 99 duro for instance).
I just feel like this can’t be true, imagine if the wheel was 10 feet wide vs 1/4 inch side, would the same rule apply? I’m genuinely trying to understand how this works
@@SKATEiQ this would be the standard answer in terms of college/high school physics (the friction force F_f = c * F_N, where c is a coefficient that depends on the material & surface condition, and F_N is the applied force at 90 degrees to the surface). it applies to car tires on a road: for example skinny and wide tires both have the same sliding distance if you slam on the brakes. so we can't make the stopping distance much shorter by doubling how wide tires are, for instance. friction can get complicated, and there are examples where this description breaks down, so it would be curious if landing on a vert ramp were one of those situations. one of the examples (i am referencing the univ of georgia hyperphysics pages on friction) is driving in snow: if you lower the air pressure the tire gets wider, applies the same normal force but less pressure (pressure = force / surface area), and so compacts the snow less. then the less compacted snow has higher friction than crushed snow, so the wider tires have more friction in this case. actually something similar but more extreme also happens with ice skating - the edge of the blade puts the ice under a lot of pressure, causes it to melt, slides on liquid (resistance due to viscosity of water is much lower than friction on ice), and then it refreezes. it doesn't seem like these mechanisms would apply to surfaces we skate on, since skateboard wheels are probably not causing skatelite or concrete to change it's density or friction. however maybe on hard landings the wheels themselves could deform, and then under higher pressure a narrow and crushed wheel would behave differently than a wider wheel experiencing the same normal force, but less pressure? so anyway i would expect that powersliding on the ground should be the same friction with narrow and wide wheels, but it would be curious if big impacts deform the wheels and change the friction of urethane wheels in a pressure-dependent way, analogously to the snow-tire effect.
@@SKATEiQ In practice here, the 10 feet wheel would be a lot heavier than the 1/4 inch wheel so the 10 feet wheel would apply much more force to the sruface and thus get more friction. So for the surface area not being a factor, the wheels will have to weigh the same. On the other hand, compared to the rider the weight of the wheels will be so small the difference in friction dependent on wheel weight difference will probably be negligble once you ride the board. On a 10 foot wide wheel though i think the wheel weight actually will make a differnence since it will contribute quite a lot to the total weight applying the force to the board. Physics are fun and a big part in skateboard gear! :)
I learnt from a guy at a skate shop, that you want to tighten the wheel nut down enough so that the nut is slightly further outward that the bolt. the reason being that if you hit the side of the truck on the ground while skating, the nut will take the impact not the bolt, because it's far better to ruin the nut than it is to ruin the whole truck.
That's not an issue on vert and smooth concrete skatepark. You can bend axle if you give wheel too much side play though. Put extra speed washers to avoid that.
@@SKATEiQ I don't bother with amount of wheeler rattle or anything, I just make sure that I will damage the locknut, rather than damaging the axle, which can lead to having to throw out the whole truck
Bronson G3’s blow reds bearings out of the water!! I used nothing but reds for almost 8 years, tried out Bronson G3’s about 2 years ago and haven’t used anything else since. Same price as reds, twice as good
If tjw griptape is just a little too short or too narrow for your board you can divide it in two or more pieces so you can stick them half a cm or 1 cm apart from each other and fill the space, and at the same time you can plan a design with it. Having small grip less lines up to 1cm usually won't make a difference relevant enough, unless you divide the griptape in a lot of pieces, but still in that case it will work mostly the same.
Pro tip on power tools - find the clutch setting that goes as far as you need, it will stop screwing in when it gets to the same level every time without going too far.
Mitchie, have you tried Reds Big Balls? They're my favorite, super quick and roll farther - or at least that's the perception, and are only about $5 more than the ordinary Reds. They've got 6 bigger balls instead of the normal 7 balls. Loaded makes an 8 ball "Jehu" bearing that has the spacer built in via extending out the bearing's raceway - they're also really quick and Loaded's "little balls" are the same price as the Big Balls from Reds.
@ I never knew that about the 2 mark on the Deluxe boards tho, so that is something u showed me I didn’t know. Bro your content is top notch please keep it up 👍
@ I think real/krooked/anti hero make maybe the best boards in the industry BBS has such a great wood and glue. I skate Heroin boards and Welcome boards and those are made at BBS also. I have a lot of boards from all the wood shops DSM in China makes good boards too but I feel they lose pop. Santa Cruz Creature Girl Chocolate Element Enjoi Globe all make there boards at DSM. They use single deck press sometimes and epoxy resin instead of wood glue. I think it’s the epoxy resin breaks down faster than water based wood glue. BBS and Ps Sticks use wood glue not epoxy resin. I noticed the Chinese boards are all epoxy resin Zero and Toymachine use BBS also
Hi Mitchie! Can you do one for a street/beginner setup also? Would be awesome for us newer skaters! Apreciate seeing your vert setup though! Super interesting 🙏
I've never heard of anyone else doing this with bushings but I have to have a bones hard bottom bushing and then a bones medium on top on thunder 148s. It feels the best to me
@@SKATEiQhi Mitchie! Can you do a video where you setup a overall good "first skateboard" for us newbies? Have a feeling it's gonna be a very different board than this. Would be really interesting to see! Love the vids keep up the great work!
Back in the day, 7.75 boards used to be a standard size. Then people started using bigger boards like 8.00, 8.125, etc... Correct me if i'm wrong about this. I'm just curious to know what the people have to say about this, especially the ones who really know the skateboarding world. And let me say thank you for all your amazing work with SKATEiQ. Thanks to you i got back to skate after more than 10 years without touching a skateboard.
Hey Mitchie What do you think of shaped decks? I’m 44 and just getting back into skating for the last 10 months after about 20 years and I have just changed from an 8.5” popsicle that I got 9 months ago to a 9.31” Santa Cruz Dressen rose crew 3 it tapers down to around 8.5 at the rear I have Indy 169 trucks and 56mm spitfires, I’m finding it a little hard to rock to fakie not sure if it’s because I have rails on it, and find hard to axle stall too but great for carving and carve grinds
If you have fun just staying on the ramp and carving I think it’s just fine. It all comes down to experimenting with tricks based on your set up and skill level and goals. I wouldn’t ride that deck but I’m always doing nifty little flip tricks and stuff
@@SKATEiQ I injured my knee pretty bad a few years back skating in santa cruz.. multiple surgeries gave me a lot of time on my hands to explore every truck, bushing, wheel, and board setup I could think of to dial in my skating.. it was so weird knowing in my mind that I could do certain things, but my body not following along.. your program is like a new lease on life.. good to know someone out there is as meticulous as I am! Thanks for all you do
I've been riding a rip stick I find it easier to get around on. now for someone re-entering skating and willing to build my own board what should i be getting and building when not planning to go vert . I like the idea of the truck being low to the board but other than that not much idea of what to get . ( so can you build a board for people getting into or restarting in the sport instead of something built to your preference for vert )
That on the top of the Bones bushings is not a washer, it's just a plastic part that affects how the bushing bounces. Thin washers are included in the package and with them the bushings should last longer.
First of all thank u for all ur videos im 45 i restarted skateboading 2 months ago and watching ur videos really made me relearn in the proper way ur skills r insane and ur simple way of explaining all of details r amazing but i have one question about my setup im 1.70 76 kg i have my deck 8.125 and trucks 144mm it s ok for me or i need to go wider? Thank u
I would consider trying a wider one and seeing where your sweet spot is. I’m currently messing with an 8.25 but it doesn’t feel too small at all for flat ground. Maybe see an 8.5 and then go from there if you want to meet in the middle or stay at 8.125
@@SKATEiQ thank u i started with a 7.75 plan and was crazy i bought this one now it s much better but i had feeling that s i should go wider im more in to vert aswell when i heard the size of ur board i the dought really stucked thank u mitch and all the crew for everything
Hey mitchie! I’m from Brasil and we love skate here, i just lov your vídeos and wish you can come to Brasil for some competition 😢 (high now my ankle is break so i’m Watch you a lot)
20:30 I'm no pro but I've been skating the same set of Swiss Ceramics for almost 10 years. Well worth the investment if you're willing to clean & care for them
@SKATEiQ Thanks for the heads up! I loved this video. I have been skating since 2007, but this video has definitely showed me easier ways to poke holes in the grip tape for the trucks
I have love your videos and find them outstanding. I was told that if the wheels can rock, then you are riding on the axle and not the bearings. Anyone heard of this saying?
When putting the grip on, to get the air bubbles out, use the brown bit of the grip you pulled off….place it on top of the grip, then you can rub your hand up and down all over without the grip taking your skin off.
Then it comes to the filing, slice the 4 corners where the kicks meet the rails . THEN use the file for the outline.
ALSO…. If you’re in a cold climate, use a hair dryer to warm up the grip tape before applying it to the deck. Glue has to be warm for it to stick the first time.
I like this
I like this
I usually hold a skateboard wheel by the bearings and roll all the bubbles out
my local skate shop they just use a real big/soft wheel to roll the bubbles out, it works like a charm also
Mitchie you’re one of the biggest reasons I got back into skating after over a decade away. I watch all your videos and nobody else comes close to tutorials and breaking down tricks the way you do. Hope to meet you someday brother!
@@Luxxotic that’s great to hear! Where you from?
@ I’m up in Seattle 😁
Join the SKATEIQ community ;)
There is definitely something special about you Mitchie, thw way you teach is different. You seem to reach through and connect with me as a viewer (it feels personal). Plus, there is something about your voice that makes me feel at ease, its soothing lol.. I think I have a pretty good meter for genuinity in people, I get a really strong feeling that you are just a genuine dude. Just wanted to say I appreciate that and you!
@@misscelliott6LAD thank you! I like to think so hhaha. I’m happy you guys are liking the channel
How can even his board setup videos be more informative than others. Wild
@@joelstinson2886 HAHAHA
Because this man is a skateboard savant that’s why
I appreciate the fact that you made this beginner friendly. it's nice to get a lot of information all at once
I’m happy we nailed it 😁
Your clips have been popping up on my feed for the past couple weeks and I’m getting the itch to skate again. You must’ve read my mind because last night I was thinking, “I want to learn how to properly set up my board”. Thanks Mitchie, you’re an amazing teacher.
Hopefully it helps!
I love your videos so much, they have taught me a lot as i started 2 weeks ago. I can now kickturn stationary ollie to my knee and do a pop shuv-it. These videos inspire me your one of the best teachers I've ever seen now I'm practicing dropping in
Feeling very lucky to be a beginner at this time. So many good resources now, and SkateIQ is definitely one of my favorites !
Nice bro
dude no way! two weeks? thats sick progress
@@tired_of_insomnia no way!!! Get after it 😁
Yooo sick progress, only 2 weeks and able to do those!
I used to work at a little surf/skate shop on the Oregon coast in the 90’s. Been getting back into skating in my early 50’s. This was my favorite part of the job. Stoking out kids on their new skateboards was fun, and yes, edging a whole board in one piece is like peeling a whole orange in one spiral piece. Just feels good. Your videos are super helpful, and make stuff I was always bad at seem more approachable. If I ever get to doing 50/50s successfully, it will be from people like you doing videos like these and sharing what they know online. Thanks.
Thanks for the heartfelt message, I absolutely love the process of each trick more than the tricks themselves
Mitchie and Norman Woods are my most favorite teachers I've ever came across online super into detail like no others
The best two out there
🙏🏼
Thanks for putting this out on your channel. It's been something I've been keeping an eye out for since the algorithm started recommending your work, which is consistently excellent.
I've been following you for about a month now. Thank you for your hard work to make these videos. Very appreciated. This answer a lot of questions for a new skater.
Thanks! Thanks for supporting the channel!
Bushings deserve more recognition in general. Thanks for covering them well!
I tried !
I found leaving that "give" between the wheel and the nut helps to account for the slight axle slippage that will probably happen over time to your truck. More so if your board is landing on its side on concrete alot.
@@BoomstickGaming this makes sense to me
You are genuinely a legend.
You have inspired me to get back into skating after a 20 year hiatus.
I promised myself that I would build out a new complete and start skating again, if I could reach my goal weight by new years. I hit my goal weight this morning ahead of schedule.
So… today is the day I guess lol
I love it. Go get em!
Hey Mitchie, I grew up watching you skate big air, I haven’t skated in about a decade and I came across these videos recently and it brought back the love for it. Thanks Mitchie 🤙🏽
Unreal! Let’s get after it!
Mitchie, I absolutely LUV the attention to detail in this video clip. Also demonstrated the amount of OCD (we are all guilty of this) when it comes to whacking on grip tape and screwing on the wheel nuts to your trucks. Many thanks for coming down to Australia to impart your knowledge to the kids and spreading the love for this sport ! 👏👍 ❤
No problem! It’s funny how much I love and hate setting up new boards haha
Regarding a wheel's durometer. If you're just cruising around crunchy streets and scraggly concrete look at 78A or 92A durometer wheels you can push and get up to speed a lot easier. If you can get around with 99A Duro wheels great. If you're having issue consider a softer wheels. My nephews and nieces were not having fun pushing around their areas. We installed Spitfire 80HD wheels and they were so happy.
Definitely makes a huge difference in quality of life
The best educational skate channel hands down. Thanks Mitchie!!!
Thank you!
Please please please somebody give this guy a pro model. Lol, he’s one of the best ever and he still gotta go to a skate shop.
Pros still go to the shop when they run out of boards or traveling.
Did you not watch this video? At 1:30 states why he still goes to shops brotha.
@@Lukartstudios haha yeah I can get boards if I need. Probably from pretty much anyone 😂 but skateboard sponsorships usually aren’t that worth it imo and I just like popping into random shops and trying stufff out
@@SKATEiQcool man! From the man himself 🙏🏼I gotcha. Free agent. The choice is yours. 💪🏼
Doesn't matter how long I've been skating, I enjoyed watching you set up a skateboard like I just started skating yesterday. Kids are lucky to have you.
Thanks ! 🙏🏼
My mistake on my first setup, was overtightening the trucks to the deck. What this did, was make the truck dent into the deck. Leaving an impression. It's now harder to get the truck planar with the deck. Tighten just enough to have no gaps between your truck and deck.
Mitchie, Your value to skateboarding, and the community is amazing! And appreciated.
Great advice! And thank you 🙏
Ceramics are so worth it! Anytime they get ‘crunchy’ just take them apart, clean and lube em… been skating the same ceramics for over 4 years 🤙🏼
@@callofcurthulhu4622 no way
Sick!!
Ive been skating with my REDZ since 2011 lol
@@SKATEiQ yea, I skate the REDS ceramics, my sons do too… I just take them all the way apart, clean the races with an wire brush in a small amount of acetone (with gloves of course). Putting them back together is a bit tricky at first but once you know how, pretty simple. Also, Bones sells replacement rubber ‘shields’ for a couple bucks, as they can crack after a year or so. I’m not affiliated with them btw… just a fan
I setup boards for myself and three of my kids recently. Had fun doing custom grip designs on each of them for that personal touch for them.
Sick! Core memories
I appreciate all your content Mitchie! Me and my kids (who also skate) all benefit from it!
@@jamaljones5647 that’s great to hear. That’s what it’s all about
I have been riding a Girl board for a while now almost like 2 years and i just love how the board feels. I love soft wheels that are 58mm. I feel like that's just something I'm going to stick with for now.
@@SENNETWORK-us yeah if it works for you it’s right
You should have a deck of your own
@@sageprophet937 Skateiq decks coming!
@@SKATEiQhey mitchie, maybe make your own logo or brand? SIQ or something. Would be dope, since skaters like to rep what looks cool.
@ yeah , after recording this video we have hats, skateboards, t shirts. Be available for purchase very soon :)
If you do use non-perforated grip (I like the Element grip which isn't perforated) you can just poke any air bubbles with a razor blade or a tack etc.
We’ve all been there
One tip i can add is take razor from top and clean grip out of bolts holes by putting point of razor in bolt holes and cutting in a little circle then push grip out with bolts before putting trucks on.
@@MorningView I’ve never used a blade for that, not a bad idea
Ayye thank you for this video I love nerding out about different setups and what works for different people 🔥 🤙 I never knew about the number on top of the board very handy tip to know!
Sick! happy you like the content!
this guy is saying safety stuff for kids in his setup video. bro i tear up. this guy is just THE BEST
Thanks ,
I'm so happy that your video showed up in my algorithm. Make me wanna have my own set-up. Thanks for a lot of informative tutorial it makes me understand much more and easier thank you very much. skateboard for life
Haven’t seen every skate video but 2:43 might be one of the cooler tricks I’ve seen.
Thank you!
and that is genuinely why i like them *the cheekiest smirk i've ever seen*
Who me ? Nahhhhh ⬆️
If you use a cordless drill, the numbers on the chuck of the drill are torque settings. If you set it to 1 then go up as needed you can't over tighten it.
That’s actually genius
Lol my timing is terrible. I rented park setups for a month to see what I thought I liked and then finally just went for it and bought my first board two days ago. 😂
@@gilligan1350 noooo😭😭😭
I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS!!!
Stoked we finally got to put it out !
Crazy to me. First, how is this guy not pro?
Secondly, this size board is crazy. And knowing a board enough to buy the shape anytime is such a luxury today’s skaters have.
I remember my 7 1/4” Jeremy Klein birdhouse/ hookups with my 38mm Color wheels. Any early 90s east coast skaters know that was such a dumb thing we did. But you’d get thrown out of love if you showed up with anything more than 44mm.
This dude is great!
I learned from some longboarders a while ago is that the less space you have between the nut and the bearing the easier and quieter your slides are. It's probably tiny amounts but if a slide is what your after it's worth considering.
5:54 is like a commercial for Mob grip and how easily anyone can lay down their perforated grip tape!! Beautiful camera work!! Grip never looked so good until seeing this! MOB4LIFE
Me watching this already fully aware of how to assemble a skateboard but wanting to see Mitchie's interesting commentary...
Hahaha
Hahaha
Ceramics are the way to go fast and just have a smoother ride. Also the Nollie big heel disaster was 🔥
Thanks!
Mitchie: *lands 1260°* "Do i get a pro model now?"
Almost: "Huh? Sorry, wasn't looking!"
Uoeno
26:55 I ride practically the same set up, only I’m stuck on the Ishod twin tail slick 8.38. But definitely on thunders and formula 44s.and don’t forget bones yellows bushing that’s a crucial upgrade for me.
I was on the Ishod twin 8.38 and it was pretty good
So happy i found your channel through instagram ! Thank you for what you do
You should definitely try the online community! he gives us so much more
Thank you!
I skate the ceramic reds without the shields off. If they seize up I spray blue windex (windowline) in said wheels whilst still on the board and spin it out then a drop of machine oil does the trick
I need that right now mine are slowing down a lot
love the setup! is there a reason why you’re on thunders over Indys? would love to pick your brain because those are the two trucks I find myself going back and forth on
I’ve never used Indy’s. I’m just a creature of habit. I bet I would like them though lol
It's counter-intuitive, but the friction force only depends on the force applied at 90 degrees to the surface (the normal force), and not the contact surface area of the object. So both skinny spitfire classics and wide wheels (like full conical), will experience the same force from friction, as long as the applied normal force is the same (and they're both 99 duro for instance).
I just feel like this can’t be true, imagine if the wheel was 10 feet wide vs 1/4 inch side, would the same rule apply? I’m genuinely trying to understand how this works
@@SKATEiQ this would be the standard answer in terms of college/high school physics (the friction force F_f = c * F_N, where c is a coefficient that depends on the material & surface condition, and F_N is the applied force at 90 degrees to the surface). it applies to car tires on a road: for example skinny and wide tires both have the same sliding distance if you slam on the brakes. so we can't make the stopping distance much shorter by doubling how wide tires are, for instance.
friction can get complicated, and there are examples where this description breaks down, so it would be curious if landing on a vert ramp were one of those situations. one of the examples (i am referencing the univ of georgia hyperphysics pages on friction) is driving in snow: if you lower the air pressure the tire gets wider, applies the same normal force but less pressure (pressure = force / surface area), and so compacts the snow less. then the less compacted snow has higher friction than crushed snow, so the wider tires have more friction in this case. actually something similar but more extreme also happens with ice skating - the edge of the blade puts the ice under a lot of pressure, causes it to melt, slides on liquid (resistance due to viscosity of water is much lower than friction on ice), and then it refreezes.
it doesn't seem like these mechanisms would apply to surfaces we skate on, since skateboard wheels are probably not causing skatelite or concrete to change it's density or friction. however maybe on hard landings the wheels themselves could deform, and then under higher pressure a narrow and crushed wheel would behave differently than a wider wheel experiencing the same normal force, but less pressure?
so anyway i would expect that powersliding on the ground should be the same friction with narrow and wide wheels, but it would be curious if big impacts deform the wheels and change the friction of urethane wheels in a pressure-dependent way, analogously to the snow-tire effect.
@@SKATEiQ In practice here, the 10 feet wheel would be a lot heavier than the 1/4 inch wheel so the 10 feet wheel would apply much more force to the sruface and thus get more friction. So for the surface area not being a factor, the wheels will have to weigh the same. On the other hand, compared to the rider the weight of the wheels will be so small the difference in friction dependent on wheel weight difference will probably be negligble once you ride the board. On a 10 foot wide wheel though i think the wheel weight actually will make a differnence since it will contribute quite a lot to the total weight applying the force to the board. Physics are fun and a big part in skateboard gear! :)
@ ye this makes more sense to me now
I learnt from a guy at a skate shop, that you want to tighten the wheel nut down enough so that the nut is slightly further outward that the bolt. the reason being that if you hit the side of the truck on the ground while skating, the nut will take the impact not the bolt, because it's far better to ruin the nut than it is to ruin the whole truck.
That's not an issue on vert and smooth concrete skatepark. You can bend axle if you give wheel too much side play though. Put extra speed washers to avoid that.
@@jaimeronan thanks for that, but I think I'll stick to what I know just for safe measures.
I’m not sure I track, like leaving a lot of space between the but and the wheel?
@@SKATEiQ no not quite, what I mean is that if you were to hit the side of the truck on the ground, the locknut would hit the ground before the axle
@@SKATEiQ I don't bother with amount of wheeler rattle or anything, I just make sure that I will damage the locknut, rather than damaging the axle, which can lead to having to throw out the whole truck
Bronson G3’s blow reds bearings out of the water!! I used nothing but reds for almost 8 years, tried out Bronson G3’s about 2 years ago and haven’t used anything else since. Same price as reds, twice as good
Yeah the reds aren’t that good tbh
Bronson are best.
Glad to see you posting with consistency again Tricky! Long time no game brotha. Im glad to see you taking your company to the next level. GG brotha
Miss u
If tjw griptape is just a little too short or too narrow for your board you can divide it in two or more pieces so you can stick them half a cm or 1 cm apart from each other and fill the space, and at the same time you can plan a design with it. Having small grip less lines up to 1cm usually won't make a difference relevant enough, unless you divide the griptape in a lot of pieces, but still in that case it will work mostly the same.
I’ve see a lot of wild grip tape set ups with all sorts of cuts and designs in them and usually it works just fine! Just takes a lot of time
Perfect timing, I'm about to buy a board
@@Rainy13772 🔥🔥
The quick cut to the ad read of the reds had me cracking up. I want to try the ceramics, but the Super swiss 6 blues are my bearing of choice.
Honestly we all
Watched it as a team and we were dying when we edited this one 😂
Pro tip on power tools - find the clutch setting that goes as far as you need, it will stop screwing in when it gets to the same level every time without going too far.
Mitchie, have you tried Reds Big Balls? They're my favorite, super quick and roll farther - or at least that's the perception, and are only about $5 more than the ordinary Reds. They've got 6 bigger balls instead of the normal 7 balls. Loaded makes an 8 ball "Jehu" bearing that has the spacer built in via extending out the bearing's raceway - they're also really quick and Loaded's "little balls" are the same price as the Big Balls from Reds.
I haven’t tried them. Gotta check em out!
I saw you pick up that WKND deck. i laughed lol those are some of the flattest decks. I buy them because of the "lack of concave". Love a flat deck.
@@TRAVIESO_NA what! I’m an idiot.
@ I never knew that about the 2 mark on the Deluxe boards tho, so that is something u showed me I didn’t know. Bro your content is top notch please keep it up 👍
@ I think real/krooked/anti hero make maybe the best boards in the industry BBS has such a great wood and glue. I skate Heroin boards and Welcome boards and those are made at BBS also.
I have a lot of boards from all the wood shops DSM in China makes good boards too but I feel they lose pop. Santa Cruz Creature Girl Chocolate Element Enjoi Globe all make there boards at DSM.
They use single deck press sometimes and epoxy resin instead of wood glue.
I think it’s the epoxy resin breaks down faster than water based wood glue.
BBS and Ps Sticks use wood glue not epoxy resin. I noticed the Chinese boards are all epoxy resin
Zero and Toymachine use BBS also
Hi Mitchie!
Can you do one for a street/beginner setup also? Would be awesome for us newer skaters! Apreciate seeing your vert setup though! Super interesting 🙏
Yes 100 % we can do that
Weird trick I learned as a kid: if you have trouble pushing bearings into the wheel, swipe a bit of nose grease around the outside of your bearing.
😂😂😂
gonna use this knowledge to apply for a job at my local skate shop
I've never heard of anyone else doing this with bushings but I have to have a bones hard bottom bushing and then a bones medium on top on thunder 148s. It feels the best to me
I gotta try this for my street set up!!!
This is my best skate channel for now but I do..... surfskate. Where can I learn that with such good quality videos like yours?
Well, I don’t know the answer to that one
finaly yes les goo! could u maybe make a video of witch shoes use and recomend would be cool and helpful
@@MilustA_ I would love to do a video trying a bunch of shoes
Would dig that as well.@@SKATEiQ
Thanks sharing your vert setup!
No problem
Finally for the first time you put your name at the beginning of the video.
Lol
Shoutout to Status. Great shop and cool people.
Super cool people for sure
amazing teacher
Thank you!
What are your thoughts on symmetrical decks? I've seen you ride the ishod shapes in some of your shorts
I didn’t hate it, I didn’t love it. I think I could like a twin if it just had a little more tail on it. Mine seemed a little flat for some reason
The 900 was crazy
Setting up a board is so much fun
Oh man, it’s such a hassle for me
@@SKATEiQhi Mitchie!
Can you do a video where you setup a overall good "first skateboard" for us newbies? Have a feeling it's gonna be a very different board than this. Would be really interesting to see! Love the vids keep up the great work!
@ great idea !
What do you think of the ceramics? Just couldn't pull the trigger on $100+ bearings
Not worth $100
If you use spacers and washers and clean when needed they will last decades. I have sets that are over 20 years old.
I have never put my trucks on backwards, now I'm curious to explore some backward skating.
Oh man it’s impossible
Yo u kill it I can’t wait to see you at the parks or status soon!!!! ‼️‼️‼️‼️💯💯💯💯🔥🔥
What size wheels would you use if you were looking for a skatepark and mini ramp set up?
56s 😎
Back in the day, 7.75 boards used to be a standard size. Then people started using bigger boards like 8.00, 8.125, etc...
Correct me if i'm wrong about this. I'm just curious to know what the people have to say about this, especially the ones who really know the skateboarding world.
And let me say thank you for all your amazing work with SKATEiQ. Thanks to you i got back to skate after more than 10 years without touching a skateboard.
Yeah skateboards have just gotta bigger in the last 10 years. I’m not exactly sure why to be honest.
Back in my day decks were 9"-10.5".
Hey Mitchie What do you think of shaped decks? I’m 44 and just getting back into skating for the last 10 months after about 20 years and I have just changed from an 8.5” popsicle that I got 9 months ago to a 9.31” Santa Cruz Dressen rose crew 3 it tapers down to around 8.5 at the rear I have Indy 169 trucks and 56mm spitfires, I’m finding it a little hard to rock to fakie not sure if it’s because I have rails on it,
and find hard to axle stall too but great for carving and carve grinds
For regular Skateparks like transition and street regular shaped boards are the best.
@Jonny_Nemo Shaped deck Looks cool but for me I like regular decks for flicks and stuff but Hey everyone has their own thing man:)
@Jonny_Nemo Not get me wrong I like shaped decks too
If you have fun just staying on the ramp and carving I think it’s just fine. It all comes down to experimenting with tricks based on your set up and skill level and goals. I wouldn’t ride that deck but I’m always doing nifty little flip tricks and stuff
I have the exact same bushing setup on my Indy mids.. doh doh rock hards on the bottom, and bones hard on top!
No way!!
@@SKATEiQ I injured my knee pretty bad a few years back skating in santa cruz.. multiple surgeries gave me a lot of time on my hands to explore every truck, bushing, wheel, and board setup I could think of to dial in my skating.. it was so weird knowing in my mind that I could do certain things, but my body not following along.. your program is like a new lease on life.. good to know someone out there is as meticulous as I am! Thanks for all you do
great video but could you maybe make more bowl and pool skating videoes? they help out a lot
Yeah,that would be awesome!!
Sure !
@@SKATEiQ Thank you very much!!
I've been riding a rip stick I find it easier to get around on. now for someone re-entering skating and willing to build my own board what should i be getting and building when not planning to go vert . I like the idea of the truck being low to the board but other than that not much idea of what to get . ( so can you build a board for people getting into or restarting in the sport instead of something built to your preference for vert )
Yeah I can for sure do that. 8.25, 139s, 56s , soft or medium bushing. That sounds like a good setup
@@SKATEiQ what should the wheels be hard or soft what dura
29:30 did you try Thunder 100DU bushings from the rebuilt kit? These are the ones I'm using right now, hoping they'll last longer than Bones.
I’ve only ridden bones and doh doh basically since I remember
You can pop a needle in the air bubble and squash out through bubble
I forgot about this
Beginner 1260 tutorial next?
@@SR-ti6jj on it
I love you Mitchie You are like the best Skate youtuber ever❤️😊😊🛹
🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Do you prefer a certain wheelbase? Or do you just accept whatever the 8.75 comes with?
I honestly never paid attention to wheelbase. I just kind of stand on it and feel if it’s too short for me
That on the top of the Bones bushings is not a washer, it's just a plastic part that affects how the bushing bounces.
Thin washers are included in the package and with them the bushings should last longer.
Yeah. Dang. Messed that one up fr
The new braille is here
Haha
i let the skateshop guy do everything for me to make sure its done well
but im sure your guide will help a lot of people
Hahaha same 😭
I recently tried a Real deck. And the concave was comment worthy. Liking it a lot at the moment
Sick
First of all thank u for all ur videos im 45 i restarted skateboading 2 months ago and watching ur videos really made me relearn in the proper way ur skills r insane and ur simple way of explaining all of details r amazing but i have one question about my setup im 1.70 76 kg i have my deck 8.125 and trucks 144mm it s ok for me or i need to go wider?
Thank u
I would consider trying a wider one and seeing where your sweet spot is. I’m currently messing with an 8.25 but it doesn’t feel too small at all for flat ground. Maybe see an 8.5 and then go from there if you want to meet in the middle or stay at 8.125
@@SKATEiQ thank u i started with a 7.75 plan and was crazy i bought this one now it s much better but i had feeling that s i should go wider im more in to vert aswell when i heard the size of ur board i the dought really stucked thank u mitch and all the crew for everything
Cant you poke holes in the bubbles (essentially just perforating them as needed) and then push them down?
Yeah you can 100%
@SKATEiQ sick. Thanks for the reply 🙏
Hey mitchie! I’m from Brasil and we love skate here, i just lov your vídeos and wish you can come to Brasil for some competition 😢 (high now my ankle is break so i’m Watch you a lot)
im ready to see you skating the ceramics!!
They’ve treated me well 😅
20:30 I'm no pro but I've been skating the same set of Swiss Ceramics for almost 10 years. Well worth the investment if you're willing to clean & care for them
I suck at taking care of them 😭😭😭
How did the Bones Swiss bearings turn out? Are they worth $130? I use bones reds and they do great for the price.
They are not worth $130
@SKATEiQ Thanks for the heads up! I loved this video. I have been skating since 2007, but this video has definitely showed me easier ways to poke holes in the grip tape for the trucks
If you maintain them properly they will last for decades.
Well worth the price.
The sauce is out 🔥🔥🔥👏🏽👏🏽
I'm getting a wider board 🔥🔥🔥👏🏽👏🏽
@@SkaterDadTahj you should. 8.75-9.00 sweet spot!
i ride all the way up to 10
Hahaha
What bushings do you use for your street setup?
Bones hard 😁
I have love your videos and find them outstanding. I was told that if the wheels can rock, then you are riding on the axle and not the bearings. Anyone heard of this saying?
This makes sense at face value. I don’t thinks it’s a major issue though as far as just having a little bit of wiggle room
What truck and bushing setup are you using on your street/park setup?
Killed it
Thanks!
Mitchie, do you change up your wheel base for vert vs not vert.
Not wheel base particularly, but I did set up an 8.25 and idk the wheel base but it feels GOOD
@ what is your preferred wheelbase?
I would recommend if u don't have something to scrape the grip tape u also can just use a screwdriver
@@PauloRodrigues-ru3vq yes 100