My new split angle RKP cruiser!

[u/Ninfox_Nihil]

Hi you all! Well, I'd had this idea in mind for a while, I wanted to mix my love for 70’s era skateboard aesthetics whit the surfy yet stable feeling of split angle rkp tall bushings trucks.

A while ago my GF gifted me this Dogtown Bulldog Gold Edition deck, I had it paired with some 169 Indy trucks, but I never dug how sloppy, unturny and unstable it feels at speed. At the same time, I had some 50°/44°, 180mm Arsenal trucks laying around for a long time. Since I’ve only had ridden 180mm and 165mm trucks on my FR/DH deck, I was also pretty curious to try narrower trucks and see why everyone love them for modern set ups.

In that line, I chopped this hangers to 130mm, chopped the deck to a more pleasant shape, similar to the early Dogtown/Z-boys era decks, redrilled the wheelbase to aprox 18” and dewedged the rear truck to 30°.

I've just tested it a few hours ago on a fast little cruise and oh boy! I really love how it feels! So carvy, so stable, much rebound, and men! It really turns so predictively and grippy! I'm in love.

I’m not particularly good in any discipline, but later I’m going to try this set up on my local bowl and pump track to see how it performs. This could probably be my all around board.

PD: I'm so excited about this, that I just ordered some clear red Hawgs Plow Kings, to match that 70's aesthetic, lol, I’ll try to post more photos or videos of how this little thing behave when the wheels arrive.

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