Pennsylvania

I'm in Pennsylvania for a while.  There is a park about 10 minutes from where I am staying so I put together a park board to roll around on.  That was silly, I have been there 5 or 6 times so far and I spend about 10 minutes on the popsicle stick and then head to the car for whatever plastic board I took with me as a back up.

Bantam

Fucking Leaves.  I couldn't find the broom this day.

Nickel

Riprider

My inside skateboard.

This is ridiculous, but you know.  Sometimes you need to skate over to the fridge for another beer or skate to that bathroom in the middle of the night.  Here is my new set up for that.

Cadillac Wheels that I have had forever, mostly because my floor is smooth and these are too small for me to ride a lot outside.  Also the slowest, cheapest, genericest bearings I had.  Mostly because I dont want to go to fast.  Its a tight turn between the bedroom and bathroom through the kitchen and the slowness will help me not crash into the refrigerator when half asleep.

GFH little trucks.  These things are adorable.

GLOBE!

Globe Traction pads on the top.  It took 2 to cover the whole thing.  Makes my feet less grumpy if I happen to be barefoot.

Flexdex Retrodex deck.  nice and short, but wide enough that there is no foot bite with the narrow wheels and trucks.

Silly or not, I now have a dedicated inside the house skateboard.  Awesome.

Mini Zombie Hawgs vs 4Presidents

I have had these 2 sets of wheels for a week or two now and I am surprised by which I like better.  I am not really used to wheels over 60-65mm so both of these seemed pretty different at first.  The only other set of 70mm wheels of mine that get ridden regularly are the 70mm Zig Zags on a Flexdex v30 that Nicole likes.  I thought I would like the 4Presidents because they are a lot more similar to the Zig Zags and most of the smaller wheels I ride.  The Mini Zombie Hawgs are really different.  They have a much narrower contact patch and feel harder with half the wheel being the core.  But I like them.  They are a really fun wheel for cruising around the neighborhood and the occasional slide.  But not to take anything form the Orangatangs.  They are a fun wheel too, and Nicole likes them better.  So I guess that worked out well, we each have a new set of wheels to ride.

The Orangatang 4Presidents are on a Nickel with Indy 109s and Bones Reds.  The Mini Zombie Hawgs are on a Flexdex Retrodex with Surf Rodz Indeesz and Reds.  See the 2 previous posts for more info.

Mini Zombie Hawgs - More 70mm Wheels!?!

Mini Zombie Hawgs by Landyachtz

Shortly after buying a set of 70mm Orangatang 4 Presidents because I found them on sale, I saw this set of 70mm 82a Mini Zombie Hawgs on sale.  I don't usually ride wheels this big, but since I had just picked us the Orangatangs, I got these too just to compare. 

I put together a weird set up with them and have taken it for a ride the last 2 days in between rains.  I thought the yellow wheels would look cool with the blue Flexdex Retrodex that I got a while ago and hadn't done anything with yet.  I stole some Indeesz 100mm from another board, mostly because that board also had some 1/4" risers I wanted to use.  I put some new Bones Reds in and that is the setup currently.  

Just like the Orangatangs, these things feel huge, maybe a little more so because they are on a shorter board.  My initial impression was that they feel a little harder than the 82a they are because of the big core.  After only a few rides on each, I am not sure which of these 70mm sets I like better.  I will post a comparison and maybe Nicole's thoughts on them after we get a few more days of cruising around on 

them in.  

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