More board mods from the ghetto: Vault Chopmount
(below a standard Comet Voodoo Doll 2)
Playing around with topmount board shapes I decided to chop down an Athena and remount with a shorter wheelbase. Result: crazy responsive livewire freeriding board. So rad.
VGF: Vault Ghetto Freeride.
Some bunch of wack-jobs cut the oversized lips off a set of Vault proto wheels to make some seriously rad ghetto-lathed freeride slide wheels. That wannabe-thug at the start looks dodgy as. I’d be keeping well clear of him….and his bastard file….
Some local teenager started filming me with his phone whil I was skating so I asked for the footage. That, folks, is how you stop a longboard from around 40-50 km/h (or faster if you’ve got the cojones).
Time to get busy on the ghetto lathe…..
Ghetto lathe.
This blog being Ad Hoc, the picture is pretty fitting. Test riding some sample wheels for Vault, the wheel profile had about 10mm of (in my opinion) completely redundant outer lip making the wheel highly unpredictable. One jerry-rigged lathe session later and I end up with a centreset* freeride wheel that is smooth sliding, predictable and just plain rad. Time to get some.
Next batch of wheels will be pretty much like this from factory. Sorted.
* When the wheel is symmetrical about the bearing hub, meaning you can mount it either way to get even wear
People are taking the piss out of you everyday. They butt into your life, take a cheap shot at you and then disappear. They leer at you from tall buildings and make you feel small. They make flippant comments from buses that imply you’re not sexy enough and that all the fun is happening somewhere else. They are on TV making your girlfriend feel inadequate. They have access to the most sophisticated technology the world has ever seen and they bully you with it. They are The Advertisers and they are laughing at you.
You, however, are forbidden to touch them. Trademarks, intellectual property rights and copyright law mean advertisers can say what they like wherever they like with total impunity.
Fuck that. Any advert in a public space that gives you no choice whether you see it or not is yours. It’s yours to take, re-arrange and re-use. You can do whatever you like with it. Asking for permission is like asking to keep a rock someone just threw at your head.
You owe the companies nothing. Less than nothing, you especially don’t owe them any courtesy. They owe you. They have re-arranged the world to put themselves in front of you. They never asked for your permission, don’t even start asking for theirs.
Banksy (via thenewavengers)
I’m feeling the rage and I’m loving it.
(Source: thechocolatebrigade, via rainbowhill)
Oh gawd yes. *drops to knees* please santa.
My Mazda 1300 will look like this one day.
I think we need to be clear here: NO Mazda 1300 will ever look anywhere near as good as a Mk 1 Escort. I say that as a dyed-in-the-wool 1300 nut. I love the little beasts to death but the styling of the Mk 1 is effectively 1970s design perfection. Sad that the Mk 2 looked so incredibly dull.
I do, however, look forward to seeing the ewok 1300 in this state of uber-workedness one day.
(Source: callitlikeiseesit)
Thursday Gnar - Collingrove Cup by Gabe.
Such a rad mix backed with awesome jazz soundtrack. via skatehousemedia.
