SUBSONICSKATEBOARDS "SCOUT" MODEL
Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 9:06 pm
Hey, Scott recently made a great G/S deck for me. It's not yet on the www.subsonicskateboards.com website yet. It's a 9" wide rounded coffin shape, think of a PPS Levine Coughin Cut only wider all around and even more so in the nose for a lot of front foot usage. It's made stiffer than the "Pauliwog" to accomodate longer wheelbases for big hybrid and G/S.
It's coffin shaped with a blunt nose so you actually have a G/S and Super G board that fits into your duffle bag to fly to races. Wheel bases range from 19" to 22"(? maybe 23") drilled just like the "Pauliwog" model only the wheel bases go one notch longer for bigger courses. It has concave, no camber, a very slight and short kick in the tail(Scott can probably give you more or less or no kick under the back foot if you want). Mine has wheel wells which I HIGHLY recommend. Concave and wheelswells for footing and wheel clearance to me is MUCH preferable to flat and no wheelwells and more risers in terms of response, but maybe that's just me.
I took it to the DHB Dixie Cup and used it for the G/S on that spooky steep and fast Soap Box Derby hill in Winston Salem North Carolina. It was PERFECT! I used my purple all wood version prototype. I now have one that is wood core, with carbon diagonal stringers on the bottom with fiberglass top and bottom just like the "Pauliwog" model which is on the website. I need to test it more, but I think in this case I went overboard having Scott put fiberglass on this model as it's a TANK! But, if you're a BIG dude, the fiberglass/carbon might be the ticket. The all wood-only version is stiff enough and not as heavy for me at my 170 lbs.
I recently changed trucks, wheels and wheelbase to 19" and used this deck on a tight hybrid course of very mixed rythem and it worked GREAT. If you like stiff, non cambered but concave wood slalom decks with multiple wheel bases for a variety of courses, this deck will probably work well for you, especially if you feel like you want more deck under your toes of your front foot. If you get the all wood version it won't kill your wallet either.
Thanks again to Scott Moore for making me some GREAT decks!- Paul
It's coffin shaped with a blunt nose so you actually have a G/S and Super G board that fits into your duffle bag to fly to races. Wheel bases range from 19" to 22"(? maybe 23") drilled just like the "Pauliwog" model only the wheel bases go one notch longer for bigger courses. It has concave, no camber, a very slight and short kick in the tail(Scott can probably give you more or less or no kick under the back foot if you want). Mine has wheel wells which I HIGHLY recommend. Concave and wheelswells for footing and wheel clearance to me is MUCH preferable to flat and no wheelwells and more risers in terms of response, but maybe that's just me.
I took it to the DHB Dixie Cup and used it for the G/S on that spooky steep and fast Soap Box Derby hill in Winston Salem North Carolina. It was PERFECT! I used my purple all wood version prototype. I now have one that is wood core, with carbon diagonal stringers on the bottom with fiberglass top and bottom just like the "Pauliwog" model which is on the website. I need to test it more, but I think in this case I went overboard having Scott put fiberglass on this model as it's a TANK! But, if you're a BIG dude, the fiberglass/carbon might be the ticket. The all wood-only version is stiff enough and not as heavy for me at my 170 lbs.
I recently changed trucks, wheels and wheelbase to 19" and used this deck on a tight hybrid course of very mixed rythem and it worked GREAT. If you like stiff, non cambered but concave wood slalom decks with multiple wheel bases for a variety of courses, this deck will probably work well for you, especially if you feel like you want more deck under your toes of your front foot. If you get the all wood version it won't kill your wallet either.
Thanks again to Scott Moore for making me some GREAT decks!- Paul