at last... ive finally been arsed to put the update to my first post! The slipstream racer has been made! now, while 800 odd people looked at the first article, 1% of you made comments, so make a comment, its fun!

any way, back to the matter at hand, about 2 months ago i got the board built, luckily every thing went fine, i could mount my randalls through the think 20mm deck, but they were a little frustrating as even though using an exsisting set of trucks, i cut old school and new school mounting holes, the randalls didnt fit in either.

at the moment the cutaways need to be made bigger, as i underestimated how close to the deck the wheels would be, any how though, looks good and is very nice to stand on, as it has a very low center of gravity.

i should be getting the board back off of my school [as it was handed in as a graphics project] in a month or two, at that time i will publish another update about how it rides.

for those of you who dont know what the hell iam talking about, the slip stream board is a downhill racer with an 11" wide deck, cutaways and a ridiculously big hollow tail, which is a relatively new concept in deck design, for more information have a look at the origanal article, which to my knowledge is still at the top of the technical articles, it could well be just below this.

i decided to paint the board with acrylic paints and pens, bizzare though it may sound, i sprayed some colour fixative onto the graphic and then used a couple layers of varnish and it seems to be fine.

cutting the board was interesting, i recommend any deck builders to make their own hollowtail design, and please tell me about it cos i can offer a few tips. They look totally gnarly and have a few practical uses.

Me and my freind Chris might begin to make more designs and sell them in a shop called surface 2 air, so this may not be the last slip stream design.

give any thoughts you have about the board, and any ideas you have on how it could be improved.

thanks for reading.

-hayabusa