Basically, it's a simple way to take an old shortboard (aka "Kicker") that you have lying around somewhere gathering dust and convert it to something much more useful. (no offense intended to shortboarders :)

The steps are simple, and we did it in about an hour and a half.

Basically you just drill holes for the new trucks at each end of the board. (For now we won't go into detail on how to measure that out-- we'll save that for a future article. ) Then put on the new trucks and there you have it.

It works because what makes a longboard have the more stable feeling is the length of the wheelbase--the distance from one truck to another. You won't have a kicktail (obviously) but carving on this board feels very similar to carving on a longboard. Once the trucks are on the end of the board, the wheelbase was almost exactly the same length as the the Mellow Motion Butterfinger longboard we recently reviewed. (See Related Articles).

The board is also very low, in someways similar to Landyachtz's downhill boards because you are mounting the trucks on the ends of the board, which curve up. This adds to the stability of the board.

We set ours up with Randal 180's and some old Sector 9 wheels. We didn't have to grind down the edges to prevent wheelbite, but you might want to if you're using bigger wheels, or want to lighten the board even more. Overall, It's actually a fun, light, in expensive and low board.

Looks like someone has found our "testing" hill. Does everyone have a hill they go on to test new set-ups? You know, not to fast, not to slow. Well, we do, and it looks like we overstayed our welcome... oh well