Minis... so hot right now.

**lettucefresh** · 09-13-2005 07:50 PM

What is with this explosion of mini's? A year ago, they were nowhere to be found, and now everyone is skating one. I mean, i don't mind, skating is sweet, and minis are alot of fun, but it just came out of nowhere...

**VolvoGuy** · 09-13-2005 07:53 PM

They're the new Evo. The new Swift. The new Seismics.

**Mile_High_Mark** · 09-13-2005 07:54 PM

Originally Posted by VolvoGuy

They're the new Evo. The new Swift. The new Seismics.

They're the new mesh trucker hats.

**ShaggyIan4** · 09-13-2005 07:55 PM

they are the new pokemon cards, uhh **** yeah i'll have a minichu.

**lettucefresh** · 09-13-2005 08:07 PM

hmmm.... a mini evo. now that would be sick.

**Directive0** · 09-13-2005 08:15 PM

Man mini's are hot cause they're almost like slalom boards, and everyone knows slalom owns. The end.

**lettucefresh** · 09-13-2005 08:20 PM

i dont know about that... minis are like stylish and fun cruisers, slalom boards are like high performance, form-follows-function machines. I love the look and shape of slalom boards, but they are built to go fast and turn sharp, while minis are built to look stylish and pick up babes, they just happen to have really short wheelbases also. When is the last time you saw a hardwood vert-lam slalom board with inlays and clear grip?

slalom is way hardcore, it rules.

**K-Rimes** · 09-13-2005 08:25 PM

Oh that Slalom, he's so hot right now...

I just took the plunge... God it's fun...

**weasel on fire** · 09-13-2005 09:15 PM

minis are in style because of the fact that they are easy to carry yet ride like a longboard so you can carry one with you easily but then ride it as transportation, that way you dont have to lug a huge board

that or its like sports cars very small ones are to make up for a very small penis

oh and on a side note related to the slalom MY AXE IS COMING ON SATURDAY HELLS YEAH

**ShaggyIan4** · 09-13-2005 09:17 PM

my guess on why they are getting so huge right now: LOTD.

**weasel on fire** · 09-13-2005 09:20 PM

yeah thats another reason i was thinking but didnt think enuf about to mention, it would make sence, but then why arent the plastic boards coming back cuz those i would totaly ride man, i have one from that era and it rocks turns on a time, wheels are hard but not slippery its great

**Itmightbefun** · 09-13-2005 09:50 PM

Originally Posted by Directive0

Man mini's are hot cause they're almost like slalom boards, and everyone knows slalom owns. The end.

I have to agree. I find it sad that my friend's dad's plastic board pwns every popsicle board I've ever ridden. Birdhouse needs to show a little effort at least once in a while.

**Bushman** · 09-13-2005 10:09 PM

Originally Posted by lettucefresh

hmmm.... a mini evo. now that would be sick.

building one as we speak!!

**GFHBoarder** · 09-13-2005 10:10 PM

All I can say is that if you haven't been on a mini you have got to try it.
I started making retro shaped mini's about 7 years ago and then just came back to them. I have always been a longboarder, but they are fun as hell. And as far as the chicks go...ummm there is nothing good about a chick that says..ah look how small it is...

**GFHBoarder** · 09-13-2005 10:12 PM

All I can say is that if you haven't been on a mini you have got to try it.
I started making retro shaped mini's about 7 years ago and then just came back to them. I have always been a longboarder, but they are fun as hell. And as far as the chicks go...ummm there is nothing good about a chick that says..ah look how small it is...

**lettucefresh** · 09-13-2005 10:48 PM

When i had to choose a board to take with me from New Orleans, it was my mini. I think LOTD might have alot to do with it, and it think plastic boards aren't popular because they are not widely available in new condition with updated stuff on them.

**GPymp** · 09-14-2005 06:57 AM

..my 29 inch TS Comet is small enough. Its one thing you already have trouble seeing a small board past my beer belly hangin over my oversized brass cowboy buckle...but its another trying to keep my fat feet on an 8" wide board.(or less) They are cute but not on me.

**Stonedancer** · 09-14-2005 08:57 AM

I ride mine as a mini carver/slalom.

I'd hardly call a short fast turning board a cruiser? I love the retro stuff. I'm not sure if I'd buy a new mini when there's still loads of great original 70s stuff out there. And does anyone actualy like the plastic stuff with no real grip and strange softness that when it flexes doesn't return properly? That's what most of the plastic boards I've ridden felt like.

**EBasil** · 09-14-2005 09:27 AM

That's a cool-looking deck, Stonedancer!

On plastic: with all the materials and construction capacity we have now, there's no reason to ride old Grentec-style plastic decks. They weren't that good, they don't hold up, they're slippery and not much more than a novelty, now. Trust me, I still have my double-kick GT...

When skaters can build little beauts like those in the ASR coverage, LongBoardLarry's gorgeous mini that we saw in a thread last month, Crass'es retro boards and Brian's (Feral Arts) awesome channeled board from last year, there's no reason for us to ever, every go look to plastic decks again.

Mini's ARE fun. They'll never replace a longboard for me, but what a kick in the pants to pull on out and rip around!