got hit by car, hypercarve snapped

**Dustintendo** · 10-24-2006 01:52 PM

I'm fine, but thats more than i can say for my poor hypercarve, it got broken halfway through the plies, its dead. the trucks and wheels are fine though, so i bought aan 11 ply uncut birch blank from eastbilt and tracing it and making a new one.

i have a question though, by doing this am i being lame to gravity? its just that i dont have the cash to buy a new hypercarve deck but i do have the cash for an 18 dollar blank. i'd make my own shapeb ut i love the hyper's shape way too much..

**snwskate93** · 10-24-2006 01:56 PM

dude ur not being lame at all......i think its badass that u made ur own board....so its a good shpe, its not like the shape is a copyright.......sucks u got hit by a car.......wer u garage skatin?

**Dustintendo** · 10-24-2006 02:04 PM

Originally Posted by snwskate93

dude ur not being lame at all......i think its badass that u made ur own board....so its a good shpe, its not like the shape is a copyright.......sucks u got hit by a car.......wer u garage skatin?

haha nope, i was crossing a street, there was a car stopped at the corner and he decided to turn right into me

**snwskate93** · 10-24-2006 02:05 PM

blows....hows ur custom comin along?

**Dustintendo** · 10-24-2006 02:09 PM

Originally Posted by snwskate93

blows....hows ur custom comin along?

i just ordered the blank today so i havent worked on it yet

**Directive0** · 10-24-2006 02:32 PM

any company that claims they "own" a shape or style of board is full of ####. The vibe I've gotten from the gravity people I've met suggests they wouldn't mind someone using there shape on a blank, especially to replace one of theirs that met an unfortunate end! Its all about the ride. Now if you were to go into production with that shape and call it the Zavity Zyper Zarve thats a different story! But you know better then that

Bottom line IMO: Don't ever feel like you're obligated to give a company your money for a ride, thats not what skating is about and thats not why most of the skate manufacturers we love started or keep rolling boards out the door!

Sucks about your luck, but you may just find riding something you shaped is very rewarding. You may even be able to adress any issues you had with your previous deck. What things did you like and not like about the shape? evolve it along those lines!

**Rabid Skunk** · 10-24-2006 02:40 PM

My original Custom 45 got ran over in Ohio. The trucks died so I got 75 bucks to buy new ones from the person who hit it.

**Crappysurfer** · 10-24-2006 03:32 PM

hyper carves are pretty inept decks anyway, really small wheel cutouts no camber concave or anything, big heavy planks, they are only worth that $18

**Mister Surly** · 10-24-2006 03:50 PM

Originally Posted by Dustintendo

I'm fine, but thats more than i can say for my poor hypercarve, it got broken halfway through the plies, its dead. the trucks and wheels are fine though, so i bought aan 11 ply uncut birch blank from eastbilt and tracing it and making a new one.

i have a question though, by doing this am i being lame to gravity? its just that i dont have the cash to buy a new hypercarve deck but i do have the cash for an 18 dollar blank. i'd make my own shapeb ut i love the hyper's shape way too much..

glad to hear you didnt get snapped in half.

i dont think gravity cares at all. i mean, it's not like your cutting several decks out, calling them "hyper carve" and selling them. one of the first homemade decks i cut was from tracing the hyper carve and making the deck a little wider.

**midnite-cruiser** · 10-24-2006 04:49 PM

not enept decks at all, i have a hypercarve and i love it.

Outcarves my friends boards for sure, and the cut outs make the wheels not bite nomatter how loose my wheels are, last time i checked... thats what they are there for - so your point is moot.

They are stable at speed, look great, carve even better, and are 100 bucks cheaper than most of the boards people would reccomend over them...

to each his own but, theres a lot of people that swear by that board.

**Crappysurfer** · 10-24-2006 05:21 PM

im sure i could 'out carve' a lot of people on a hyper carve, but its not a great board in my opinion

**revelation2** · 10-24-2006 05:44 PM

Sounds like a killer idea, just make sure you get the shape and mounting holes down right. Post pictures when it's done!

**wilder** · 10-24-2006 05:48 PM

Originally Posted by Crappysurfer2

hyper carves are pretty inept decks anyway, really small wheel cutouts no camber concave or anything, big heavy planks, they are only worth that $18

word. if any shape could be 'copyrighted', it deffenitley wouldent be this one.

**tomahawk** · 10-24-2006 11:40 PM

word, hypercarves rules. so smooth, so fluid, like riding on a carvy cloud

such a cheap board compared to most of whats out there too

**funkyphreakout** · 10-24-2006 11:45 PM

Originally Posted by tomahawk

word, hypercarves rules. so smooth, so fluid, like riding on a carvy cloud

such a cheap board compared to most of whats out there too

Alot of people's first longboard too... and with stock Tracker Darts and hourglass bushings, you can't ask for much more for a first board.

I started riding my HyperCarve when I was a complete noob but even after four years I still enjoy taking it out for a ride.