PumpRockr

**sk8norcal** · 06-28-2009 08:56 AM

pumpRockr: the all-new casterboard and skateboard experience

randal clone rear...
available at walmart..

YouTube - pumpRockr

YouTube - pumpRockr: a skateboard and RipStik &...

**LDPanda** · 06-28-2009 09:17 AM

Would someone please explain the advantages of a caster board like this over a decent LDP setup or slalom setup? I mean, this is less customizable and cant go down serious hills, why would you chose it over a good pumping skateboard?

**rafaplaysguitar** · 06-28-2009 09:23 AM

lol lololololol

**kraffft** · 06-28-2009 09:25 AM

Originally Posted by LDPanda

Would someone please explain the advantages of a caster board like this over a decent LDP setup or slalom setup? I mean, this is less customizable and cant go down serious hills, why would you chose it over a good pumping skateboard?

Doesn't look like too many advantages.. probably easier to learn but not as fast or versatile.. looks great for no-skill g-turns as well. but why not just stand in the basket of a shopping cart?

**pavedwave** · 06-28-2009 09:33 AM

**sk8norcal** · 06-28-2009 09:47 AM

Originally Posted by LDPanda

Would someone please explain the advantages of a caster board like this over a decent LDP setup or slalom setup? I mean, this is less customizable and cant go down serious hills, why would you chose it over a good pumping skateboard?

what they offer is
easy low speed pumping..

this one is very much like the carver C7....

i did see a complete carver cx setup selling at big5 before..

YouTube - trianglesk8 team on pumprockr

**Gomer** · 06-28-2009 10:15 PM

Let's see, it's not as fast or as versatile as a longboard or skateboard and can't go switch.

Oh - but you can pump on it. I get it. It's a Pump Rock board! I love it how these videos have some kid wiggling back and forth at 2mph behind some fast early pukesque soundtrack.

**shapeshifter** · 06-28-2009 10:20 PM

rump pockr

**sk8norcal** · 06-28-2009 11:54 PM

Allan, still ride ur Carver C7?

i need to pick up one of those....

**M/A/N/O** · 06-28-2009 11:59 PM

dose kids good!!! i want mores!

eh its a funshape, not really meant for serious riding.

this is much more impressive:
YouTube - Weather Channel Music

**shapeshifter** · 06-30-2009 07:17 PM

Originally Posted by sk8norcal

Allan, still ride ur Carver C7?

i need to pick up one of those....

yeah, yeah... hc!

though most of the time i'm in the water.

pick up a set and keep an open mind... great low gear action, mellow cruising or taming steeper hills.

**sk8norcal** · 07-05-2009 11:25 PM

hmm, i might make one too...

YouTube - My Homemade PumpRockr, A Response to...

**rodgon** · 07-13-2009 12:02 AM

they might have something going on there. a little rebound on the front in some sort of way and it might be a sick thing to follow through on,

**sk8norcal** · 07-13-2009 09:42 PM

the guy who distributes them actually emailed me and sent me one for a review...

i been riding it for the past couple of days...
well, i don't really like it...

it behaves similar to a carver c7, but its just so tippy with only one wheel up front, and no RTC..

deep lean is disconcerting, as the front end likes to wash out...
(maybe the front wheel should be rubber instead of urethane)

the trucks look to be good quality, but the back randal style truck is too turny for this board (a traditional truck should work fine)

the homemade version (above) actually looks to be much more stable..

anyways, they are selling it through walmart, maybe it would catch on or maybe not... (we probably all thought ripstiks wouldn't sell...

and look at it now...

)

**sk8norcal** · 07-13-2009 09:55 PM

repost...

YouTube - The OBoard

**rodgon** · 07-13-2009 10:22 PM

yeah without a return to center it would be like having a truck with no bushings in it. yeah you can still make it work but why would you?

lol

ill have to see if someone leaves on open at walmart for me to jump on it and test it. i might be wrong. some slight mods might make this a fun board.

**mystiktrueno** · 07-13-2009 10:41 PM

I would think that it is because that it is a lot easier to learn to ride a caster board, than it is to learn to pump. I got the ripstick down in about 3 days, but learning to pump took me around 2 months!

**sk8norcal** · 07-13-2009 11:53 PM

Originally Posted by rodgon

yeah without a return to center it would be like having a truck with no bushings in it. yeah you can still make it work but why would you?

lol

actually, different mechanics... castors offer a trail effect that's missing in skate trucks... even with RTC on the pumprockr, it wouldn't solve the tippiness issue...

i had a narrow seismic front with very very light springs....
low speed pumping...
i can pump circles on a hill...

**rodgon** · 07-14-2009 12:19 AM

i can do the same with a 4.3 bennet with white/ orange khiros in it . lol

its like going against gravity! its so easy to go uphills.

**sk8norcal** · 07-14-2009 12:50 AM

rly? that's impressive...

you gotta try my setup though...
its kinda fun for the flats... even with a longer wb...23"

some japanese slalomers run frt trucks with no RTC...