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Old 10-22-2005, 02:08 PM   #1
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I just made a Gravity Hypercarve Speedboard. I read in someone's post about changing a minicarve into something else... so I decided I should put my gravity hypercarve to some use and modify it a bit!

It started out as a piece-of-#### jumble of tender wood. I chopped off the tail, planner'd it down, sanded it smooth, drilled holes, cut the drop-through cut outs, cut wheel wells where they were needed, gripped, mounted, and now I am posting here.

I de-wedged both trucks. Rear= 40* front= 45*. Since it is dropped, with flipped hangers, and de-wedged, plus rockered slightly, it should be pretty stable going downhill. I still have yet to test it.
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Old 10-22-2005, 02:41 PM   #2
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looks awesome dude i think its gonna be pretty stable
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that must be an ooold gravity
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I like how pinkpather's and longbord1's avatar is almost identical.
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Well for all you "nay-sayers" who think it will only go 30 or so stable, I just hit 45 even with complete control. After putting avilas on it, it goes even faster. I practiced some tight hairpins around 30, and it suction cupped itself to the concrete and glided through the turns without sliding out or losing any speed. I love it.

It is more stable then the fiberflex 38" pintail that I had been hitting at 50 mph on, and has more control and plenty more grip then my DH Race. All I can say is I love this board, and anyone else who has an old gravity hypercarve, randall II 180 trucks and 72a avilas with biltin bearings sitting around, I suggest making this modification.
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damn that is so awesome, great work skatar dude, looks like a real speedboard
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nice work, your stuff always amazes me.
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dude, i've been thinking of dropping a Mini or a Hyper Carve for a while now. tell me how it rides, looks sick.
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One dope shape! Thats definatly sweet, man.. I might end up doin that myself..
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i don't like the hypercarve because no concave
but good board other than that
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I've been tinkering with the idea of dropping through one of my old mini's and after seeing this I'm sold!
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