~~~~~ Nelson Longboards ~~~~~

[Rich Nelson]

Is it possible you can make a test board (just a sheet of stained and poly'd wood) of different stain colors so we see what they look like?

Yup that's definitely a good idea since the colors will probably be a bit different when on the wood. I don't have all of the colors on hand so I'll put in an order so that I can make a sample piece.

[wakesavage]

Cameron Savage's (wakesavage) Nelson Hybrid Review:


I recently worked with Nelson (SpeedDemon974) to design a version of his latest model called the Hybrid. The board is a shorter, stiffer deck that has a very functional kicktail.

Specs:
L: 37"
W:9"
WB: ~25"
Sexy: YES

Opinion:
In terms of build quality I have to be honest, I was surprised at how well the board was put together. I had made the assumption that a small builder's board for $80 wouldn't be as well built as other decks, but I was wrong. Not only is the deck itself solid as a rock, but it has a fiberglass bottom and a silica gripped top that also came as a pleasant surprise. The only thing that was not up to the highest level was the paint. For some reason it likes to scuff off/chip a little. This is not alarming, because this only happens through those rough times when any paint would take a hit, but it just seems a little less resilient.

Now for the feel of the board. Again, I have been pleasantly surprised at just how spot on this board is. I have my board set up with Holeys and Tunnel Tarantulas 82a 70mm. All bushings are Holey stock except that the front truck has a Venom Orange top. When PMing with Nelson about what I would want in a board, I asked for a light flex, something that would help with some pumping/carving, but still be a good board to slide. When first out of the box, the deck was perhaps too stiff I thought, but I figured I'd break it in first. Well, I had been wrong, 3 weeks later the flex is just about perfectly a "light" flex for my 155lbs. He asked for my weight and my preferences and made sure to make a product accordingly, well done. Finally, the concave is also spot on. I was offered two different concaves: a 3/8" and a 1/2" mold. I personally went with the 3/8" and it's been a great choice. Just enough concave to hug my feet in, but mellow enough to be relaxing and easy to stand on. Sweet.

The ride is probably the most important part, and luckily the best. With the short wheelbase, there is a quick and snappy turn. Because of the pronounced cutouts, one can run their trucks super loose, or with a slightly larger wheel. My Holey's are as loose as the last thread of the kingpin with 70mm wheels, and I haven't gotten wheelbite yet. Even with drifting/sliding/carving some pretty large hills, the wells have been well placed and sized. The kicktail is probably my favorite kick I've used (although I admittedly haven't used TOO many kicks). The platypus-style tail leaves your foot enough room to have a comfortable standing platform, but small enough to be functional for ollies. Because of the light flex, this is also a pretty good little hill-killer. I've found I can comfortably handle relatively high speeds on the Hybrid. The slight flex is just enough to dampen some of the roadnoise and give a smoother, more comforting ride at speed.

Lastly, there are two different stance options, which I found nice. Because of the nice kicktail I mentioned earlier, you can stand on the kicktail and tap into that surfy/pumpy ride. I have never really ridden this way before other than on some friends boards, but it is so much fun, and a great way to pump from a low speed, and then shift your stance up to the main standing platform for higher speed pump. Great utility if you ask me. Great fun as well. If you are a very tall person, I would suggest asking for a scaled up size of the board. I'm 6'0 and wear a size 10.5 shoe, and much more than this one may find themselves cramped on the foot platform, but for my stance, it's worked out well.

Overall, this is a well thought out, planned and constructed board. It doesn't do anything that is astronomically better than any other board with similar characteristics, but offers the best of all worlds in package that is so completely integrated that it will be hard to find a better/more fun board. Great for an all around/quiver killing deck. It lives up to its name as a hybrid. As a commuter it may be hard to beat. Quick and snappy with a good kicktail. Just the right flex for anything I'd want to do, slidable, speedable and fun. Not to mention, it is PRETTY. Nelson works with you on any graphic you want, any style you want. I had a great experience with Nelson to secure myself one of my top two boards in my 9 board quiver for half the price of most decks.

[randomblahguy]

bump.

waiting for my custom carbon dropthrough to get finished...i'm so stoked, i'm glad i'm getting it after my finals because if i got it before, i wouldn't study...

[Rich Nelson]

bump.

waiting for my custom carbon dropthrough to get finished...i'm so stoked, i'm glad i'm getting it after my finals because if i got it before, i wouldn't study...

I jsut took your board out of the press. This most of this weekend will be spent moving back home but by monday I should be able to really get started on it,

[Rich Nelson]

Time for some updates, been working on a quite a few board over the past two weeks and here they are.




First up are two Seasoned Carvers, standard with mild concave and mild camber, the one with the paris' and o'tangs has no design on top because it will be getting regular grip tape as opposed to the clear grip.

On a side note: due to the complexity and time involved in doing the tree graphic the price has been raised for this graphic. Though this allowed me to offer the board for less than before with standard paint/stain jobs.

[Rich Nelson]

Next up, Two standard Carbon Drop-throughs. The first is black on black, with silver on top. The second board has red on the bottom and a canary red stain on top.

Now standard on the carbon drop-throughs, the wheel cutouts are slightly angled to give a bit more wheel clearance with no loss of foot space.

[Rich Nelson]

http://www.silverfishlongboarding.co...1&d=1243207351

Lastly Two custom boards, On top a custom carbon drop through 40"x9.75", with a extra ply to stiffen it up, 1/2 of concave, and wider at the feet, blue on bottom and silver on top.

The one on bottom is a custom for me not in perfect condition because I've been riding it for about a week, it was W concave 10.5" wide, it has an extra layer of wood and sandwiched in fiberglass, with no carbon since I wanted it to have some give.

[Terrence]

man that seasoned carver is so sexy... im recommending it to a friend so i can ride it when he gets it

[MikeyB]

How much does a carbon drop through deck without the extra ply weigh?

[Rich Nelson]

man that seasoned carver is so sexy... im recommending it to a friend so i can ride it when he gets it

Thanks man

How much does a carbon drop through deck without the extra ply weigh?

I just weighed 2 of them. They are 3.8lb or 1.7kg

[MikeyB]

I think I might be purchasing one from you. You can transfer images onto boards? I was thinking a phillies theme.

[Rich Nelson]

I think I might be purchasing one from you. You can transfer images onto boards? I was thinking a phillies theme.

If your talking about like a print out, that is possible but I have found that the epoxy resin does not fully saturate the paper so I'm not comfortable using that as a structural layer, as in under the fiberglass. but on top of the fiberglass should work fine.

if your talking about just putting the logo on like this, , that wouldn't be a problem at all.

[MikeyB]

I was thinking white board with red pinstripes and nelson logo on top, and a real big liberty bell phillies logo and a small HK patch on bottom corner.

[Rich Nelson]

I was thinking white board with red pinstripes and nelson logo on top, and a real big liberty bell phillies logo and a small HK patch on bottom corner.

that shouldn't be a problem, I should be able to use water-slide decal paper to apply the logo. I'll do a mock up in photoshop when I get a chance.

[MikeyB]

Great I'll be in contact with you!

Also, maybe if you could figure a way too work a phillies P like the one you posted on the top of the board somehow that would be sweet.

[Rich Nelson]

ATTENTION Caleb

we exchanged a few e-mails talking about a custom seasoned carver with some carbon, but over the past day I have been trying to respond to your e-mail but keep getting a message back saying that the message could not be delivered, so hopefully you'll see this and if you do send me a pm or something




heres a mock up of the philies board design, you said that you wanted the standard graphic on top so you could just pick out which colors you want.

the custom graphic will cost about $10 extra but since you live in philly we can offset that by meeting up to skate or at the philly push race and avoid shipping costs if you want.

[Rich Nelson]

Also, I stained some scrap wood with all of the available stain colors to give a better idea of what they look like.


Canary Red, Lemon Yellow, Bright Green, Medium Blue, Violet, and Warm Black

[MikeyB]

ATTENTION Caleb

we exchanged a few e-mails talking about a custom seasoned carver with some carbon, but over the past day I have been trying to respond to your e-mail but keep getting a message back saying that the message could not be delivered, so hopefully you'll see this and if you do send me a pm or something




heres a mock up of the philies board design, you said that you wanted the standard graphic on top so you could just pick out which colors you want.

the custom graphic will cost about $10 extra but since you live in philly we can offset that by meeting up to skate or at the philly push race and avoid shipping costs if you want.

Wow!!! That will be sick! Yea, definitely man I'll be in touch.

[Rich Nelson]

[ntthrepo]

holy sheet those boards are looking nice man, they just keep getting better.

That most recent one really stands out, something about it is just sick.