Loaded Chubby Unicorn (Shred or Dead)

Specifications:

Length: 42.25” / 107.315 cm

Width: 9.75” / 24.765 cm

Wheelbase: 28.25” / 71.755 cm

Thickness: .5625” (9/16”) / 1.43 cm

Concave depth (at either side of W concave): .4375” (7/16”) / 1.11 cm

Weight as built: 8 lbs 13 oz. / 3.99 kg

Kick Length: 7 Inches to inside bolt

Now before someone says something stupid, I would like to say I have had this board for 3 months before writing this. Anyways, back to business, I bought this board over an Evo/R5/Chinook as it's a loaded downhill model which weren't too prevalent at the time. 

My first impression was the W concave, it has a very high concave, my second impression was that I was now down $360. This board has little to no give, it's like standing on the ground basically. To my knowledge it's a composite/fiberglass/bamboo.

This board is great for downhill, I was bombing hills with no speed wobbles at all, the only thing I noticed was if I tried to slide the whole no give aspect made it a bit different as my feet would feel like they were going to fall off with the W concave and the stiffness.

The board has no graphic I noticed and I'm pretty sure whoever named it was doing some pretty hard drugs, but I still like the feel of it. This board covers every aspect of what people would want, kicks, downhill, good weight, good carve, the only aspect I'm stuck on is who the **** pays 360 dollars for a board. Like if you want a good board for that price get an Evo the board commonly used by World Champions, and then buy precision trucks, but I find it outrageous anyone would consider this.

It has a nice feel, picking it up, riding it, it isn't something I would consider keeping in my locker, but it's up to you. Riding this with 852's Grizzlies I had no speed wobbles, which is great I mean they're not the best truck to begin with, I could pull great slides and was getting to about 80 km/h which is good, The only thing I don't like on this board is really the shape, it doesn't really look like a downhill board at first glance, with the kicks and all, I much prefer something with more of a drop deck, but it's up to you!

Hope you enjoyed readers!

Overall rating: Shred (8/10)

Landyachtz Boss Hawgs (Shred or Dead)

Hello Readers,
This article is going to be a part of a new segment called "Shred or Dead" Which will be posted every Sunday,it will be a review column of a variety of products, Enjoy!

I recently picked myself up a set of Boss Hawgs, a wheel made by Landyachtz which comes in 3 Options:
70mm 76a (Blue)
70mm 78a (Red)
70mm 80a (Grey)

I bought a set of the red ones. (In all actuality I didn't by them I got them in the Landyachtz Mystery Box before they were released!) Anyways, I just got into riding them after winter faded away. The first thing I noticed about these wheels was the texture, they feel soft, you can almost feel the form change by pushing on it. It has mild resistance to my finger, but it is still noticeable. I set these wheels up on my classic setup (Grizzly 852's with a Sector 9 Super Shaka) and got down to business.

These wheels seem as if they would be more of a grippy wheel with them being 78a and all but they're quite the opposite. They have an FSU core making them great for free riding with a rounded lip, even Landyachtz website tells you they're for "Ultimate Smooth Slides." I thought they were working great, they left some pretty thick thane lines, and I could do some pretty cool slides. If I could compare them to any wheel it would likely be the Orangutan Durian series, they slide well at all speeds and they've lasted me a good 3 months of going out 3 times a week.

Now I'm aware free-riding isn't the only thing that matters, out in the area I live there are some pretty nice hills, with my top speed reaching about 80 km/h with Landyachtz Mini Monster Hawgs. With these wheels I achieved almost the same speed, at 76 km/h.

The only thing I can't recommend these wheels for is cruising, they are rather large and if you wanted to cruise just buy something like Cult Mini's not these.

Final Thoughts:
In my opinion they're well worth the $48 dollars. The slides were great, so was the downhill, the lower durometer didn't affect speed wobbles or anything like that and the rounded edge really made sliding a breeze.

Slide: 8/10
Downhill: 7/10
Cruise: 5/10
Overall: 8/10

Thanks For Reading!
Hope You Enjoyed!

Landyachtz VS Sector 9

The battle of a longboarders life is constantly choosing boards. With different companies to choose from such as Sector Nine, Landyachtz, Arbor, Element, Jet, Comet, Black Tie, and many more you have a wide variety of shapes and styles.

However our main focus today is Sector Nine and Landyachtz. These two board companies have been ranked 1st and second, and the results changing from site to site but these companies are always top 2. So today I've decided to do an overall factual review with some of my opinion to talk about these boards.

Sector Nine, is a high priced company with great quality boards. They are also known well for their wheels too. Their boards are usually manufactured from a high quality maple or bamboo. Bamboo for cruising or carving and maple for free ride and downhill. I myself ride a Super Shaka from Sector Nine, with Butterballs their well known wheels. I find Sector 9 to be a great company for freeride and downhill boards, but not so much for cruising.

Landyachtz has great cruisers such as the Bamboo Totem, but I don't really like many other boards except for the "Switch" series. You'll find if you buy a Landyachtz board it won't have great pop, if you're looking for boards like that go for the Bustin YoFace, or the only good cruising Landyachtz which is the ripple ridge. Besides that in my opinion they have a few good downhill boards, but alot of them de- laminate after 10 minutes of rain or even a few ghostride kickflips.

Landyachtz recently released there dinghy line making users more happy with many cool designs to choose from. I'm not saying I don't like Landyachtz, I myself have owned an Evo, Ripple Ridge, and Switch 40, and ridden some friends Top Speeds, I find them to be amazing decks, but some of the designs I don't like such as the Wolfshark's. Design doesn't really matter though. I find Landyachtz's drop-deck playforms rather unique. Not that it drops but how it's done. Such as on boards like the R5 or the Evo.

Overall I personally find the better company to be Landyachtz. Disagree? vote in this weeks poll!

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Shark Wheels. The Wheels That Bite... Literally.

I Personally bought these wheels fresh off of Kickstarter a website where you help growing entrepreneurs achieve there so called goal of making the world a better place. Now the second i got these wheels they felt rather odd. The outer part of the wheel was tearing and they felt like a cheap plastic. I decided to give them a shot anyway, I rode these wheels down a local hill at around 45kmh. A relatively slow speed for some. But coming up to slide at the end these wheels wouldn't shred any thane and decided to stop dead in there tracks, launching me 5 feet off my board onto the ground. I went back to take a look at them only to find that after a mere day of riding them i had already "Puked,Cored,Melted" the inner core of my wheel.

 So I do what any of us would do I call the company not only do they tell me I can't return them because i rode them for an hour, but that the wheels weren't designed for slides. If you had watched the original video for this product you would have seen a mid teen pulling 180 slides straight down the hill no problem. I continued t ride these wheels and more problems sprung up including the plastic that melted getting into the threads on my trucks, and the wheels became more square the more I rode. I was beginning to sound my like a 1970 Harley Davidson motorcycle then a teen on a skateboard. 

My Overall conclusion is that these wheels bite and seem like something you'd get from Walmart for 20$

I would rate them;

Sliding- 1

Downhill Speed- 4

Freestyle- 1

Looks- 8

Durability- 1

These wheels were too much hype, and no use. There's no good purpose for these wheels and never will be. Stay tuned for next weeks edition on Top 10 Christmas Gifts