The fact that you know every detail of your skateboard shows how passionate you can be about skateboarding meanwhile good video

The wheels feel like wheels and the trucks feel like trucks. That’s good, I guess lol

This is a great video Jon and also a really great insight into lines in a bowl. learned a lot!

Great idea to try riding something outside of your comfort zone! I feel more comfortable on "Old School" bigger shaped decks, and I ride either Indy's or Ace trucks(56mm wheels either 97 or 99 durometer). I do have a couple of smaller boards that I don't ride much. After watching, I will definitely try to ride them more!

Great video Jon, as usual. 👌 My son was so happy that he was in the background 😂... He is now a KZfaq star. 😅

I absolutely prefer my own custom model board and have now been riding it with Tensor Mag Lights for a year and earlier 52mm 93A Dragons, then 56m Dragons and now 56mm Nano-Cubics and have found them the perfect compromise for smooth concrete and wood bowls and mini & vert ramps. I have used loaner boards on my travels and 101A wheels are my nightmare as they are so slippery in a bowl where I might not always have the optimal lines & balance… BUT it’s better to skate than not and I just take it really easy and stay with my basics and go-tos and have fun when iffy conditions 😂

That bowl is pretty epic. Great vid🤙

Switching from 8 to 8.5 made a big difference bowl riding, I wouldn't go back to anything smaller. I may upgrade to something slightly bigger on my next board though.

Go Jon! Cool that you're doin this. Lookin good man.

Glad to see the rental worked out for you 🤙 I think the rental helmet would worry me more?! 😱 If you ever want to see someone go deeper than is sane into set-up madness, Ben Degros' channel used to be phenomenal - I think he's chilled out a bit with it now, but it used to be intense: how the truck height is going to compensate for this wheel size with that wheelbase... 😬 It makes me glad I've never been good enough to have to worry about those minor details!

Great to see you back in the Bay Jon 👌🏼

nice sesh! glad there were no emotional dismounts!

I've been riding 8.75 or 8.8 decks and the same set of indy trucks since I started skating a couple years ago, but I've been thinking about getting an 8.5 next time. I was mostly thinking it would help with nailing down some flatground tricks (lighter, easier to flip). This video encouraged me to give it a go. I really haven't obsessed over my setup, but I'd like to do a little more experimentation.

My experience is that length and wheelbase make much more of a difference than width when it comes to decks. I prefer wider boards with comparatively shorter wheelbase

Very inspiring video

I love this skate park. You should try others in Glasgow though. There are a few bangers. Also if you haven’t tried Livingston skatepark it is truly iconic. Hopefully we’ll see you in “Sunny Scotland” soon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿☔️

Ventures have smallest yokes, meaning they hang up on the coping the least out of all the trucks. Indy, as opposite, tends to hang up the most.

I'm exactly the same myself about knowing what I'm riding. I have a few variations and regularly use a handful of them but know what they all are. I put it down to middle aged man obsessions. I enjoy a wider, old school shape with 159s or 169s because they are fun and feel really stable, but generally if I'm at the park I use a 8.5" Venom blank deck on Enuff 149 trucks with Ricta 58mm 92a wheels and Birdhouse Abec 7 bearings, Pig Rails and Risers. It is a really nice setup now, if only I were skilled enough to make the most of it 😄

Venture trucks are very underrated for transitions, I'm very happy with them. How did you find yourself carving?

Big decks are fun but a smaller deck is much more maneuverable

I went from an 8 to 8.5 and it is so much better for me. I have way more stability in the 8.5.

Just shifted from a shaped 9 to a pop 8.5.... can't really tell the difference....nose tricks ate a bit easier.....that's about it

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