You already know its a good day when Ben upload a vid

Ben getting back to his roots. I haven’t seen a tail slide kickflip out from you in a long time, that was tight! Thanks for all these videos lately, your getting me hyped to skate! Next session be your best session wish you steady progression!

Babe wake up new Ben Degros video

The man, the myth, the Canadian carpenter strike's againnnn

The madness never leaves us Ben. I knew you'd be changing your setup again when you said something about "becoming a Thunder guy" last summer. But I suppose that's what makes it interesting. Endless gear changes and endless trick combos. I love that aspect of skateboarding. Wishing you the best for this coming year✌️

"May your next session be you best session yet" Iconic line.

Dad❤️ ,going 93 style with the venture low and 51mm Spitties. Luv it!! I'm setting up a FA Saint Mary, Gino 8.18 deck, some Spitties classics 52mm 99duro. Bones Swiss bearings with spacers. Just waiting on some Venture 5.25 Hi's to come in the local skateshop Ben G. Hardware Allen key 7/8 shake junt. Jessup grip tape, shoes last longer ,I think. Clyde and Gino used to be both on 101 🙂

Damn! Haven't heard That name in decades. Time to watch some old videos. Glad you found a match.

I literally set up an extremely similar complete. 8.0 with 14.25” wheelbase Blind TJ Rogers deck, venture 5.2 lows, 51mm Ricta core 99a. Every time I try and change to something else, I gotta go back to that early 2000s feel, just not a 7.63” deck, haha. You’re killing it out there Ben and inspiring us dads to get better!!

Finally someone, Ben Degros most importantly, said what has been my opinion on the Shortys hardware ever since the late 90s. 7/8 Silverados are the best skate hardware, no contest. Keep going with the awesome videos Ben ☺️

Venture lows for the win! As a 37 year old that just came back an over extended break. I’m so hyped hearing you talk about Venture trucks. As a kid my friends rode Indy and I stuck with ventures. Glad to know I was onto something back then. Great video!!

A Clyde deck in 2023? youre a very fortunate person and its well deserved 🙏🏽

Venture lows for life! I ride them because I ride a 7.9 DGK and their low, light, and snappy feel just compliments such a width and concave perfectly. I tried the highs but found them to be wayyyyy too tippy. Made my board feel like a balance beam. Also, along with vibing more with the Venture team (PJ Ladd swears by the lows) and art direction as a whole, I love how the baseplate sticks out more for either noseslides or tailslides.

I've watched a zillion board setup videos, and I never get enough of it.

This was the strangest drywall video! Found this channel on accident from your home depot in the USA video. Don't even skate but stayed until the end.

I stepped back down to an 8 about a year ago and i have not regretted it. My flat-ground game has been better than ever. Great video, Mr. Degros!

I did a deep dive into your archives over the last month and came up with a very similar setup. Thanks for the tips.

Venture low for life! Riding them since the early nineties! ❤

Totally a great tech setup, basically what I rode my mid teens through my early 20s, stoked for you Ben, venture lows are sorely missed, thanks for sharing, you killed that session btw.

Silverados sales bout to skyrocket

The madness is real! And that's a sick setup! And good to see the old skatepark back in the vids.

just set up a new board last night. here i am watching you do it. love it.

I've been sayin that about shorty's forever! I always go for them if they're available. I also set them up in the same diagonal pattern as you lol. Have for ages! Cheers!

It's interesting how changing your wheel and truck size or brand for a certain deck can make such a huge impact on your comfort levels. Always value the info you provide in all of your videos, Ben. Thanks for being a good dude. Keep on shredding!

Lol I did the same .. I was riding an 8.5 for a while and recently been having issues, watched some old clips from my child hood (early 2000s) and decided to switch back to an 8” )wearing a 12 shoe… to wrap up I love the 8 and don’t have to try as hard for tricks and I’m sticking with that moving forward … riding Indy 139s👍🏽👊🏾

PLOT TWIST! ....I love ventures. That stable smooth carve is luxurious for tricks. I like Indies for just riding around, but my Venture Ti 5.6 on an 8.25" April is just effortless, smooth and has a quality feel.

Nice! We’re super stoked you love our bearings, Ben! 🙌⚛️

I repeat myself but you should really make a Board shape with the Professor...

I too am stepping down but not quite as much. I'm going 8.25". Even in the skinny board days I skated a wider than normal deck. I enjoy these videos right now because I have bought several boards in the past few months chasing a certain feeling. As of this week I received a special delivery from a local company that presses their own decks. They sent me an uncut blank so I can cut my own shape with a shorter tail and longer nose. I'm really excited about this project. And lastly, you should check out Static hardware. It's a local company out here that makes high quality stainless Allen head hardware.

The ledge session was smooth. Killing it!

Awesome video. I grew up riding venture trucks, back in the day. Now im skating indy but have skated thunder in the past. Awesome to hear about your setup process. I am very picky about setting my board up too. Learned a few things watching this video. Captured that feeling of getting super excited about building a new style setup. Looks like you are really enjoying the lighter smaller setup!

After watching your videos I have found my perfectly balanced street setup. 5 Boro 8.125, silver m class 8.25 trucks, ricta 54 92a clouds and some good old g2 Bronsons. For my 6'3 lanky self it's got all the pop I need to get high tricks on demand or give half the effort and it still come out landing tricks. All the friends noticed a major improvement in consistency and I skated confidently like never before, thank you.

Riding a similar setup right now too, a primitive 8.125 with some 5.2 Lo’s. Loving the way this setup flicks. Venture 5.2 Lo’s aint dead! Lol

Skateboarding = Perseverance ! Thanks Ben with another honest opinion about changing your setup and what truck (Venture) had made it manageable . Charm City ! Vu'Skateshop Support your local ! God bless and peace be with you and your loved ones .

I love skating a 8.00 deck, I went through a year long bpsw phase and skated a lot of 9.00 inch board and half cabs, but something about smaller decks makes nostalgic. I can’t get down to a 7.75 yet but a 8.00 is so pleasant to skate!

thats a great looking deck. I too am a carpenter and I too live in Canada.

I skate Venture highs and lows, and I gotta' say stock bushings are solid, pivot cups are on point, and the trucks turn really well - even the lows. I also like Thunder lows and Indy mids.

Always love the videos, Ben. Hope to see you around thompson soon!

That board art is gorgeous.

I got a NY setup too. I'm lucky the company I work for gives us some health allowance every year. :) Indy Trucks, Ishod Wair Twin Tail 8" Deck, Spitfire F4 54mm 97d, Bones Big Balls. So far I'm loving it. I still consider myself a beginner starting to land my first stationary Ollies but this board feels so good on parks and footpaths!

Hey man just started watching your stuff. Stoked that another Vancity boy is making it pretty big on KZfaq! I haven't actually skates for about 7 years but it'll always be a love of mine

I love this dude he is super detail oriented and pays attention to the small stuff just like me. Gives me a wholesome feeling !!

So glad to see you on a smaller board! Stoked your happy with it and everything you grabbed to piece it together! I’m a venture 5.2 highs kinda guy with my 7.75 palace board but I’m a huge fan of Tom Asta and Kelly hart so I think I’m going to try out some thunder 147 hollow lights. Much love Ben! Such a #RADDAD

I was surprised but hyped by your Venture low reveal. Those are all I ride. I've got a new set of 5.2 low V Hollows coming in the mail, as well as some 46mm Boardycakes I've been wanting to try. Also got a new 8" DGK. Looking forward to setting it all up.

Welcome home, Ben. I just went back to Ventures yesterday and legitimately had my best session yet. Fully awake and planning to keep it that way.

Always good to have ventures lows in the arsenal. My first trucks. 👍😋

Long time Venture guy here, had 2 setups (8.25 and 8.5) both with Ventures and ~53/54 F4 classics. That setup worked great for a looong time but eventually i felt the Ventures were too "steep" on my nose and tail so couldn't get the most responsive pop. I hated Thunders for the longest time cause they would make my board feel super soggy quick and also too low of pop, but I tried them out for the sake of it again with F4 conical fulls... and now I feel I can control my pop on kf, tre to be either low pop or high pop and the tail snaps quicker so I feel better approaching rails and ledges on Thunders to get that perfect ollie to lock in. For the time being I'm staying with these Thunders/F4 Conical Fulls on 8.25 and 8.5, but will always be Venture gang!

You’re a beast 🤙🏽

I’m feeling soooooo inspired to size down and get tech! I always pull the “I’m getting old” card and stick to my tried and true tricks (love a good alliteration) but now I’m inspired to get some old ones back or perhaps even some NBDs!

Awesome video as always! Probably favorite thing to watch on KZfaq. Love that you went with Venture Low. Was hoping they"d do a low in a wider truck like 8.75 or 9 for a long time. woke up the other day and saw that Ace had a low in 8.75. Guess i'll see how they are when they arrive. Thanks for all your hard work.

Them flips of yours are tight af Ben. Great and informative vids 👍

I love you Ben. Your videos feel just like chilling with an old buddy

im getting back into skating almost 20 years later, trying to learn transition and vert eventually and my madness has now got me to makin a mini mega board(9.5wide, 16wheelbase) to learn simple drop ins (up to over 5ft drop ins now) but now i really wanna know what a 17 wheelbase does and widths closer to my 10.5 shoe size. i might have to make a channel just to keep track of all this.

😂 I totally KNEW you would switch to Ventures! I had a good year on them thangs👍

Every time I watch your vids I just want to skate, always enjoyable and relaxing man

What the shit Ben, pumping out videos!!!!

I have the venture 5.2 lows and I’ve ridden them since September. They’re really stable and make the pop a lot heavier than the tensors I used to skate. I also like how shiny they are.

And now my day is complete.

Sould film when you go to the shop/warehouse for new gear. Great vid!

I gasped when you unveiled those Ventures! But I have to say your skating is fresh and crispy as hell on them :)

I am older and also a contractor and somehow i could tell you have been in the construction industry by how you explain SOP when setting up your boards. I started skating again also! Keep it up

You can sand a little off the inside of the classics to reduce the width and improve lock-in. I use a bit of float glass, 80 grit paper and spray adhesive. I already had the glass for sharpening blades, flattening plane soles etc.

Man 8.125 is the best! This whole setup looks like nostalgia and comfort. You make me want to go scoop up a clone.

Hell Yeah! That Strange Love Clyde Singleton is amazing. One of the few times I’ve thought about buying a board just to keep it. Also, just bought a set of 51’s. I’m always looking for 50’s, but they’re nearly impossible to find.

Clyde would be Proud! I just brought this deck ta hang on my wall because Clyde is one of my favorite Skaters! From back in the day! Beautiful Choice 👊🏿

What a coincidence I got myself ventures for the new year. I been liking them my hip flexors don’t hurt as much as when I skated aces.

Deck looks so great ..wheels also..I would have preferred ventures but that’s just my taste …happy new year ✌🏻

Damn Ben keep the madness going, love these regular uploads! Got a pair of venture low 5.2 that I skated heavily for about a year, currently on some 5.8 titaniums since I don’t really ride boards that narrow any more. Still love the lows though…

You went off the deep end. Madness

Man bro your channel is the shit! I just turned 44 last year and still skate grew up in the best era late 80's early 90's 💪🏾 we share the same stance which is regular 💪🏾. I just wanted to say that your style reminds me of my favorite skater since the h-street day which is no other the goat himself Mike Carroll 💯 your style from your hands, arms and dress reminds me of mc! Keep up with all the great content super stoked I found your channel

hell yeah, nice job going to Venture Lows, my old set up I used to ride religiously would be a Girl Deck, 7.75, Mellow almost flat concave, tail slightly smaller and bigger nose, either Venture or Silver lows, somewhere between 49-51mm bones STF's and Silverados hardware, the first half of the video I thought those high trucks are gonna feel weird with the smaller board.

Skating looking strong on this setup. 👏

Loved the video man! Your attention to detail is very interesting. My current setup is an 8.25 Vincent Alvarez chocolate on 144 forged hollow Indy’s, Bronson G2 bearings(not sure how I feel about them yet), and 54mm spitfire classics. I wanted smaller wheels but the shop didn’t have them. So far it feels good but as I progress maybe I’ll start tweaking things too.

The Venture Lucien Clark 5.8 hollow base plate trucks, with the blue Independent cone bushings has a great pop!

fs flip at the end of that line was sick. the 180 was so fast!

This video have given me the confidence to go with a smaller board again idk why I was insecure about it but this woke me up thanks! 🙏

Ben is responsible for my board madness. Now I want to set up a smaller board.

best outro catchphrase ever, i've been waiting for it's comeback 🤜🤛

Dude, it’s so green around you. The grass, the plants, the shrubs. Didn’t realize Vancouver in Jan was so green

Most definitely the correct set up for you - everything was crisp and precise yet you can still see you had power. Not sure if JB Gillet still skates venture lows but the rapidity of the flip tricks reminded me of his footage. Fs crook, fs tail flip out and noseslide nollie flip were all perfect as well. Make a new street part! Much love

🤩Oh goodness gracious my BD addiction is getting fulfilled more and more and more!🤤 Feeling the 1000% Buttery effects!!! 🙏👌

Now I need a new setup, thanks ben.

Same here , I was in a mental madness because of the trucks that I should ride on my 8 deck , Indy’s to tall, thunders too weird to be honest with the lightness, once I put on the ventures lows on the board , I knew I made the right decision, so glad to be using ventures again

You made me realize what I hate about my current street setup. I need to ditch the risers and drop from 55mm to 52 or 51. I always skated small ass wheels as a kid and got used to how the pop feels. I can barely clack the tail with this setup. My ollies and kickflips come out all pressure popped

I love this video 😂. I’ve been thinking about sizing back down from 8.5 to 8 - 8.25” deck especially after the Nyjah disorder review and I fell back in love with ventures as of last week after realizing how I don’t like loosely goosey trucks at the moment and inspired to take it back to the basics (I loved ventures as a kid) plus my favorite skaters ride them and also thinking of tradin my current 5.8 ventures for some 5.2 or 5.6.

Full circle moment with that setup 👌. You're skating looks more effortless with it. Now lets see the Slappy trucks review Ben! Lol.

Hey Ben, I just got the same deck with indy forged hollow 139 mids , 52 mm spitfire classic. So much damn rain in Philly the past week all I could do is look at it lol pretty hype to skate it. I also am coming from a 8.5 to this 8🤙

That fakie krook was FOOTY

That’s nearly my exact setup you’re riding in the end, venture low, 8 inch deck with a 14 inch wheelbase. 51mm ricta speedrings, bones big balls bearings. I’ve also been searching for this exact feel, it’s perfect. Venture lows for life!

looks like the perfect setup to me !

"can't be too picky..." says the world's most relentlessly discerning skater!

I like listening to you nerd out. I dont have the money or inclination to do all these experiments so i just skate other friends boards when i can and mostly they feel urgh but occasionally i find something i like

Haven’t skated since high school but I bought a Xmas setup as a gift to myself, only ever skated thunder and Indy but something felt off about the thunders I bought. Switched to venture lows and now I land heelflips cleaner than when I was in high school. Sticking to venture lows for a minute.

I've also been gradually sizing down and starting to settle on 5.2 Venture lows on an 8. Finding the right shoes for the setup has been an ongoing journey.

I ride a madness r7 slick 8.5 Tapered to 8 at back, redrilled to a 14.136 wheel base, tensor 5.75 mag lights, Sabbath 54mm wheels I love it

That pro model deck is so sick, I haven’t seen that graphic in forever!

Great stuff as always

Damn that was some squeaky bushings 😁

Killed it 🔥🔥

awesome setup!