We definitely need more vids like this, and hell ya make one with you building various Surfskate setups!

I'll be a part of the people waiting on a part 2 👀

Look forward to seeing your video on experimenting with setups! I’ve been switching up my surfskate setups almost… daily 😅. It’s becoming an addiction I’ll need therapy for soon. On deck height, I think there is easy widespread room for improvement in making decks with cutouts for wheel wells and sunken baseplates. I’ve been talking to a guy who is doing tons of this stuff himself, including filing the baseplate to be shorter, and he’s got some really low surfskate setups. I’m excited to see some lower lighter setups. I really think you’re going to love the Carver Surfrider when you get your hands on it. It’s the lightest lowest smallest I’ve been on…. But it’s totally a surfskate.

Also yes more of this series please. The questions and answers here were great. I got ALOT of good info out of this.

For the bigger wheel question at 14:14, I can say that on ldp you go from 80mm to 100mm for that mix of efficiency and top speed, but also for feeling less vibrations with bad roads. But some people prefer their wheels more close to 80mm (for acceleration), others to 100mm (for constant speed)! On a surfskate I tried max 80mm wheels and they take some acceleration off, on a longer deck they make sense but on a short wheelbase I find them to be quite worse than 65 or 70mm wheels. Great video 😊👏

Great video! The Carver Surfrider is a unique blend between a cruiser and a surfskate. The narrow hanger and deck make it very pumpable and carvy. It is a different feel sort of like riding a traditional fish surfboard

Great video. The comet cruiser is amazing. I'm 6'4" 250lbs and only changed the bushing durometer. I make all my other Cruiser boards Handel like the comet Cruiser it pumps it handles speed because of the split angle trucks it's small for travel and it is the most fun to ride in a small durable package. I had to wait one year for it and I got to say well worth the price and the weight if you don't have one you're missing out

Would love some more vids about surfskate setups. Especially seeing how different trucks alter the ride. Great video!

Love the video man always helpful!

I get where you’re coming from with lower to the ground surfskates (trying to get my girlfriend to be stable on one has been quite a project). But I think there are just physics limitations here, with wheelbite and stuff being a thing. Maybe you could have something like a longboard shape with no board over the wheels, but for pumping you definitely want your feet over the trucks 🤔 Also for beginners: start with the Carver CX. There’s literally no other option if you want to get your feet wet but also actually want to learn how to pump. Edit: almost forgot, awesome video. Love how genuine and nerdy it is ;)

LOVED THIS, definitely do more!

Thanks for the answer, loved it very much. I will definitely check larger wheels, and maybe not much of a flexy deck at first. Btw. the comet cruiser is wild, will check it more in detail.

I am recently experimenting with a very flexy long wheelbase drop through with cx trucks and 75mm wheels. It is a lot of fun for going a long distance and it gets pretty fast. I really enjoy it. But there is no way you can drop through the trucks. I even needed to Riser the trucks 1cm and I still get wheelbite

*I rarely watch Q&A videos but I enjoyed this one* 👌🏽 🤟🏽🤙🏽🤟🏽 I love setup videos so that would be a cool video! I also prefer bein as low to the ground as possible so I hope they can reduce surfskate heights, even if it's by 10mm 😂 Agree with people not becomin hyperfocused on it feelin exactly like surfin, people should just try stuff and see what they enjoy. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Great content and production quality 👍5:12 Im in the same spot right now :D experimenting with different boards and exactly with those two truck systems you mentioned. So i would love to see that video :) Have a nice one ✌

Thanks for answering my question! I live by the beach and you can cruise the beach because they have nice sideways and I’ve been wanting a new deck for my c7s. I bought a Carver c7 complete and the decks tape is really worn out and I’m looking for a nicer deck. I was just wondering if an old-school deck would work well for that.

You touched on some very interesting aspects of Surfskate function and evolution in this vid.......especially regarding ride height getting lower. My personal experience with building custom Surfskate setups has been that everything is a compromise and that by gaining one function, you're usually giving up something else. In the case of giving up deck height, by lowering the deck the compromise is having less total lean when turning, once you get below around a 5" deck height. Part of the magic of what makes Surfskates feel so flowy and surfy is that they have much more lean, and the more the board leans during turns, the more it resembles getting on your rails Surfing. Most secondary pivot Surfskates like the Yow Meraki are around 5" tall. I've been able to get my Meraki setups down to 4.5" tall with 65mm wheels, by swapping out the front hanger with a lower profile 3.5" wide hanger that's about 0.5" lower than the stock hanger and also tightening up the front bushing nut so the front truck doesn't flex as much. Getting a little lower down to a 4" deck height with a secondary pivot setup and standard shape deck is definitely possible, but deck lean will have to be limited to avoid wheelbite, which will make it feel less surfy. This could be solved with drop decks, and you could then have a very low deck height, but that would be at the expense of the visual aesthetic of a traditional surf inspired board shape. It would be nice to see Surfskates evolve to a little lower height around 4.5". Surfskating is all about what and how you feel while riding, and though this might sound trivial to some, the shape of a board makes you feel a certain way when riding. When I ride a Pintail I get a totally different vibe merely from its shape that when I ride something like a kicktail cruiser. Symetrical boards and drop decks are a no go for me personally for Surfskates because they kill the vibe I get from Pintails and other Surf inspired deck shapes. If I was just commuting A to B for efficiency, I'd be fine with symetrical shapes though. So I think the limiting factor of how low Surfskates evolve to will be determined ultimately by what the market will tolerate for deck shapes. My feeling is that departure from traditional surf inspired deck shapes will be a hard sell with Surfskating because of the importance of vibe and visual appeal....but who knows, it'll be interesting to see how Surfskates evolve and it's always exciting to see new designs and systems.

Q: Arrange the following fundamental surfskate skills in the sequential order that you think complete newbies should work on? - Pump from stand still - Pump off kick push - Pump/carve down very slight slope - Flatland infinity loops -Pump up a very slight slope - [insert anything I missed]

Thank you for answering my question 😊

Hey Billy! 😁 Nice Q&A video format, very informative 🎉 I like every video you create, lol )) Btw, I have three specific questions though… Do you think Globe Chromantic - SS Last In - 33" Surf Skate is a good one? What do you think about Globe Blazer XL 36" Cruiserboard? I am a beginner with ALMOST zero experience. I can ONLY buy those two for now sadly… Thoughts on Globe brand in general? Thanks for the video, and thank you in advance! Have a good day!

Hmm. My original comment wasn’t saved. I’m a dumbass. Thanks so much for answering my question in such detail. Super super helpful. Answering all these questions helps. I’m over my foot and ankle pain. I’m going to dive in like you said and get used to the increased height.

Billy, if you do some Surfskate build vids, I'd be extremely interested in hearing your thoughts on the difference in feel with running TKP vs RKP for the rear trucks! I notice quite a difference in how they make the rear feel and steer.

This was great. I love my Yow the most for flat ground surf skating. However, I love the waterborne system on my bowl surfskate. I have not found peace with the Carver CX. I rode my friends C5 in the bowl with a white tail in a bowl and loved it. I just haven't figured out my CX yet.

I agree with the surfskates between the yow and cx. Its the only ones i use and tbh ive been thinking about getting rid of the yow because the cx is getting real close to it when i use soft bushings. The cx is so versatile. With stock bushings i can go loose and use it like a surfskate or tighten them up and go downhill. With riptide soft bushings i can make it feel like the yow with no jack knifing. Not that i jack knife much thesse days anyway, but still its nice to know that i wont go down if turning too tight. I believe the cx is the best surfskate most people can buy. I just hate how people say its for a beginner because its the easiest one to use. For pure surf feelings and training there are better options, but for surf skating, where you want that feeling but still want to skate distances or just go real fast then the cx wins hands down. I like to go fast when surfing too and the cx fills that gap and no other surfskate can. Damn i wrote a fkn book lol and ill say it one last time. Cx baby

Hey, great work with the channel, a lot of good information! Do you think is viable to use a surfskate truck in a mini cruiser shape? About 14inches of wheelbase

Nice Video

how about some polarizer type surfskate video's ? it's not getting any exposure and it's very fun and more nimble than the normal surfskate's that are 30x10 style decks

The height was something I had to get used to. I had some experience as I was already riding on 98mm wheels. Putting the same wheels on my current surf setup didn't help though.

What advice do you give those who are seriously stuggling to learn how to pump on a surfskate?

are you gonna do this for longboard to?

When viewed from the perspective of decades, the vibrancy of the skateboard industry is prone to cycles of boom and bust. What explains this in your view? Do you think surfskating will be subject to these same forces? Or does it have the potential for more stable growth in popularity? Explain.

whats the craziest set up youve ever seen??

Surf skates make you look ridiculous. Don’t do it.