My daughter (4) helped me paint this. First time I've done a skateboard, I've been meaning to for ages because this board was crying out for more colour.

Process was simple:

• scrape the stickers off (this was probably the hardest part)
• lightly sand to get a key on the existing paint and smooth any gouges in the board.
• 2 coats of water based primer
• poster paints and sharpies for colour and design
• several coats clear polyurethane spray varnish
• allow it to dry fully, lightly sand and buff to get a smooth-ish finish

I'm happy with how it turned out, although I'll give a bit more thought to the graphic next time. I didn't have much in mind so just went with my daughter's rainbow suggestion

original colours

Haha thanks. Those are fun🤙 until you land one primo 😩

Good plan, post pics when you do 📷

I want to get this higher, it's a little tricky on a longboard to flatten it out.

I spend some time after initial setup carving as hard as I can at low speed trying to make it bite deliberately. If I can make it bite, I tighten a little bit. If it's too tight, increase the riser and start again. When I just can't quite make it bite deliberately, I tighten a tiny bit more for paranoia's sake.

The chinchiller looks really cool. I tried a dinghy (admittedly a pretty beat up one) at the indoor park the other day and it was... ok, but felt pretty sketchy.

Ah nice I've not seen that before 🤙 so many variations and so smooth

Thanks 😊 I enjoy doing those

Ahh I was reading (on ampskate) about how a 180 slide is basically a pivot just without lifting your feet, and going a bit faster 😅 pivots are fun, they're a nice entry point to a bunch of other tricks.

Wheels are Powell snakes, and the patch I'm riding here is actually a bit damp which made it much easier to initiate a slide at slow speed.

This is awesome thanks.