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| PlayGod |
 Posted: Sun May 15, 2005 8:55 pm |
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ORDER OF THE SKULL
Joined: 05 Nov 2003
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Location: Dirty South
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Kicking the Habit
The board I lusted over when I was a lad was the Sims Taperkick -- Doug DeMontmorency pro model, a 10" pig. After seeing and riding a few Taperkicks at Skatopia's Museum of Skateboard History in April, I really got the itch for one of these beauties once again.
A Little Bird Told Me To Skin You ALIVE!
Danny at Factory 13 is pushing his Thrush model � a beauty with hardwood stringers on the bottom, looking much like the Taperkicks I saw in my youth. I decided I needed to fulfill that decades-old dream and have him build a TaperClone for me.
Now, being that I'm at least a foot taller and 75 lbs heavier than I was at 12... and my balance is not nearly as good... I decided to stretch the Doug D. model out a few inches. The result is a sweet classic shape That's going to be a perfect cruiser and oldschool park board.
Click here for fullsize PDF template
This board will span 3 generations SK8ology -- a full-custom F13 deck with exotic hardwood stringers, inspired by a 70's classic; turns provided by 80's vintage Tracker Aggros; rolling on neo-retro ABEC-11 N�Schoolz.
Check out the mock-ups...
Oh, yeah... I almost forgot... this is going on the tail!
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| BillyBonebrake |
| Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 6:49 am |
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ORDER OF THE SKULL
Joined: 09 Jul 2003
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| If you're going to get one from F13 I might want to jump on the bandwagon. Have you placed an order w/Danny yet? |
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| MMS |
| Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 7:30 am |
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ORDER OF THE SKULL
Joined: 03 Jul 2003
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Location: Heaven or Hell...kinda hard to tell.
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Dude...
Just rock the set up you're showing. It'll be the PG "Paperkick"
Light as hell I bet. |
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I'm kinda over it... |
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| Sticky |
| Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 7:35 am |
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| Sweet, I too lusted after the Taperkick in the mid 70s, I never got one. |
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| PlayGod |
| Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 9:05 am |
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ORDER OF THE SKULL
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BillyBonebrake wrote: If you're going to get one from F13 I might want to jump on the bandwagon. Have you placed an order w/Danny yet?
Bill -- we're still working on it; I just mailed the "Paperkick" template on Saturday. I'll see if we can get a bro deal. Usually when I do a multiple order, I try to go for 5.
I'll see what kind of deal we can get with 2... unless we have any other takers??? |
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| BillyBonebrake |
| Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 8:14 pm |
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ORDER OF THE SKULL
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| Put me down for one. I bet we can get more interested parties. |
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| Sticky |
| Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 8:41 pm |
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| Do you have any idea how what financial ball park we'd be in? I need something to slap my G&S trucks on. |
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| PlayGod |
| Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 8:57 pm |
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ORDER OF THE SKULL
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Sticky wrote: Do you have any idea how what financial ball park we'd be in?
That depends on the number of bros who get in on the deal. I've done 2 of these deals with F13 in the past, and the final price ended up saving everyone a few $$ compared to custom.
These won't be cheap, though... stock price on the Thrush is $95, but the Dougie is longer and will have the more expensive square cut wells. |
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