First Ride on my new board.
The past few weeks have been quite exciting for me. My job just moved into a nice new office only about 1.75 miles from my house. All roads to the new office are residential and I pulled my old longboard out and started riding again a few weeks before the move.
A bit of a back story here, I have been long-boarding since I was 12 or 13 since it was so popular in the early 2010’s. We used to do some downhill and spent a lot of nights getting tossed out of all the parking garages in our city. Obviously back then, most setups were 180mm trucks, 75 mm wheels and that’s what my 2 boards I still have are set at. When I was 14-15 I bought a set of 77mm wheels which I thought were massive, I have always wanted the biggest wheels possible and that’s when I saw the DadBods and this old passion really reignited for me.
Well the other night I got really into researching LDP and maximizing a board for commuting to the new office. It then spiraled into lots of research, YouTube and scrolling through this Reddit and then dropping a good amount of money on the setup.
After my first ride last-night, I am blown away. The speed and stability, the springy feeling ride, it’s all I can think about and I just want to keep pushing. I am so happy to see how far this amazing sport has progressed, and the true understanding we finally have over truck geometry and how you can really fine tune every aspect of your ride.
Now I just need to find a group that wants to ride in IDAHO!