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Post by Sam Gordon » Tue Jan 24, 2006 1:32 am

Looks like Pavel's had a busy Winter.

Every so often, under pressure, duress and the offer of wads of cash, Donald might just pump out the odd custom request. You don't know when it's going to arrive, but you do know that it'll work and work well.
He's on the case.

For UK-based skate neverbees CCR (Credit Card Racing) Pavel has produced a shameless 70s lookalike proto with 21st century know-how.

With added chilli-concave and Roadster-pumping kicktail, the CCR deck has unhinged the breathless lines from surf-shaped Fibreflexes, Z-Flex and Santa Cruz. Maybe a little bit of Benjyboard and Skuda is lurking in it's local home-brew belly.


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At 31" long, it has just enough front to insult a cone:

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What width?
8.5" at the back bolts of the front truck, gently tapering to a non-oversteering 6.5" at the front bolts of the rear:

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"Whatdafuck is a rounded diamond tail?"
Think you got it there, Donald; that hits the mark pretty damn perfect.


And what wheelbases?
19" and 20.25."
For tasty 5.5'+ courses.

And does it work?
Well, has a CCR rider ever podiumed? NO.
So why not have a great-looking board? <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/samg/87954399/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/11/87954399_28ce39b10e_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="P1171794" /></a>

Thanks Campbell. One day...


CCR. All the blimmin' gear, not a friggin' clue.
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Post by Carsten Pingel » Tue Jan 24, 2006 9:06 am

Nice one ! :-)

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Post by Etienne de Bary » Tue Jan 24, 2006 10:47 am

Quite sexy, the foot locker is a smart idea.
What's the front truck ?

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Post by HUYNH BACH SAC Frédéric » Tue Jan 24, 2006 11:14 am

Etienne de Bary wrote:Quite sexy, the foot locker is a smart idea.
What's the front truck ?
Laser truck.... ( Sam, I didn't think you are that old !!! ).
Podium or pavement... but PAVEL !

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Post by Donald Campbell » Tue Jan 24, 2006 11:24 am

it was good to build an oldschool deck and to see how it looks with today's techniques.sam had the most detailed description on how to build the board i've seen so far.which means,he knew EXACTLY what he was looking for.
what makes me more happy is the fact that sam is happy-it's that easy!

one of the biggest differences i found to any other manufacturer i know is,that we laminate the decks in 2 steps,which assures an absolutely controlled flow of the resin used for laminating.we also don't laquer our boards.the epoxy finish is similar to the old turner gloss i admire so much.
thanks for putting trust into our toys,sam!

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What the truck?

Post by Sam Gordon » Tue Jan 24, 2006 7:29 pm

Fred, that front number will be one of the crucified Lazer freestyles pimped by Geezer-X:

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It turns on a Euro.

Yes, I am that old. And no, I won't let you count the rings.

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Post by Carsten Pingel » Wed Jan 25, 2006 9:23 am

Yo Sam,
your Tracker Offset Truck is a RT-S or RT-X ?

C.

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Post by Sam Gordon » Wed Jan 25, 2006 10:30 am

Hey Carsten.

That'll be an offset RTX in the back of Donald's retro-beast. It's quite a slippery little number, needs a bit of de-wedging and hard bushings in the base to make it track rather than steer.

If I were to live my life over again I'd probably buy the RTS.
And be a tall, dark and handsome beach barman tormenting newlywed brides in the Maldives.

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Re: What the truck?

Post by Etienne de Bary » Wed Jan 25, 2006 10:59 am

Sam Gordon wrote:one of the crucified Lazer freestyles pimped by Geezer-X
looks pretty much like some Vlad Popov customised truck he uses for pushing the 20cones challenge...

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Post by Etienne de Bary » Wed Jan 25, 2006 11:23 am

So this deck has a moderate rounded concave ?

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Post by Carsten Pingel » Wed Jan 25, 2006 12:00 pm

Sam, I have a Tracker RT-S Offset ! :-) I'll check if it works better than the Kaliber Offset Truck.

And the "Wedging Industry" can earn a lot of money from Pavel Customers ! :-)

My Rocka needs a lot of wedging in the back and also in the front. I now have 19° front and rear ! :-)

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Not too much of this shape: U

Post by Sam Gordon » Wed Jan 25, 2006 1:40 pm

Etienne,

Too much concave can put an unnecessary strain on the underside of the foot, especially if that foot has a high instep.

This deck has a chilled-out concave that is just enough to lock the foot in place and improve leverage.

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Hey Carsten, gotta like that Rocka!

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Post by Etienne de Bary » Wed Jan 25, 2006 4:15 pm

i agree 100%, i had never related the facts but i have very deep concave feet sole actually.

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Post by Donald Campbell » Wed Jan 25, 2006 5:25 pm

if you want you can buy a dagger from me,etienne.this board will suit all your needs.

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Post by Sam Gordon » Wed Jan 25, 2006 6:56 pm

Donald makes a wide range of race boards to cover all styles/ courses:

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Here's a recommendation from the local hero:

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These are ornaments and not for skating:

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Post by Etienne de Bary » Wed Jan 25, 2006 11:13 pm

Donald Campbell wrote:if you want you can buy a dagger from me,etienne.this board will suit all your needs.
i hope we will be in business shortly and i can test them more or less systematically, i try all of VinZzzz's. i did quite a bit of freeride on the 3dm slalom cruiser last summer, so it's maybe just a point of getting used "the other way round", i allways liked the (kind of) concave of the C81 though. i like the concave of VinZzz's "Race" Sc8 too, i allways thought it would be great to set it up for Super Giant.
VinZzz is into kicktails lately, i hope i can try this one shortly...

:D

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CCR 2

Post by Sam Gordon » Fri Sep 29, 2006 12:59 am

Ha! No shame on monstrous kicktails:

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Having driven the CCR deck into the ground (or the spoilthaus snatchen museum of wanton greed), a replacement with Germanic body modification had to be crafted by the leathered hands of the Deutsche foamenmeister.

At Paris, Fred yelled "go wide."
Campbell too, uttered "width is to be appreciated as much as length."
Plenty profound for me. It kind of struck a cord.
Didn't understand them though.

Anyway, a CCR dude needs little persuasion on the indulgent custom front, so after hours of whittling pencils into needle sharp zeniths, a small drawing was quickly rattled off and popped on the next plane to Dusseldorf.

A couple of days before the Worlds, despite Donald being at his most busy, this camouflaged single-stick attack unit beat its way through the office door:

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All front yet no nose, this board has one helluva kick for powering down.



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Dimensions: 32" long, 9" wide tapering to 8.5" across the back truck, 20 & 21" wheelbase. Mild concave.

Favourite view?

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One day. One day.



Thanks Donald. It just gets better.

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Post by Etienne de Bary » Fri Sep 29, 2006 9:51 am

Amazingly seducive

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