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Winnersh · Joined: 08 Apr 2008 Posts: 38 Location: Berkshire, England

I managed to get a Woody! (Sorry. Cheap joke)

http://www.skatefurther.com/2008/rollsrolls-woody-by-keith-oleary

pavedwave · Joined: 22 Oct 2007 Posts: 1120 Location: seattle wa usa

Cool, I've been curious about the Woody. Looks nice.

These are the Subsonic CENTURY boards that basically took over Greenlake at the last Ultraskate.

Sheldon was both pushing and pumping his with ease. There were some slightly different angles between the decks and Scott was taking in all kinds of feedback and impressions from peeps. Everyone was diggin' the vibe.

Scott effing rocks -- he's been working on distance board designs since 2001, and not long after that, Josh Burt started the first of ten "Portland Pusher" distance races which just ended this year -- you see a lot of Subsonic and Eastside Longboards in those events!! Portland is truly a skater's city and a ton of guys have skated his boards into the ground, to help work out kinks in design.

Bullwings · Joined: 01 Aug 2008 Posts: 62

I just got mine Century in. I got the 2.25 inch drop.

I'm still working on dialing everything in - proper wedging, ride high (risers), bushings, and which trucks to use.

First impressions. Awesome board. It's a lot of fun. It's not as easy to pump as the Pulse (you lose some leverage due to the drop), but the drop is really nice for locking your feet in - like a built in toe stop. Pushing and foot breaking is awesome since you're so low to the ground. My setup has a very surfy feel to it.

I'm still working things out, but in hindsight, i'm thinking the 1.5 inch drop is the more practical of the two. Unless it's a dedicated push board or downhill board, 2.25 inch drop is just a bit excessive. Added to that, it also makes foot placement a bit more difficult if you're taller and have a wider stance - it's perfect for me though at 5'9". I can really just put my feet on top of the drop angled part of the board and really craddle it. I'm probably going to riser mine up a little bit more to get more leverage - that'll probabaly make it more like the 1.5 inch drop.

As far as ride height for the board. I'm looking at around 2.5 +/- 0.25 inches of ground clearance at the lowest point of the board. My Pulse 40 by comparison was more like 5 +/- 0.25 inches at the lowest point.

As far as stability goes, i'm not too sure yet. It feels nice so far, but I haven't tested the limits. If anything, i'm pretty sure that trucks will play more into the stability than the board itself (at least when comparing the Pulse and Century). There might be the issue of that pendulum rocker effect, but i'm not so sure yet.

Anyway, I'm still working out the setup and dialing things in. I'll provide an update later.

pavedwave · Joined: 22 Oct 2007 Posts: 1120 Location: seattle wa usa

it's great to hear your impressions. it's also a cool thing that scott's going to offer these in different heights. wanna see your pix! Very Happy