new bi! +video divx and wmv

Nekkie · Posted: Aug 10, 2005 3:24 pm Post subject: new bi! +video divx and wmv

I got my new Bi Level yesterday!!! yay!!

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(edit: I put a little vid together tonight, nothing crazy, couldn't ride for almost 2 months and I'm a little rusty Very Happy

But you can see how well the bi works on a couple big shuvs ^^

get the video here.

you need divx to play it.)

Here you can get the .wmv version

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My first bi was a 41 reed and this 40 Thomas lools like a little devil Wink

First, it seems like the decks are better made / finished. The edges are smooth whereas my Reed from the first batch had plys sticking out and giving and edge to catch on, so that helped with the delam.

But there is still one BIG problem... It is a motherfycking PAIN in the ass to screw the top deck on the plates... Seems like half of the holes are 1mm off... Or you need to kind of step on the lower deck to *flatten* it so that the holes are further apart Evil or Very Mad

This creates a lot of added *tension* in the deck, and I'm not sure it's a good thing hehe Maybe that's one of the reasons bis snap so easily... well, we'll see on this one hehe

I did a pretty original grip job on it... ^^ Didn't have my cam with me for a pic, so I used my video cam to take a picture... shiznackle quality lol

on that last pic you can see the part I've cut out... I wonder where I could put it

Grouch · Kickflip Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 3146 City: The OC

Thats a sweet grip tape job...I dont have the patience to cut something out like that. I would have thrown the entire thing across the room after 5 minutes. Laughing

Nekkie · Posted: Aug 10, 2005 3:32 pm Post subject:

Grouch, seriously it took me 4 hours lol, but that was while drinking with some friends at home, so it didn't feel like I was focused on the grip job lol

but yeah, you need patience for that shizzle ^^

Grouch · Kickflip Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 3146 City: The OC

Nekkie,

I could be a doctor...but I dont have the patience. Laughing

wakemitch · Posted: Aug 10, 2005 3:38 pm Post subject:

that is the best grip jobs ive seen

Mr. Top Hat · Dead Joined: 29 Aug 2004 Posts: 5818

im loving it. (McDonalds commercial voice)

Nekkie · Posted: Aug 10, 2005 3:43 pm Post subject:

Grouch, that I couldn't be lol, steady hand maybe... but I'll pass out on the blood... Just watching ER makes me very nausious (sp?)

wakemitch, thanks man! appreciate it Wink

Was such a pain to do lol

freerider4 · Backside 180 Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 2462

Nekkie that piece you cut out would be sweet to stick somewhere like you said.

Nekkie · Posted: Aug 10, 2005 3:46 pm Post subject:

Mr. Top Hat, lol classic Wink

freerider4, yeah, I might stick it at the back of our red X-9... could be pimp hehe

The Bug · Frontside 180 Joined: 16 Sep 2004 Posts: 434 City: Redding

Hey Nekkie, do they have a pad between the two decks? I wonder if putting a pad similar to the kind they use between skateboard decks and trucks would work. If the material was flexible enough to deform in shear, then maybe some of the stress could be reduced. Without it you may have stress concentrations around the drilled holes that could lead to cracking.

Nekkie · Posted: Aug 10, 2005 3:55 pm Post subject:

The Bug, yeah, that's what I'm thinking...

My old bi cracked right along the riser... on both ends lol The kicktails just cracked after the delam, and the risers sure played a part in it. But that's cause the board had lost it's integrity (no pun intented Twisted Evil

) If it doesn't delam maybe it doesn't crack easily, we'll see how this one holds up lol.

scottyb · Posted: Aug 10, 2005 4:04 pm Post subject:

i like

Dave Barousse · Faceplant Joined: 10 Sep 2003 Posts: 5

Nekkie,
Nice work!! I'm glad you are all fixed up again. Very Happy

I agree, that is one of the best grip jobs I have ever seen.

senorbueno · Backside 180 Joined: 28 Sep 2004 Posts: 1593

That's the coolest grip design i've ever seen

warlock · Backside 180 Joined: 20 Jan 2005 Posts: 1503 City: AC

gawddamn that's tight

electricsnow · cassette Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 10756 City: Jefferton

nekkie, where did you come up with that design?

and I agree, I couldn't do that either. Last year I cut a piece of grip to match the pieces you get with an integrity, and I also cut a very non-intricate design into the grip. I had one of those small razors--they're like an inch long. Anyway..blah, blah blah, my hands hurt and it totally sucked. I'd rather use paint pens at this point (and I do).

liquid · Posted: Aug 10, 2005 6:59 pm Post subject:

Nekkie thats fliping awsome man and how do you make the design? do make a stencil (sp?) and cut it out on the grip before you put it on the board or what? a step by step process thing would be fiznacling sweet

Jonesie · Backside 180 Joined: 31 Jan 2005 Posts: 811

that is craziness...i honestly can say that i would rather be kicked in the balls twice then sit there and make that

Raven · Posted: Aug 10, 2005 7:10 pm Post subject:

Sweet grip job, Nekkie. That must be your wakeskating face. Treat her well, my replacement deck lasted only a handful of days. Don't nose dive it. At a hi speed water is forced between the two decks on the nose end and splits the decks apart causing them to crack. Good luck.

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: Aug 10, 2005 9:18 pm Post subject:

that is deffintly awsome, wow how long did it take you my bird took a good 30-45 mins. i love it.