my homebuilt skates

kd · Faceplant Joined: 03 Apr 2011 Posts: 7

hey everyone, im new here, just thought id show you all a few of my recent skates ive been working on, ive done about 9 or 10 so far but these are just the ones ive got left around the house and shop. The green/black "ac" one is actually the first one i ever did and its the only one i have now that is completely finished, the other ones ive sold or given away, and the other 2 pictured are pretty close to done but still in the works. Let me know what you guys think

kd · Faceplant Joined: 03 Apr 2011 Posts: 7

aw man sorry dudes, doesnt let me attach any pics for some reason, or maybe i just dont know how to do it right..lol

jcoffey · Backside 180 Joined: 24 May 2008 Posts: 1339

http://imageshack.us/

i wanna see

jsmith · Faceplant Joined: 28 Mar 2011 Posts: 18 City: Clermont, FL

same here

kd · Faceplant Joined: 03 Apr 2011 Posts: 7

thanks bros, here ya go

http://img714.imageshack.us/i/imgp1788y.jpg/

W · Posted: Apr 10, 2011 6:20 pm Post subject:

Wow - Some of the best home made skates Ive seen on here. Shocked

gnargnar · Guest

I like the orange and blue one, lets see the top and concave!

loganhursh · Frontside 180 Joined: 08 Jan 2010 Posts: 401 City: Orlando

those look really good. i like that the colors keep going onto the sidewalls

Gregeo · Guest

wow dude nice work, I'm seriously impressed. I like the colors on the blue/orange skate. Keep 'em coming!

Raven · Posted: Apr 10, 2011 7:52 pm Post subject:

great shape my bro and i love the simple graphics and bold colors Cool

texasT · Posted: Apr 11, 2011 12:33 am Post subject:

wow those things are sick! the designs were niiice

and ya we need more pics of the tops and sides Smash

mojo · Posted: Apr 11, 2011 1:57 am Post subject:

Graphics are great. Especially the blue one

Gnarly Dancer 42 · 360 flip Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 5121 City: kalamazoo

nice work. how do they ride?

kd · Faceplant Joined: 03 Apr 2011 Posts: 7

thanks for all the props, im pretty stoked on the orange/blue one as well, its my favorite andthe latest one ive built, gonna be my skate for the coming season. working on sealing it at the moment and then all thats left is grip and fins. The green/black one is my girlfriends that i did over the winter, and the checkered one is getting some more paint sometime in the near future. ill try and get some pics of the sides and tops asap, as well some pics of another one im also working on..

The ones in the pics ive never ridden as theyve all been built over the winter, still not riding season up here in canada, gotta wait for end of may'ish Sad

. But i had a couple other ones last season that i rode all sumer and they rode superr sickk, ill never buy another board thats for sure. i rode one concave and one non-concave. The only problems i had with them is the sealer or waterproofing on them wasnt the greatest. But now ive got some new good marine-grade stuff, not cheap, but should work perfectly. Stoked to try em out

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: Apr 11, 2011 5:38 pm Post subject:

i only see the orange/blue one but it looks amazing! holy crap, you gunna sell any any time?

kd · Faceplant Joined: 03 Apr 2011 Posts: 7

thanks alexxx, ive sold a few to friends for cost of materials. but id like to start selling more hopefully one day, see what happens

texasT · Posted: Apr 11, 2011 9:19 pm Post subject:

kd · Faceplant Joined: 03 Apr 2011 Posts: 7

ok dudes found a few more pics to show you, not many and there not great for showing the tops, ill take some more as soon as my board gets clear coated and finished, real soon. i wish id done the concave on this board a little differently, wish id gone higher on the sides, oh well. the new board im working on now will be perfect Very Happy

haha. anyway.. i dont know how much id sell them for.. thinking id ask around $120 to $150 ish for a no concave board, but obviously more for concaved as its alot more work. i dont know though, What do you think would be a good fair price to ask? let me know, thanks

http://img717.imageshack.us/i/imgp17662.jpg/

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: Apr 14, 2011 1:14 am Post subject:

Sounds reasonable. Flat should be a bit less because no1 really rides them... but hell those decks look really nice, Id love a flat in a month or so here. I move next week so money is tight for this month. Let me know!

andrewt · Posted: Apr 14, 2011 1:22 am Post subject:

kd, those kick tails on the orange and blue board look sick man! I agree with you about adding more side concaves, but nice work!