somthing just struck me

wakeskate77 · Frontside 180 Joined: 20 Sep 2003 Posts: 335 City: HELL

Last year for some unknown reason I bought the Byerly foam top wakeskate. I have always ridden cassette skates with griptape. I absoloutly hate the foam for shuvit tricks and things of the sort but the board is good for w2w ( and it dosnt lose pop in the first two weeks of owning it). Would it be a good idea to rip the foam off and put grip tape on it, or even possible? And the green 4-trac paint freaking comes off an everyhting including my new boat and wont come off, does anyone have a good way to remove it?

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: May 13, 2005 11:04 pm Post subject:

id say regrip the skate, brian did it to his kharma and it was alot nicer, iu could feel the concave and stuff. STUPID FOAM. and ya.. nick left some of his effin paint from his kampus's on my boat its been there since spring break.. lil prick. Neutral

wakeskatefooo · Backside 180 Joined: 11 Oct 2004 Posts: 908 City: odessa

just leave it out in the sun then peel it off i did it to my gate but just make sure u get all the glue with it or its hard to get off

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

DONT USE GOO-GONE.

ollieshuvitz · Posted: May 13, 2005 11:50 pm Post subject:

Yeah, taking the foam off isn't that bad. You can use a blow dryer to heat up the foam and glue. Then, slowly peel it back starting at one of the corners. Next, carefully blow the area you pulling from with the blow dyer to make sure it's hot. When you're done, you might need to clean it with rubbing alcohol. After that, grip it like a skateboard.

Have fun... Cool

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: May 14, 2005 7:07 am Post subject:

leave it in the sun and use a hariy paddle, it works wonders. hey look an otter!

nick · Posted: May 14, 2005 9:10 am Post subject:

*regripping skate* "Hand me that wrist-slitter, I mean razor blade!"

wakeskatefooo · Backside 180 Joined: 11 Oct 2004 Posts: 908 City: odessa

does ne1 think that if i put like really thin lead weights inder the grip it wud help the gate spin better

nick · Posted: May 14, 2005 9:18 am Post subject:

No, but if you got some heavier weights, you can sink it to the bottom, never to be seen again

wakeskatefooo · Backside 180 Joined: 11 Oct 2004 Posts: 908 City: odessa

thanks

P Deezer · Faceplant Joined: 06 Apr 2005 Posts: 24

Mr. Top Hat, why cant you use goo gone

wakeskatefooo · Backside 180 Joined: 11 Oct 2004 Posts: 908 City: odessa

cause pastor brian said so

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

P Deezer, it balls up the glue and just creates a really nasty mess. like its almost impossible to get off all of the glue if you use goo gone.

BillyOLDS · Posted: May 14, 2005 4:49 pm Post subject:

first off leave the excess glue on it will help the grip tape stay better. and yeas it will help. oh yes weight will help just be carefull were u put it.

electricsnow · cassette Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 10751 City: Jefferton

Yeah, I would also watch how much weight you use. Since It's not actually *inside* the deck, I'd think that too much might make it spin funny. But I say go for it...alot of people have been experimenting with their decks lately, and that's kind of cool.

BillyOLDS · Posted: May 14, 2005 5:44 pm Post subject:

zak stone had a weight on ech end about five inches from the tail in the middle and he said it amde a world of difference

ZoSo · Backside 180 Joined: 15 Apr 2005 Posts: 900 City: Winnipeg

How much did each weight weigh?

integrity640 · Kickflip Joined: 30 Oct 2004 Posts: 2866 City: Ocala

use rubbing alcahol........ something even stronger, gasoline, but be careful and dont shart near it Shocked

jboss · Kickflip Joined: 22 Jun 2004 Posts: 3210 City: Chalmette

only spicy sharts, otherwise your fine.

BillyOLDS · Posted: May 14, 2005 8:51 pm Post subject:

i dunno he said they were old ski weights, i dunno wat weight tho, they werent too much prob half a centameter tall by 2x2inches