Longboarding
Maryhill. Home of the extreme downhill longboarders. Annually festival of speed takes place here.
My definition of freedom is never about being able to leave the house, enjoying the party or go for a drink like what every other youths would do. My definition of freedom is being able to break away from the urban landscape, the stressful city life to just live out in a country side and gaze out to the vast open land with roads so empty its all for yourself. Singapore has been too restrictive with almost everything. I don’t know. Maybe its just me or i guessed there are others who feel the same way too? I wanna go surfing but Singapore doesn’t have waves – Plus the sea is polluted. Neither is Singapore a Skateboard friendly country either. Comparing to the states, Australia, I’m a long distance and a downhill Longboarder and i found myself trapped in an urban district where there are either too much vehicles or simple just impassible terrains.
I remembered a few weeks ago i was traveling with my board from Lavender to Bugis to Cityhall, Dholby Ghaut and eventually reaching Orchard and i found that it isn’t enough! Though i had lots of fun and gained all the attention from the passerby. Some were curious as they have never seen such a set-up before. While some skateboarders would admire longboarders for their unique sets of skills. Its after a month ago that i found that I’ve opened up a new world for myself.
Just a few days ago i’ve introduced longboarding to a friend of mine and it took me just a few minutes to get him poisoned into it. So on that day we headed over to the underpass from cityhall to Esplanade and he tried my sector 9. The minute he stepped on it the minute he knew he has got to buy one soon! So i told him. Get a loaded Dervish. its a really good board but it costs s$500 to buy a complete setup.
Mine costs 400 but its a little overpriced from where i got my board. its a sector 9 Bullet but i’ve heard bad reviews on sector 9 but i dont see whats wrong with it. Here’s my stats
Board: Sector 9 Bullet
Flex: None
trucks: Gullwings charger
Wheels: Retro Bigzigs 75mm 83a lime – s$85
Bearings: Bones Ceramics Reds – s$120
I upgraded the wheels and the bearings from the stock sector9 i found it too small and soft. The bearings were previously greaseball ABEC 5 and they sucks. So i brought Eugene to LSP just somewhere near Turf City. There’s literally no asians there beside Gary the shop keeper and us. the rest of the skaters were all caucasians. Eugene got his Landy Drop Speed. Lucky he got that instead of the Drop Hammer.
Board: Landyachtz Drop Speed
Flex: none
Trucks: Bear Grizzly 852
Bearing: Bones Reds Ceramic
Wheels: Retro Bigzigs lime 75mm 83a
Both are great boards and were good for freeriding and downhill. its great to have buddies who share the same interest as me. Otherwise i would have been alone all this while.
