another picture with the Kava and MBS 90

i hope the wind treats you right, cause i cant wait... greasy board or not. i just hope i get a chance before snow... it will be close, we might get a big storm tomorrow.

It's just a lot of grease all over the bearings and other truck parts that rust easily. I then spray WD40 all over the metal parts of the trucks. There's nothing worse than frozen bearings due to rust. That's what happened the first time I took my Kava out to ride. I rode it one day hosed it off and went to ride it a couple days later and the bearings wouldn't move!!! I usually end up in the water at least once when a small wave washes up and gets me.

Scott

Spele - what size tires are on your Kava?

Kava tires are about 8.5" diameter and about 2.5" wide.

The wind is not going to be good tomorrow. I might get skunked and not get a chance to use the board!!! However, I"m going to Ocala in north central Florida next weekend and can probably find a hill or 2 to play on.

Scott

hmm.... the snow around here looks like it may be here to stay, or at least will probably stay when i would have the board... is mountain boarding on thin (1-2in) snow any good?

if not, i would say just skip me on the list because there isnt really anywhere i could use it. although i still wanna see it... hmm...

Well, it's not looking good for me anytime soon. The wind is very very dead and not looking good anytime soon. :puzzled: Where's the wind!
I am taking the board up to north central FL and hopefully get some trail riding in.

Scott

Yea this is really weird we where suppose to get some good wind with this cold front and finally not even 15kts ?!? WHERE IS THE WIND !?!?

Still no wind!!!!! I am leaving in a while and hope to at least find a hill worth riding on this weekend.

Scott

We are extreme! There has not been a drop of wind and the place I went to in North Central Florida had no hills.
This is the best hill I can come up with locally Hold on to your hats it's pretty sick.

Later-Scott

Another from the sick-o-hill.

Ron Jon Surf Shop is just out of the picture behind the tree-they don't sell mountain boards.

Seriously don't laugh...it's the biggest hill within a 5 mile radius of my house. We could possibly ride down a bridge embankment and run into the lagoon or hit a concrete retaining wall. I figured I'd take it easy on my first session and tackle the retaining walls later.:P

I'll send the board out to the next person on the list in a few days...unless they don't mind if I hold onto the board till next weekend. There might be some wind next weekend.

My friend pulled a sick 360 spinner at the bottom of the hill (he's a pro skateboarder). I tried pulling a spinner going from switch stance to my normal left foot forward stance but I wiped out. All is good that ends with a wipeout.

Scott

feel free to keep it this weekend... i would like to get it before the weekend after that if possible. i sent you my address thru u2u awhile ago, let me know if you need it again

Ok, I'll try again next weekend. I do have your address and will mail the board next Monday or Tuesday for you. If the weather looks like the wind will be dead next weekend I'll get the board out on Friday or Saturday this week. What a bummer the wind has been the last couple of weeks.

See ya-Scott

gerd, I will send you my address also. Please let me know when you get it. Thanks. Thanks again Da Vinch.

I think we will have finally some fun this w-e
here is your forecast Speleo :-)

SATURDAY
SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 4 FEET. A
MODERATE CHOP ON THE INTRACOASTAL WATERS. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.

SATURDAY NIGHT
SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET.
CHOPPY ON THE INTRACOASTAL WATERS. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND SLIGHT
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT.

SUNDAY
WEST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHWEST IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET. CHOPPY ON THE INTRACOASTAL WATERS.
SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING.

SUNDAY NIGHT
NORTH WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET.
CHOPPY ON THE INTRACOASTAL WATERS.

MONDAY
NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET.

TUESDAY
NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 4 FEET.

Have fun

Problem is I have to have straight East wind for ATB riding.

But I hope I can do some ATB riding.

See ya-Scott

Gerd did you get the board yet? Let me know when you are going to send it my way. Thanks.

nope havent gotten it, i was under the impression that speleopower was going to try and get a chance on it this weekend, and send it to me after that.

i wont keep it for that long, because we have quite a bit of snow by now, so it will probably be near impossible to use it

it will still be interesting to take a look at it, as ive never even seen a mountain board before! (a little reverse engineering might be in order as well)

Alright just let me know when you ship it and try to find a dry hill to ride down at least.

Hey! This stinks! No wind for 2 weeks and then yesterday was windy but the wrong direction for riding ATBs. Today is now windy and raining but again completely wrong direction.

My plan is to mail the board out tomorrow or Tuesday depending on my work schedule.

The 2 short little hill rides are the only times I got to try the board. It's turned out to be the most expensive 5 seconds of skateboard riding I've ever done. I'm guessing $25-30 dollars to ship priority mail with insurance. That works out to around $15 dollars per 2.5 seconds of riding. Oh, well sometimes you get sometimes you get got. I got skunked this time around in the demos

Thanks DaVinch for the pass the gear program.
Scott

Sorry to hear that spelo. Rain here too.

I sent the board out to the next person in line earlier this week. I've been really sick this week.:flaming:
Scott

Gerd you should have the board soon! Let us know how it goes.

Board should be the pretty soon. The crappy thing is the wind was good for ATB riding on the beach this afternoon. It's the first ok weather in several weeks for ATBing.
Later-Scott

Did the board arrive?
Scott

Bump gerd did you get the board?

I was wondering the same thing?? Did the board arrive????
Let us know.
It looks like tomorrow morning will be good for ATBing here in Cocoa Beach.
Scott

Gerd do you still have my address to send the board when you are done? Have not heard from you in awhile hope you are ok.

hi sorry guys the holidays have been crazy for me... i thought i would be able to get the board before i went home for christmas break (from college), so i had the board sent to my school address... unfortunately, it didnt come in time, but fortunately i live close to school and i am going to go up to school tomorrow and will get it.

sorry for the inconvience this may have caused, and i will send it off to sthrasher probably by wednesday, as there is no hope that i will be able to try it (we are supposed to get a bunch more snow tonight!! great for skiing...)

it will still be interesting to see it, so money well spent for shipping, and thanks to davinch for the opportunity.