G-Form

I've tried body armour from many other companies. Before G-form I used plastic padding and other traditional foam. I’m not going to go in the scientific terms because to be honest I don’t care, all I care about is how those pads are after a many months of skateboarding.

My first impression when I received was “Fuck, I can’t believe all that can fit in one envelope and so light too.” I decided to try them straight out of the box and they feel like you are not wearing any protection; even the crash shorts fit under my skinny jeans.
My first ride with them was at my local hill in Southend, nothing amazing but I wanted to try them in the hot weather of England (28c) I had the the knees, elbows and the crash shorts . I never felt so comfortable and for 5 hours I forgot I had them on. If you worry about pads sliding down; not with these pads! They stayed in place and not once I had to re-adjust. But at the end of the session I knew that wasn't the real test.

2 weeks later at the IGSA Bo-Peep and I was determined to give the pads a real test in carnage corner.I fitted the knees, elbows, shins, crash short and the protective compression shirt under my leather and Man the pad don’t restrict your mobility and are very flexible even when you're tucking. But what really matters is do they really work when you crash at speed? I'm sure you all see the videos of some guy testing  the pads (IF NOT CLICK HERE) but i  wanted to make my own opinion and hell yeah, they work; I crashed few time and you can really feel the soft foam getting harder when impacted.

The bad side of these pad are if you are planning to go fast and ride with Duncan (and you know in the first place it’s a wrong idea to ride with him because 80% of the time he makes you crash!) These pads will not slide like traditional knee pads and will slide out from your knee, I really advise to wear the knee pads under a jeans if you are planning to go fast or your leathers. Any slow freeride (<30mph) the pad will stay in place and protect you but will not slide. 

Check out at 1.55 what's happen when you ride with Ducan...


http://www.newtons-shred.co.uk/parts/protection.html

Sabre CF38 baseplate

Sabre CF38 baseplate Review:

As I’m sure you’ve seen, Sabres new CF38 baseplates are a bit different to what some of the other truck manufacturers are putting out at the moment.  For a start they are cold forged rather than CNC’d or cast. This allows them to be both stronger and lighter than a fully CNC’d truck while remaining just as precise due to the pivot and kingpin holes being CNC machined after forging, and also means that they cost less. It’s a win win situation, and as of yet Sabre are the only longboard truck to offer a forged baseplate.

The other slightly different thing about the CF38 is its angle which at 38 degrees is lower than you might be used too. This low angle ensures that the truck is very stable and solid at speed ( I’ve had mine around 60mph with no issues) as well as giving you great amounts of lean, and lean feels really good! Forget the ‘low angle = no turn’ idea and try out some of these trucks.  I have yet to see somebody try them who hasn’t been impressed by the way they feel.

 Oh, and another thing, these trucks use a ‘drop up’ system, which gives you a great range of height adjustability. You can run them dropped up on a drop through board, which gives you a feeling similar to that of a very low top mount. Or you can use the riser system (included with the baseplate) to use them as a standard top mount truck. 

I have been riding mine for a few months now and have ridden them at Kozakov challenge, KNK, Giostekka,

Vandem Freeride, and for a week in Switzerland, and there 100% isn’t a truck I’d rather have been on.

Rob 

http://www.sabretrucks.com/
http://www.lushlongboards.com/

Vandem Freeride 2012

UK's first ever Freeride. Newton's Shred Crew Tearing it up! Such a great weekend & lots of sick footage.

Welcome Zac

Zac's recently joined the Newton's family & we took him out to some hills, being a young gun, he's taken to the steepest hill with ease & even spotted a crazy line on another.
Watch out for this guy, he'll be giving us a run for our money in no time!

Houyet Trip 2011

Kami & Alex headed off to Belgium, driven by the lovely Christine, for a weekend of skating hills with the UK's Downhill Community.

Appearances from many crews & riders are on display in the video.

Rockin' Rookie

This board has magic powers! As quoted by the Legendary Ozzy shredder Craig Bond, It really does, it makes you instantly more STEEZY! It's surfy shape and jazzy colour, just encourage you to have fun on it. As for the technical bit, it is nearly 10 inches wide so great for bigger feet, I'm size 11 (uk) and it feels perfect, I like the way the concave starts flat and kicks out towards the rails, just hugs your heels and toes perfectly, so you can throw big standies and feel locked in. I (as with all my boards) whack in a 3d concave, and 'w' cave at the back (using layered grip tape), because I like to tailor my concave's slightly and the simplicity of this board allows for that. The wheel wells are cut nicely, and I have no wheel bite issues with it. It's also solid maple so it's going to last forever. I threw it straight on the smallest wheelbase (27') when mine arrived, so you have a bit of a tail to play with (can be drilled even shorter or chopped if you wish)

It also saw me through 2012 Bo Peep IGSA race (wet and dry), a week of Epic freeriding in the Pyrenees, and Peyragudes Never Dies World Cup. Pascal Jean (who this pro model is based on) is a great guy, who has designed a great board.

Altogether it's R.A.D, and I'm stoked on it, you won't be disappointed!
Josh Monk 

http://www.newtons-shred.co.uk/decks/kebbek-skateboards/kebbek-rockin-rookie-pascal-jean-2011.html

Rayne Avenger

Aidan Fyans

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  Rayne Avenger:
  
  If you like concave and topmount speedboards look no further. The amount of concave on the front foot is unreal. IT feels like your feet are glued to the deck. The W concave at the rear lets you know exactly where you foot is at any time without taking your eyes off the road and gives you the confidence to slam into toesides with ease knowing that the deck will be there under your feet. Using the shortest wheelbase there is just enough tail on the back to do kick turns and any other wrongboarding manoeuvres you like and the hole cut in the tail makes getting your board back up the hill easyer as you dont have to carry the deck. Which isnt a problem either as the board only weighs about as much as a rizzla. Buy this board!!!!!
  
  
  
  
  http://www.newtons-shred.co.uk/decks/rayne-longboards/rayne-avenger.html