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
  
  
  
  
  
  

2011 Kebbek Hairpin / Switchback review

When my spooky was stolen I inherited a beaten, chopped and de-lammed Switchback from Alex with the instruction to skate it into the ground and that I did! After snapping one end off coming short on an early grab I re-drilled it and added a sick tail. It turns out that wasn’t a great idea as I pulled the bolts through the chewed up remains of ply. As I was determinedly abusing this crippled old board I was all the time falling in love with it’s concave. When it finally earned it’s right to a retirement hanging on my bedroom wall it was unceremoniously thrown onto a BBQ when we ran out of coal. Thankfully a crazy Polish dude lent me his girlfriend’s kilima (bro’s before hoes!).

So the kilima got me from A to B but all the while I was skating less as I was yearning for some deeper concave and a shorter wheelbase. After finally saving enough pennies I pushed my way over to Newton’s HQ and got myself the beautiful board you see above.


I instantly felt back at home on that deep HP ‘cave and the slight camber had me popping off every little bump on the street. All this gaiety ended briefly as I met the ground with a crash, turning the tight corner onto my street. I looked back for the offending article that must have thrown itself in front of my wheel but found nothing. However, I did find the tell-tale kiss of wheel bite in one of the wheel wells.
I overcame the wheel bite by using a riser and the longest wheelbase, however I knew it was there, waiting for me to forget and get thrown arse over tit getting carried away with a silly standy. I couldn't really get the lean I wanted on a topmout so I swapped it in for the very similar (but drop-through) Hairpin.

WOW! My first impression of this board was very positive; the same sweet concave but not the slightest risk of wheel bite. I felt like superman pushing this low rider (almost a whole inch lower than the previous set-up) home and blitzed the corner into my street with the back wheels skipping across the tarmac to keep up with the front truck. This board wants to drift, all the time, the long wheelbase and drop-through mounting see to that. Kebbek’s thinking has created a shape that will fit almost any truck and wheel combo with no wheel bite.

As my combo was not nearly at risk of wheelbite my eyes were drawn to the giraffe like neck and I imagined where the truck could be to reduce the wheelbase. With the help of Dangerous Decks, a router soon took care of the job and now the wheelbase is <30″. This has stiffened up the board and made it a bit more nimble; after all, there’s no hairpins in London, just plenty of dog mines and suicidal brats!

Whether you're after a long drifty drop-through that makes stand-ups child play, or a top-mount with some flair, both of these colour stain models are reduced by £25 to make room for the 2012s. Another new arrival from Quebec are their new wheels and with Kebbek's reputation for quality gear I can't wait to try them out!



Click these links for each board/wheel: Switchback, Hairpin, Libres, Magnets.