Look what I just picked up...

[m.klinge]

I followed the advise on stalking kitecrowd for some revo's - and look what I just picked up from GLS:

Cost me what translates roughly to 205 AUD shipped to Denmark.

It's an old kitedeck NXS with NXS titanium axel Revo's - not sure if the boards fit me, but I'll give it a shot before cutting my Trampa to fit the Revo's :-)

I had to sneak out from work to pick it up, so I've only had a really quick look at it, but from what I've seen it's in excellent conditions given it's age :-)

//M

Edited October 27, 2015 by m.klinge

[plummet]

Awesome. Why use the trampa deck?  the carbon kitedeck will be lighter and have possibly have a nicer flex pattern. It looks in good condition too. PS i think you have the lighter and fruitier "P" Revo trucks. 

http://www.design-extreme.co.uk/Genesis.htm

 

[bakersdozen]

Awesome work dude! Persevereance pays off welcome to the revo club! Looks sweet.

[Northern Kites Australia]

I have cousins in Denmark

Great find mate!

Can't wait to see it in action.

[m.klinge]

Awesome. Why use the trampa deck?  the carbon kitedeck will be lighter and have possibly have a nicer flex pattern. It looks in good condition too. PS i think you have the lighter and fruitier "P" Revo trucks. 

http://www.design-extreme.co.uk/Genesis.htm

 

According to the seller the board is made for a 12 stone rider (76 kg) and that might bottom out with me on it (even if it's just 5 kg more I weigh). 

 But I'm going to have to give it a spin first to see how it feels :-) 

According to my calculations it should weigh roughly 6,2 kg in total - that's close to 1,5 kg lighter than my current Trampa titanium setup :-) 

Awesome work dude! Persevereance pays off welcome to the revo club! Looks sweet.

Funny thing was it was right there for me to find once I got one kitecrowd.co.uk :-) 

I'm super stoked to have it on my hands, now I just need to put it together - and wait for some wind :-D 

//M 

Edited October 29, 2015 by m.klinge

[m.klinge]

I have cousins in Denmark

Great find mate!

Can't wait to see it in action.

Yea - i think we talked about you need to find your way to Rømø, Denmark some day (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OO_IfqmCjEg) :-)

I can't wait to try it out either, sadly I need westerly wind for my home spot to Work, add in that lights out at 5.15 PM currently in Denmark (Approaching winter damn fast) it can be tricky to get out once it actually is west. But I have a slim hope to leave early at work monday and get a short session in :-D

//M

[m.klinge]

So the board is finally completed with my gear from my original Trampa board (superstar hubs and alpha primo light tyres). It's not as light as I've hoped, but I still managed to shred off 1 kg. In total it's 6,5 kg :-) 

Now the jury is still out in regards to the board, right now I think it's too easy to bottom out. If that's the case I might try to add (what Trampa calls)  a "flex bridge" from some leftover from when I cut down the Trampa. If that doesn't work the Trampa deck will have to be cut to fit the revos. 

I've only tried riding in down a very gentle slope for a good 50 meters, but I think I'm going to like the revos very much :-D 

Now I can only wait for some nice westerly winds to give it a spin, fingers crossed that will happen soon :-) 

//M 

Edited October 30, 2015 by m.klinge

[plummet]

If it bottoms out on your hardest hit that's a good thing. It means the board is absorbing a lot of the landing force.

If it is too flexi but you like the feel of the board then slapping a layer of 400 to 600 gram uni-directional carbon on the bottom will stiffen it up nicely.

 

[m.klinge]

If it bottoms out on your hardest hit that's a good thing. It means the board is absorbing a lot of the landing force.

If it is too flexi but you like the feel of the board then slapping a layer of 400 to 600 gram uni-directional carbon on the bottom will stiffen it up nicely.

 

My Trampa bottoms out on a hard hit, the kitedeck bottoms out when I set off hard and subsequently when I land :-/ 

I have no experience with carbon so I would need a guide for a five year old to get a decent result I'm afraid... 

//M 

[plummet]

Yeah. That's too flexi. Probably the reason for the sale. If you have layed any fibreglass in your life then carbon fibre is the same process. Otherwise a local fibreglass company may be able to do it. I recon its still worth pursuing.

[SoutherlyBuster]

Nice //M, just curios was your trampa matrix or skate style trucks? Well a weekend is coming up, hopefuly the westerlies playball for you. Your board looks rather short, assume you prefer freestyle to speed then?

[m.klinge]

Yeah. That's too flexi. Probably the reason for the sale. If you have layed any fibreglass in your life then carbon fibre is the same process. Otherwise a local fibreglass company may be able to do it. I recon its still worth pursuing.

The reason for the sale was that he stopped landboarding, and judging by the board it hasn't been ridden much :-) 

I have never done any of that :-(

Depending on the price I might just save the money and use the Trampa, it does fell very similar... 

//M 

 

Nice //M, just curios was your trampa matrix or skate style trucks? Well a weekend is coming up, hopefuly the westerlies playball for you. Your board looks rather short, assume you prefer freestyle to speed then?

Neither - it's a channel truck board :-) 

The weekend does not look good for landboarding, but ok for surfing at least :-) 

The wheelbase of the trampa is 93 cm, the kitedeck is roughly the same size. I'm mostly into jumping, but I like the occasional speed run whenever the conditionsconditions are for it. I still need to push my pb higher than 62,3 km/h :-D 

//M 

Edited October 31, 2015 by m.klinge

[Northern Kites Australia]

Oh all this talk, and now I want a Trampa! Anyone want my MBS Core 95?

[m.klinge]

Oh all this talk, and now I want a Trampa! Anyone want my MBS Core 95?

Well I could sell you my used trampa deck (just the deck no bindings, wheels or anything), but shipping might not be appealing :-)

//M 

[Northern Kites Australia]

Well I could sell you my used trampa deck (just the deck no bindings, wheels or anything), but shipping might not be appealing :-)

//M 

Thanks, but yeah... I'll try and make one instead. Where do you get those trucks from?

[m.klinge]

Thanks, but yeah... I'll try and make one instead. Where do you get those trucks from?

I was lucky to find them on kitecrowd.co.uk - they're discontinued so you need to find them second hand :-) 

//M 

[SoutherlyBuster]

//M, must have just looked short, 93cm is same distance between trucks that I have on my MBS COMP95 and it is good for speed runs.

[m.klinge]

//M, must have just looked short, 93cm is same distance between trucks that I have on my MBS COMP95 and it is good for speed runs.

Yeah it fooled me as well :-) 

//M 

[m.klinge]

Ok I have decided to go with the Trampa board. Since I cannot make the carbon on the kitedeck myself it will be (proportionally) too expensive to have it done. (Anybody wanna buy a blank deck btw )

So I'm in the process of cutting my Trampa Holy Pro to fit the revos - it's not an easy task as there is a lot of holes in the board by design, but I have managed to find a suitable compromise but cutting off the tips :-)

It will be a fair bit shorter with the wheelbase comming in at 77 cm, but not too much adjustment on the bindings (roughly 4 cm inwards each).

Cutting the board and removing the tips have made it super stiff, way more than before, so I have the oppotunity to shred off some extra weight as well by either cutting or drilling (Havn't yet decided, but will be going very slow to get it right).

Overall it should in total weight around 6,5 kg - looking forward to giving it a spin and see how it feels :-)

//M