custom landboard?

[Elliot]

i am thinking of making a custom ply landboard with a grab handle built into it whilst it is being made. so the grab handle is incorparated into one of the plys. what do you recon. as i think that a screw on grab handle would take away the strength of the board.what else should i incorparate into the board. and should i go conventional on the shape or go mad. what should i do?

[Elliot]

any ideas?

[Henry Primett]

Make some mad shapped one jsut for fun and to be different

[Elliot]

any other comments?

[buggy nut]

yea mad but still useable.

 

would it effect the pop of the board tho?

[mike c]

Go mad, you chould look to 80s skate decks for some inspiration. Some of the old designs were sweet - try a non-smooth edge like the old psycho stick or something (have one on my wall)

 

http://www.streetboardz.com/noname37.html

 

As for grab handle not sure, but you will presumably be drilling for bindings anyway.

[petay_pan]

wouldn't say you were effecting the strength too greatly drilling into it, i would imagine a built in handle would pose more a problem in the form of resistance to flex in teh board.

 

id also say go for something i little personal in the design c what kind of shape you can get using least amount of material (weight) but maximising strength and useablity as much as you can.