Foldable skateboard, BOA

Step 6 Put it all together and ride

So after all these steps, and after you lace the boa lacing correclty, you just need to slide the nose and tail into the middle section, put the trucks on, tighten them down and make sure that the lacing goes into the holes through the slits that you cut. This project has taken me a long time and it still is not perfect. The nose and tail are not completely solid and strong when connected to the board, there is a bit of bending. But it is still definatley skate-able. I've really only tested the board for about 30min. Here are my list of pros and cons:

Pros:
-Folds up
-compact
-sweet

Cons:
-Heavier due to the metal rods
-Aluminum decks are kind of ghetto, have ridges in the top as you can tell from the pictures
-not practical for doing lots of tricks on

So just to let you know, i'm weight about 145. I did a bunch of ollies, 180's, kickflips and everything seemed to be pretty fine. I did however break a lace after doing a 180, but it was a lace off an old snowboard boot, so i dunno. It does look like there is a lot of tension on the laces, so we'll see if it holds up. I would love any input on how to make this board better, stronger, lighter, anything at all! thanks!

Comments

[iballpaul]

Stop saying stuff like "buy a bigger bag" and "get a mini" he put alot of effort into this and its a ingenious idea, big ups to him for making this :D

[benedict688]

no thanks, the reason people say that sh*t is because it is way more practical to buy a mini than to buy an aluminum deck and cut it up and add weight to it just to cut off a couple inches of length. Not to mention the case he used added width to it, hes prob carrying around just as much surface area if not more than leaving the skate alone to begin with. I have boa system on my snowboard boots too and they are horrible, would never trust them to hold my skateboard together. its basically a rube goldberg, if you want a more compact skate get one that is more compact, dont buy one that is bigger and try to figure out a complicated way of cutting and reattaching it together.

[pyoung4]

an idea on the lace your using. try parachord instead. you can get 350lb test and 500 lb test. it'll hold for sure. and it's cheap if you buy it on ebay.

[hobojangles]

Buy a bigger bag.

[alex_vanmeter]

flexdex.com that's where I bought mine. small and compact.

[alex_vanmeter]

here's a better idea.... buy a mini.