MOJO's december set-ups

*update* Feedback from MOJOslim:

hey Kev,
attached my chiller trucks to the December 40" last night. Here's some pics of the deck set up with my lib 48". They ride well together. Seems more, solid, I guess would be the word. Much more of a longboard feel. I wonder if its comparable to the GNUtoronto or GNUohio.

The concave came out nice. The kicks on this thing is awesome. I can really hug my foot up against them. Makes for so much leverage if I put my foot up high on it, just a small amount of pressure flexes the sub and focuses the weight to the center.

I also attached some truck bases to my 155cm Sawed Off Powdersub. Attached it to the newly setup December40" and boy does that thing float the powder. It was the inaugural run of that Powdersub, and I'm really suprised how it runs. Even powder with a slight incline is no problem. I rode stuff that my FPS125 would sink in.....

The December40" deck is a great addition to my collection.
thanks again for such a great deal
-Zach






155 big powder sub handmade by Zach, from an old snowboard...go green...

here's his 40" december deck set-up on a 48" (?) libtech sub...this is the famous sub that got the ball rolling for magna-traction (serrated edges) and banana rocker aka reverse camber...i believe mike olson got the kinks out of this design on a snowskate before it was introduced to the snowboard world...

random news:

we have had a perfect swell running with offshore winds for a bunch of days now, not super big, but super fun...I shot a text to a old friend about the conditions at 6:30 this morning...he shot back a message that he was up at his ski house riding a toboggan at our "infamous hill"....he started to freak out that he was missing the waves....I told him at his age to give up the straps and start snowskating...his response was " No but I've seen @$$holes on the mountain with them, I just want to punch them out when I see them" hahaha, what a kook, my response "u lose"

then I rubbed in last night's surf session..

thanks zach for taking the time out to send your s'skate pics and feedback, greatly appreciated

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Bits and pieces of an Email from Steamboat Springs

Mojoslim, sent this email out after recieving his 40" topdeck and I tossed in the toyfish, to see what he thought ...

here's parts of his two part email:

"I got home as sun was going down, and I rode that toy fish till it was dark. A few nice patches of powder in rhe yard, and some node steep starts. That thing is really fun so far.That package pretty much turned my collection from a skate to a quiver. Might take a day off to tomorrow :-D or maybe a half day"

(the next day)

"I had fun with the toy fish yesterday till dusk. I had a good laugh when I read - max weigh 65lbs lol. There were a few spots in the back yard that have just the right amount of powder/decline for that thing. It reminds me of skim boarding, but a big upgrade from a McDonalds tray! But there's also that surfy feeling to it, because you can float up and down on the powder.
Probably throw the toy fish in the car. I often see nice hills, untouched powder, that I always say taht I should hit with a skate."

(thats exactly what that little deck is made for)

......"I rode up at one of the ski mountains for the first time, today. The hill is called Howelson Hill. There was some hiking trails off to the side of the ski hill so my girl and I hiked up a bit and then dropped over a ridge into the ski boundary. Hit some mellow blue/green runs with the Lib48 and chiller deck and it was superfun. Can't wait to go back up with the December Deck and my powder subs and hit some back country powder. I didn't want to change off the trucks last night for fear of completely throwing myself off today with a new board. But i'm likely going to do that tonight. I feel like the 48lib will fit with that deck really well, lengthwise. I'm really bummed that we forgot the camera in the car when we started the hike. Oh well, next time. I don't have any footage of myself with my skates, so there's no proof that I actually ride! haha... I could just be a collector for all anyone knows.
My girlfriend is a snowboard instructor, so she was really worried that i would be eating shit all over the place and not be able to keep up with her. We were both pleasantly surprised that I could.
Alright man, take it easy, and i'll catch you later. Thanks again!
-Zach"

thanks Zachslim...

thats what snowskating is all about....

here's a pic of his quiver, he's got the bug bad, he even made that tall black sub out of a old snowboard....very chill..