 Bhangra- We picked this name while Adam Colton was off the grid in Morocco in order to
twist his Nipples into creating Bollywood style skate films. Here's what Wikipedia has to say
about Bhangra: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhangra Yes, the names for our boards are a bit weird and hard to
pronounce, but we were all attacked by zombies last year and are missing half
our brains.
Dimensions Length: 48.5? Width: 9.5? Wheelbase: 32.75? (inner hole) Weight:
Deck: 6.3 lbs (flex 1) and 5.6 lbs (flex 2)
Complete: 10.1 lbs (flex 1) and 9.4 lbs (flex 2) Pricing: $234.00 (deck) or $367.00 (complete)
Purpose We wanted to create a more compact dancing/freestyle board
that you could basically do everything on. A board that has plenty of room to get your dancing groove
on and is smaller, lighter, and easier to throw around. Something that is not overly huge, can
bust out steezy slides, and can be carried and fit into a trunk easier. Can you downhill on this board?
Probably, but it is not a DH board.
Rocker We are really stoked on the rocker in this board (the board
has a slight "U" bend to it). The original prototype had camber and felt good,
but we decided to put some rocker in it and bam a ram, it instantly felt so
much better. The rocker just sinks you into the board and gives you that extra
cushy, locked in feel. Feels great for dancing, makes sliding a lot easier and more comfortable, and puts the board lower to the ground, making pushing a tad bit easier.
Concave HURRAY, we added concave! We added a mellow "U" concave to give you more confidence
when sliding. The concave also
helps lock your feet in when landing big spins and such. The concave is mellow and does not feel
uncomfortable for footwork moves.
Nose and Tail Kicks More nose and tail curvatures allow for easier catching of the
nose and tail. If you get your timing down, yes you can ollie the Bhangra. Not
easy, but it can be done. Both the nose and tail will lock your feet in
nicely for manuals, but the different lengths result in distinct feelings of
balance and pop. You may find riding the board in a certain direction better
for some tricks; for example, the tail is really good for catching
shuvits-to-manuals, while the nose feels better for hang ten manuals.
Functional Griptape Design This is our most thought out grip design to date featuring a
functional, shoe saving design and two different types of grip tape, oh yes. For the main standing platform, we used a mellower grip with
a functional pattern to save your shoes.
As you all know, when you do pivot motions on grip tape you slowly wear
out the balls of your shoes; you are basically grinding away your soles on
sandpaper. We cut out this grip
design so that when you do your spinning moves, most of your shoe will move
freely on the bamboo, not the grip tape.
We also designed it so you still have plenty of grip tape on the rails of
the board for confidence when sliding. We used a gnarlier, gripper grip tape on the nose and tail
to help give you that extra locked in feeling when holding out steezy manuals
for the ladies and/or gentlemen.
Plus the extra grip makes it easier to catch the nose and tail for quick
shuvit-to-manual moves.
Flex The Bhangra comes in two flexes: FLEX 2 (90-190+ lbs) is what Adam S. (150 lbs) and Adam C. (160
lbs) ride. The Adam's prefer a
board with a bit of flex to it (feels a lot better for freestyle). You can still take the flex 2 plenty
fast and do slides comfortably, thanks to the rocker and concave. FLEX 1 (150-250+ lbs) is definitely stiffer, and if you are
160 lbs it will only flex slightly under you. If you like stiffer boards and plan on doing hard pounding
tricks with this board or weigh more (over 190 lbs), this is your board.
Graphic For this graphic we decided to try something new. We took a collage of Adam Colton's scary
monster faces meshed together and screaming with joy and burned/branded them
into the bottom of the board. If
you feed them, they will stay happy. The top graphic is sick and simple. It is a monster's eye surrounded by a
swirling line. If you spin on the
swirling lines, you will get more speed… hahaha.
Construction We are stoked to say this is our most organic board to
date. We have created a durable
beast bound together with jello and spider tears. Actually, the board is constructed from bamboo, cork and
epoxy bio-resin. We used no
fiberglass in this board but were able to get the strength and flex
characteristics we wanted by using two vertical cores of vert-lam bamboo with
cork in the middle for weight reduction and dampening. The top of the board is a cross-ply of
bamboo vert-lam to strengthen the board across the width and we use a similar
ply in the center (next to the cork) to stiffen up the flex. Many of the boards have small holes in the nose and or tail. These are caused by grooves in the bottom core
that allow the board to bend into a deeper concave. They will not affect the performance or durability of the
board and are a great place to store soup.
Epoxy Bio-Resin Not sure if you knew this, but resin plays a big part in how
a board feels. We tried out a variety of resins, each having their own energy
return properties and flex characteristics. For a board like this, we really dug a more mellow, damp
feeling resin. Something that just
kind of sinks nicely under your feet and does not have so much energy return
that it wants to buck you off. We
classify the flex as soft, damp, almost "dead" flex. In contrast a Dervish has a more
lively, springy flex to it. So we
found the perfect resin for this board and are even more stoked because it is a
bio-resin and tastes good in cereal, hahaha.
Wheel Wells We designed functional wheel wells to accommodate several
brands of 180mm trucks and 70mm wheels without risers. They will prevent
wheelbite in most circumstances; however, you may encounter bite if you run
super loose trucks with soft bushings.
Setup Recommendations Trucks: We recommend 180mm reverse-kingpin trucks: Paris,
Randal, Bears, etc. Wheels: This board is intended to ride with 70mm or smaller
wheels. 75mm wheels are too big, and you will have to use a bunch of risers to
avoid the risk of getting wheel bite.
Plus, 70mm is such a nice, lightweight size to throw around, do tricks
on, and slide. Adam Stokowski, Dane Webber and Adam Colton like this board
set up with 86a Stimulus wheel for sliding and shuvit spin moves. The 86a is a good all round wheel for
their style and provides extra leeway: when landing a shuvit wrong, the wheels
will slide the extra bit around instead of gripping and bucking you off. A softer wheel will be more comfortable
for cruising long distances, cross-stepping, manuals and such.
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