My New Loaded Dervish Set-up

My new Loaded Dervish Bamboo Longboard

So I decided to set up a new longboard last week as I have been wanting the dervish longboard for quite a while now. I ended up with the dervish flex 2 as that was the only one we had left from the older graphic which is the one I prefered. It has a little more flex than I wanted but I still really love the board. I set the dervish up with some 10″ all black gullwing charger trucks that give it a nice sold sturdy wide base that is great for carving, sliding, and downhill riding. I ended up putting some retro bigzig 75mm lemon wheels which are 83a hardness as I wanted something that would grip the ground really well but also was hard enough for smooth slides. I had some extra sector 9 greaseball bearings laying around so I just put those on the board to break it in for now.

The results: The board is super fast, light and carves great! I keep the trucks very loose to allow for sharper carves. The down side is you have to watch yourself a little closer at high speeds as you can get wobbles. My first ride on the loaded dervish longboard was about a 15-minute all out sprint around my neighbor hood to get the feel for the board as it has been a little while since I had a brand new longboard. It resulted in a very sore leg the next day! So I had to wait another day before I could get my loaded slide gloves out and really start the break in the board. My next ride was with my wife who rides the vanguard flex 3. She was just out for a cruise and I was out to really break in my board and test the limits. I was interested to see how the wheels (retro 75mm lemon) would perform at high speed slides. First time I broke traction on the wheels they were a lot more slick than what I was expecting and I over rotated just about to 360 degrees which was a little surprising. It took a little while to get used to the wheels but so far I am really enjoying them! I’ll make sure to give another update of my next ride! Should be soon!