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Jamie Tharp

Feb 17, 2011 // by Jamie tharp // Jamie Tharp // No Comments

Name: Jamie Tharp

DOB: 19th November

Hometown: Higham [The hill village], Gravesend, LONDON!

First board?: Blue plastic bannana board / 80s shape TMNT board

Events attended: Various slide jams/comps, outlaw events.

Local hills: School lane?

Worst Injury: An achy breaky heart!

Years riding: 9 or something…? I don’t remember! Somewhere between too many and not enough..

Favourite spot: Greenwich Park, Lovers’ Walk

Inspiration: Freestyle skateboarding, 80′s style tricks, Brazilian tech..

Pest

Feb 17, 2011 // by Dangerous Decks // Decks // 6 Comments

We thought it best to stick a set of 76mm BigZigs in for scale because this board is tiny. At 23 1/2″ it’s small enough to get in your school locker, up your shirt or behind some bins ready for a quick getaway. It’s got no nose (how does it smell?) so the first thing that’ll hit the policeman’s ankles will be the wheels or the front truck, guarantteing a long life for the deck even after any amount of rough and tumble. The 8″ width fits grownups feet as well and and the 13 1/2″ wheelbase makes for a lively ride but, as is often stated on other things that clearly are toys, this is not a toy. The same uncompromising build quality and component selection that goes into our other decks makes this a serious piece of equipment. Gavin from Surrey skateboards introduced us to 129mm Fox 2 trucks a while ago and we reckon that for finish, performance and value, they’re unbeatable. We have, however, repalced the standard rock hard bushings with modified Sabre X types to dramatic effect. Another bonus is that their beautiful translucent orange is a near perfect match for the 82a urathane of the lovely 59mm Sismic Rippler wheels. Spinning on Lush Speed Series bearings, these little beauties use the same Black-ops formula as their larger race-bred brothers and, despite their diminutive proportions, have given us a consistently great ride on the far from perfect surfaces that grace the highways and byways of our South East London home. So, wether you’re after something to make good your escape after a lively game of knock down ginger or to stick under the seat of your car, ready for a quick blast when the mood takes you, there’s no better choice than the Pest! (There’s also a Tail Devil fitted as standard to ignite any lake of petrol that you might happen to find yourself skating through)

Criminal

Feb 17, 2011 // by Dangerous Decks // Decks // 8 Comments

Width: 10″

Length: 35.5″

Wheelbase: 30″

Board style: Drop deck (1.5″ front/0.75″ back)

Flex: None

Concave: Savage

10 degree front wedge

The Criminal is a board designed by test pilot Gavyn Mckenzie for fun and going fast! After a full year of development, the initial concept has been transfromed from the original massive double drop “Tengu” prototype through a series of developmental models, hundreds of road miles, many of them sliding sideways, to finally emerge as the tight, lean and compact Criminal. There’s no wasted space on this board. Form follows function.With its 30″ wheelbase and 35.5″ overall length it’s both stable but nimble through the corners. Much of the stability comes from the drop down shape and the deep foot pockets at either end which savagely lock you in ready for drifty, slidey times while the forward rake automatically puts you into an aggressive stance, daring you to go faster. Fitted perfectly to Gav’s manly frame in a full tuck, this deck is the ideal tool for the growing UK outlaw racing scene. Set up with modified Randal 42′s, Sabre bushings and Cult wheels it’s ready to race straight out of the box. Just wanna freeride? Throw on some drifty Cult Classics or switch to Indy 219′s for an even MORE slidey time. Then, of course there are Sabres… On top of all this, you can de-wedge the front 10 degrees and suddenly you’ve got a bi-directional freeride deck that works perfectly in both directions! Ultra versatile, ultra fun and made in the UK for the UK’s hills, you NEED this deck in your quiver.

Poison

Feb 17, 2011 // by Dangerous Decks // Decks // 8 Comments

Length: 38.5″
Width: 9.8″
Wheelbase: 30″
Concave: W concave rear flatcave front
Construction: Birch with maple torsion beam

The Poison topmount speedboard is the result of many months of testing and 5 prototypes to get the shape and construction just right. Despite the lack of composite materials the maple torsion beam laminated into the deck means that it has very little lateral or torsional flex, and the fact that its made from birch means that it abzorbs vibration far better than a composite board, and is better for the planet! The 30″ wheelbase keeps the poison stable at speed while still being nimble enough for tight lines and maneuvers, and the narrow waist helps you to lock your foot into your board while braking, and when combined with the W concave in the rear helps you to know where your feet are at all times. If you love bombing hills at top speed, kicking ass at outlaw races, and throwing fat predrifts into your local hairpins, then this might just be the deck your looking for.

Bottlenose

Feb 17, 2011 // by Dangerous Decks // Decks // 5 Comments

Must every board have a definite function? Luckily not, and this deck falls between a variety of stools with ease. At 37″ it’s no monster and its conservative 29 1/2″ wheelbase lets you cruise and carve majestically to Costcutter for that late night pint of milk yet still take rapid last minute avoiding action as the dog turds loom up in the dark.. At 9 1/2″ wide it’ll accomodate the largest plates with ease and the deep concave keeps things rigid and controllable. On the complete, the carvetastic Holey trucks come with a full (all 4 flavours) set of Holey’s custom bushings from the smokes which are so soft the deck falls over sideways with no one on it to the yellows which would allow a 20 stone man to deliver coal down an alpine pass. Everyone’s gone Cult Classic wheel crazy so the whole thing rolls along very nicely with either the magenta (no, they’re not pink) or yellow versions, ably assisted by Lush speed seried bearings. A test of your knowledge of national flags: the model being put together in the middle picture above was for a skater from which country? Correct!