Waterborne Skateboards Surf and Rail Adapter FIN System for 3 Surfskate Trucks Modes - Surf Skate Truck Fits Any Board - Longboard Skateboard Accessories, Surf Skateboard Trucks, Surfskate Skateboard

For context: I am someone who's snowboarded for many years, skated on and off for years, and started longboarding a few years back, but only done a surfing lesson. Seeing all these new surfskates and systems from Carver, Yow, Smoothstar, Swelltech, and others made me want to try them, but pulling the trigger on a new board can be expensive as all heck. This looked like an affordable way to give it a shot with gear I already own. Packaging, Build, and Features: You get an octagonal box, with installation instructions printed on the outer facets if the interior box. Everything is packaged well, so no cosmetic nicks or blemishes due to shipping. Hardware is in color coded bags for front and rear adapters. The adapters them self are well built and feel substantial in the hand and on a board, adding heft. Unlike a Carver C7, or Yow Meraki system, Waterborne used a unique square bushing system to create the surfy front truck. Because it raised my boards above either of their stock riser heights, and was designed with a limiter to prevent wheel bite, I did not need to use risers or shock pads on either board with the Waterborne adapters. The increased ride height made me not want to try any tricks on it, however, aside from manuals, which somehow felt easier? 🤷 Another potential benefit to non-surfers is that it will work out muscles you didn't know you had and allows you another method of generating forward momentum. Riding Experience: I tried these out on two different boards I've owned so far, a Sector 9 Ninety Five Cascade Mini-Cruiser with Gullwing Shadow Trucks and Sector9 Nine balls 60mm stomeground wheels, and a Landyachtz Ripper Watercolor Longboard with Bear TPK trucks, and 63mm Fatty Hawgz wheels. . Both times, I swapped the trucks and wheels from the original boards, just installing the surfskate adapters, though I also did try them out with Waterborne's Living Water surfskate wheels. I'm 5'10, ~200 lbs, for reference. The Sector 9 was the first experience and while it was fun, it wasn't quite right for my riding style and body type. The wheelbase was too short and it was kind of a strange stance. But it was still fun and interesting and the thing carved super deep and turned on a dime. It felt like a super carvey mini cruiser, but it rode very tall and the overall narrow width of the board made it harder to balance on if I needed to push. The smaller, rounded lip wheels also broke loose unintentionally once, leading to a fall. The Living Water wheels were a straight improvement there. The Ripper, on the other hand, immediately felt like the winner. Stable, surfy, and very fun to ride. Turned faster and carved deeper than stock, of course, but also so playful. The Ripper was already one of my all time favorite setups, and now it's even better. It's slightly less stable to push on for distance, but it is also easier to push and ride normally than the mini cruiser. It really does feel like a surfboard, and I've had so much fun bombing around on it and exercising with it. Conclusion: Really, because you could put this on any board and try it out, it does make it a universal adapter, and while it's not the same as say, a Carver C7 or Yow Meraki, it's definitely a great way to experience whether or not surfskating is for you. As far the rear adapter, I like it. I don't think it's strictly necessary, but I've enjoyed my time with mine. Disclaimer: I have not been paid or otherwise compensated for my review. I bought this product with my own money for my own purposes. My experiences are subjective of course, so ymmv.

It’s a really great product. It brought new life to my pintail longboard.

Get a similar carving feel to surfing. True, nothing can replicate a board in the water. Through the use of this system, there are a few adjustments that can be made to achieve a similar feel of a surfboard. Having surfed for many years, this new tech brought me excitement when using and at times really does produce a similar effect to surfing. The rest is your board set-up, wheels etc. The feel of "surfing" on whatever surface you are riding on comes more from having a point to begin without thinking of riding a skateboard; riding a slope while moving down an incline. From there, adjustments to tune it in for a feel that slightly mimics surfing. You can go to your usual arm and hip movement to adjust for turns due to the extensive carve angles of the system, close, not perfect, but the next step up is actually being on a board in the water. I am hoping for further improvements from this company. They should also produce boards, wheels and anything else to complement the design and continue to move forward, which I am not seeing done. If they wait, someone else will perfect it more. Get on it all!! ... Go On a hill and don't push. Just carve and get use to it. Happy concreate surfing!!

I recently got the waterborne so I could learn to surfskate, and this thing is awesome! I threw it on my Magneto SUV complete and it works great. Once I started to get the hang of it, it's so much freaking fun! If you can't decide between the fin system and just the regular adapter, the fin system is pretty cool, but you'll still be fine without it. If all you can afford is just the regular front adapter and some riser pads, that'll get you probably 90% the same expirience, this just gives you a little more options, which can be nice to have. The fin adapter works pretty nice, and I actually bought it for pump mode but carve mode feels soooooo good (loose and flowy) that it's practically all I've used. By comparison, pump mode felt pretty nice, and you can get a lot of momentum, but it feels like the board is kind of fighting you a bit to try to stay center. That's no big deal and pump mode is still nice to have, but I really do prefer the feel of carve mode, because you can still get plently of pumping power, and it's actually easier to pump from a standstill, you can still get you up a hill if you have enough endurance, and it just feels better imo. My only real complaint has been the setup process. It's a bit finnicky and I couldn't figure out how to get it setup with the tighter threaded holes. The main problem with setup is that the holes on the adapter are just slightly further apart than on my deck. This might just be my deck specifically, but the tolerances on the adapter are pretty tight so there's not too much room for error with slightly misaligned deck holes. Ultimately I just opted to use the bigger holes and thread the nuts over top like normal. It's still a tight fit but it works. The nuts rub on the top of the adapter a little bit in carve mode, (which is why they included the tight threaded no-nut setup option) I'm considering just filing it down where it rubs, but it doesn't really bother me too much. I really like how much customization you have with this though. You can swap out bushings, change the fin mode, opt for the rail adapter or just use some riser pads on the back, the waterborne really does give you so much freedom and customization, not to mention you can just throw it on whatever setup you already have and start surfskating for a pretty reasonable price.

Franchement, ça vaut le coup ! Je n'avais jamais fait de surfskate avant et j'ai commencé en mettant le système Waterborne sur l'Oxelo "FISH CLASSIC SURF" de Decathlon et j'ai adoré, que ça soit en flat ou en pumptrack, c'est génial ! Par contre après plusieurs mois de Pumptrack, j'ai changé la planche decathlon qui est toute plate pour une oldschool de chez Heroin avec beaucoup de concave ce qui est parfait pour que les pieds restent en place. Depuis, j'ai pu tester du Yow, Smoothstar, Carver, etc. Et honnêtement, Waterborne et Yow sont mes préférés, les autres ne tournent clairement pas aussi bien, par contre à noter la différence de prix entre les deux... Autres points fort, le système à l'arrière qui est proposé est super et c'est étrange que toute les autres marques se contentent de mettre un gros pad. Personnellement, avec ce système en flat, je préfère rouler avec des roues de 70mm en 78a alors que pour le Pumptrack, je mets des 70mm en 83a. Depuis que je l'utilise j'ai rencontré qu'un seul problème, mais je n'ai rien trouvé en ligne alors c'est peut-être un cas isolé... J'avais un bruit très désagréable à l'arrière de ma planche. J'ai pu corriger le problème en entourant d'une pellicule plastique les deux grosses vis du système arrière sur lequel on place les bushings. Et en serrant assez fort les bushings. Plus aucun bruit de cette manière. En fait il peut y avoir un peu de jeu quand vous remonter le système arrière arrière, il faut veiller à bien centrer les deux grosses vis dans les trous de la plaque qui sont ovales autrement les vibrations font un bruit de métal contre métal.

mounted on a 46 inch twin tip with indy 169mm trucks and 75mm Kyptonic wheels I use it for land kite foiling. It is easy to adjust with the fin system although I did put in a harder durometer to the front pivot as I dont need it to be too reactive. I have Carver C7s, Yow and Gullwing sidewinders in my kit but this Waterboune system is the best. My advise to anyone wanting to try skate surfing is to get the fin system with the rail adapter for the rear, mount a good quality standard truck (not RKP) and cruise or carve away.

Producto de muy buena calidad, cumple con las expectativas y más, lo he puesto en un longboard de 37 pulgadas y la sensación es buenísima, lo recomiendo 100% para iniciarte en el Surfskate ya que por muy poco obtienes buenos resultados 🤙 el video es de dos semanas después de tener el producto

Al principio es dificil tener el equilibrio, pero a los dias ya se siente tan natural que no quieres regresar a trucks normales y cuando te subes a otra patineta te resultan "duros".

It works great. Turn my 48 inches longboard to a surfskate board. Easy installation. Lots of fun. Love it. It is a little taller but it helps to avoid wheel bites.