I dropped a little sneak peak of the Bustin Boombox on the blog a
little while back and I am officially ready to give you my thoughts on this
board. The Boombox is a symmetrical topmount freeride and freestyle board meant
to dope in every situation. It is the second longest board in the Bustin
line-up but remains super nimble and incredible agile. Let me get into the
nitty gritty details of Bustin Boombox real quick.
Specs:
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Bustin Boombox
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Length
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42.5 in
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Wheelbase
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29.5 in
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Width
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10 in
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Concave
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9/16 in
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Drop
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1/2 in Radial
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Special Features
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Double Kicks, Radial Drop, Wheel Wells
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The construction on the Boombox
is something else. This board was built to be an all-around thrasher that can
handle any situation you can throw at it. The concave on the board locks your
feet in enough to hold out long slides without being so extreme that doing
freestyle tricks get awkward. The radial drop on the board gives your feet a
nice little bubble to rest and hit slides with. This bubble results in a more
fluid transition between heel and toeside slides because you don’t have to
rearrange your feet for every slide or do crazy monkey toe things.
Enough about the construction, let us talk about how the Boombox
handles in the concrete jungle.
Commute
If you already know that you need to skate to work or to class every
day and want to look steezy doing it, then grab yourself a Boombox. It has
everything and anything you could possible need to take your commute from
painful to pleasurable. I ride this bad boy to work (it’s about a 2 mile trek
from my house) and enjoy every second of it. The radial drop makes the board a
tad lower which is great for pushing and the flex give you just a tiny bit more
rebound out your carves, making the Boombox nice and pumpable. The addition of
kicks means hoping off curbs is a piece of cake, and hey if you’re good enough
you can even pop up the curbs too.
Downhill
While the Boombox is certainly not best board for a strictly downhill
rider it certainly isn’t terrible at it! I mentioned the little bit of flex on
the board and it I wouldn’t call it speed stiff by any means, but I have taken
it pretty fast on some of the bigger hills around here with no problem. The
concave is enough to keep my feet locked in place when they need to be and the
radial drop feels really, really nice when haulin down a hill. My only problem when I start going really fast
on this board is that I am always so tempted to take it sideways instead. If
you’re looking for a Bustin that you can tear down a hill on check out the
Ratmobile, their new directional
topmount speed board.
Freeride
Which brings us to how rad this board is for some serious freeride
action. The Boombox is currently my favorite freeride deck because it has
everything I could possible need. The concave doesn’t just keep my feet in
place when going down a hill but keeps them nice comfy when throwing out
slides. The bubble created by the radial drop on this board is great because,
although I definitely do it out of habit anyways, you don’t have monkey-foot
like a madman when kicking out a slide on this deck. You can sit your foot on
that bubble and have enough leverage on the board to hit your heel and toeside
slides without a problem. In addition the nose and tail kicks make it awesome
for hitting blunt slides, which really just max out your cool points.
Freestyle
The last style of riding I wanted to talk about with the Boombox may be
where the board excels the most and that is in freestyle. The kicks on this
board are everything I could have hoped for and then some. They make manuals,
no complys, shoves, and tigerclaws easy as pie. The effective platform is long
enough while the rocker and concave are mild enough to hit some nice
cross-step-y board dancing action. Which basically means you can link trick
into trick into trick like it is your job. Having 8 plies of wood has made this
board very light without sacrificing strength. I flip trick this board hard and
have taken off some serious height without so much as even a sign of cracking.
Bottom Line, would I recommend this board to a friend?
I would actually recommend this board to a wide variety of skaters. It is a great board for learning on and then progressing your skills on to a very high level. There really isn’t much you cannot do on a Boombox. The concave locks you in for slides and going fast the kicktails make the board versatile as hell. The only person I would reconsider recommending this board to would be a downhill racer, but for anyone and everyone else this is a great board.
I would actually recommend this board to a wide variety of skaters. It is a great board for learning on and then progressing your skills on to a very high level. There really isn’t much you cannot do on a Boombox. The concave locks you in for slides and going fast the kicktails make the board versatile as hell. The only person I would reconsider recommending this board to would be a downhill racer, but for anyone and everyone else this is a great board.
I happen to have a whole bunch of boards in my quiver and I find myself
consistently reaching for my Boombox. On days I don’t know where I will end up
I know that my Boombox will more than capable of handling anything I can throw
at it. If you want a board that can do it all, and make you look steezey as
hell while doing it, then grab yourself a Boombox, it is literally impossible
that you would regret it.
Thanks for reading! If you have any questions, comments, concerns,
musings, or fortunes… Hit me up!
Stay Awesome,
Stay Awesome,
Wayne
My Current Favorite Setup:
-BUSTIN BOOMBOX
-Surf-Rodz 177mm Indeesz
-Orangatang Nipples Orange
-Daddies Bearings
-Orangatang Stimulus 70mm 83a
Hello
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What deck you like more, dervish ou boombox?
obs: nice blog, and keep work! I love it!
Hey Felipe!
DeleteThanks, I'm glad you are liking the blog! Yoface 39 review is coming out this evening!
Anyways, I think it depends on the type of riding you like to do.
If you are looking to get into some freeride then go with the boombox.
More freestyle and board dancing, then I would say the Dervish Sama is the way to go.
Feel free to ask me any more questions!
is the board heavy ?
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