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Foam off and Grip tape on

 
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PostPosted: Jan 14, 2003 5:28 pm    Post subject: Foam off and Grip tape on Reply with quote

Is there anyway to take the foam top off the new SBG series skate by Hyperlite and lay grip tape down. I love the ride of the new Catalyst but love the feel of grip tape. What do you think?
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PostPosted: Jan 14, 2003 6:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ya you probably could take the foam off but why go through all the trouble.
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PostPosted: Jan 14, 2003 7:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

yea prob but it would be kinda ronchy i mean you could mess it up bad and have to pic a new one up
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PostPosted: Jan 15, 2003 9:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

just use a heat gun... it will melt the glue underneath the foam but do not overheat to the point of melting the foam layer... it's the way I would do it...
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PostPosted: Jan 16, 2003 1:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Or setting fire to the wood, now that would suck
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PostPosted: Jan 16, 2003 4:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

foam can't be that bad, i mean grubby rocks it fresh
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PostPosted: Jan 16, 2003 4:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

how is foam....slippery?
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PostPosted: Jan 16, 2003 5:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

not to be an ass, but if foam were slippery do you really think wakeskate companies would put it on their boards? i'm riding tape now, but when i was on a sbg deck, that foam was super tacky and sticky. no grip tape burn on the legs is nice too.
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PostPosted: Jan 16, 2003 8:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah but I love the traction on the Cassettes more than the Hyperlites. It gives you a more similar feel to skateboarding. But, yeah the burns they give do suck.
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PostPosted: Jan 27, 2003 9:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have used both and I think that grip tape lets you have better feel. the foam will hide any board chatter when landing or riding in ruff water because the foam will absorb it where grip tape lets you feel everything that is going on under your feet
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PostPosted: Jan 27, 2003 9:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't think I will buy a hyperlite until they offer a grip concave version. I don't want to spend an extra 30 bucks for something I don't want in the first place.
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