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"\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;P&gt;What board are you riding right now?&lt;\\/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;\\t&lt;\\/B&gt;My Fight Club board.&lt;\\/P&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;P&gt;That&amp;#8217;s a Birdhouse Fight Club Steve Berra model.&lt;\\/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;\\t&lt;\\/B&gt;Yep.&lt;\\/P&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;P&gt;What do you like most about the board?&lt;\\/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;\\t&lt;\\/B&gt;The wheelbase is a tad bit longer than the other Birdhouse boards\\u00bfby about a quarter of an inch, I think. It makes my kickflips level out so they don&amp;#8217;t rocket-flip.&lt;\\/P&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;P&gt;What size boards do you prefer, width-wise?&lt;\\/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;\\t&lt;\\/B&gt;Oh man, I have no idea how wide my board is. It&amp;#8217;s under eight inches, I think. I just look at it, &amp;#8217;cause I only have a size-nine foot. So my boards are not as wide as Heath&amp;#8217;s board, but way wider than Dyrdek&amp;#8217;s board. Compared to Anthony Van Engelen&amp;#8217;s, Dill&amp;#8217;s, or Dyredek&amp;#8217;s board, my board looks like Heath&amp;#8217;s board. My board looks big, ya know what I&amp;#8217;m saying? So I guess mine&amp;#8217;s kinda like a mid-size board, whereas Heath&amp;#8217;s got more of a wide board. I guess mine&amp;#8217;s like seven and three-quarters, maybe.&lt;\\/P&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;P&gt;We&amp;#8217;ll look it up.&lt;\\/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;\\t&lt;\\/B&gt;Yeah, you can look it up.&lt;\\/P&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;P&gt;Do you have a preference for concave decks?&lt;\\/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;\\t&lt;\\/B&gt;I don&amp;#8217;t really like flat boards. I like a good nose and a good tail\\u00bfnot too steep, but not flat.&lt;\\/P&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;P&gt;Do you do anything special with your griptape?&lt;\\/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;\\t&lt;\\/B&gt;Nope. I just put it on.&lt;\\/P&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;P&gt;What wheels are you riding right now?&lt;\\/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;\\t&lt;\\/B&gt;I&amp;#8217;m riding the Quattro Steve Berra wheels. You know Quattro: Eric Koston, Marc Johnson, Steve Berra, Tony Ferguson.&lt;\\/P&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;P&gt;What size wheels do you usually ride?&lt;\\/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;\\t&lt;\\/B&gt;I ride 52s.&lt;\\/P&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;P&gt;Do you ever try different hardnesses, or are they always the same?&lt;\\/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;\\t&lt;\\/B&gt;I think they&amp;#8217;re pretty much always the same. I was riding Birdhouse wheels before this, then I started riding the Quattro wheels, and they seem harder. They don&amp;#8217;t flat-spot.&lt;\\/P&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;P&gt;Do you care if wheels are colored?&lt;\\/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;\\t&lt;\\/B&gt;I used to. I never thought I could skate colored wheels, but I started riding these light-blue Quattro wheels two weeks ago, and I didn&amp;#8217;t think they were that bad. But then I switched back to white.&lt;\\/P&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;P&gt;How often do set up new wheels?&lt;\\/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;\\t&lt;\\/B&gt;Every two weeks, maybe.&lt;\\/P&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;P&gt;What are the smallest wheels you&amp;#8217;ve ever ridden?&lt;\\/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;\\t&lt;\\/B&gt;Oh, gosh.&lt;\\/P&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;P&gt;How low can you go?&lt;\\/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;\\t&lt;\\/B&gt;Laughs Probably 40s.&lt;\\/P&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;P&gt;What bearings do you ride?&lt;\\/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;\\t&lt;\\/B&gt;I ride the Tony Hawk bearings.&lt;\\/P&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;P&gt;Do you use bearing oil or speed cream?&lt;\\/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;\\t&lt;\\/B&gt;No. I get them for free, so I don&amp;#8217;t really care.&lt;\\/P&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;P&gt;What trucks do you ride?&lt;\\/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;\\t&lt;\\/B&gt;I ride Orion.&lt;\\/P&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;P&gt;Size?&lt;\\/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;\\t&lt;\\/B&gt;I&amp;#8217;m not sure\\u00bfthe narrow ones.&lt;\\/P&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;P&gt;Don&amp;#8217;t they have two different kinds of Orions\\u00bflow and high?&lt;\\/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;\\t&lt;\\/B&gt;Yeah. I ride the low ones.&lt;\\/P&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;P&gt;What do you like about them?&lt;\\/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;\\t&lt;\\/B&gt;When you grind handrails and bars with all the other trucks, you grind on your kingpins and you slip out. Orion&amp;#8217;s hanger is above the kingpin, so you can actually grind the truck and not grind your kingpin\\u00bfnot worry about it slipping out. I like that. The trucks are just high enough that your board feels good. I tried other trucks\\u00bfI was going through an identity crisis and started trying all these other trucks. I tried every single one: Ventures, Indys, Royals, all these other ones. Although I liked some of them, I found myself going back to skating Orions.&lt;\\/P&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;P&gt;Do you ride them loose or tight?&lt;\\/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;\\t&lt;\\/B&gt;I&amp;#8217;d say in between. &lt;\\/P&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;P&gt;How often do you change trucks?&lt;\\/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;\\t&lt;\\/B&gt;Not very often. I try to keep them as long as I can because I don&amp;#8217;t like breaking in bushings.&lt;\\/P&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;P&gt;Do you use riser pads?&lt;\\/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;\\t&lt;\\/B&gt;No.&lt;\\/P&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;P&gt;Why not?&lt;\\/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;\\t&lt;\\/B&gt;I go back and forth. Sometimes I think for some reason my skating&amp;#8217;s not up to par, so I put riser pads on. I think I&amp;#8217;m getting too much wheel bite. Sometimes I&amp;#8217;ll ride my trucks loose, and sometimes I&amp;#8217;ll tighten them up. It&amp;#8217;s weird. It depends on how I&amp;#8217;m skating. I was riding pads for a while, like a year ago. Then I realized I don&amp;#8217;t need them\\u00bfthey&amp;#8217;re just lame.&lt;\\/P&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;P&gt;They&amp;#8217;re lame for your style of skatebooarding?&lt;\\/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;\\t&lt;\\/B&gt;Yeah.&lt;\\/P&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;P&gt;Are there any rituals you have to go through when you set up a board?&lt;\\/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;\\t&lt;\\/B&gt;Well, I&amp;#8217;ll tell you this much\\u00bfI&amp;#8217;ve got a permanent scar on my left knuckle from tightening my bolts with the Allen key. Every time I set up a board, the Allen key slips out, and my knuckle scrapes against the griptape. I&amp;#8217;ve got a scar there, and it always bleeds.&lt;\\/P&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;P&gt;What shoes do you skate in?&lt;\\/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;\\t&lt;\\/B&gt;I skate the Steve Berra DVS shoes, of course.&lt;\\/P&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;P&gt;What&amp;#8217;s the most important feature of a shoe?&lt;\\/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;\\t&lt;\\/B&gt;The comfort, and that I can feel my board. I don&amp;#8217;t care about anything else with shoes.&lt;\\/P&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;P&gt;As long as they stick to your board, right?&lt;\\/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;\\t&lt;\\/B&gt;Yeah.&lt;\\/P&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;P&gt;How long does a pair of shoes usually last you?&lt;\\/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;\\t&lt;\\/B&gt;A week.&lt;\\/P&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;P&gt;What size shoes do you wear?&lt;\\/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;\\t&lt;\\/B&gt;Size nine.&lt;P&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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