Timber Tortuga 46″ Dancing Freestyle Longboard Deck – Flex-1
Imagine a longboard not just designed for cruising but engineered for the art of dance and freestyle, crafted to bring every performance to life with unprecedented grace. The Timber Tortuga 46″ Dancing Freestyle Longboard is your ticket to unlocking this elevated experience. With its innovative design, it promises not only to enhance your movements but to transform them, ensuring every glide and spin is executed with perfection. Step onto the Tortuga and step into the spotlight where every ride becomes a show-stopping performance.
The Tortuga sets new benchmarks in longboarding technology with its advanced construction and materials. It features a new pressing method that enhances the distribution of forces across the board, resulting in a stronger and more balanced deck. Aesthetics are not compromised, boasting a sharper and more vibrant graphic that captures attention with its high contrast and brighter colors. Additionally, the board is finished with an abrasion-resistant top coat that ensures the vivid colors last longer, maintaining its striking appearance despite regular use. The inclusion of “Dancergrip,” a clear grip offers superior traction without compromising the board’s visual appeal.
Specifications:
– Length: 46″
– Width: 8.85″
– Wheelbase: 27.7 – 30.07″
– 2 stage kicks
– Long wheel wells
– Bamboo and Fiberglass
– Mellow Concave
Available in 3 flex options:
– Flex-1 (flex): for rider’s weight up to 132 lbs
– Flex-2 (medium): for riders 110-175 lbs
– Flex-3 (stiff): for riders 150-220 lbs
This longboard is meticulously designed to cater to a range of riding styles and weights through its three flex options, ensuring every rider finds the perfect match for their style and body type. Whether you are performing intricate dance moves or cruising down the streets, the Timber Tortuga 46″ Dancing Freestyle Longboard offers a refined experience tailored to your freestyle and dancing ambitions.
General Description
If you want a versatile freestyle dancer, look no further. Well, you can look elsewhere, but you will come back to this board anyway. Even we are surprised by the balance of this board. Somehow it all fits. The multiple wheelbase options give this board so many different characters. A wide set-up gives it more dampened flex for that smooth dancing and high pop, while the short wheelbase gives it a more responsive flex and big kicks. The concave is mellow and turns upward at the stance. This gives the flex a very unique feeling and a very comfortable stance. Throw in three different flex options and you can always find the Tortuga that fits your style. We could go on and on about the characteristics of this board. So we will.
The extra strip of bamboo fitted under the kicks makes the board last longer but also gives it a nice pop, regardless of which wheelbase you choose. The waist is not too wide, making it lighter but also it affects the flex ever so slightly. We tried a lot of different shapes to finally arrive at this one. Oh yeah, and it has two stage kicks, so you can easily feel where to place your feet.
Closer to the bolts for one-footed tricks, you will find that the concave is still there. This concave allows for a better grip while doing tricks like blunt slides, g-turns, you name it. Further away from the bolts and you’ll notice the kicks curve upwards a bit more. This two-stage curve gives a lot of control during manuals. Combine all this with three different weaves of glass fiber and carbon in the kicks, and you’ve got yourself the most balanced, durable, and surprising trick dancer on the market.
Concave
Even though the concave is pretty mellow, it has a lot of subtle features. The concave in the middle is a bit less compared to the stance. After the stance it still has some concave, so even at the bolts, you will always know where you stand. Don’t forget the rocker. Because of the fact that the middle of the board is situated underneath the height of the truck mount, this board feels very stable and rocks like a cradle while dancing, even at higher speeds.
Kicks
The concave protrudes throughout the kicks, making them very stiff. This in turn gives the board a steady pop. Also, right after the bolts it goes a bit straight, and after that it goes up and up. In every orientation, whether it’s in a manual or a blunt slide, it feels somehow ‘right’. The shape also gives it a steady feel and the extra strips of bamboo make it durable.
Mechanical Properties
Because of the rather mellow concave, the Tortuga is flexible. Even the stiff version is supposed to have some flex. Depending on your choice of wheelbase you can choose between a mellow flex or a snappy flex. With the usage of 3 different types of glass, the board has a predictable flex throughout, minimizing that weird torsional twist. The middle layer of lightweight glass gives the board a better glue bond, to further ensure a durable board. Depending on your choice of flex, medium, or stiff, you will find strategically placed heavy Carbon fiber underneath, which is concealed by a veneer of bamboo to keep it natural.
Wheelbase
Variable wheelbase for a huge variety of setups. The longest is 30.07″ and the shortest is 27.7″. With three different possibilities on both sides you’ve got a total of 9 different choices on where to place your trucks. Long enough for slow-paced dancing, or short enough to dance fast with a slower speed. Whatever you want.
Style
All-round, balanced, versatile.
Suggested set-up
We personally believe that this board needs a dancing set-up. 50 degrees 180 trucks with 60-65mm wheels. It has wheel wells, but for larger wheels (65mm>) we suggest an appropriately sized riser.
