I only get so much money, Landyachtz! I recently purchased their Drop Cat 33 short longboard (coming soon!), but now Landyachtz comes back to tempt me with something new. HollowTech is a construction technique Landyachtz uses that creates some empty space in a board. That empty area weighs less than maple, as you might expect. It makes for a lighter skateboard. This is especially useful for their huge dancer boards, but now you can enjoy it on one of Landyachtz’s smallest boards, the Dinghy!
The new HollowTech Dingy comes in two colors, black and natural, with a pine cone graphic (with a sneaky hidden fox and racoon). It’s about an inch longer and wider than a standard Dinghy as well. This means they could get creative with the options. You could buy just the deck and add your own trucks and wheels. I’m not the biggest fan of Polar Bear trucks, but I do like Hawgs wheels. However, this isn’t the standard 105mm setup with Fatty Hawgs. Instead, you can get this complete with:
- 130mm Polar Bear trucks and Fatty (Fattie?) Hawgs
- 155mm Polar Bear trucks and Easy Hawgs
- 130mm Polar Bear trucks and Plow Kings
The Plow Kings are new to Landyachtz this year, and come on the Drop Cat completes. It’s a super wide 72mm wheel with a 60mm contact patch and sharp lip. They’ll roll over everything, and are made for longboards, not little cruisers! But Landyachtz paired this setup with what appears to be a full half inch riser.
The 155mm setup with Easy Hawgs is also intriguing. Here, Landyachtz isn’t relying on their wide wheels to match the truck setup with the board. They’re basically narrow, centerset versions of the Fatty Hawgs. They come in a 78a durometer, with a narrow 32mm contact patch, and stoneground surface with round lip. They’re 63mm in diameter. This makes them capable of some really smooth slides. In fact, the setup reminds me of a wider (and likely more responsible) version of the Ricta Clouds setup. While I haven’t had the chance to test them yet, they seem to be well reviewed and definitely live up to their name: they make sliding easy.
Winter is coming, maybe end your season with a light Dinghy and a fun wheel setup? I know I’m very tempted to.
