This board is rad. Plenty of foot room, awesome shape, comfy mellow concave, large wheel cutouts, a shallow tail, incredibly stable, built like a tank...

I'm running 45° Surf Rodz at 196mm on a 28'' wheelbase with Medium Solidz Barrel bottom/88a Purple Sabre Barrels top. I weigh 140. This with white (78a) venom cannibals and some gator tape. At the moment I can't ask for anything more. I can put some nersh candies on this setup and loosen my trucks to practice some massive standys like Liam. I can also do some serious downhill on this whenever I'd like to. This setup is nimble, smooth, and stable. Couldn't have spend my cash better, I love this board. Chances are, you will too.

Generally speaking I don't think the durian is a bad wheel. Wheels are meant to roll and that's about what these wheels are best at. However I seriously question how a wheel this average at sliding got the hype that it is advertised with. They initiate into a slide with real ease, but the slide itself is terribly choppy, noisey and not so smooth. The durability from my months of use was fairly good. Never flat spotted or edged on me and never ovalized. The size is good for high speed rolls and running over road and sidewalk imperfections but at the same time I sort of question the contact patch being a little big for a "free ride" wheel. Too expensive with so many other companies and options that perform leaps and bounds better than this dissapointment.

I was on board with calibers from the moment I saw the first pictures. These were the truck I would have made: low, no rake, and a well defined but shallow bushing seat that fits elims and barrels well.

I love how low these trucks are, both the 44s and 50s are lower than a randal 42, and both are much livelier. 44s have a lot of leverage, and they lean a lot, but still put out a lot of turn, something that can't be said for 42s. The axles are straight and thick, no play with bearings here at all.

These trucks have a smooth turn, no real slop or play. They are solid with good straight axles, so their grip and slide is comparable to any truck, and better than many.

The only quip is that these bring the wheelbase in by half an inch on each side compared to randals, so boards with smaller cutouts or wheel wells that weren't expecting a truck this low and turny that has an axle that far in, but many companies are already adapting their lineups to accomodate these trucks, because they are worth it!

first off some back ground, i live in south florida (Which means giant mountains are minimal) and i have it set up on paris trucks and abec strikers (they were) 77mm 84a.
Im not some noob bowing down to the dervish.

The Loaded dervish for all the hype really is a great board, the flex is enjoyable, very versatile in its disciplines and damn near indestructible
I was one of the lucky ones, since i wasnt the rich kid who gets everything he wants, i found the rich kid and bought his complete dervish for 170$ (the board is normally circa 300) As for the downhill thing, i believe speed wobbles are 70% in your head and 30% your equipment, but the website is pretty accurate in saying its good up to about 30mph, which is about the max speed you can possibly get around here. But you could probably take it faster if your skilled enough. I bought the nose guards from bomb squad which i am thankful for because ive watched my friends noses wither away. If money isnt a problem this is a great first board because it allows you to try everything before deciding if you want to lean more towards downhill, free riding, tech sliding etc.

Pros - indestructible, great rebound, super turning, great break away when sliding, can be used for almost everything

cons - the kick tails could be a little longer.

Setup on 76mm 81a gumballs, gullwing alpines, and khiro bushings.

Easily one of the better cruising boards our there, the Arbor Hybrid has that great riding on water feeling when carving. It is extremely comfortable and a smooth ride that carrys momentum very well. i learned to slide on it so it can be used for such but because it isnt symmetrical i do not recommend it for free riding.

Pros:
. comfort, agility, ride feel, graphic, fun stand up slides

cons:
. If you keep the risers on its likely because you have big wheels like myself, this ads to the comfort while riding but pushing can be a bit of a pain because of how high off the ground you are.

Overall fantastic cruising board, not too expensive, I prefer it for commuting over my dervish and my nemi for sure.

Price: Yes, 45-50 bucks for a set of wheels seems like alot of money. However! IF and when you core them, you get 25% off your next set. so hey, 35-40 bucks for a set of wheels is pretty damn good.

Performance: Amazing! The slides are so smooth, so clean, and the thane lines are bright red. What more could you ask for? The SlidePrepped surface makes it so that you're sliding them right out of the box. The very first slide is perfect.

Color/Style: RodGon did the art work. End of story.

Quality: I have been riding them for a few months now, they are VERY worn down (around 67mm, give or take) and they ride just as good as they did when I first bought them, if not even better. They are hard to flatspot, hard to cone, and they wear extremely well.

Note: The one wekness of these wheels is that the urethane is SLOW. Not like Otang or Abec11 formulas. However, as this is a freeride wheel, thats totally ok; it doesnt diminish the radness of the freeride at all, they just shouldnt be used for DH.

These are the most durable bearings on earth (relative to price haha). I cleaned them way less than my RocknRons, and they lasted 4 times as long. (I'm not sure if it's just me, but Rons rusted way quicker than the Bears). They aren't as fast as Rons, but wheels make a bigger difference in speed than bearings for me.

The older ones are fantastic, the newer ones are a little more restrictive, which some people like. I personally like to have a ton of slop and lean so I can throw 'em around wherever. I'm running mine with 90a eliminators boardside, and 83a reflex barrels roadside (PERFECT). The reason I rated it 7 in push is because they pretty much have no defined center point, so your ankle is wobbling all over the place while you push haha.

Final point; I've been riding these trucks for 3 and a half years, and I will never look back.

got hooked up with a trilam and i love it, the thing is fun.... its not a slippery ride, it wont slide good, its narrow, its flexy and fairly flat, but it is alot of fun, rides well stock, wack a set of pumpy and fun trucks on there and it makes your day to day ride alot more fun, i really dig it for what it is, i dont know if i would pay money for a board that is great for moving around, its not much of a bomber, not much of a slider, but for what it is its beautiful, its carbon stringered too which is just plain awesome

This is one of the most fun topmounts I've ever ridden. It's a ton of fun for freeriding, awesome for downhill. It's super shitty for pushing and cruising because of the whole topmount thing, but that's forgivable because that's not what it's for haha. My only reasonable gripe is the sub-par stock grip, once it's wet you are NOT staying on that, and the concave is a little more mild than I liked at first. I was going on to this from a drop speed, and anyone who has ridden that board can testify to it's foot folding concave haha. Once I got used to moving my feet around onto whichever side I was sliding I didn't even feel a difference.

Overall, buy it.

This board is sweet. When I first pulled it out of the box because the wheel wells look really shallow. Apparently I'm blind and retarded because I can run super-low caliber trucks which lean for ages and 75mm wheels and only get wheelbite on really tight slow turns, with 70mm grippins wheelrub has only happened once and didn't even buck me off. These wheel wells are MASSIVE, they extend well behind the rear wheelbase to make room for indys and far in front of the inside wheelbase to accomodate calibers.

I have run mine exclusively on the 28"wb since getting it, and run mine with the rear dewedged back to flat from the rocker (this took 4 #10 washers) so it's about 47/44. It feels great, the concave is really comfortable on long rides, and the combination of sharp rails that dig into my shoes, good concave, and some rocker is that this board cups my feet like an asian pedicurist and grips them like super glue.

I like the swallowtail.

I don't like that it costs more than $110.

This board rocks.

70mm/78a are great all-around wheels. Were quite grippy when new and took a lot to push into a slide, they're down to 65mm now and slide much easier (either that or my technique is a lot better, which is very possible). Smooth slides that kill a good bit of speed, still a decent amount of grip, they wear very evenly (no ovaling or flatspotting, not much coning) and pretty slowly (compared to Otangs, Abec 11 'thane and Sidewinders).

They do everything, and do it all pretty well.

Pretty average wheels. The slide for the first 2-3mm was really unpredictable (slide like ice sometimes, would randomly grip up others), mine are down to ~63mm now, they're a lot more predictable and buttery sliding versus icy. They wear very quickly, and it's impossible to avoid flatspots/ovaling with these wheels. Not really any fun anymore unless you want a foot massage. Definitely not worth the price for how much 'thane is actually fun to use (about 5mm total).

Great do-everything trucks.

Price - Cheap, not the cheapest. Good price.

Performance - They perform well in most situations

Graphics/Style - They have very ugly casting

Carve - They're responsive and turny.

Cruise - Great cruising trucks. Turny, pumpy, etc

Downhill - A lot less tippy and more responsive than 42* Randals, very stable center with proper bushings.

Freeride - Great freeride trucks, not much to say. If you prefer lots of lean, 42*s may be better.

Push - A bit high compared to 42*s, Indys, and some other RKP trucks.

Slide - Shouldn't this count as freeride? They slide like trucks.

$35 at Switchbacklongboards.com, hopefully the price stays that low. Best slide wheels I've used to date. Very smooth grip-slip transition, super buttery slide, very controllable and predictable. Never had these slip out or grip up unexpectedly on me. Mold release is sticky and fairly choppy (to be expected), but once that's worn, they're the smoothest sliding wheels I've ever used. 140lbs ish, taken them out to 2 or 3 2hour+ sessions, mine are worn to ~66mm. No flatspots even after holding out a ~20ft shutdown slide at 90*. Very impressed by their wear patterns so far, and their slide characteristics. I'll definitely be buying more.

This is my first downhill board and i absolutley love it. The double drop deck makes it super stable, easy to push and great for freeride. This board is meant for the bigger rider out there. I am 6'3" and 150 pounds and this board is great for me i would definitely recommend this board to someone if they were the right size. if you want a board like this but your a smaller rider look at the rayne nemisis.

good slide and cruse wheels, but i noticed it develops flat spots when doing standup slides the over around ten feet

good carve and cruse, downhill ok when flipped bushings suck, but pretty durable. definitely a good standard truck

great gloves, good feels and comfort pretty long lasting. but the pinky is too big and the pucks should be replaced but overall great gloves!

good quality and speed, take a while to break in though

slides: moderately choppy
speed: good
cone: very bad

i bought this board.....regretted it after about a week no matter what trucks were put on it it was so flimsy it was scary. cant take any weight even when i got the right flex, the width of the deck is to small and it was very unpredictable with standys. so unless ou going to be light cruising and mild freestyle or park do not get this board.

great board for anything you want to ride, its a free-ride machine yes still is maneuverable at speeds.

great speed, amazing overall feel, best slides ever felt and grip when needed!

These wheels... Pwn all. So I threw em on my Clutch Lambchop with some Gunmetal 42's with Cadillac bearings. took em out to see what they can do..

First off, the 78a makes for a super plush ride and feel great.

Second these things grip so damn well. There a couple times where i thought, "If a push any harder into this turn, I'm gonna get some slippage".
Nope, none, nada. Super sticky.

Third, the slide... is so freakin smooth it's unbelievable. They do great for standies, too.

Fourth, the roll speed is pretty damn fast for a 78a wheel. They freakin fly.

Fifth, the life is insane. After a week of ripping 'em, they show no visible coning. The lips are a little more rounded, but they still grip turns better than most.

Sixth, these wheels do all that I mentioned above, OUT OF THE BOX. Even with the shiny mold release the still slide extremely well.

The only con for these wheels is they kill large amounts of speed when sliding. But other than that, these are my favorite all around wheels of all time