Description
Specs:
| Length | 36.75″ |
| Width | 9.36″ |
| Width at bolts | 9.2″ |
| Wheelbase | 19″ |
| Concave | Radial with crescent micro drop |
| Construction | 6-ply Canadian maple + 2x triaxial fiberglass |
| Recommended trucks | 149mm TKP (RKP compatible) |
The Banantheon is our take on a board that does everything without demanding anything. It’s a big ol’ doublekick longboard. It’s big enough to feel planted and confident, short enough to be genuinely trickable. The wheelbase sits at 19″, which gives you a stable, predictable platform that still responds when you ask it to.
The concave is radial, with a crescent-shaped micro drop just inside the truck bolts. It’s subtle — you won’t feel it until you need it — but it tells your feet exactly where they are and gives you a little extra lock-in when you’re set up to slide it sideways.
Construction is 6 plies of Canadian maple with two layers of triaxial fiberglass sandwiched under the top and bottom wood veneers. You get the natural snap and feel of maple, reinforced with glass that isn’t exposed at the edges — so as the board gets beat up over time, you’re not picking fibers out of your hands. This thing is strong.
Building Your Banantheon Doublekick
The Banantheon is flexible enough that there’s no single right answer here. Below are three ways to set it up depending on what you want out of it.
The Effortless Ollie Setup
This is how Jeff usually rides his. Pantheon 149mm Stylus trucks stiffened up, 66mm Sliders flat on the board, no riser. The lower ride height gives you earlier pop — ollies feel almost automatic. This is the setup if you want to skate it like a big street board and keep things snappy and low.
The Carvy Cruiser Setup
Add a double wedge riser to your Stylus trucks and soften them up a touch. You get dramatically more truck articulation, snappier and more responsive turns, and the board starts to feel more like a big cruiser you can still pop tricks on. Great for neighborhood skating and longer sessions where you’re not necessarily trying to ollie everything. (Grab the double wedge riser below when you build your complete.)
The RKP Setup
Throw on a set of 150mm RKP trucks — we’ve ridden 40° Valkyrie prototypes on this and it absolutely rips. RKPs run taller so you naturally get more clearance, and the turn is snappier and more carve-forward. The wheel wells are designed with TKP geometry in mind, but the tighter wheelbase means you’re not going to have clearance issues either way.
There’s no wrong setup here. That’s kind of the whole point. Wrongboarding at its finest.
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