The Carver GRLSWIRL’s mission is to empower people through skate. What started as a small group of founding women has grown into a global force of hundreds of thousands
of online members and chapters in NYC & San Diego, with more to come. Our team comes from all walk’s of life and hope to show that you don’t have to be a certain type of person to get on a skateboard.
A true longboard Surfskate cross-stepper, the LongSwirl fills in the size range of models for Grlswirl with a classic rounded pin shape that’s a tad bit narrower to keep it lighter for easy carving, but with plenty of room to walk to the nose, or just get into the flow of cruising.
Deck specs:
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Width: 9 3/4"
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Wheelbase: 22"
Set up:
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Front Truck: 6.5" CX
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Back Truck: 6.5" C2
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Griptape Style: Sugarcoat
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Stock Wheels: 70mm/78A Smoke Mags
HISTORY OF CARVER SKATEBOARDS
It all started one quiet summer in Venice, California in 1995. Greg Falk and Neil Carver had been surfing all winter, and were pumped to surf the warmer waters of the Breakwater during the long days of summer, but it was as flat as a puddle. Not even a longboard ripple to justify getting wet. So, like the many generations before them, they took to the streets with skateboards in search of hills to surf.
The historic neighborhoods of Venice and Santa Monica are a veritable skatepark of steep alleys and banks, and as they dropped in on those asphalt waves they were struck with how unlike surfing it was. Sure, they sort of got a surf-like experience, as much as standing on a board and banking turns can provide, but they really missed the snap and drive that a surfboard has, that crisp pivot you get at the tail that lets you really pump a wave for speed. Their skateboards felt stiff by comparison. They tried loosening the trucks even more but all they got was speed wobble, and the steepest hills became virtually unskateable.
And even with those loose trucks, the dynamic of the turn was still all rail-to-rail, symmetrical nose-to-tail. Picking up the nose to tic-tac at high speed down a steep incline was sketchy, so they were left only imagining the performance they wanted, unable to get that feel with any skateboard on the market.