The myth, the legend: The Pantheon Pranayama.
31.5" of pure efficiency. Perhaps the lowest board available with big wheels, it simply eats up pavement like no other.
With a little extra width than the Pantheon Ember and straighter rails, there's a lot of comfort in the foot platform - beneficial whether you're navigating the dirty city streets, or taking on a whole continent.
The Pranayama is designed around TKP trucks - hence this beauty coming as standard with the new Pantheon Stylus trucks. Whilst there are a few other trucks that can work on this deck, such as the Paris Street trucks, the Stylus were designed to go on this deck specifically... it certainly ain't broke, so we're not going to fix it!
Your wheel choice also keeps true to the Pantheon brand. Though these have been available with Orangatangs, Seismics and 88 Wheel Cos along the way, since Pantheon came out with their own wheels they've kept things in house - and you can hardly argue against it!
- The "smaller" wheel choice is the 92mm Karma wheels - perfectly fitting, everyone should be able to carve it up to their hearts content with no worries about wheelbite.
- The big option is the massive 102mm Pantheon Hokus - but Jeff at Pantheon himself does warn that you may need to tighten down your trucks a little to ensure you're safe. If you're using this board as its truly intended (pushing mad far) then the bigger wheels will roll that bit longer and smoother for each push, just beware around town you may not be able to be as agile as running with the Karmas.
Standard Pantheon construction - which is next-level good construction for any other brand - with a maple core sandwiched between two layers of triaxial fibreglass and a beautiful veneer finish. It keeps things light, long-lasting and with a comfortable dampening flex that takes the roughness out of the roads without costing energy.
We don't skip on setting these up. After some advice from the man himself (Jeff, not God) we've opted for the top end of what's possible. Every setup comes as standard with soft 1/4" drop-up risers, further lowering the ride height and truly living up to its reputation as the most efficient pushing machine on the planet. Naturally, drop-through washers to protect the deck are on there as standard, too.
The Pantheon Pranayama has won marathons, it's crossed countries, and it's offering it's service to help you get to work, get fitter and see your surroundings in a new light. It's easy to push this one further than you ever thought was possible (or reasonable!) on a longboard.
