Tight company, tight team, shitty product.

[Dwyck]

riding the polar K1/P9 shape was my worst experience on a skateboard since the lady at blades west gave me tensors when i was 9

[planman]

I don't know if this has changed since the company started, but Huf shoes were extremely disappointing to me when I tried them a few years ago. Barely any insole to speak of, and the 2 pairs I had blew out in very strange ways. They seem to be very popular, so maybe they improved some things.

I've had three pairs of the Classic Hi and and one pair of the Choice. They've held up very well for me. Can't speak on any of the other models.

Love Magenta and Isle but hate their flat ass pointy boards

I just got done with a Magenta 8.5 that was definitely not pointy. Was super flat though, but I like flat boards.

[Octobre Rouge.]

I don't know if this has changed since the company started, but Huf shoes were extremely disappointing to me when I tried them a few years ago. Barely any insole to speak of, and the 2 pairs I had blew out in very strange ways. They seem to be very popular, so maybe they improved some things

Huf is the trashest of the trash, sick team and stuff, but all of their shoes are garbage :

- Sutter = 20 minutes of kickflip over a bar, and a hole appeared

- Hupper 1 = the sole is way too thick 

- Cromer = worst shoes ever made, the collar blew out while i was blasting high ollies over stuff

[8.125]

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I like 917, the team, and the Call Me video, but I recently got a board and it sucked. Heavy and just not my style. Anyone else ever have this disappointment with a brand/team that they liked?

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I also felt this way. Does anyone know where they press their boards? Someone told me Generator, but there's no way the board I rode was generator.

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Pretty sure they used to be PS Stix.

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Currently on a PS (8.25) and other then feeling a tad heavier, it seems similar to the generator I had previously.

What issues do you guys have with this wood? Curious...

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I generally just don’t like the shapes they use, and they don’t seem like they last as long for me.
One of my best friends and I had this conversation the other day and he was saying the same about Generator/Bareback. It’s all subjective.

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For sure.. I actually love the shapes, pop and kinda steep concave.

I'd love to try some deluxe wood, particularly that 8.125 with the shorter length. They're just hard to find in shops in that size...

I had a Kyle Walker real deck and it snapped in less than an hour. Only dlx wood I've skated.

[FROTHY]

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I don't know if this has changed since the company started, but Huf shoes were extremely disappointing to me when I tried them a few years ago. Barely any insole to speak of, and the 2 pairs I had blew out in very strange ways. They seem to be very popular, so maybe they improved some things

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Huf is the trashest of the trash, sick team and stuff, but all of their shoes are garbage :

- Sutter = 20 minutes of kickflip over a bar, and a hole appeared

- Hupper 1 = the sole is way too thick 

- Cromer = worst shoes ever made, the collar blew out while i was blasting high ollies over stuff

Sounds like my experience. I had their slip-ons and the shoe ripped when I was running out of a bail. I complained and got a free pair, some authentic look-alikes. They were a little better, but the heal exploded. Neither had a good insole. Would need a really good reason to try Hufs again.

[Pete]

The crailtap thread. Again. Classic.

Free max b

[shitcunt]

I've said it before and I'll say it again, the Huf classic was designed to make you roll your ankle. They look and feel like those cheap knockoff converse that girls buy at primark. Huf is owned by some investment firm now so I don't even feel guilty for talking shit about them. If I ever saw the guy who designed that shoe I would kick his shit in then steal his wallet as compensation for the pain and suffering I endured from wearing that shoe for half a day.

[RossDailey]

Bronson

Heavy team, lots of convincing advertising, shit product.

Precisely

[redcurb12]

gotta agree on girl/chocolate

[HangtenNoseblunt]

haven't tried any primitive decks but I feel like with a team that good their product must be shit

[Pigeon]

Hopps & Western Edition

[SIMPLY]

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Bronson

Heavy team, lots of convincing advertising, shit product.

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I too also agree as well

I can't stop thinking about how redundant the word choice in this sentence is.

[backinaction]

haven't tried any primitive decks but I feel like with a team that good their product must be shit

If not mistaken, they use BBS. I dislike the graphics, but the wood should be good

[reptar_bar]

I had a 917 shirt and it was extremely poor quality. You think AO would know whats up with some quality materials. Guess not.

[Gray Imp Sausage Metal]

How's Adidas these days?

[fulfillthedream]

State footwear - dope crew, image and the people behind it - i just cant skate vulcs

HRS - haha shitty product

[SonictheHedgehog]

I had a 917 shirt and it was extremely poor quality. You think AO would know whats up with some quality materials. Guess not.

My 917 hat sucks

I wonder what the quality of Sci Fi Fantasy is. Looks like a Gildan with a simple font on the front. Jerry laughing to the bank!   

[TheLurper]

I'm astonished that no one has said Royal trucks.

[Krooked antihero]

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haven't tried any primitive decks but I feel like with a team that good their product must be shit

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If not mistaken, they use BBS. I dislike the graphics, but the wood should be good

BBS & short wheelbases = they’re fine in my books, skated one board and it was good.

[somethingmustbreaknow]

toy machine - love the company and their videos, but i can't skate their decks
spitfire - had some f1 classics way back in the day, i bought them at the local
shop and they were like super expensive. two days of skating, i got severe flat
spots from doing bs flip on flat on normal concrete. of course i then continued
to ride 'em but they wore off completely unevenly like to the point where one of
the wheels was like a total cone which happened like in two months. they may
win me back with formular 4s, but i still have to try them out. i remember that i
was pretty disappointed back then, because of that bad wheel expierence. LOL

[SodaJerk]

toy machine - love the company and their videos, but i can't skate their decks
spitfire - had some f1 classics way back in the day, i bought them at the local
shop and they were like super expensive. two days of skating, i got severe flat
spots from doing bs flip on flat on normal concrete. of course i then continued
to ride 'em but they wore off completely unevenly like to the point where one of
the wheels was like a total cone which happened like in two months. they may
win me back with formular 4s, but i still have to try them out. i remember that i
was pretty disappointed back then, because of that bad wheel expierence. LOL

F4's make it impossible for me to purchase any other wheels.

[somethingmustbreaknow]

^^^as i said, they can probably win me back over with their
F4s but i still haven't pulled the trigger on any. i am also a
little unsure as to which shape and duro i should gravitate.
i like hard white and rather slim wheels with like 52-53mm.

[Andy_Roys_Left_Nut]

Convincing advertising? Make America Bronson again

Bronson

Heavy team, lots of convincing advertising, shit product.

[Gray Imp Sausage Metal]

F4's make it impossible for me to purchase any other wheels.

I tried recently but I couldn't even handle two sessions...

[SodaJerk]

^^^as i said, they can probably win me back over with their
F4s but i still haven't pulled the trigger on any. i am also a
little unsure as to which shape and duro i should gravitate.
i like hard white and rather slim wheels with like 52-53mm.

I prefer the 99a. Shape is down to preference 

[thebacker]

I've said it before and I'll say it again, the Huf classic was designed to make you roll your ankle. They look and feel like those cheap knockoff converse that girls buy at primark. Huf is owned by some investment firm now so I don't even feel guilty for talking shit about them. If I ever saw the guy who designed that shoe I would kick his shit in then steal his wallet as compensation for the pain and suffering I endured from wearing that shoe for half a day.

The sole of that shoe had me LIVID

[crustynosepick]

The majority of UK board companies. So many sick board companies have come out with the raddest teams and seriously good graphics (namely Landscape) and the wood is always the same chippy crap that turns into a damp plank within a month.

[poor alice]

The majority of UK board companies. So many sick board companies have come out with the raddest teams and seriously good graphics (namely Landscape) and the wood is always the same chippy crap that turns into a damp plank within a month.

This has been my experience during my 16 years or so of skateboarding in the UK.
Having said that, there is an Irish company called Wireless- had a few of their boards over the years including second and third hand ones (when I was a little more poor than usual) and they have always skated solidly and held together well.

[thebacker]

Primitive?

Idk if id call their company "Tight" but their team is crazy

Their boards delam after a couple weeks unfortunately

[cucktard]

I like the riders on Creature, but the only board I tried from them was lifeless