can someone explain how palace ended up with dwindle at all places? kinda random
It might be all manner of various things, but at the end of the day, if the business owner / person in charge gets a better deal from a certain woodshop, or they prefer the feel of boards from a certain woodshop, that could go a long way in determining what woodshop a brand uses.
The other side of it is only business based, so if for no other reason, it was more beneficial for a brand to use a certain woodshop, for whatever reason, but I imagine based on price, product quality or stock assurances, then that is the deal they have.
I have never really been a fan of Palace but I just did a bit of research on it - like a London based version of Supreme some people say - but at the end of the day, what I personally think about a brand or their wood is neither here nor there. Obviously some people love it and the company has made a lot of money from their streetwear game, if nothing else.
What’s the consensus on Clutch wood? And also, specifically Hopps decks which I’ve never tried (haven’t tried any clutch wood before either)
The boards I have skated were good, no issues. There are definitely different presses, some boards felt so very close to BBS wood I had to check to see what I was riding sometimes when rolling on other people's boards. Like many places, some are a lot steeper than others, some almost flat it would seem. For the most part, they hold up just as well as any other pro quality wood, but like all of them, I have heard good and bad things said about BBS, PS Stix, Clutch, Dwindle, etc.