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Wanting to try a Crick Hunter 8.0 Scumco deck. I think it's PS, but I don't know for sure. Haven't seen it in person, so I don't know the dims or specs. Any insight on what Scumco shapes are like? I know they have several different concaves, but I've never ridden or even held one.
There are a few around, Penswood and PS Stix wood and fairly mellow concaves, more so around 8.25 sizes, but I think the best authority on those is @Buttfart Rapedick
One here in the setups thread:
https://www.slapmagazine.com/index.php?topic=10804.msg3575761#msg3575761
Good stuff, thanks homie! I thought I had read here that all the logo decks are Pennswood, which I'd be interested in trying if I can find an 8.0
The one I'm interested in is the Nicholson "Easy Rider" graphic (from the latest run I believe), and for some reason I thought all pro models were PS? Doesn't matter too much either way, I like both woodshops despite hearing about some rough QC stuff coming from PS lately. As long as the concave is mellow and the nose isn't hella square, I'm probably gonna dig it!
@Urtripping Easy rider is PS. I have the 8.25 and assuming its the same mold then it's fairly mellow concave wise and the kicks are mellow, but overall it's not like mega flat the way the Kyle boards from the first PS run were. It's not really square but there isn't much taper either, more of a "full but round" shape to the nose. It was the first shape I set up when I got the new ones but ended up not being my favorite because the Evan Smith guest board was so good.
Some of the logo decks were PS, but there weren't a ton of them and a lot of them were smaller... 7.875 seem to be the ones I've come across the most, I'm assuming because it's been really tough for smaller companies like Scumco to procure wood from PS and that's what was available. I did manage to get my hands on 8.25 thanks to the homie
@STRANGLE and I love it but it's fairly steep for a PS deck. Not all pro models are PS but a lot of the semi-recent ones were. There's been 2 major runs of PS wood.. the broadcast series and then the ones that came out around christmas this year. To further confuse you, the latest run of boards that came out seem to be a mix of graphics from both PS runs but on control wood. Guessing they were leftover transfers. If you need help ID'ing something you see online shoot me a PM and I'll see if I can figure it out, or you can email the shop and ask if it has the PS sticker/serial # laser etch.
As for QC, I skate a lot of PS wood (actually the majority of what I've bought in the last year or so has been PS) and I haven't run into any issues. Some people just don't like how it feels or the fact it's not very stiff but objectively I can't think of anything. I had one quasi deck that I thought felt a little thick and soft but I think it was more to do with it not gelling with the trucks I had on it. When I sent it to a pal on here he said it felt fine to him. Obviously that sort of thing is pretty subjective, but I haven't had anything that was warped or unskateable or anything like that.