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Skateboarding => USELESS WOODEN TOY BANTER => Topic started by: David Lee Sloth on June 30, 2020, 10:14:49 PM
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This post might have outdated it self, as I have just seen AH, Krooked and Real completes just show up on Socalskateshop; but seriously, I have not seen a drop from DLX in a couple of months. Covid/trade issues? Fuck, I've seen a bunch of Creature decks lately- They're made in China, DLX is manufactured in Mexico, correct?
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someone DM Jim like a man and also ask if he’d poop out a softball
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Not sure what the softball has to do with but it definitely got me laughing
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Our local shop has a healthy Deluxe order coming in hot, soonish.
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Not sure what the softball has to do with but it definitely got me laughing
so you"re a piss out a marble guy then, its cool
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Our local shop has a healthy Deluxe order coming in hot, soonish.
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Not sure what the softball has to do with but it definitely got me laughing
I'll take neither for 500, Alex
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They just posted this today
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zgX1nr9Ahok
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They just posted this today
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zgX1nr9Ahok
They’re blessed to have Frank as a spokesperson; I’m sure they’re aware of that.
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They just posted this today
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zgX1nr9Ahok
Awesome. Once again, I'm late to the party. I'm fine with that in this instance.
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These DLX completes just fly off the shelves at my local shop. Good for them!
Offering a good quality complete is certainly a good thing. I'd rather have kids buying one of the DLX completes than getting one at a discounter for 40$. That's what I had to deal with when I was a kid, cause all you could buy was a very expensive board, put together by individual parts, and parents unfortunately aren't willing to pay that much, when you're just starting out.
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These DLX completes just fly off the shelves at my local shop. Good for them!
Offering a good quality complete is certainly a good thing. I'd rather have kids buying one of the DLX completes than getting one at a discounter for 40$. That's what I had to deal with when I was a kid, cause all you could buy was a very expensive board, put together by individual parts, and parents unfortunately aren't willing to pay that much, when you're just starting out.
I still remember my shitty decathlon complete
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someone DM Jim like a man and also ask if he’d poop out a softball
Jim seems pretty hardcore, I bet he is a marble guy
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They need to be shipping some trucks out asap
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Are all deluxe boards generally the same in terms of quality? Leaving out any price point or premium ones they offer, of course. The last deluxe board I had was a real, it felt awesome but I snapped it on the second sesh. I never snap boards early like that, so it kinda made me wonder. I usually skate boards made by drifter mfg. They don't feel quite as nice, but I never break them that early.
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Are all deluxe boards generally the same in terms of quality? Leaving out any price point or premium ones they offer, of course. The last deluxe board I had was a real, it felt awesome but I snapped it on the second sesh. I never snap boards early like that, so it kinda made me wonder. I usually skate boards made by drifter mfg. They don't feel quite as nice, but I never break them that early.
I skate Krooked boards religiously and 10 years ago I skated nothing but Anti Hero. They all worked fine. I’ve had maybe 4 REAL boards and have either cracked , or chipped each of them during the first day. I have no idea how that works.
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Are all deluxe boards generally the same in terms of quality? Leaving out any price point or premium ones they offer, of course. The last deluxe board I had was a real, it felt awesome but I snapped it on the second sesh. I never snap boards early like that, so it kinda made me wonder. I usually skate boards made by drifter mfg. They don't feel quite as nice, but I never break them that early.
I've had the same experience. Anti Hero - Great, Krooked - Great, Real - Ehh
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Interesting, I really like krooked and anti-hero, gonna give them a shot. To be honest, the real kinda turned me off deluxe.
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Would love a Grosso Plastics board... MFers bought those up quick and flipped them on Ebay. I hope this video means they are still in production and heading to skate shop shelves....
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This post might have outdated it self, as I have just seen AH, Krooked and Real completes just show up on Socalskateshop; but seriously, I have not seen a drop from DLX in a couple of months. Covid/trade issues? Fuck, I've seen a bunch of Creature decks lately- They're made in China, DLX is manufactured in Mexico, correct?
Yeah fuck DLX for caring about the health of their employees!!! We want our wooden toys NOW!!!!
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They need to be shipping some trucks out asap
Troof.
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Would love a Grosso Plastics board... MFers bought those up quick and flipped them on Ebay. I hope this video means they are still in production and heading to skate shop shelves....
Look at the hashtags on Instagram. A lot of shops don’t have a huge online presence but might have that deck.
I remember snatching one up at the first shop to post it just because I knew the flippers would be on top of that one. If I come across another one I’ll hit you up
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Are all deluxe boards generally the same in terms of quality? Leaving out any price point or premium ones they offer, of course. The last deluxe board I had was a real, it felt awesome but I snapped it on the second sesh. I never snap boards early like that, so it kinda made me wonder. I usually skate boards made by drifter mfg. They don't feel quite as nice, but I never break them that early.
I've had the same experience. Anti Hero - Great, Krooked - Great, Real - Ehh
It’s interesting you say that, literally the only Real board I’ve ever had snapped after a friend tried one treflip. We were both baffled.
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Y’all do know that DLX has a pretty solid warrantee program, right?
If that thing breaks early, follow the instructions on the card that came shrink wrapped w/ your deck (or also on the website) & roll the dice. They’re chill about replacing shit if it’s actually defective and not just a shit landing by a big boy. Pretty easy to tell the diff.
As for wood, it’s all BBS (REAL/AH/KRKD) except for the completes. Word has it those decks are China, but better to get the specifics on that info from somebody who knows more than ol’ Lou.
There are a few DLX employees that lurk up on here if I’m not mistaken; maybe one of them can clarify.
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Y’all do know that DLX has a pretty solid warrantee program, right?
If that thing breaks early, follow the instructions on the card that came shrink wrapped w/ your deck (or also on the website) & roll the dice. They’re chill about replacing shit if it’s actually defective and not just a shit landing by a big boy. Pretty easy to tell the diff.
As for wood, it’s all BBS (REAL/AH/KRKD) except for the completes. Word has it those decks are China, but better to get the specifics on that info from somebody who knows more than ol’ Lou.
There are a few DLX employees that lurk up on here if I’m not mistaken; maybe one of them can clarify.
The cards haven’t been in DLX boards in nearly a decade. I almost forgot that was even a thing.
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Y’all do know that DLX has a pretty solid warrantee program, right?
If that thing breaks early, follow the instructions on the card that came shrink wrapped w/ your deck (or also on the website) & roll the dice. They’re chill about replacing shit if it’s actually defective and not just a shit landing by a big boy. Pretty easy to tell the diff.
As for wood, it’s all BBS (REAL/AH/KRKD) except for the completes. Word has it those decks are China, but better to get the specifics on that info from somebody who knows more than ol’ Lou.
There are a few DLX employees that lurk up on here if I’m not mistaken; maybe one of them can clarify.
Suppose there’s this as well.
https://www.realskateboards.com/guaranteed/
Have been lucky enough to not have to pay for a Deluxe branded board since ‘99 (thank you, good homies!) so I don’t really know about their current state of packaging. Probably shouldn’t have spoken on the matter in the 1st place, TBH.
Still, that BBS wood shop is still one of my favorites though.
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Y’all do know that DLX has a pretty solid warrantee program, right?
If that thing breaks early, follow the instructions on the card that came shrink wrapped w/ your deck (or also on the website) & roll the dice. They’re chill about replacing shit if it’s actually defective and not just a shit landing by a big boy. Pretty easy to tell the diff.
As for wood, it’s all BBS (REAL/AH/KRKD) except for the completes. Word has it those decks are China, but better to get the specifics on that info from somebody who knows more than ol’ Lou.
There are a few DLX employees that lurk up on here if I’m not mistaken; maybe one of them can clarify.
https://www.realskateboards.com/guaranteed/
Have been lucky enough to not have to pay for a Deluxe branded board since ‘99 (thank you, good homies!) so I don’t really know about their current state of packaging. Probably shouldn’t have spoken on the matter in the 1st place, TBH.
Still, that BBS wood shop is still one of my favorites though.
Oh you don’t have to pay for deluxe boards? Way to support the skate industry asshole.
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Love hearing about how upset my local is with dlx and how they will drop them lol. Like yeah people are going to be stoked when they can only buy nhs and Powell shit
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Y’all do know that DLX has a pretty solid warrantee program, right?
If that thing breaks early, follow the instructions on the card that came shrink wrapped w/ your deck (or also on the website) & roll the dice. They’re chill about replacing shit if it’s actually defective and not just a shit landing by a big boy. Pretty easy to tell the diff.
As for wood, it’s all BBS (REAL/AH/KRKD) except for the completes. Word has it those decks are China, but better to get the specifics on that info from somebody who knows more than ol’ Lou.
There are a few DLX employees that lurk up on here if I’m not mistaken; maybe one of them can clarify.
https://www.realskateboards.com/guaranteed/
Have been lucky enough to not have to pay for a Deluxe branded board since ‘99 (thank you, good homies!) so I don’t really know about their current state of packaging. Probably shouldn’t have spoken on the matter in the 1st place, TBH.
Still, that BBS wood shop is still one of my favorites though.
Doesn’t mean I don’t pay for other stuff.
Beefs, cop or not, you ARE aware there are other companies for me to give money to, yeah?!?
I’ve been around the local scene here in the bay for long enough that I don’t have to pay for product if I don’t want to. That DOES mean that my choices are limited to the “Local Area Network” so to speak, but if I can find a shape I like in the DLX line up, I can make a call. Not a status thing to boast about so much as a byproduct of being active in a scene for nearly 4 decades. Way I see it, Beefs, you need to make some new friends on the inside. Once you reach a certain age, if you haven’t figured out how to wrangle free (or at least at cost) product, you may not have been putting in the work.
Not going to apologize to you for being part of a scene that doesn’t have a problem hooking an old bruh up when he needs something.
Just so you understand my first point in this reply, all five current setups are on non DLX wood, some have non DLX metal & urarhane as well. the four back up boards on ice also happen to be non DLX. And guess what... I paid for ‘em. Admittedly, with a discount, but that’s not relevant to my point. Why pay when free is a phone call away? Because I’m picky about my set up & DLX stopped running my favorite shape for a while, so...
I won’t hold my breath for an apology from you, bless your little heart.
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Y’all do know that DLX has a pretty solid warrantee program, right?
If that thing breaks early, follow the instructions on the card that came shrink wrapped w/ your deck (or also on the website) & roll the dice. They’re chill about replacing shit if it’s actually defective and not just a shit landing by a big boy. Pretty easy to tell the diff.
As for wood, it’s all BBS (REAL/AH/KRKD) except for the completes. Word has it those decks are China, but better to get the specifics on that info from somebody who knows more than ol’ Lou.
There are a few DLX employees that lurk up on here if I’m not mistaken; maybe one of them can clarify.
https://www.realskateboards.com/guaranteed/
Have been lucky enough to not have to pay for a Deluxe branded board since ‘99 (thank you, good homies!) so I don’t really know about their current state of packaging. Probably shouldn’t have spoken on the matter in the 1st place, TBH.
Still, that BBS wood shop is still one of my favorites though.
Beefs, cop or not, you ARE aware there are other companies for me to give money to, yeah?!?
I’ve been around the local scene here in the bay for long enough that I don’t have to pay for product if I don’t want to. That DOES mean that my choices are limited to the “Local Area Network” so to speak, but if I can find a shape I like in the DLX line up, I can make a call. Not a status thing to boast about so much as a byproduct of being active in a scene for nearly 4 decades. Way I see it, Beefs, you need to make some new friends on the inside. Once you reach a certain age, if you haven’t figured out how to wrangle free (or at least at cost) product, you may not have been putting in the work.
Not going to apologize to you for being part of a scene that doesn’t have a problem hooking an old bruh up when he needs something.
Just so you understand my first point in this reply, all five current setups are on non DLX wood, some have non DLX metal & urarhane as well. the four back up boards on ice also happen to be non DLX. And guess what... I paid for ‘em. Admittedly, with a discount, but that’s not relevant to my point. Why pay when free is a phone call away? Because I’m picky about my set up & DLX stopped running my favorite shape for a while, so...
I won’t hold my breath for an apology from you, bless your little heart.
What makes you think I owe you an apology?
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Todd Francis is kinda funny and all, but Jesus fucking Christ Anti Hero needs to bring back their early 2000s shitty but not shitty graphics.
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money momentum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyZrU4LIFkI
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Would love a Grosso Plastics board... MFers bought those up quick and flipped them on Ebay. I hope this video means they are still in production and heading to skate shop shelves....
I remember snatching one up at the first shop to post it just because I knew the flippers would be on top of that one. If I come across another one I’ll hit you up
Cheers, Mate!
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I just scored trucks. Looked like my shop had venture raws is all sizes.
Idk if anyone is looking still
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This post might have outdated it self, as I have just seen AH, Krooked and Real completes just show up on Socalskateshop; but seriously, I have not seen a drop from DLX in a couple of months. Covid/trade issues? Fuck, I've seen a bunch of Creature decks lately- They're made in China, DLX is manufactured in Mexico, correct?
Yeah fuck DLX for caring about the health of their employees!!! We want our wooden toys NOW!!!!
It was a simple question. Not casting blame or hate on anyone. Run with it dude
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Are all deluxe boards generally the same in terms of quality? Leaving out any price point or premium ones they offer, of course. The last deluxe board I had was a real, it felt awesome but I snapped it on the second sesh. I never snap boards early like that, so it kinda made me wonder. I usually skate boards made by drifter mfg. They don't feel quite as nice, but I never break them that early.
I've had the same experience. Anti Hero - Great, Krooked - Great, Real - Ehh
It’s interesting you say that, literally the only Real board I’ve ever had snapped after a friend tried one treflip. We were both baffled.
The main thing I've noticed is they chip weird, like from the middle plys. Seems to keep the pop but start chunking out. Super Glue fixes this problem.
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Are all deluxe boards generally the same in terms of quality? Leaving out any price point or premium ones they offer, of course. The last deluxe board I had was a real, it felt awesome but I snapped it on the second sesh. I never snap boards early like that, so it kinda made me wonder. I usually skate boards made by drifter mfg. They don't feel quite as nice, but I never break them that early.
I've had the same experience. Anti Hero - Great, Krooked - Great, Real - Ehh
It’s interesting you say that, literally the only Real board I’ve ever had snapped after a friend tried one treflip. We were both baffled.
The main thing I've noticed is they chip weird, like from the middle plys. Seems to keep the pop but start chunking out. Super Glue fixes this problem.
Was heavily considering copping a REAL deck at some point for the sake of shaking up the usual setup/showing Mason some love, but I think you guys saved me a ton of trouble. I've always fucked with DLX brands, never had any problems with any of my Creature or AH boards, but never pulled the trigger on REAL, guess I'll be continuing that trend moving forward.
Also, for the sake of conversation, what's the consensus on twin tail boards? The concept has always interested me, just seems like a bit of an adjustment period could be involved. Anybody try one for themselves who could offer their two cents?
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Are all deluxe boards generally the same in terms of quality? Leaving out any price point or premium ones they offer, of course. The last deluxe board I had was a real, it felt awesome but I snapped it on the second sesh. I never snap boards early like that, so it kinda made me wonder. I usually skate boards made by drifter mfg. They don't feel quite as nice, but I never break them that early.
I've had the same experience. Anti Hero - Great, Krooked - Great, Real - Ehh
It’s interesting you say that, literally the only Real board I’ve ever had snapped after a friend tried one treflip. We were both baffled.
The main thing I've noticed is they chip weird, like from the middle plys. Seems to keep the pop but start chunking out. Super Glue fixes this problem.
Was heavily considering copping a REAL deck at some point for the sake of shaking up the usual setup/showing Mason some love, but I think you guys saved me a ton of trouble. I've always fucked with DLX brands, never had any problems with any of my Creature or AH boards, but never pulled the trigger on REAL, guess I'll be continuing that trend moving forward.
Also, for the sake of conversation, what's the consensus on twin tail boards? The concept has always interested me, just seems like a bit of an adjustment period could be involved. Anybody try one for themselves who could offer their two cents?
creature isnt dlx
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Are all deluxe boards generally the same in terms of quality? Leaving out any price point or premium ones they offer, of course. The last deluxe board I had was a real, it felt awesome but I snapped it on the second sesh. I never snap boards early like that, so it kinda made me wonder. I usually skate boards made by drifter mfg. They don't feel quite as nice, but I never break them that early.
I've had the same experience. Anti Hero - Great, Krooked - Great, Real - Ehh
It’s interesting you say that, literally the only Real board I’ve ever had snapped after a friend tried one treflip. We were both baffled.
The main thing I've noticed is they chip weird, like from the middle plys. Seems to keep the pop but start chunking out. Super Glue fixes this problem.
Was heavily considering copping a REAL deck at some point for the sake of shaking up the usual setup/showing Mason some love, but I think you guys saved me a ton of trouble. I've always fucked with DLX brands, never had any problems with any of my Creature or AH boards, but never pulled the trigger on REAL, guess I'll be continuing that trend moving forward.
Also, for the sake of conversation, what's the consensus on twin tail boards? The concept has always interested me, just seems like a bit of an adjustment period could be involved. Anybody try one for themselves who could offer their two cents?
used to be an ass guy until i tried double the tail. sad to say it was too much for me to handle
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Are all deluxe boards generally the same in terms of quality? Leaving out any price point or premium ones they offer, of course. The last deluxe board I had was a real, it felt awesome but I snapped it on the second sesh. I never snap boards early like that, so it kinda made me wonder. I usually skate boards made by drifter mfg. They don't feel quite as nice, but I never break them that early.
I've had the same experience. Anti Hero - Great, Krooked - Great, Real - Ehh
It’s interesting you say that, literally the only Real board I’ve ever had snapped after a friend tried one treflip. We were both baffled.
The main thing I've noticed is they chip weird, like from the middle plys. Seems to keep the pop but start chunking out. Super Glue fixes this problem.
Was heavily considering copping a REAL deck at some point for the sake of shaking up the usual setup/showing Mason some love, but I think you guys saved me a ton of trouble. I've always fucked with DLX brands, never had any problems with any of my Creature or AH boards, but never pulled the trigger on REAL, guess I'll be continuing that trend moving forward.
Also, for the sake of conversation, what's the consensus on twin tail boards? The concept has always interested me, just seems like a bit of an adjustment period could be involved. Anybody try one for themselves who could offer their two cents?
Just for your general knowledge going forward, Creature is NHS. I had the Ishod 8.3 twin tail and I set it up with new trucks. I didn't care for it. There wasn't anything inherently wrong with it, I just didn't care for the shape. I skated it almost every day for 2 or three weeks so I feel like I gave it a real chance. Ended up giving it to my friend and he loved it.
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Are all deluxe boards generally the same in terms of quality? Leaving out any price point or premium ones they offer, of course. The last deluxe board I had was a real, it felt awesome but I snapped it on the second sesh. I never snap boards early like that, so it kinda made me wonder. I usually skate boards made by drifter mfg. They don't feel quite as nice, but I never break them that early.
I've had the same experience. Anti Hero - Great, Krooked - Great, Real - Ehh
It’s interesting you say that, literally the only Real board I’ve ever had snapped after a friend tried one treflip. We were both baffled.
The main thing I've noticed is they chip weird, like from the middle plys. Seems to keep the pop but start chunking out. Super Glue fixes this problem.
Was heavily considering copping a REAL deck at some point for the sake of shaking up the usual setup/showing Mason some love, but I think you guys saved me a ton of trouble. I've always fucked with DLX brands, never had any problems with any of my Creature or AH boards, but never pulled the trigger on REAL, guess I'll be continuing that trend moving forward.
Also, for the sake of conversation, what's the consensus on twin tail boards? The concept has always interested me, just seems like a bit of an adjustment period could be involved. Anybody try one for themselves who could offer their two cents?
Just for your general knowledge going forward, Creature is NHS. I had the Ishod 8.3 twin tail and I set it up with new trucks. I didn't care for it. There wasn't anything inherently wrong with it, I just didn't care for the shape. I skated it almost every day for 2 or three weeks so I feel like I gave it a real chance. Ended up giving it to my friend and he loved it.
Thank you for the correction, and thanks for the input as well. Not above admitting when I look like a chump, I don't know what drove me to believe Creature was DLX or why I didn't take a second to just double-check for myself; my earnest apologies, boys. As far as twin tail boards, though, it really seems as if there's a real 50/50 general consensus about them; either you're with it or you're not. I'll probably just pass for now, though, until I can actually feel one out for myself.
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Are all deluxe boards generally the same in terms of quality? Leaving out any price point or premium ones they offer, of course. The last deluxe board I had was a real, it felt awesome but I snapped it on the second sesh. I never snap boards early like that, so it kinda made me wonder. I usually skate boards made by drifter mfg. They don't feel quite as nice, but I never break them that early.
I've had the same experience. Anti Hero - Great, Krooked - Great, Real - Ehh
It’s interesting you say that, literally the only Real board I’ve ever had snapped after a friend tried one treflip. We were both baffled.
The main thing I've noticed is they chip weird, like from the middle plys. Seems to keep the pop but start chunking out. Super Glue fixes this problem.
Was heavily considering copping a REAL deck at some point for the sake of shaking up the usual setup/showing Mason some love, but I think you guys saved me a ton of trouble. I've always fucked with DLX brands, never had any problems with any of my Creature or AH boards, but never pulled the trigger on REAL, guess I'll be continuing that trend moving forward.
Also, for the sake of conversation, what's the consensus on twin tail boards? The concept has always interested me, just seems like a bit of an adjustment period could be involved. Anybody try one for themselves who could offer their two cents?
Just for your general knowledge going forward, Creature is NHS. I had the Ishod 8.3 twin tail and I set it up with new trucks. I didn't care for it. There wasn't anything inherently wrong with it, I just didn't care for the shape. I skated it almost every day for 2 or three weeks so I feel like I gave it a real chance. Ended up giving it to my friend and he loved it.
Thank you for the correction, and thanks for the input as well. Not above admitting when I look like a chump, I don't know what drove me to believe Creature was DLX or why I didn't take a second to just double-check for myself; my earnest apologies, boys. As far as twin tail boards, though, it really seems as if there's a real 50/50 general consensus about them; either you're with it or you're not. I'll probably just pass for now, though, until I can actually feel one out for myself.
No problem at all, it's a lot to keep track of all this shit lol. I'm just happy to see a new account here that actually wants to talk about skate stuff.
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Are all deluxe boards generally the same in terms of quality? Leaving out any price point or premium ones they offer, of course. The last deluxe board I had was a real, it felt awesome but I snapped it on the second sesh. I never snap boards early like that, so it kinda made me wonder. I usually skate boards made by drifter mfg. They don't feel quite as nice, but I never break them that early.
I've had the same experience. Anti Hero - Great, Krooked - Great, Real - Ehh
It’s interesting you say that, literally the only Real board I’ve ever had snapped after a friend tried one treflip. We were both baffled.
The main thing I've noticed is they chip weird, like from the middle plys. Seems to keep the pop but start chunking out. Super Glue fixes this problem.
Was heavily considering copping a REAL deck at some point for the sake of shaking up the usual setup/showing Mason some love, but I think you guys saved me a ton of trouble. I've always fucked with DLX brands, never had any problems with any of my Creature or AH boards, but never pulled the trigger on REAL, guess I'll be continuing that trend moving forward.
Also, for the sake of conversation, what's the consensus on twin tail boards? The concept has always interested me, just seems like a bit of an adjustment period could be involved. Anybody try one for themselves who could offer their two cents?
From my experience, Real Twin Tail are Twin Nose (angles and lengths).
shitty experience with the one i skated.
It just felt off
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Guess I'll get it straight and ride a krooked
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Are all deluxe boards generally the same in terms of quality? Leaving out any price point or premium ones they offer, of course. The last deluxe board I had was a real, it felt awesome but I snapped it on the second sesh. I never snap boards early like that, so it kinda made me wonder. I usually skate boards made by drifter mfg. They don't feel quite as nice, but I never break them that early.
I've had the same experience. Anti Hero - Great, Krooked - Great, Real - Ehh
It’s interesting you say that, literally the only Real board I’ve ever had snapped after a friend tried one treflip. We were both baffled.
The main thing I've noticed is they chip weird, like from the middle plys. Seems to keep the pop but start chunking out. Super Glue fixes this problem.
Was heavily considering copping a REAL deck at some point for the sake of shaking up the usual setup/showing Mason some love, but I think you guys saved me a ton of trouble. I've always fucked with DLX brands, never had any problems with any of my Creature or AH boards, but never pulled the trigger on REAL, guess I'll be continuing that trend moving forward.
Also, for the sake of conversation, what's the consensus on twin tail boards? The concept has always interested me, just seems like a bit of an adjustment period could be involved. Anybody try one for themselves who could offer their two cents?
Just for your general knowledge going forward, Creature is NHS. I had the Ishod 8.3 twin tail and I set it up with new trucks. I didn't care for it. There wasn't anything inherently wrong with it, I just didn't care for the shape. I skated it almost every day for 2 or three weeks so I feel like I gave it a real chance. Ended up giving it to my friend and he loved it.
Thank you for the correction, and thanks for the input as well. Not above admitting when I look like a chump, I don't know what drove me to believe Creature was DLX or why I didn't take a second to just double-check for myself; my earnest apologies, boys. As far as twin tail boards, though, it really seems as if there's a real 50/50 general consensus about them; either you're with it or you're not. I'll probably just pass for now, though, until I can actually feel one out for myself.
No problem at all, it's a lot to keep track of all this shit lol. I'm just happy to see a new account here that actually wants to talk about skate stuff.
Definitely, I think we all like chiming in on the latest skateboarding dumpster fire and having a laugh, of course, but talking/learning more about skating is what made me stop lurking and finally make an account. Either way, just glad to be here guys, SHALOM.
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Are all deluxe boards generally the same in terms of quality? Leaving out any price point or premium ones they offer, of course. The last deluxe board I had was a real, it felt awesome but I snapped it on the second sesh. I never snap boards early like that, so it kinda made me wonder. I usually skate boards made by drifter mfg. They don't feel quite as nice, but I never break them that early.
I've had the same experience. Anti Hero - Great, Krooked - Great, Real - Ehh
It’s interesting you say that, literally the only Real board I’ve ever had snapped after a friend tried one treflip. We were both baffled.
The main thing I've noticed is they chip weird, like from the middle plys. Seems to keep the pop but start chunking out. Super Glue fixes this problem.
Was heavily considering copping a REAL deck at some point for the sake of shaking up the usual setup/showing Mason some love, but I think you guys saved me a ton of trouble. I've always fucked with DLX brands, never had any problems with any of my Creature or AH boards, but never pulled the trigger on REAL, guess I'll be continuing that trend moving forward.
Also, for the sake of conversation, what's the consensus on twin tail boards? The concept has always interested me, just seems like a bit of an adjustment period could be involved. Anybody try one for themselves who could offer their two cents?
From my experience, Real Twin Tail are Twin Nose (angles and lengths).
shitty experience with the one i skated.
It just felt off
Yeah, something about the shape, even just by looking at it, seemed a bit strange; another reason I've been apprehensive.
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Guess I'll get it straight and ride a krooked
I could see you on Krooked