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needed a cheapy til my Lurps arrive
Blind Sora Shirai R7, 8.125 x 31.9 14.25 WB
Thunder 148 standard, flat top washer no bottom
Spitfire 99 55mm con fulls
Mini Logo bearings shields popped
Hardware
Loving this Blind redux/mashup. Never rode a dwindle deck but, how do you like it?
This might be my 6th or 7th Dwindle deck, honestly after skating a bunch of Resin 7 decks its hard to enjoy anything else.
They are super stiff and hold their pop for the life of the board, makes all other woodshops feel weak and soggy.
It helps that I also really like their shapes, most seem to be mellow concave with steep kicks (specified on the top ply). Almost and Blind usually seem quite square while Darkstar and Enjoi are more on the pointy side, at least from my experience.
The quality to price ratio is crazy if you can get over the made in China aspect, each board is single pressed and have like 4 or 5 dyed veneers. Highly recommend if you are curious
Echo the Resin-7 love - The Blind I rode earlier this wear was painfully steep and stiff for the first session but it stayed really snappy and stiff till retirement. It stayed in that sweet spot of worn enough (not too stiff) and razor tail for really long which helped to extend my enjoyment of the deck.
Their steep concave is incredibly steep, their mellow is similar to a medium-mellow on a BBS. Blind / Darkstar have fuller noses but well below a Quasi or FA. I have friend who skates the streets hard and swear by them, won't buy anything from BBS, PS Stix or NHS.
Lots of shops frequently have clearance on Darkstar / Blind decks, but you may have to put up with questionable graphics.
Just beware when you're shopping for the DSM line, they have 3 ranges for difference price points.
Under $40 - PP decks, birch, "Resin PP Construction"
Under $50 - PP decks, 2 plys of maple, 5 plys of birch, called "Resin Hybrid Construction
Above $50 - Resin-7, the good stuff that's worth the money, comes with the Resin-7 imprint