Woodshop Directory 2020 Thread

[dan623]

This is really useful. Thanks for this.

Can anyone in here point me in the direction of buying some BBS blanks in the UK?

Can't seem to find any. Thanks!

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Does anyone know if Magenta changed woodshops out of BBS/GEN? I’ve skated at least 12-15 Magenta boards over the last few years and they’ve all had the size sticker on top with brown top ply. The brown top ply was always part of their identity. All that said, I haven’t skated a Magenta this past year and I just bought the Günes board. It has an orange top ply with no sticker and no printing on top ply. Can’t tell if it’s the same wood or not.

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a batch of SU20 boards will be there soon
i ll tell you what's up


Does somebody know where pendleton new brand / darkroom decks are from ?

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Sounds just like the hopps I'm on. No identifying items/stickers but it's built like a tank and feels like a bbs/generator.

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Ditto on my hopps, love it

Hopps as of late have the K stamp top ply front truck.

That's clutch from what I've gathered.

I was told visit uses K shape as well. My shop uses K plus some others.

https://www.clutchdistribution.com/popsicle.html

Boards are nice. I can get a month out of them np. 3 weeks if I'm skating daily

[411bandit]

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Imagine your graphics being so bad that you have to sell blanks

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I imagine they're doing this because it's more cost effective due to COVID. I'd probably grab one tbh.

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Easier also to hide from public that it is a Thank You board, just one sticker and you are good to go

Straight to the nearest ledge to boardslide the shit out of it

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Anyone have exp / thoughts on Control wood (studio)?

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Anyone have exp / thoughts on Control wood (studio)?

Studio has such sick graphics. Western Edition vibes.
I’ve had HiTek boards, that use control. Flat. Dope. Stiff. Very consistent. Not quite as lively as bbs, imo. I would gladly buy again.

[pointandclick]

Anyone have exp / thoughts on Control wood (studio)?

control boards arent great tbh. lots of shops in canada uses them for blanks because they are cheap.

[Solid bowlcut]

Anyone have exp / thoughts on Control wood (studio)?

Skated a lot of Control blanks few years ago, really liked them but always thought that they were not as strong as something like BBS. Still would go back if the money was tight.

[j....soy.....]

Pretty mellow, flatter kicks usually, less snappy than a generator board, but not bad, like a good shop board level.  Consistent manufacturing. 

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Thanks yall!

[myfeetarekillingme]

Does anyone know the full measurements and general shape of Zero’s 8.12 and 8.25s? Kinda wanting to skate one for the sake of nostalgia lately.

[Sativa Lung]

Anyone have exp / thoughts on Control wood (studio)?

I know others have answered but they're possibly the worst wood I've ever skated. Obviously everything is subjective and I know there's other guys on here who really like them but mine felt like a kmart board. I've had rain soaked boards that were 4 plys deep in razor tail with more pop. Thought maybe it was a dud or something so I bought another one and it was marginally better but still pretty bad. They're probably the only woodshop that I flat out refuse to buy anything from. 

[Sativa Lung]

Ok this is semi-bothering me. I was just watching a Ben Degros video review of a clutch/ASF deck and he mentioned that it was made in Mexico. He also talked about how he was in contact with one of the dudes who makes the deck and it seemed like most of the information he was giving was based on that. I keep seeing shops and companies posting that their decks are "Made in America" when they're using Clutch/ASF wood. Do they have multiple woodshops or is it just that Clutch (the distributor) is in the US and ASF (the woodshop) is in Mexico?

[TheBoognish]

Anyone have exp / thoughts on Control wood (studio)?

I should be biased since they’re local and I live about 5 minutes away from the factory and have been around them for almost 20 years, but truth be told I’ve never really liked Control wood. The shapes are good and they skate well, but you’ll be needing a new board soon enough. They’re super flexible, lose pop fast and seem to chip rather easily. They’re light, pointy and flip well, if that’s your thing but they feel softer than PS Stix in my opinion

My local shop used to hook me up back in the day and give me free boards made by Control, so I wouldn’t complain even if I didn’t really like them, if fact, I’ve skated a bunch of them .... but I’d be lying if I said I never sold a few so I could buy some Real or Antihero boards.

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That’s really interesting, the ones I had, had a great shape. And I’d buy them for that alone. Mine felt stiff, and a little dull. I think/know I had the wrong sized trucks set up. I like flat boards, aesthetically, and I think I skate ok on them, but hard to say, sometimes concave helps cheat stuff around. Flat doesn’t keep its pop as well.

[TheBoognish]

That’s really interesting, the ones I had, had a great shape. And I’d buy them for that alone. Mine felt stiff, and a little dull. I think/know I had the wrong sized trucks set up. I like flat boards, aesthetically, and I think I skate ok on them, but hard to say, sometimes concave helps cheat stuff around. Flat doesn’t keep its pop as well.

As I said shapes are good and they skate fine, they’re just not very lively boards in my opinion.
Tortional stiffness is pretty bad, I find them to be fairly flexy boards that don’t last long. Tails and nose feel softer than BBS also.

Personally, I don’t think anything stands out, they’re kinda boring to skate. Then again, I’m a South Central / Chapman guy, I like my boards incredibly stiff.

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Strangely PJ apparently really liked them...I think it's how the kicks are....no curve to them...flat. 

[oneOone]

Ok this is semi-bothering me. I was just watching a Ben Degros video review of a clutch/ASF deck and he mentioned that it was made in Mexico. He also talked about how he was in contact with one of the dudes who makes the deck and it seemed like most of the information he was giving was based on that. I keep seeing shops and companies posting that their decks are "Made in America" when they're using Clutch/ASF wood. Do they have multiple woodshops or is it just that Clutch (the distributor) is in the US and ASF (the woodshop) is in Mexico?

Same in germany and Austria for some BBS wood decks, especially Stil Laden has labeled all BBS as made in USA.

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Ok this is semi-bothering me. I was just watching a Ben Degros video review of a clutch/ASF deck and he mentioned that it was made in Mexico. He also talked about how he was in contact with one of the dudes who makes the deck and it seemed like most of the information he was giving was based on that. I keep seeing shops and companies posting that their decks are "Made in America" when they're using Clutch/ASF wood. Do they have multiple woodshops or is it just that Clutch (the distributor) is in the US and ASF (the woodshop) is in Mexico?

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Same in germany and Austria for some BBS wood decks, especially Stil Laden has labeled all BBS as made in USA.

Mexico is America.

[eckstarr]

Any Doomsayers riders out there ?
Specifically interested in the 8.28 size, pics on the web suggest full shapes (Not interested in shovel nose shape) with full round nose and tail ?
Length 32 x 14 WB, but no idea about nose and tail length, steepness of kicks or concave. Thinking of pairing this with thunder 148 hollows. Current deck is a Polar arigato, but I have a love hate relationship with the shortish tail and taper so looking to move back to something more traditional. I’m in Oz so pickings are slim and whilst I would happily skate another polar alternative I’m interested in alternatives

TIA

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Any Doomsayers riders out there ?
Specifically interested in the 8.28 size, pics on the web suggest full shapes (Not interested in shovel nose shape) with full round nose and tail ?
Length 32 x 14 WB, but no idea about nose and tail length, steepness of kicks or concave. Thinking of pairing this with thunder 148 hollows. Current deck is a Polar arigato, but I have a love hate relationship with the shortish tail and taper so looking to move back to something more traditional. I’m in Oz so pickings are slim and whilst I would happily skate another polar alternative I’m interested in alternatives

TIA

I had one of their early logo boards, in this width and wheelbase. Was using 144 Reynolds hollow cast indys. Probably the best all around complete I’ve had in the last 4-5 years. Had a really bad session and a coworker needed a board, gave it to him. Felt like the length was maybe shorter than you listed, but can’t remember. Anyways, great board.

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BBS board no?....similar lay up to Alltimers, Magenta, etc...

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BBS board no?....similar lay up to Alltimers, Magenta, etc...

I’ve only had one magenta, which is lame of me, that brand should be what I aspire to like, seems classy. The magenta I had was a Carlos Young 8.5 and it was the best wide board I’ve ever had.
I’ve stepped on some friends’ alltimers, recently, and have done the thing where you first try kickflip the other guys board and then hate your board. I had the ‘ball forever my graphic, great reference to a rad song, that board was super soft feeling.
Long ramble aside, the doomsayers seemed like a shorter alien. Or something

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Ok this is semi-bothering me. I was just watching a Ben Degros video review of a clutch/ASF deck and he mentioned that it was made in Mexico. He also talked about how he was in contact with one of the dudes who makes the deck and it seemed like most of the information he was giving was based on that. I keep seeing shops and companies posting that their decks are "Made in America" when they're using Clutch/ASF wood. Do they have multiple woodshops or is it just that Clutch (the distributor) is in the US and ASF (the woodshop) is in Mexico?

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Same in germany and Austria for some BBS wood decks, especially Stil Laden has labeled all BBS as made in USA.

That actually happens here too.. I've definitely seen "made in the USA by generator" more than a few times which is why I'm curious about this sort of thing. Is it just people who don't actually know where their boards are made and assume because the number they call is a US number that's where they're made or what?

I have zero bias against foreign made boards as it pertains to quality, manufacturers in other countries (especially Mexico) have been pumping out very good boards for a long time now. I'm just wondering what the actual origin is on clutch/asf for my own useless knowledge bank.

[Sila]

Does anyone know where Four Skate Co. in Australia get their boards pressed?

[rocklobster]

Does anyone know where Four Skate Co. in Australia get their boards pressed?

On that same note which woodshop does Folklore use! Loved their Fibertech Lite deck I got last year

[eckstarr]

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Does anyone know where Four Skate Co. in Australia get their boards pressed?

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On that same note which woodshop does Folklore use! Loved their Fibertech Lite deck I got last year

I thought they pressed their own? I had a fibre tech lite which I quite enjoyed although it razored fast, but maybe that’s cause my manuals suck 
The only thing stopping me riding another is the lack of sizing/WB options as they are to generic. I really want something close to a 31.85 x 8.38 x 14 - 14.125 , but guessing be a small company that ain’t going to happen

[Vernon Wells]

Anyone know the woodshop or has ridden SoCal shop blanks? Curious the quality, they have some twin shapes that seem appealing.

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Does anyone know where Four Skate Co. in Australia get their boards pressed?

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On that same note which woodshop does Folklore use! Loved their Fibertech Lite deck I got last year

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I thought they pressed their own? I had a fibre tech lite which I quite enjoyed although it razored fast, but maybe that’s cause my manuals suck 
The only thing stopping me riding another is the lack of sizing/WB options as they are to generic. I really want something close to a 31.85 x 8.38 x 14 - 14.125 , but guessing be a small company that ain’t going to happen

It's not their own. I asked them about it before and they said it's confidential, then gave the generic " the boards are made where some of the world's most popular brands have their skateboards made, we assure you they are extremely high quality blah blah"..

[Sativa Lung]

Anyone know the woodshop or has ridden SoCal shop blanks? Curious the quality, they have some twin shapes that seem appealing.

They get them from a few different places, the ones that have a letter/number code that don't say "prime wood LA" are from clutch and you can reference the shape here

https://rayzlv.wixsite.com/clutchdistribution/copy-of-shapes

The ones that do say "Prime wood LA" are of course from Prime.
 
They also have some old school decks that are made by Watson, they're technically not blanks but rather the big shop boards that have a SoCal graphic on them.

Personally I would go with the Clutch decks if there's one in your size. In my experience Prime wood is pretty unremarkable and the prime blank I got from WHS felt pretty dead straight out of the box. Not necessarily soggy, it just didn't have much pop or an interesting shape or anything that made me want to continue skating it. 

[Vernon Wells]

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Anyone know the woodshop or has ridden SoCal shop blanks? Curious the quality, they have some twin shapes that seem appealing.

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They get them from a few different places, the ones that have a letter/number code that don't say "prime wood LA" are from clutch and you can reference the shape here

https://rayzlv.wixsite.com/clutchdistribution/copy-of-shapes

The ones that do say "Prime wood LA" are of course from Prime.
 
They also have some old school decks that are made by Watson, they're technically not blanks but rather the big shop boards that have a SoCal graphic on them.

Personally I would go with the Clutch decks if there's one in your size. In my experience Prime wood is pretty unremarkable and the prime blank I got from WHS felt pretty dead straight out of the box. Not necessarily soggy, it just didn't have much pop or an interesting shape or anything that made me want to continue skating it.

Cool, thanks for the intel. Have ridden a Prime blank before, liked the lower kicks and concave. But it was warped, just gave it away after that.