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Foundation is Watson though, Watson’s Instagram account has their most recent boards on there. Could it be that Canadian and US boards are different?
That’s a new development then. Foundation used Watson for a while again back in the mid 2010s, but they went to BBS as well, then PS, then China. Probably using Watson after complaints on the China boards. Tum Yeto actually owns Watson but the woodshop presses primarily longboards and old school/pool shapes.
Foundation and Toy have been doing small runs like one-off special shapes and reissues through Watson here and there for a while. If you remember those Foundation 30th anniversary decks like the Markovich and Strubing ones, the initial runs of those were Watson but I think they later went back and ran them on PS as well. They don't advertise them specifically as Watson but they do say they're made and hand screened in the USA.
When the pandemic hit and it became really difficult to find wood they started doing more runs through them, and they're fairly easy to find right now. Those Foundation oval decks are Watson, as are the Toy "Original Monster" ones. They're still doing most of their stuff through PS but supplementing it with Watson more than they have in a long time. This is all the US market, so I'm not sure how common they are in other places or if you can even get them outside of the states. Here's the two I have right now.
Foundation is 8.25 x 31.8 14.38wb
Toy Machine is 8.38 x 31.7 14.13wb
The mold is interesting, it's very flat concave wise but the kicks are what I'd consider medium steep (the angle is pretty similar to the bbs mold traffic/TopX and a bunch of other smaller brands use). Don't have my tape measure with me but I'm pretty sure the nose is 7" and tail is 6.5".
Review -
I've been skating the foundation as my main setup for a week or two. I just got the TM yesterday and today will be my first session with it, so this is all based off just the foundation but I predict the TM will be much the same
As for the quality, I'm pretty in love with it right now. It has a very light pop feel, and when you snap a good ollie it kinda feels like you're floating. I've had the same feel with south central but those are a little heavier. I guess it almost feels like a combination of PS and SC wood to me or a stiffer version of PS. Durability seems solid and it hasn't lost much, if any, of its pop yet but im only about halfway through the second ply in terms of razor tail. Pretty good for probably 6-8 hours of total time on it though I only skate flat and curbs for the most part so I'm not too rough on boards.
Overall I'm really happy with it and glad I tried it. I thought I might have trouble adjusting to the flatter concave but if anything I'm skating better on it. Definitely recommend trying one if you're curious.