Just a quick check-in: most people, somewhat understandably, hate ps stix, yeah?
I don’t, but I acknowledge the qc is inna difrent rallity.
Here is my main concern with the switch to bbs, for some of these brands: ps makes, in my opinion, the best shapes. The execution leaves something to be desired, but the shapes look, and feel, great to me. When FA went to bbs the it was… ham handed feeling on the shapes. The bbs steep concave and kicks, with the already bold shape, was just too wonky for me. I’m struggling looking for an analogy, but something was just horribly distorted in the translation. Imo.
Take it all with a huge grain of salt, I haven’t stood on any of the bbs quasi, and I’m not a big fan of the bbs bend/swoop/concave.
I feel like what most people REALLY like about bbs is that it lasts for a long time. To me this ends up being a nightmare: a long lasting, fucked board. If I could get a flat one, I’d be into it. I’m already such a kook I don’t want to rifle thru the stack anymore than I’ve already done, when I’m in a shop, looking for a flatter one. I mean…it’s been a long time since I passed the eye test of skate competency, and being this discerning, for what the results obviously will not bear out, is just to much for me to bare, in public.
I really gotta keep/quit using slap like therapy.