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What has a more mellow concave and kicks quasi or GX 1000 or any other recommendation. Looking for a board with a square nose and tail like hockey but not so steep
I have no answers but I am in the same boat I want a more square shape like FA I just don't want it to be crazy steep
Some that are overlooked are the DLX (mainly Real nowdays) Full SE boards, which definitely are not as steep as FA / Hockey but still have squared off kicks and good overall shapes. Numbers I to IV on top, IV being the most mellow.
https://www.realskateboards.com/As said AWS / Habitat are another one with squared shapes, about medium concave / kicks, but often have shorter wheelbases with longer kicks, which some people like but some do not.
Do board brands save a significant amount of cash by not including a stained bottom ply? I am ok with assorted top ply colors - no red top superstition here - but man, unstained bottom plies bum me out.
It is a funny thing as some woodshops or even some deck brands prefer the single top stained ply and one in the middle or second from bottom with natural bottom, which I got used to over the years, but more often than not nowdays I just want stained bottoms too.
I don't think it is a quality thing, especially from brands like Baker / BBS but it is more common with some brands than others.
Pricepoint decks often just had the single top stain and all the rest natural under some brands like DLX, but the pro boards had at least two (top and middle) with some having more through but natural bottoms, so it is maybe more just choice of how some brands want their boards to look, than cost savings.