Square-ish shaped decks?

[BrknBrds]

Anybody know if the FA logo embossed decks (or any embossed) means that it has a slick bottom? I’m contemplating an FA but want a slick bottom

[Kombuch-A-Holic]

Anybody know if the FA logo embossed decks (or any embossed) means that it has a slick bottom? I’m contemplating an FA but want a slick bottom

Not a slick. Just embossed wood. Fun decks tho. I keep going back to them.

[WelcomeToHell]

FWIW, the Metal Fred Gall deck (8.5") feels A LOT like a Hockey deck. I know Fred was skating FA/Hockey stuff for a minute and did that guest board with them. It's a fantastic deck. Feel amazing and you can really sit on nose slides. I run Indy 159s with 56mm/95a Slimeballs. Perfect crust setup.

I'll try to add a photo of the one I have on ice so you can get a good view of the nose.

Per a Metal Instagram post: "[T]he shape was designed by Fred based off his favorite shovel nose board."

[The.Skate.Father]

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Anybody know if the FA logo embossed decks (or any embossed) means that it has a slick bottom? I’m contemplating an FA but want a slick bottom

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Not a slick. Just embossed wood. Fun decks tho. I keep going back to them.

Just killed my 8.38 Hockey so I downsized to a 8.25 FA embossed. Love the shape and short WB

[Xen]

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Anybody know if the FA logo embossed decks (or any embossed) means that it has a slick bottom? I’m contemplating an FA but want a slick bottom

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Not a slick. Just embossed wood. Fun decks tho. I keep going back to them.

I've skated a few embossed decks, they do slide a tiny bit better than regular, until the embossing wears down, then it's business as usual.

[SlapMcKracken]

What’s the difference in shape between an 8.25 FA and a 8.25 quasi proto ?

[Mbrimson88]

What’s the difference in shape between an 8.25 FA and a 8.25 quasi proto ?

I don't seem to have easy access right this minute, but the FA 8.25 board I have seems to be straight through the rail, whereas the Quasi boards I have seen before always seem to have significant taper from front to back, which is fairly common in some brands / woodshops / shapes.

FA being BBS steepish and squared kicks, Quasi being PS Stix so big steep nose and smaller not so steep tail.


https://www.tactics.com/quasi-skateboards/proto-fade-825-skateboard-deck/yellow-pink

SPECS
SIZE   8.25
LENGTH (IN):   32.125   * 31.8 when measured straight across
WHEELBASE (IN):   14.25
NOSE (IN):   6.875
TAIL (IN):   6.5


Random FA board from their site:


https://faworldentertainment.com/en-au/collections/boards/products/jake-anderson-class-photo


.25" x 31.79"
14.12" Wheel Base



FA boards have a shorter wheelbase, so longer kicks for almost the same overall length, with steeper kicks.


There are pics on both those links too, so it is easy enough to check those, but here are the side by side comparison pics anyway.

[corey websturd]

I bought one WKND deck one time.Didn't like it at all.

[GardenSkater77]

I bought one WKND deck one time.Didn't like it at all.

If you are used to BBS then PSTIX is going to throw you off your game. I prefer PSTIX but I don’t flip my board anymore.

I have been really liking Snack decks. They have really square noses.

https://shop.snackskateboards.com/collections/decks/decks

This shape is the most squarest: https://shop.snackskateboards.com/collections/decks/products/a-i-deck

[Xen]

^^ Dayum

[elva]

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I bought one WKND deck one time.Didn't like it at all.

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If you are used to BBS then PSTIX is going to throw you off your game. I prefer PSTIX but I don’t flip my board anymore.

I have been really liking Snack decks. They have really square noses.

https://shop.snackskateboards.com/collections/decks/decks

This shape is the most squarest: https://shop.snackskateboards.com/collections/decks/products/a-i-deck

Wow, that looks nasty. How does the tail compare to FA/Hockey in terms of length/steepness? Found some of the older models listed with 6.5 tails but no info on these super square ones.

[GardenSkater77]

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I bought one WKND deck one time.Didn't like it at all.

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If you are used to BBS then PSTIX is going to throw you off your game. I prefer PSTIX but I don’t flip my board anymore.

I have been really liking Snack decks. They have really square noses.

https://shop.snackskateboards.com/collections/decks/decks

This shape is the most squarest: https://shop.snackskateboards.com/collections/decks/products/a-i-deck

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Wow, that looks nasty. How does the tail compare to FA/Hockey in terms of length/steepness? Found some of the older models listed with 6.5 tails but no info on these super square ones.

I haven’t had the super square one. But when I compare my snack deck to a shovel hockey deck they don’t look too different. Without standing on one the hockey deck it seems to have steeper kicks and mellower concave, but I really don’t want to make a claim cause I never rode a hockey deck.

[Xen]

https://strangeloveskateboards.com/collections/boards/products/timothy-johnson-hypebeast-8-5-deck

[GardenSkater77]

https://strangeloveskateboards.com/collections/boards/products/timothy-johnson-hypebeast-8-5-deck

Tim is so good. He should be a household name. Here is another square board from IL:

https://sapientskateboards.com/shop-2/

The Guano Egg is leaning snow skate, but I dig it.

[iw0]

^^ Dayum

that bonesaw one is real neat

[munchbox]

ps stix full shapes

[elva]

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I bought one WKND deck one time.Didn't like it at all.

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If you are used to BBS then PSTIX is going to throw you off your game. I prefer PSTIX but I don’t flip my board anymore.

I have been really liking Snack decks. They have really square noses.

https://shop.snackskateboards.com/collections/decks/decks

This shape is the most squarest: https://shop.snackskateboards.com/collections/decks/products/a-i-deck

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Wow, that looks nasty. How does the tail compare to FA/Hockey in terms of length/steepness? Found some of the older models listed with 6.5 tails but no info on these super square ones.

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I haven’t had the super square one. But when I compare my snack deck to a shovel hockey deck they don’t look too different. Without standing on one the hockey deck it seems to have steeper kicks and mellower concave, but I really don’t want to make a claim cause I never rode a hockey deck.

Thanks! Will try to get my hands on one, but they seem to be difficult to come by where I live...

[Ticallion Stallion]

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I bought one WKND deck one time.Didn't like it at all.

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If you are used to BBS then PSTIX is going to throw you off your game. I prefer PSTIX but I don’t flip my board anymore.

I have been really liking Snack decks. They have really square noses.

https://shop.snackskateboards.com/collections/decks/decks

This shape is the most squarest: https://shop.snackskateboards.com/collections/decks/products/a-i-deck

Thanks for the links I been out the game a while, and haven’t heard of snacks before. They had a few 8 and 8.12 for 28 bucks I just stocked up!