What board n how much concave?

[Wee man]

Im an ol skool newbee lookin for a new deck.

Im looking at between 7.5" to 8" wide maybe a bam him III but i cant find anywhere that tells u about how much concave each deck has, so can u tell me what decks u have n how much concave it has.

Ps

does this pop thing mean like how elastic/bouncy the board is?

[KiCkActionJeSuS]

Pop means how easy it is to (Gasp!) pop it up into the air. When you push your back (or front foot depending on what you are doing) down and jump it's how easy, clean, high it fgoes into the air. At least thats always what i have thought of it as

[Wee man]

cool Thanks for your (gasp!) comment

Pop could have meant alot of things bud

So anyone else???????

How concave is ur deck?

[mikejl29]

The concave depends on the mold of the deck. There is no real measurement for concave.

[Wee man]

dam n well im bu ggered then:(

[KiCkActionJeSuS]

lol man i was just messing with you i didnt mean it in a mean way. ive never had any bam decks, but my friend did, and its pop was horrible. (except it was really beat up)

[BakerStencil]

Do you want a a lot of Concave?

[DarkHawk2-2]

i like mellow concave.

[sk8withtheforce]

my old deck is monster mold with mellow kicks, like that flatland dude i be;lieve . damn i forgot his name again.

[Wee man]

Originally posted by BakerStencil
Do you want a a lot of Concave?

Yeah:) but has to be around 8inch wide as im a wee old boy who's used to fliping 10inchers:D

[Wee man]

A thing that has struck me is in the late 80's early 90's most skate mags would review all new decks and also give photo's giving u a view of the concave or convex in the decks, plus i think there used to be a health and safety certificate that had to pass.

IE on this site an mainy others ive heard of decks lasting 1 month:eek: whereas in the 90's (before everyone rode freestyle type decks) my powell peralta lasted well over 12 months use, the least longest being around 6 months, This is jumping down upto 10 stairs and most of the time landing with my rear foot still on the kick tail, drop in's from garage roof tops and all the other silly stuff u do when ur young and carefree.

Nowadays its like theyve shaved the board down to allow for more pop/flex yet they last 2 seconds and getaway wif it.

I was watching extreme channel the other day saw a lad ollie down a set of 5's and when he landed the tail snapped! and that was a pro!!

Christ soz bout the wee book ive wrote:D

anyways
laterz

[BakerStencil]

Look into Almost a Skateboarding Company www.almostawebsite.com Rodney Mullen started this with Daewon Song and they look pretty awsome, they have a lot of concave to.

[Skate or Try]

lol almost a website, i bet sheckler thought of that

[nocomply27]

wee man - I'm an old schooler too and I think that the tricks now and the size of the decks have a lot to do with it. When we were ripping on those old Powells we had 10' wide trucks with 60+ mm wheels - really sucked up the impact. Now you have skinny decks w/smaller wheels and the tricks are much more technical.

Right now I'm riding 2-3 decks depending on what I'm skating. New school stuff rules the street but nothing beats an old 10 incher in the pools & on the ramps.

[Wee man]

Originally posted by BakerStencil
Look into Almost a Skateboarding Company www.almostawebsite.com Rodney Mullen started this with Daewon Song and they look pretty awsome, they have a lot of concave to.

Thanks :)

Think ive found a deck, just need to decide on trucks n wheels now:D

[Wee man]

Originally posted by nocomply27
wee man - I'm an old schooler too and I think that the tricks now and the size of the decks have a lot to do with it. When we were ripping on those old Powells we had 10' wide trucks with 60+ mm wheels - really sucked up the impact. Now you have skinny decks w/smaller wheels and the tricks are much more technical.

Right now I'm riding 2-3 decks depending on what I'm skating. New school stuff rules the street but nothing beats an old 10 incher in the pools & on the ramps.

Thats cool to know that i aint the only one:)

Mind it just might be good for me as i may stand i chance of ollieing higher now:D though its a bit scary looking with all that foot over-hanging.

Ive never really skated bowls or ramps before but im seriously wanting to now, hopefully ill be buying meself a new set-up for this xmas and maybe an ol skool one in feb time.

[DarkHawk2-2]

i try some oldschool stuff every now and then. Its pretty fun. Im trying to get how to no comply and bert slides...

[Ephieboy14]

get a Chinese Food deck from Almost

it's 8'' and has BIG concaves

www.almostawebsite.com

[Ramp]