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blister_pop |
Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 9:29 pm |
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Location: Kansas
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whish there were more 8ply decks out there. Also would like to see more with formica. opinions?
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PlayGod |
Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 10:00 pm |
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ORDER OF THE SKULL
Joined: 05 Nov 2003
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Location: Dirty South
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Yes and yes for ditch cruisers, but 8 is too hefty for my 160 lbs for most anything else.
More superlight 6+formica for me. |
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MileHighSkates |
Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 10:01 pm |
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Joined: 28 Apr 2004
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Location: Boulder County, CO
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I have some composite-and-wood decks coming from Earthwing in Brooklyn that should be pretty interesting. |
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PlayGod |
Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 10:20 pm |
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ORDER OF THE SKULL
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Yeah, I've been interested to see those. Looks like SMA blackbird or PoolKing composite weave stuff. Do they still make the 8.25x34? It looks like they mislabeled some dimensions on their latest graphic.
But I can't afford to buy anything right now, so I'll just have to hear about it thru the grapevine. |
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theshralpster |
Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 10:22 pm |
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beer city makes a mighty fine 8-ply. im riding the 8.25 8-ply lite right now and it is rock solid. great boards. |
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PlayGod |
Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 10:51 pm |
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Yeah, I don't know why I have not gone back and gotten another Beer City board.
I had a 8.5" Beer City when I first started back, my first deck when I started skating parks. But then I sold it to somebody cheap because they needed a board and I was experimenting with other boards in the quiver by that time. My quiver keeps shrinking as I offload decks that I don't ride so much anymore.
I was checking their site out the other day and I remembered how simple and solid that deck was. Their wood, prices and service are great.
I'm really liking 8" popsicles now... they seem to offer the best feel for how I actually ride, so I will probably get another BC eventually.
Is their 8-ply lite about the same weight as their 7-ply? The 8.5" BC 7-ply I had was actually pretty burly. |
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blister_pop |
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 6:08 pm |
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The DP Beercity 9.5 was the strongest board ever. It's 6 years old and still solid and an had a awesome concave. I also have a formica round tail 8ply that I bought a year earlier for 20. It was at least 10wide and not a DP Also bought one off DP when he played here a few years before that. I got it for 25 and he was so trashed when he signed it I can't even make out his name. His studded leather jacket scratched it up when he signed it. He told me his model for Think was a piece of junk.......funny at the time. |
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