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micronabk
FBHQ Beginner
Posts: 127
Join date: 2011-11-22
Age: 17
Location: USA
 | | Subject: Tech Deck Expert Series? Sat Dec 10, 2011 1:45 am | |
| Apparently Tech Deck is now making fingerboards with bearing wheels now! So the package would come with a wooden concave deck, 2 sheets of foam tape, trucks, bearing wheels, a tool, and a sticker sheet. Props to Tech Deck with steppin up their game.
http://www.techdeck.com/app/website/products?uri=expert-board |
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Xavier Lewis
Constant FBHQer
Posts: 1164
Join date: 2011-05-15
Age: 14
Location: Georgia
| | Subject: Re: Tech Deck Expert Series? Sat Dec 10, 2011 2:08 am | |
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thomashines
Blossoming FBHQer
Posts: 274
Join date: 2011-08-15
Age: 14
Location: US
| | Subject: Re: Tech Deck Expert Series? Sat Dec 10, 2011 2:47 am | |
| I lold at "the best fingerboard you have ever ridden"
This is kinda good, but it also makes tech deckers think they have a pro deck, and not buy a real one |
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Finn S
Part of the Furniture
Posts: 3893
Join date: 2010-07-11
Age: 14
Location: Ramsgate-Kent
| | Subject: Re: Tech Deck Expert Series? Sat Dec 10, 2011 3:05 am | |
| Old news  |
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Xi
Moderator
Posts: 1878
Join date: 2011-02-12
Location: Yantai, Shandong Province, China
| | Subject: Re: Tech Deck Expert Series? Sat Dec 10, 2011 6:04 am | |
| If you wanna reveal something, at least do it properly.
I'm a genuine Tech Deck fan and I don't know whether it will happen but Noah has said that he will send me one of these to review. I think some people have already had prototypes of these. _________________ -Xi Main setup: Close Up G5 deck, Close Up tape, G4 black/grey trucks, Close Up bearing wheels My Skateboarding YouTube | My Fingerboarding YouTube | 'dontmongo' on FFI I am currently in China and cannot upload to YouTube. D:  | CrunchyFingers wrote: | | One good derp, deserves another. One good herp deserves herpes! |
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Deshawn Harris
FBHQ Beginner
Posts: 140
Join date: 2011-12-06
Age: 26
Location: New Jersey, America
| | Subject: Re: Tech Deck Expert Series? Sat Dec 10, 2011 6:12 am | |
| These wheels are amazing. I tried a few at the TD event. They are going to be something worth the 5 bucks.  Or whatever the price will be. |
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GoFingaBoarding
Blossoming FBHQer
Posts: 315
Join date: 2011-10-12
Age: 15
Location: Bensalem P.A.
| | Subject: Re: Tech Deck Expert Series? Sat Dec 10, 2011 6:39 am | |
| this is pretty sick if you ask me! i really wanna try one now lol |
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Xi
Moderator
Posts: 1878
Join date: 2011-02-12
Location: Yantai, Shandong Province, China
| | Subject: Re: Tech Deck Expert Series? Sat Dec 10, 2011 6:50 am | |
| | Deshawn Harris wrote: | | These wheels are amazing. I tried a few at the TD event. They are going to be something worth the 5 bucks. Or whatever the price will be. |
Damn, I want some nao!
| Xi wrote: | If you wanna reveal something, at least do it properly.
I'm a genuine Tech Deck fan and I don't know whether it will happen but Noah has said that he will send me one of these to review. I think some people have already had prototypes of these. |
Anyhow, here's what you should have done...
A picture of the 6 boards of the first mix.
I'm loving that Almost graphic and I'm pretty sure that's one that I definitely will buy. It's also nice to see an Enjoi graphic as they've just been signed up. Lots of people already have prototypes with the Real graphic.
What people already know is that it's offering a higher-end complete board. There's a wide wooden deck, bearing wheels, 2 sheets of foam grip, extra bushings, stickers and a tool. Hopefully, this post will give you some more insight.
So you've seen a small picture of the packaging but what you haven't probably noticed is the right hand side of the packaging. Here's a larger picture of the box with the Almost board...
Yep, there's the option of High/Low concave and the option of Hard/Soft bearing wheels. I really love that they've done this as they're not just making endless graphics with the same exact board. I'd probably like the low concave and soft wheels but I want to own and try them all. I'm not sure if the first mix is only high concave boards but I will be wanting to grab both. Also noticable from the first image is that the wheels won't just be white ones, it seems like there will be coloured ones. The shape of the wheels look to be pretty standard and similar to others in the market.
Also interesting is that there are new bushings (plus an extra set in the pack) and for the first time, there are washers on the bushings on Tech Deck trucks. As you can see, the Independent branding is back although I still think it's hard to make them look like the real life counterparts. One other thing I've noticed is that they've shifted to full rectangular baseplates. I like this move a lot, I didn't like the shape of the old bases and pretty much all skateboard/fingerboard bases are fully rectangular.
If you were curious as to what the back of the packaging looked like, it's your lucky day!
There's lots of information to be picked up from this image. Most importantly, the decks are 30x101mm. I think this would suit the majority of experienced fingerboarders although the wheelbase would also have to be suitable.
Other features for the trucks apart from Indy branding, rectangular bases and new bushings and washers can also be seen. The trucks still appear to be double axle, judging by the picture. I mean, Tech Deck have to plan for future sales anyway and broken trucks have usually allowed them for continued purchases. The interesting thing is that there is an "ajustable kingpin". I'm not entirely sure how will work but it will certainly be interesting. One thing I am very relieved about with these trucks is that the wheels are actually removable which is how all fingerboards and skateboards should be. I was disappointed with the various (Wood) Competition Series trucks but am glad they've not used those for this board. Is that all? No! You blind fuckers. That's right, these trucks have actual pivot cups too! Yay for smoother pivoting. If you didn't know, older TD trucks just had a hole that went through the baseplate. Well, I hope they're included and it's not just a picture.
_________________ -Xi Main setup: Close Up G5 deck, Close Up tape, G4 black/grey trucks, Close Up bearing wheels My Skateboarding YouTube | My Fingerboarding YouTube | 'dontmongo' on FFI I am currently in China and cannot upload to YouTube. D: | CrunchyFingers wrote: | | One good derp, deserves another. One good herp deserves herpes! |
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GoFingaBoarding
Blossoming FBHQer
Posts: 315
Join date: 2011-10-12
Age: 15
Location: Bensalem P.A.
| | Subject: Re: Tech Deck Expert Series? Sat Dec 10, 2011 6:58 am | |
| Xi, do you know where i can get one or when there coming out? |
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Xi
Moderator
Posts: 1878
Join date: 2011-02-12
Location: Yantai, Shandong Province, China
| | Subject: Re: Tech Deck Expert Series? Sat Dec 10, 2011 7:06 am | |
| | GoFingaBoarding wrote: | | Xi, do you know where i can get one or when there coming out? |
You're in the right country to get them and you should be able to get one much easier than me.
However, it's probably still a little hard to get one but here are some ways I think you might be able to get one.
1. Attend a Tech Deck event. There are loads in America and I wish I could go to any one of them. Anyway, there will be people on hand with new products and I've heard of people getting them from the TD guys. Although you'd probably have to be some skilled fingerboarder but I'm sure that's no problem for you.
2. Win/place high in a TD contest, either at an event or online. There's no online one that I'm aware of right now although they're usually only open to residents of the States. But yeah, they seem to give new stuff to contest winners. Yeah, the TechDeck.com contests are open to Americans but I remembered that contests they have on FFI are open worldwide.
3. Be a review whore. So I am UK based and currently live in China. I've reviewed new TD products in the past and Noah (from Tech Deck) contacted me on FFI. He said he'd send me new boards if I would review them in detail like my previous reviews.
I don't know when they're coming out exactly, I only know it's in 2012.
PS. I wasn't finished with my news.
Display cases are coming back but in new colours too! I still need to get me 1 or 2 of these. I think they are a pretty nice idea.
 _________________ -Xi Main setup: Close Up G5 deck, Close Up tape, G4 black/grey trucks, Close Up bearing wheels My Skateboarding YouTube | My Fingerboarding YouTube | 'dontmongo' on FFI I am currently in China and cannot upload to YouTube. D: | CrunchyFingers wrote: | | One good derp, deserves another. One good herp deserves herpes! |
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Danny Hynam
Moderator
Posts: 6158
Join date: 2009-07-13
Age: 16
Location: Leeds
| | Subject: Re: Tech Deck Expert Series? Sat Dec 10, 2011 7:30 am | |
| These look awesome  let's just hope people don't buy these instead of companies such as flatface, no comply etc D: |
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Xi
Moderator
Posts: 1878
Join date: 2011-02-12
Location: Yantai, Shandong Province, China
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TomasM
Blossoming FBHQer
Posts: 316
Join date: 2011-11-08
| | Subject: Re: Tech Deck Expert Series? Sat Dec 10, 2011 7:57 am | |
| I'm actually really hyped about getting one of these. Xi, you wouldn't happen to have Noah's email, would you? I was planning on asking him if I can buy one directly from Tech Deck, as there would be no where in Australia that'd stock them. |
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CrunchyFingers
Blossoming FBHQer
Posts: 336
Join date: 2011-03-26
Location: Philippines
| | Subject: Re: Tech Deck Expert Series? Sat Dec 10, 2011 7:58 am | |
| If the wheels were nice, I'd buy completes, and use swap the wheels with old TD wheels.
Same goes with the tape. |
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Danny Hynam
Moderator
Posts: 6158
Join date: 2009-07-13
Age: 16
Location: Leeds
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