ShippingI ordered mine in the eve of 02/18/13 and after a few hours, payment got confirmed on my paypal. which mean the processing takes about a day or two which is pretty normal. Then the shipping was free which is nice and it still takes 3 days to be delivered since mine was delivered from 02/19/13 and arrived at 02/22/13.
LooksWell if u see the picture of the deck. the split ply is really attractive. I ordered the cat split ply. The deck looks shiny which may show that it was properly lacquered. Overall the looks of the deck caused me to buy this product because it was interesting and it also looked great in my opinion.
CraftsmanshipFirst of all. The deck was sanded pretty well on the sides. and the shape was like a shape of a g13 or closely relative to the JKA shape of 4cfb. The holes were drilled pretty well. But the at first they may seem small, but the screws fits just fine. The size of the decks is 31mmx99mm which i was kind of disappointed since im used to using 101mm length decks.
The kicks were medium to low and the concave is low. In conclusion for the craftsmanship, the decks is made well but not very well. Just because there were still some pencil marks on some parts of the bottom ply and other unsatisfactory
details some users will find.
performanceAs for the performance, its been doing well for now. I've been using this deck for about 2 hours already ever since i got it this afternoon. Again, with the 31mm x 99mm size, its kind of uncomfortable since i use a 32x 101mm deck. So for now im still adjusting. Another problem is that i think 99mm for length is just a little bit short since whenever I to pop the kicks. There are times i thought i already hit the tail on the platform but actually i didnt which feels really weird. But that are my only problems with this deck, and i think will be gone by the time i get used to the size of the deck because again, i'm not yet used to this size.
CONCLUSIONPros:
+a great deck for everyone and can be recommended for beginners
+ cheap
+ attractive
+ satisfactorily crafted
Cons:
+ the size may feel uncomfortable who are used to a longer deck
+ The kicks feels kind of small
+ well if you don't like pencil marks. well it might have some.