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WantSomeSlaw Trade Moderator
Posts : 2575 Join date : 2013-05-14 Age : 24 Location : Under your bed. Setup : What's a fingerboard?
| Subject: Almost decks Fri Feb 13, 2015 11:00 pm | |
| So I'm looking into buying a new board and I like the looks and shapes of Almosts, but I've heard that they use crappy china wood. Could someone give me some opinions? Thanks! |
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Jared Constant FBHQer
Posts : 1114 Join date : 2013-11-29 Age : 24 Location : Connecticut Companies : birdslayer Setup : birdslayer / creamy goo
brt
ff brr ed
woob rlx / creamy goo
brt / wc
winkler big daddyz
| Subject: Re: Almost decks Sat Feb 14, 2015 1:07 am | |
| - WantSomeSlaw wrote:
- So I'm looking into buying a new board and I like the looks and shapes of Almosts, but I've heard that they use crappy china wood. Could someone give me some opinions?
Thanks! I was watching the almost how its made - they look pretty high quality to me. You should check it out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOtbEfdfk9onever actually used one though |
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Gabe fingerboarding Constant FBHQer
Posts : 1081 Join date : 2013-05-25 Age : 25 Location : Seattle Washington U.S.A Setup :
| Subject: Re: Almost decks Sat Feb 14, 2015 1:48 am | |
| I had one of those impact decks, the plates fell out and even if they didn't it was still a very bad deck. |
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jackson Part of the Furniture
Posts : 1673 Join date : 2010-08-28 Age : 108 Location : cincinnati
| Subject: Re: Almost decks Sat Feb 14, 2015 1:52 am | |
| Almost are made by dwindle, who make cliche, blind and dark star. If you want a quality board, get something either american made ( Watson, chapman, pennswood, south central, fickle, powell peralta ) or Mexican ( ps stix). For the same price and MUCH better quality, definitely get an American made board. Bacon, dieta, hopps, politic, northern co, fickle, wknd, scum co, powell peralta, snack. Lots of smaller companies. If you go ps stix, it's mexican pressed and american screened/graphics. Ps stix is black label, older welcome's although people say the new ones are still stix wood, alien and habitat used to be ps but since the switch I'm not 100% sure on those, deluxe boards are made in Mexico too, but there are lots of domestic options too. Sorry for the long lost, but from prior experience, most usa pressed boards are a lot better than big name companies. Plus, the money stays here in the USA.
Just my two cents |
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WantSomeSlaw Trade Moderator
Posts : 2575 Join date : 2013-05-14 Age : 24 Location : Under your bed. Setup : What's a fingerboard?
| Subject: Re: Almost decks Sat Feb 14, 2015 2:36 am | |
| - JACKSON. wrote:
- Almost are made by dwindle, who make cliche, blind and dark star. If you want a quality board, get something either american made ( Watson, chapman, pennswood, south central, fickle, powell peralta ) or Mexican ( ps stix). For the same price and MUCH better quality, definitely get an American made board. Bacon, dieta, hopps, politic, northern co, fickle, wknd, scum co, powell peralta, snack. Lots of smaller companies. If you go ps stix, it's mexican pressed and american screened/graphics. Ps stix is black label, older welcome's although people say the new ones are still stix wood, alien and habitat used to be ps but since the switch I'm not 100% sure on those, deluxe boards are made in Mexico too, but there are lots of domestic options too. Sorry for the long lost, but from prior experience, most usa pressed boards are a lot better than big name companies. Plus, the money stays here in the USA.
Just my two cents I totally forgot about bacon. I'm gonna check out my nearby skateshop tomorrow and check out their selection |
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jackson Part of the Furniture
Posts : 1673 Join date : 2010-08-28 Age : 108 Location : cincinnati
| Subject: Re: Almost decks Sat Feb 14, 2015 2:54 am | |
| Hey man lemme know if you need any help with other skate stuff!
And my last deck was a bacon. Such a good board, lasted like 3 months! |
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deejaydestroy Part of the Furniture
Posts : 1598 Join date : 2013-07-21 Age : 33 Location : datbooty Setup :
-woob rlx
-brt wides
-witchcrafts
-oaks
| Subject: Re: Almost decks Sat Feb 14, 2015 3:15 am | |
| Almost decks are really really flat. Love the team, hate the decks. If I were to recommend a deck, I'd say anti-hero all the way... Although you couldn't really go wrong with any DLX wood company. Like Krooked, and real etc. |
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kingsalami Every Day FBHQer
Posts : 825 Join date : 2013-10-27 Age : 77 Location : canada Companies : sloth boardrails (rip) Setup : woob
brutal
wc
| Subject: Re: Almost decks Sat Feb 14, 2015 6:36 am | |
| Nick had an almost it was shit had no pop and it started falling apart. |
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longnecknick FBHQ Beginner
Posts : 67 Join date : 2014-04-23 Location : Canada Setup : woob
| Subject: Re: Almost decks Sat Feb 14, 2015 7:00 am | |
| yea i went through one puddle and it got waterlogged and my friend got the same board and the graphic melted off after he went through a puddle |
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Bakko Moderator
Posts : 1645 Join date : 2012-10-09 Age : 45 Location : Rehab Companies : Primitive Decks Co.
| Subject: Re: Almost decks Sat Feb 14, 2015 11:53 am | |
| - deejaydestroy wrote:
- If I were to recommend a deck, I'd say anti-hero all the way
This! Does its job, no gimmicks.. |
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sweetbabies Constant FBHQer
Posts : 1097 Join date : 2011-12-23 Age : 26 Location : Netherlands
| Subject: Re: Almost decks Sat Feb 14, 2015 12:47 pm | |
| listen to jackson but add bareback wood to that list. it's sometimes listed as generator but it's literally the same thing. |
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meekin Part of the Furniture
Posts : 1522 Join date : 2014-12-09 Age : 29 Location : SC
| Subject: Re: Almost decks Sat Feb 14, 2015 4:00 pm | |
| penny boards are great!
jk guys |
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Jlgfbs FBHQ Beginner
Posts : 18 Join date : 2013-05-21 Age : 24 Location : Bristol, England Companies : poo u Setup : Weca, Brts, Winks.
| Subject: Re: Almost decks Sat Feb 14, 2015 7:15 pm | |
| had an almost 2-3 years ago lost all pop in 2 weeks |
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jesse4583 FBHQ Beginner
Posts : 132 Join date : 2014-05-04 Age : 25 Location : connecticut Setup : birdslayer deck
dump trucks
flatface g4 wheels
| Subject: Re: Almost decks Sat Feb 14, 2015 8:15 pm | |
| ive never had one, but my homie had one and it chipped in like a week. |
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