i agree. that's why I like the Girl/chocolate twin shape. More company's need to offer wider boards with smaller wheelbases. That's why Heroin is killin it right now
EXACTLY 💯 I HAVE BEEN WRITING POWELL ABOUT introducing modern shapes and their flight decks for 3yrs. Flight decks are the best! If they ever start offering the same shapes heroin does, Mark Foster is sitting on the side of the street with a cup in his hand. As he should be with his horrific graphics. My pals continue to waste the technology on these old Caballero shapes, and pencil directional boards is beyond my comprehension. It's like this company is run by a 70-year-old who don't even skate?
Powell boards look way flatter than their counterpart vx decks through nhs. I just regripped a sketchytank vx and i believe the 8.8 is my favorite shape
If you spread some wood glue onto a tail as it’s starting to razor, and just keep doing that every couple of days, these flight decks especially will last a LONG time. I’ve found that Titebond Number 3 works really well, because it dries really strong.
@@eastcoastcurbkiller I just think of it like shoe-goo (though a lot less toxic, so I can do it indoors). It takes almost 24 hours to properly dry, but then it really preserves the pop.
@@bw6927 oh sick! I’ve considered epoxy, but haven’t bothered because I figured it would be kind of messy. If it lasts that much longer, though, that would be worth it.
I love flight decks man. The pop stays so good. I skate the AA Heron 2 Egg (symmetrical) mainly but I wish Powell would make symmetrical Flight decks (8.5-8.75")
i have been skating china made dlx true fit 8.25 and 8.06. they are way flatter than bbs made. thats all we got here in europe. bbs dlx boards are rare nowadays here :D
I have an Ishod easy rider 8.38 and the k26 shape 8.5 and only because I have other flight decks I noticed that when the normal maple deck wears it still has pop but feels dull. Whereas the flight decks even when they start to razor tail they still have a crisp snap to them. I will say I don’t think I could skate the 8.5 flight deck if it had the 14.5 wb that the easy rider has. The flight decks grab a little more when you flick so I’d probably rocket constantly. It took me long enough to get used to their 14.25-14.38 wb and I’ve been using 14.25 for quite a while with Baker
Yep I totally agree symmetrical popsicle are wear its at ..my son is 8 and he only wants to skate twin nose/tail Chocolate boards are taking all are money right now😂😂
@@parsonicservices3576 hahaha I absolutely love the symmetrical girl/chocolate boards. If he likes those he will probably like the new primitive twin noses. Those are my favorite.
@@eastcoastcurbkiller it's kinda rural/agricultural around here, so i always got stuff mail-order. just pick a graphic/brand i was stoked on in a manageable width and just get what i get for shape/wb/concave/etc. unless it was something i really liked enough to get twice. if i was doing more tech stuff or was good or consistent enough to notice, i might be pickier. i do like flatter boards now that i'm older, but a 3 or 4 from deluxe isn't too steep for me. santa cruz is often steeper than i like, but i still get them 😭 i like switching it up, variety is the spice of life.
Would you say the kicks and nose are on the mellower side? Im looking for a little bit longer than my heroin ( which I absolutely love ) and a tiny bit fuller. My street days are over at 47, so it’s mostly mini ramps and bowls. Hope you can help out here!
@@bennyg949 yeah they are definitely on the more mellow side. I believe these have a tad more length to them. I rode a few of the heroin symmetrical popsicles over the last few months
just set up my andy anderson flight symmetrical egg last night. 2nd one. i sanded the graphic off, stained it with a homemade stain I made out of raspberries, then spray painted misfits skulls all over it, clear coated it and gripped and set it up last night. put some Creature bonesaw rails. a real halloween vibe!!!
Are you from Alabama?? Looks like you're wearing a faith hat ..So Powells website says its a symmetrical concave or something ..are the nose and tail close enough is size to skate it both ways ??
@@parsonicservices3576 you’re the first person that’s noticed the faith hat! No I’m from Atlanta. I go to Birmingham occasionally to skate that amazing city walk skatepark. This is my favorite park lol. And they are symmetrical in steepness but there is a noticeable difference in length for sure
@eastcoastcurbkiller Ahh ok sucks they just don't make a twin ..And yes CityWalk and Faith is our a great park ..for sure the best one east of the Mississippi River !!
i had an almost double impact for 10 years, i never did break it. if i had known i would've got 3 more before they stopped making them, it was maybe $80
@@eastcoastcurbkiller i have pics a few posts back on my community page. i slid through several plies of wood before i retired it. i wasn't skating it hard those ten years, or much at all tbh. but skated it pretty hard as a primary board for maybe the last two years
@@eastcoastcurbkiller i wish there were more 7" tail options out there. i do the same thing, if i have a 14.5 wb, will drill tail back .375". helps especially with running bigger wheels.
I’ve never ridden one. Lol. I just want to because of what the brand means you know, but by the time I was getting into skateboarding about 25 years ago I could never get my head around it and to be honest, I still feel the same way 😂
If you drilled new bolt holes you are defeating the purpose of reviewing the board. The change in wheelbase on the new boards is one of the major new features of them.
@@idmhead0160 no I’m not? The wheelbase on their 8.25 hasn’t changed from the old mold to the new mold. It’s always been the same. What’s changed is concave and steepness of the kicks.
@@eastcoastcurbkiller The wheelbase changed on some of the sizes. For example, the 8.75 used to have a 15" wheelbase and is now 14.5. The review is fine. Just saying, most people aren't going to redrill and change their wheelbase. At that point, just get a different deck or adjust to what it is.
@@idmhead0160 tons of people do this so you are definitely not speaking for “most people”. And if you like a mold because of steepness or whatever but don’t like the wheelbase this is an option. People can do whatever they want with their boards.
One can still get good information from the review regarding concave and board feel. I would say the drilling of the new bolt holes takes away from the review part regarding pop and turning.
Nobody can say these flight decks arent the closest to symetrical that anyome makes im sick of buying decks and the tail is short and the nose is long and boxed,like did you advertise that?no..usually not..popsicle means popsicle not partly shaped,long as the nose and tail are the same shape and degrees angled its fine but theyre getting SO A-symetrical it almost makes no sense to skate them,who wants a deck that if it happens to land backwards you MUST turn it around to ride?nobody
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i agree. that's why I like the Girl/chocolate twin shape. More company's need to offer wider boards with smaller wheelbases. That's why Heroin is killin it right now
@@stickersteve007 dude exactly!!! Couldn’t have said it any better
@eastcoastcurbkiller how did you like that symmetrical heroin popsicle? Been eyeballing that one
100% agree
EXACTLY 💯
I HAVE BEEN WRITING POWELL ABOUT introducing modern shapes and their flight decks for 3yrs. Flight decks are the best! If they ever start offering the same shapes heroin does, Mark Foster is sitting on the side of the street with a cup in his hand. As he should be with his horrific graphics.
My pals continue to waste the technology on these old Caballero shapes, and pencil directional boards is beyond my comprehension. It's like this company is run by a 70-year-old who don't even skate?
Powell boards look way flatter than their counterpart vx decks through nhs. I just regripped a sketchytank vx and i believe the 8.8 is my favorite shape
If you spread some wood glue onto a tail as it’s starting to razor, and just keep doing that every couple of days, these flight decks especially will last a LONG time. I’ve found that Titebond Number 3 works really well, because it dries really strong.
@@swr410 dang thank you for the tip bro!
@@eastcoastcurbkiller I just think of it like shoe-goo (though a lot less toxic, so I can do it indoors). It takes almost 24 hours to properly dry, but then it really preserves the pop.
Doing it with 2k Epoxy, feels like lasting forever - i only change mine for a new/other grafic after time 😅
@@bw6927 oh sick! I’ve considered epoxy, but haven’t bothered because I figured it would be kind of messy. If it lasts that much longer, though, that would be worth it.
@@swr410 wood glue like elmers?won't that come right off?maybe clear epoxy resin?
I love flight decks man. The pop stays so good. I skate the AA Heron 2 Egg (symmetrical) mainly but I wish Powell would make symmetrical Flight decks (8.5-8.75")
@@frankrotthier4392 I completely agree! I think they would sell really well!
@@eastcoastcurbkiller yes indeed!
100%
Heck yeah. Love that. Congrats!!!!
@@Zombie40cal thank you brother!
i have been skating china made dlx true fit 8.25 and 8.06. they are way flatter than bbs made. thats all we got here in europe. bbs dlx boards are rare nowadays here :D
@@bagis9066 that’s wild! I didn’t know they had China made boards!
I have an Ishod easy rider 8.38 and the k26 shape 8.5 and only because I have other flight decks I noticed that when the normal maple deck wears it still has pop but feels dull. Whereas the flight decks even when they start to razor tail they still have a crisp snap to them. I will say I don’t think I could skate the 8.5 flight deck if it had the 14.5 wb that the easy rider has. The flight decks grab a little more when you flick so I’d probably rocket constantly. It took me long enough to get used to their 14.25-14.38 wb and I’ve been using 14.25 for quite a while with Baker
Yep I totally agree symmetrical popsicle are wear its at ..my son is 8 and he only wants to skate twin nose/tail Chocolate boards are taking all are money right now😂😂
@@parsonicservices3576 hahaha I absolutely love the symmetrical girl/chocolate boards. If he likes those he will probably like the new primitive twin noses. Those are my favorite.
@eastcoastcurbkiller Alright, I might have to get one for him to try out !!
i'm not super picky about shapes/setups, width, wb, etc. i just know right away if it will work or not, and if not switching trucks would prob help.
@@diplenski yeah I’m a pretty picky dude I’m not gonna lie lol
@@eastcoastcurbkiller it's kinda rural/agricultural around here, so i always got stuff mail-order. just pick a graphic/brand i was stoked on in a manageable width and just get what i get for shape/wb/concave/etc. unless it was something i really liked enough to get twice. if i was doing more tech stuff or was good or consistent enough to notice, i might be pickier. i do like flatter boards now that i'm older, but a 3 or 4 from deluxe isn't too steep for me. santa cruz is often steeper than i like, but i still get them 😭 i like switching it up, variety is the spice of life.
Would you say the kicks and nose are on the mellower side?
Im looking for a little bit longer than my heroin ( which I absolutely love ) and a tiny bit fuller. My street days are over at 47, so it’s mostly mini ramps and bowls.
Hope you can help out here!
@@bennyg949 yeah they are definitely on the more mellow side. I believe these have a tad more length to them. I rode a few of the heroin symmetrical popsicles over the last few months
I ride shape 1 fa 8.18 with thunder 147
Is the bottom carbon fiber or the top?
@@sidwellsk8er I think it’s just the top and two squares around the bolts. Don’t quote me on that though lol
@@eastcoastcurbkiller No, I think there is at least one other layer in there, but, not the very bottom layer
So you drilled 2 new holes INWARD?toward the center of the board?or out toward the tail?
@@anglegrinder4630 I drilled them in towards the center to shorten the wheelbase
@eastcoastcurbkiller ok thanks
@ no problem!
just set up my andy anderson flight symmetrical egg last night. 2nd one. i sanded the graphic off, stained it with a homemade stain I made out of raspberries, then spray painted misfits skulls all over it, clear coated it and gripped and set it up last night. put some Creature bonesaw rails. a real halloween vibe!!!
@@dneck haha man that’s so rad!! Always love hearing about creative setup builds like that!
Those rails are my go to! They are thin and don’t weigh too much
I gonna just let my nuts hang and rock the Andy print on the bottom. 😊
one stars are sick
@@diplenski appreciate that bro! I like them a lot!
@@eastcoastcurbkiller i never owned them, but i do like the look. kinda simple, but clean/classic.
@@diplenski these Alltimers collab ones are for sure my favorite color. The materials on these feel great
I wish they would do a heron egg blank. Love the shape and the graphic but would be nice not to pay that much for a new deck every time.
@@matth268 yeah they are rad but it’s a lot of money lol
Are you from Alabama?? Looks like you're wearing a faith hat ..So Powells website says its a symmetrical concave or something ..are the nose and tail close enough is size to skate it both ways ??
@@parsonicservices3576 you’re the first person that’s noticed the faith hat! No I’m from Atlanta. I go to Birmingham occasionally to skate that amazing city walk skatepark. This is my favorite park lol. And they are symmetrical in steepness but there is a noticeable difference in length for sure
@eastcoastcurbkiller Ahh ok sucks they just don't make a twin ..And yes CityWalk and Faith is our a great park ..for sure the best one east of the Mississippi River !!
@@parsonicservices3576 completely agree!!
i had an almost double impact for 10 years, i never did break it. if i had known i would've got 3 more before they stopped making them, it was maybe $80
@@diplenski dude that’s wild lol
@@eastcoastcurbkiller i have pics a few posts back on my community page. i slid through several plies of wood before i retired it. i wasn't skating it hard those ten years, or much at all tbh. but skated it pretty hard as a primary board for maybe the last two years
You made the tail longer so now it hits sooner
@@PsychoCitySkateboards that is correct
@@eastcoastcurbkiller i wish there were more 7" tail options out there. i do the same thing, if i have a 14.5 wb, will drill tail back .375". helps especially with running bigger wheels.
I’m getting the 8.13…. (8.18 fa is my gold set up)
The wheelbase is crucial . 14.
@@CurbBlurbs I bet that one will be so good!
Short wheelbase wide board same length tail and nose
I tryed an og andy board. felt great , loved the squairish nose but the weird tail shape lost me
@@sonnyrico yeah his shape seems like it would be a love it or hate type deal. No in between lol
Do they have twin tail other Andy’s just normal twin?
@@benzopaint no they don’t. Could open up a big market for them!
That hat is dope. What does it say?
It says “Faith”! It’s from Faith Skateshop in Birmingham, AL!
@@eastcoastcurbkiller roll tide !!! :-/ 🐘
I feel like I’m on year 30 of trying to like Powell decks. 😢
@@Hi.Im.Levi. haha this is the first one I’ve tried! Never tried their old shapes
I’ve never ridden one. Lol. I just want to because of what the brand means you know, but by the time I was getting into skateboarding about 25 years ago I could never get my head around it and to be honest, I still feel the same way 😂
If you drilled new bolt holes you are defeating the purpose of reviewing the board. The change in wheelbase on the new boards is one of the major new features of them.
@@idmhead0160 no I’m not? The wheelbase on their 8.25 hasn’t changed from the old mold to the new mold. It’s always been the same. What’s changed is concave and steepness of the kicks.
@@eastcoastcurbkiller The wheelbase changed on some of the sizes. For example, the 8.75 used to have a 15" wheelbase and is now 14.5. The review is fine. Just saying, most people aren't going to redrill and change their wheelbase. At that point, just get a different deck or adjust to what it is.
@@idmhead0160 tons of people do this so you are definitely not speaking for “most people”. And if you like a mold because of steepness or whatever but don’t like the wheelbase this is an option. People can do whatever they want with their boards.
One can still get good information from the review regarding concave and board feel. I would say the drilling of the new bolt holes takes away from the review part regarding pop and turning.
dude that so annoying about board companies all those long wheen base, like 14.5 its just crazy
@@razz2135 yeah that’s like a very wheelbase to me lol. I get it if you’re super tall or something but I’m just an average height dude at 5’11
Gotta get those new ventures
@@funnyvideos587 I just set them up yesterday lol
You think 14.5 is long? Wheelbases used to be 15 or more back in the 80s.
@@eastcoastcurbkiller oh ok, hey where do you find that tool to short your wheelbase a 1/4 in?
Nobody can say these flight decks arent the closest to symetrical that anyome makes im sick of buying decks and the tail is short and the nose is long and boxed,like did you advertise that?no..usually not..popsicle means popsicle not partly shaped,long as the nose and tail are the same shape and degrees angled its fine but theyre getting SO A-symetrical it almost makes no sense to skate them,who wants a deck that if it happens to land backwards you MUST turn it around to ride?nobody
It’s a fiberglass laminate ply. Not carbon fiber
so why do they all say carbon fiber?