So a while ago I was riding an Almost Mullen “Uber” deck, which cracked at the nose about 30 days into use. After a couple of weeks I noticed the deck lost a significant amount of pop. I’m not being whiny, but my ollies were terrible unless I aimed and precisely snapped the tail at just the right position and angle.
After practicing ollie to manual off a little platform (no more than 12 inches) the nose just cracked and was suddenly useless. So I sent the deck back to Almost, and voila! They sent me a brand new one about 7 days later.
Because I hadn’t really expected them to replace it, I had immediately ordered a deck from Black Hole Boards as a replacement. But the shipment was delayed, and as the summer days sped past I found myself itching to skate. Our local shop was having a sale on decks that week, so on an impulse I picked up a Vallely Element deck for under 30 bucks with grippy. I mounted it up, thinking I would skate it for a couple months and have the extra BHB Element in case I needed it.
Surprise, surprise, the Vallely deck lasted all through the autumn, and though the BHB Element came, and the replacement Mullen came I saw no reason to change out.
So, yeah, I have 2 brand spankin’ new decks to dig into when the snow thaws. If it ever does. It feels really weird to have more decks than I need; in fact, it feels a bit constrictive, as I don’t have the anticipation or excitement of choosing a new one when the current wears out.
Oh well, at least I’ll be well-stocked and free from deck expenditures for 2008.
