Replying to //////ibuilt a new longboard///////////

yup. tis true. and shes a beaut. about 46 inches long, 11 wide.
the deck is V-Lam maple and Poplar, 11 1" strips. the base us laminated with a shitload of unidirectional 7 oz glass, with fiber orientation going like this:

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the graphic is a faux croc skin, laminated on like the old Ride kinks, its still soft to the touch. trucks are 180mm Siesmic quick turns, with blitin bearings and ABEC11 flashbacks, 78A.

what you cant see is the EXTENSIVE hand shaping that went into this board. it is 1/2" at the tips, but tapers down into the concave. the base edge also tapers up to meet the top of the deck. all sanded by hand. overall, i think the board took something like three weeks to finish.

i was able to take her out for her maiden voyage tonight, a few runs down a long straight development drive. holy crap. soooo flexy and snappy, the board literally jumps in and out of carves. this feeling is only magnified by the siesmic trucks. i still need to run down to the skateshop, cause id like to pick up some rubber risers, as well as some grind rails, so if it does bottom out in a carve, it wont fuck up the fabric, or toss me. but yes, definatly my best board ive ever built, and it blows the pants off any POS sector 9!