#40 - Nate's Very Special Board

This was the last deck I made before losing my shop space and having a kid back in the summer of 2010. Nate was my test monkey, you might know him from the series of how to videos he's done for Motion Boardshop. He rode everything I made that was a departure from what I'd already been doing and gave me very detailed and well thought out feedback.

We talked for a long time about what his board would look like. Built in toe stop, gas pedals, knife edged sides, wedge and dewedge incorporated into the stringer, light and stiff. I think I hit the mark pretty well.

I think it's quite possibly the finest deck I've made.

It is still out there two years later and Nate still rides it from time to time.

#39 - Mike's Dancer

Just a simple dancer I made for Mike. One of my very last shark logos on the bottom. Shannon (#38) inked the name.

#38 - Shannon's Double Drop

Shannon just wanted a board. He really liked riding #18 the most so that's where I started. 

I delivered the board to him primered and he brought it back to me when he was done for grip. I really dig the results.

#37 - Allen's Double Drop

Allen requested a double drop with a pair of handles, this is what I came up with.

We had discussed a broken stringer, however I didn't feel very confident that the deck would be strong enough without a full stringer. It's mahogany by the way.

I'm really pleased with the final product, it ships out tomorrow.

#36 - Stryker's Double

Stryker wanted a deck just like #18, but a little different. The main thing was more foot room in the back extending the body closer to the rear truck.

He also requested more contrast between the carbon and the stringer so instead of walnut I ended up using natural bamboo. Also, I added just a little red stain to either end of the stringer near the middle of the deck. It's hard to see in these pictures, but believe me, it's there.

#35 - Slalom 4 Sean

This deck has actually been done for a while. I put it together in 2 days right before Christmas. It was as much built out of necessity as it was to see if I could speed up production and retain quality. I can't.

It looks good in pictures but I missed the mark in a number of ways, all because I did everything in one layup. That's right, everything, carbon, core, fabric, stringer all in one press. It was a good idea but didn't quite work out.

The deck is a touch on the short side but it works for cyber slalom, at least for the time being. There may already be a replacement in the works, but I'm getting ahead of myself. For the time being it's working just fine.

#34 - Annie's Double Drop

Annie originally contacted me about three months ago with some non-specific questions about board design and shape and the resulting ride feel. Some one hundred emails or so later the deck is finally finished and on it's way to her.

The deck consists of three plies of bamboo and a bamboo stringer. There's a small amount of carbon fiber mixed in there to tune flex and a little bit of blue to accent the graphics. She designed the vinyl on the bottom herself and sent it to me to be applied before the final layers of epoxy.

Also, if you're finding yourself in need of some sweet graphics on your kicks, hit Annie up. Looks like she's doing good work.