41" long.
10.25" at its widest point.
9 Ply NE Maple
0.620" rocker concave with 0.25" W concave.
I received this deck thanks to the generosity of Scott Imbrie, Co-owner of Original Skateboards for my efforts prior to this boards anticipated release. When I was contacted by Scott and asked if I wanted any Freeride of my choice on the house, I happily obliged and opted for the 41W.
Never having owned a W concave board before and had been using my Robot 41 for a few months, I was very keen to give this board a whirl!
My first Impression of the board when opening the box was simply WOW. This thing was an absolute BEAST, hence its nickname funny enough. The Stag graphic is beautiful and my favorite of the bunch.The large kicks caught my eye first, followed by the W. The kicks are massive on this board, which is a Love/Hate deal for myself. While i love the kicks for freestyle, making it easy to flick around, it leaves less of a standing platform which is a shame, because my stance is very wide. But that didn't stop me one bit!
I started riding this board straight away, on Caliber 50s and found my Cult Classics were the best match for freeride, and man did it work! This thing shredded like nothing I've used before, in 2, 1 hour sessions I had my standup's dialed after never trying them before. I was shocked at how fast I would progress with no only the time, but the right gear.
The W concave locked me in beautifully, i only have to keep part of my heel of the rail and the W does the rest. Having size 12UK(13US) feet, means i need a wide platform most of the time, and this was perfect. However as mentioned before I have a wide stance.....which meant i had to adjust a tad. My feet were on the screw when i was freeriding which isn't very good, so i made my stance shorter and locked into the W more, and I was set.
The board itself is surprisingly light, being about the same weight as the Apex 40 Double Concave which made this board quite easy to Early Grab with. However the durability of this board is not great. I have banged it into a curb about 5 times, and chipped both ends into crumpling piles. The noses may be weak but the rails are not, I flipped this board at around 60km/h and it slid for about 50m without any kind of rail damage!
Being a drop-through board, Its quite a low, which makes it easy to push and a feature I prefer on a board. It means my center of gravity is better and I can focus on my slides a lot easier.
I would give this board a 5/5 for freeride, 5/5 for looks 3/5 for durability and 4.5/5 for All Round stoke production!
-Adam
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