I first got a look of the Pocket Ace around mark on Bombsquads Facebook page right {Here}.
When I saw it, I was shocked at Bombsquads amazing range of boards and how they keep making me come back for more, even though I own the Saltflat and the Dragula. I STILL WANTED MORE BOMBSQUAD! I know, I'm a whore, a Terrorist if you will ;)
The shape looked so nice and the fact it was nice and wide at the back meant my mutant feet would be perfectly locked into the concave.
It solved a lot of the problems I wanted fixed with the Saltflat. MORE Concave! MORE W! MORE Freeride/Downhill Hybridisation. After freeriding my Dragula for 2 months and using the Saltflat for Downhill I just had to try out the Pocket Ace!
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| My Pocket Ace w/ Kahalani 184mm and 72mm 83a Venom Cannibals. |
The Concave on this thing is amazing! It keeps me perfectly locked in for freeride with my wide stance and large feet. I added some 3D concave to it, with a built up layer right after the last mounting brackets at the front and extra W concave right before the back mounting brackets. This gave a nice area for feeling my way around the board, knowing where my feet were at all times.
Now the Shape is SO SEXY!
Its like a Wolfshark and a Grease Shark had a love child. I love the added width of the back of the board, gives that extra weight at the back to control the board when doing big standup slides.
Now the board is relatively heavy, so you need that extra weight behind you to like this board as I do. There have been numerous Groms in my area who have sold or are selling their Pocket Ace after only a week or 2 of owning them because they dont have the weight behind them to kick it out. Myself weighing around 150/160 pounds or around 70/75kg, I find it nice to kick out.
I went from the Dragula to this for freeriding and going from a drop platform board, to a Top Mount board was the craziest feeling. I was able to kick the board around will little to no effort as my feet were right above the trucks, meaning more leverage when kicking out for standies.
The pointed nose may seem like a bad idea for a board(I know its used a lot, but looking at a structural sense where it can be smashed into a curb) but the deck seems to hold up very well. I have curbed this board afew times, the nose and the tail, and I have to say I'm impressed at how well it took the impact.
Next to no damage to the board, no delam, no chipping or even blunted ends. Just scuff marks on the Ends!
Now for some NEGATIVED to this design:
The GAS PEDALS.... Now I'm not sure what the idea of these were, but they do not work for me at all!
They are way to far forward to be functional in my opinion. I have tried Toeside Pre-drifting using the gas pedals and it just did not work, my legs are too long to have my legs in a comfortable place for a pre-drift. It just too far forward to be used effectively in my opinion. Needs to be pushed back onto the Fat tail of the deck.
The W is quite small when compared to other W concave boards, its hardly there really, while still keeping you relatively locked in. If it was a tad more aggressive, I would like the board even more than I do now!
I love this board and 90% of its elements so I am currently getting a Custom deck made Including micro drops with Symmetrical noses with the Fat end at both ends! Gonna be a hell of a beast!
So to conclude this rather lengthy Review, and if you dont want to read the whole thing, I guess ill sum this up as best I can. Beautiful concave for freeride while the gas pedals being relatively useless, amazing shape and weight for someone over 150 pounds or 70kg and very durable to hard impacts!
-Adam
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