Product Description
A deck inside a deck: This was developed by Rodney Mullen and CL Composites. After experimenting with many different layups, they arrived at a method using an actual deck within a deck. The internal carbon fiber foam deck is ultra light and nearly as stiff as metal. It acts like rebar, or a skeleton embodied by a standard 7 ply layup. It also vastly improves the lateral rigidity. The deck wears, slides and looks like a normal 7 ply, but it's lighter and has a supernatural pop that lasts far longer than normal decks. Features: - Full concave
- A complete carbon fiber deck rides and sounds like a metal one, only lighter. It's way too rigid by itself. By embedding it within a 7 ply, its metallic feeling goes away, while providing far more snap than a pure wooden deck.
- Lateral stiffening for consistency and accuracy: Flip tricks depend heavily on exactly the movement your foot swiped accross the edge of your deck. By minimizing flex along the rails, your board control improves.
- The carbon fiber framework undergrids the wood, acting like rebar. Since the wood is supported, the individual cells break down far slower than on an unsupported deck, creating a much longer lifespan.
- The carbon fiber structure within the 7 ply has a light, low density foam core which reduces the overall weight substantially.
- By reduciong weight and adding rigidity, (particularly laterally), the deck reacts more quickly to every movement, and flips faster and more precisely.
Amazon.com Product Description
Developed by Rodney Mullen and C.L. Composites, the Almost Über skateboard deck is actually a skateboard-within-a-skateboard design. An ultra-light, internal carbon fiber foam deck that's nearly as stiff as metal, acting like rebar, is encased in a standard 7-ply wood layup. By embedding it within a 7-ply, its metallic feeling goes away, while providing far more snap than a pure wooden deck. And since the wood is supported, the individual cells break down far slower than on an unsupported deck, creating a much longer lifespan. The lateral stiffening produces better consistency and accuracy. Flip tricks depend heavily on exactly the moment your foot swipes across the edge of your deck. By minimizing flex along the rails, your board control will improve. The carbon fiber structure within the 7-ply also reduces the overall weight substantially, which produces a deck that reacts more quickly to every movement, as well as flips faster and more precisely. This deck measures 7.6 inches wide and 31.6 inches long; it does not come with trucks or wheels.
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