Use the chart below to determine the right flexibility for you. If your weight falls between two sizes pick the flexier option of your prefer a flexy ride, or step up to the stiffer option if you like your board a bit more firm. Our first deck to incorporate our CoreFlex Technology is the Compound, a revolutionary cambered composite freestyle deck available in 3 flexes. We broke the mold when it came to designing the CoreFlex Compound. We carefully considered how to make a highly flexible board that was strong where needed, and durable at the same time.
In order to do this we had to strategically distribute fiberglass reinforcement and skinned the board in a durable HD plastic.. The bamboo core of the Compound is suspended in camber by tri-axial fiberglass — creating a springy and responsive ride that absorbs energy from the road surface dampens bumps while returning energy out of your turn.
Uni-directional fiberglass is added to the nose and tail of the board to create a flex pattern conducive for freestyle tricks. You want that stability when you race down the hill and want to be standing on a sturdy board.
When you choose a style and shape of board the deck will come with a certain flex. Sometimes you can pick between a couple of options in respect to flex. Knowing the impact of flex will help you narrow down your choices. With the cambered shape the middle of the board is a bit higher and results in a slightly higher ride. This gives you the option to lean-in more and makes it easier to turn your board. Great for people who want their water or snow experience to continue on concrete.
Flat is flat — it has best of both the camber and the rocker worlds — great for freestyle. By the rocker shaped decks the middle is a bit lower, resulting in a slightly lower ride. The lower center of gravity gives more stability and quite a bit more board control.
These boards are designed to ride directional different shaped nose and tail and because of their sharp taper will often allow a little larger of a wheel to turn and carve deper without wheelbite. Many decks will also include carved out wheelwells to further prevent wheelbite. The tapered nose and tail with a wider center deck will also create more of a fluid, surf-like balance when carving. The fishtail is similar to the pintail but are typically on the shorter end and have a split tail to mimic the style of a split tail surf board.
A subtle kicktail is also common on this style to help keep your footing and turn on the shorter varieties. The blunt shape will have a wider and rounder nose and tail compared to the pintail, often with a longer nose than tail.
Kicktails can often be found on the blunt shape for more tail control. Nice for people that want something that can fit in or on their bag for quick and easy transport from A-B.
The twin is the traditional trick skateboard that was first introduced in the 90s for multi directional street skating. When used for longboarding, they tend to be on the wider side compared to a trick deck for more stability when slashing the banks, hitting the park or just straight crusing.
The cutout allows the most wheel clearance than any of the other longboard shapes and is bidirectional so you can ride regular or switch without a hitch. This shape is used in many freestyle, freeride and downhill setups because of the ability to put larger faster wheels while still being able to initiate deep carves. A drop down deck will have a lower deck that drops down from the nose and tail giving the rider a pocket of sorts to add stability and help make pushing easier in long distance or transportation scenerios.
Drop downs are usually paired wtih cutout shaped decks because of the wheel clearance needed with an even lower deck. Speedboards are built for maximum stability at speed. The shape will often be a combination of some sort of sharp tapered pin like nose with a blunt like tail.
These will be super stiff and stable for highspeed riding and have wheelwells built in to accomodate larger racing style wheels. The range of longboard deck lengths run across a pretty wide spectrum. Do you want a deck that is quick to maneuver around campus or tight turns on city streets? Then you might want to stick on the shorter end. The wheelbase is the distance between the innermost part of your trucks although technically, it is the distance between the truck axels most companies use the measurement of the distance between the innermost truck hole mounts.
The Wheelbase directly affects the way the board turns. Why are longer boards not as quick to turn? Typically, because they have a wider wheelbase that will as a result have a wider turning radius. The other factor to consider with wheelbase is board flex. As you get more board between the trucks, your weight causes the deck to flex more. Keep in mind that flex also is greatly controlled by the materials that go into the board.
The width of the deck works with the width of your trucks to affect the stability of your ride. While trick decks will range in the 7.
For high speed riding you will require a stiff flex level to continue riding in the best way with enough stability. On the other hand if you are doing freestyle the longboard should have a soft to medium flex level. Again, if you want to cruise around you will require a soft flex level because that flex level will give enough support to you than the other levels. So, how much bend should a longboard have will fully depend on your riding style and where you are riding the longboard.
There are a couple of differences between a longboard stiff and flex. The main difference is that when it comes to high speed, a stiff longboard is very stable but the flex longboard is not so stable.
Again, when it comes to freestyle riding flex is better than a stiff longboard. Flex helps you with some bounces and pushes but a stiff longboard will not do anything. Another difference between a stiff longboard and flex is that stiff ones do not have much shock absorption but flex have excellent shock absorption in rough and tough roads. I hope now you know that every longboard is supposed to bend. The reasons why longboards bend are also described throughout the whole article.
If you also have a longboard and was wondering why does it bend, now you know why! Depending on the riding style one can choose whichever flex level and type they want to enjoy their longboarding to the fullest. Your email address will not be published.
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