What’s Up With My Wood?
Through the years, the premium retail skate deck market has seen wide ranging verbiage in the way that skate deck materials are identified, labeled and marketed by skate brands and retailers alike. Terms like, “100% Canadian Maple”, “Hard Maple”, “Hard Rock Maple”, “7 ply Map
Professional Quality Decks vs. Non-Professional Decks
We’ve discussed that the standard material used in professional quality skate decks is “Hard Maple”. What are some of the other classifications of skate decks, and what types of materials are being used to manufacture them?
BUYER BEWARE!!!!
During a visit to a local skate shop, while looking at some of the skate decks on the wall, we noticed that there were some decks that didn’t look right. For people who look at Hard Maple day in and day out it was pretty obvious that these decks were NOT what they were advertised to be.
BBS Made Authentic Sticker
Keep an eye out for this sticker. If you board has this sticker, you can be 100% positive BBS built this board using 100% pure hard rock maple. No birch or soft maple allowed!!
Bad Board?…or Sabotage?
One of the young pups who works in our warehouse brought us a broken deck that he had just set up, with a WTF look on his face.
