Awesome review, so glad you are enjoying the performance! (Decks are "alive" (lol, maybe) made out of different woods and stuff which can very slightly alter the way the shape is between decks) but they should be the same mold and fit into each other pretty tightly.
I have noticed this recently as well as I currently own 6 different G16's (About to be 8 this week got 2 more coming cause I love the shape so much lol), and 3/6 are the perfect high kick shape that I assume the G16 is intended to be, but the others the kicks are slightly shorter and don't perform nearly as well for me.
Mike thanks so much for watching!! And for clearing that up- Your right the 2 decks do fit together like a glove. Thanks so much for the awesome customer service and products, I’ve been loving my g16. It’s so hard to put down! 🙌
@@ElementBouncer I just copy it cuz fits just perfectly here too… What you describe are pretty normal production differences which can happen… The main „issue“ is the simple fact that we talk about wood and wood is a never stop working material and no deck will be exactly the same like the other cuz of this simple fact… The most differences you have in the high of the kicks and the thickness of the board, when you buy ply wood you get always 0.4 - 0.7mm thick sheets and when they get colored then this differences can become even bigger… The next thing are the kicks, when you put out the board out of the mold it will never be completely dry so it will still dry when it’s already out of the mold and cuz you have multiple ply’s with slightly different thicknesses every ply could dry in a different speed what ends in slightly deformations of the boards… So sometimes the kicks goes a bit deeper again, sometimes the board gets a wobble, sometimes the board gets a bit longer, sometimes a bit shorter, sometimes the boards twists a little bit and so on and you just can’t control this completely however you will try… So I think that’s what happen here too, no different molds or prototype stuff, just two boards with different ply’s out of exactly the same mold just with different woodplys, that’s just it…
I had the same experience as you; tre-flips needed some adjusting but after a few weeks feel fine now. I learnt most of my tricks many years ago on G13s and G14s, but for some reason felt that the G15 was too awkward for my hand size and difficult to flip as much as I tried to love them. Coming to the G16 is an absolute joy because it took away what G15 made difficult for me. It also reminded me of one of my early Blosom decks from way back in the day which is one of my favourite boards ever, except with higher kicks. I really hope more companies out there can consider making low concave high kick decks because I'd love to collect more of them.
I noticed that as well. I have Dynamics 26mm which is a pretty thick 5 ply to the 29mm Dynamics I have but the 5 play Margaret River and Blackriver I have makes the G15s I got seem paper thin.
i love my g15. il prob snag a 16 on the next drop. but i always come back to the 15. i have a bunch of different decks from a lot of companies and the 15 just feels so good.
it's 7 plys, the combo is blue > black > premium > white > premium > black > blue. the black ply is extremely thin and so are the premium and white plys too which is why that board is thinner than the other. and non real wear graphic boards from FF are typically thicker than a normal board because of the coat above the graphic
the g16 i tried at an event was super solid and almost heavy? skated it for maybe a minute and the kicks are insane! barely needed to flick it felt. Something i would need to get used to for sure!
Catfishbbq freshwater mold with black river trucks and old school cartwheels with black velvet tape and level up bushing. That or a beast pants rabid mold.
What you describe are pretty normal production differences which can happen… The main „issue“ is the simple fact that we talk about wood and wood is a never stop working material and no deck will be exactly the same like the other cuz of this simple fact… The most differences you have in the high of the kicks and the thickness of the board, when you buy ply wood you get always 0.4 - 0.7mm thick sheets and when they get colored then this differences can become even bigger… The next thing are the kicks, when you put out the board out of the mold it will never be completely dry so it will still dry when it’s already out of the mold and cuz you have multiple ply’s with slightly different thicknesses every ply could dry in a different speed what ends in slightly deformations of the boards… So sometimes the kicks goes a bit deeper again, sometimes the board gets a wobble, sometimes the board gets a bit longer, sometimes a bit shorter, sometimes the boards twists a little bit and so on and you just can’t control this completely however you will try… So I think that’s what happen here too, no different molds or prototype stuff, just two boards with different ply’s out of exactly the same mold just with different woodplys, that’s just it…
Ive tried mellow decks and they just make everything harder, my g15 had me doing tricks easier and saving my fingers so i ordered a g16 a few days ago because i just wanna do sick tricks and have fun, not all this trying so hard to be realistic and fake steez, mikes the goat, THE GOAT!😂
has a lot to do with the trucks imo.. i love mellow decks but only with BRTs, UAGs, etc.,. for lower trucks like Dynamics, OBFB, etc., you need higher kicks.
Dude the G16 hasbeen in mike's hand since 14". He kept it to himself. Johnny Goo gifted the best custom to order product on the market period. High Or Die for life.
I got a goo high or die. Enjoying it. Just picked up the Goo High or Die and Blackriver 7 ply. Enjoying. I went nuts though. Got a Dynamics 26mm which I'm having a blast with too. Finally glad I got a Goo. I read stories online the G16 was created by someone else. Who knows. I did grab a G16 Blem but no wheels or trucks yet. Enjoyed the G15
Goo is one of the few companies I have ordered from that actually takes their business seriously. Last time I ordered a custom made to order deck he got it to me in 6 days. Quality control and customer service is top notch.
