Have I been sleeping on Dwindle Skateboards?(Blind,Almost,Enjoi) 

sleeping on dwindle boards sounds uncomfortable!

Dwindle boards can sometimes feel too stiff, but they have some great shapes and their pop lasts a while

I got that same blind deck. Blind used to be my go to boards back in my senior year. Had the pleasure of meeting Kevin Romar and Cody Mac when they were on the team.

Good boards. Just don’t like all the corporate stuff going on within dwindle

Being that I'm a pretty large person to be skating (and spending time way over the weight limit of my stilts) I love the longevity of dwindle boards. Remember, they press Creature and Santa Cruz decks also now.

Its fun watching somebody have fun doing what they love. Thx Big Daddy Ben!

I recently started riding almost decks because i found the shapes and sizes i like from them, the attention to detail and over quality is so good. ill be riding almost decks from now on.

I love r7 epoxy boards because they last so long, don't snap easily, keep their pop longer, don't razor tail as fast. You're right about being stiff, in my experience they stay pretty stiff for 2 weeks of hard skating and then they start to feel like a normal board.

WOW. THANK YOU for this review ! you are 100 on point. I have skated mostly BLIND since I started back skating a couple years ago… just because it was my favorite brand back in the 90s. 🤷🏻‍♂️ as you mentioned I LOVE the shape and the nose for nose slides - and it holds its pop and LASTS well - but I have struggled to progress with improving pop on ollie’s despite months of practice, thinking all along that the steep tail might have been hurting that and wearing me out quicker. AND had the same trouble you mentioned with needing to be further back on the tail to have good control over the direction of the board.

Much love and respect to you and your channel Ben

I have 2 enjoi boards on deck, haven't rode dwindle in 7 years, shld be fun. Great video man

Thanks Ben , for your honest opinions as always . God bless brother .

detailed reviews is what i like & admire everytime i watch an ep, ben is patiently analyzing the feels+parts. it brings me some kind-a "nerdic excitement" thanks

Been skating a Blind RHM 7.75 full concave steep kick for the past few months and I'm personally amazed with how it feels. I've got mine paired with some Aces to bring the wheelbase in slightly like you were talking about with the Indys. Stiffness of the epoxy feels great for pop and I haven't noticed any real degradation as I skate it. The nose shape on dwindle boards are my all time favourite, as you noted the tail could maybe be a hair longer but not a deal breaker. I'll be buying them as long as they stay cheap!

Look at Benny droppin' reggy loads! Love it.

Always interesting hearing your takes Ben. About a year ago a friend gave me a santa cruz vx deck that he had barely rode. Since this thing had a carbon layer or whatever, it was even stiffer than your standard dwindle deck! It would literally hurt to land heelflips and fs shuvs lol. The lack of concave was also weird for me. Anyway, that bowl looks fun as hell. Hope your next deck works out better!

You should try that board with tensor regulars. You will see lots of diference riding it

Great boards. I won’t give them my money ever again after how they treated Bill Weiss, Louie Bartletta and the rest of their riders though.

i love the way they kinda ring when they tap the ground. i love stiff boards, i'm a big guy 6'3 225. got a second-hand world industries wet willy 7.4 or 7.5, no idea how old it was when i got it but had hardly been skated. had the devil face baseplates on the trucks. they didn't seem too bad but the bushings completely disintegrated, so i put some old grindkings from the 90s on it. rode that board to death, practically noseslid through a ply, repaired a chip and it held for the remainder of the life of the board. have one of the double impacts i've had for a real long time, and another almost 7.75 got for cheap as a backup. never had a blind. other dsm stuff is rad too, got two santa cruz boards(one slick), a bit steeper than i'd like but i skate all kinds of shapes and sizes. i'm a rusty old man

Thanks for the reviews brother stay cool 🤙🏻🤙🏻

Loved my Jackson Pilz 8.12 Enjoi deck from Dwindle. RIP Enjoi!

I’ve been enjoying my Dwindles a lot. Especially the Darkstars.

The switch blunt in the background tho 😍

Almost at 100 k subscribers well done

thanks for the video! i have an Enjoi 9in spectrum setup, with forged hallow indy 169's, and OJ's keyframe wheels, it's fun.

Ben's next Dwindle video - "I've been sleeping on Tensor Trucks"

Got an Enjoi 9.0 epoxy 7 ply deck last year. And it was one of my favorite skateboards I've ever ridden. Always been a fan of enjoi but unfortunately through history their boards never held up that well. But that Enjoi deck, def felt a bit heavier just cuz of the epoxy. But it held pop for FOREVER. The shape was super nice (wished the tail was a bit longer cuz I like to put my back foot all the way on the back of the tail for pop. And the longer the tail the more leverage. The more pop.

Yesss I love dwindle boards. Super stiff and last forever, and I love most of their shapes with the steeper kicks

Having recently skated my first Blind R7 deck, I gotta say, they make solid boards!

Nice skating Ben. Do you give your decks away or keep them in a giant filing cabinet for your records? 🤔😆💕👍

I was an Indy guy for years. I didn’t have good front smiths. One time the skate shop was out of Indy’s, so I reluctantly bought a set of Ventures. And miraculously I had beautiful front Smith grinds on lock.

I've been riding Dwindle all my life. Unknowingly lol. In my childhood, I liked almost, darkstar and blind. I did not know they were all the same. when i would ride my friends Zero, baker, element ect.. They always felt wrong, like soggy or less crisp. Sometime around 2013 I switched to Creature (I like the shape and concave) Turns out thats also DSM so... I guess im a Dwindle guy.

Solid Mr. Horse impression there, Ben.

I have had several Dwindle in the past and really liked them. I like the stiffness. My favorite board ever is a Creature (cursive logo) 8.25 Thunder lights. Perfect shape. No complaints about Darkstar either. I haven't tried anything current becouse the shop near me carries very little Dwindle. So right now I have 2 Blood Wizards 8.5's gripped up and ready to setup. Gonna use Venture 6.1's becouse I have three pair (Zumiez online had em $20 a pair 🤘)

5:30 I'm pretty sure brands make decks with a specific type ot trucks in mind. Tensor is under the same umbrella, so i'm pretty sure they use them when they test out boards. Some brands might make a "fits all" type of solution. In car parts fits all means that it doesn't fit well on anything. If I buy a pro board, I first check which trucks he rides. I think the whole polar team rides Aces, so Indys and Aces work well with them.

I love the super saps they keep there pop so long. I wish the impact line had a medium concave however i do like the mellow i prefer in between mellow and full

I have been skating since I was 11, thought I knew it all but I learn new things every time I watch your videos! Thanks dad! ❤

Happy Easter Ben!

Best skateboard channel 🛹💯

I usually skate dwindle boards. Either the R7 or impact light but I’m a big guy and I like the stiff feel. I’m on an enjoi impact light 8.0 with venture lows right now. All the boards over 8 have a 6.75 tail which helps. The Madness decks usually have medium kicks, medium concave and some of the Blind boards in 8.1 or 8.25 you can get with steep kicks and full concave.

Madness have a lot of different steepness and i totally agree with your review Ben. Also the steep tail can hurt the ankle.

Had the tim gavin dog pound reissue about a year ago with indy titanium,felt amazing first skate. Still kept its pop even after it ended up in the water. Had the exact same board again but just didn't feel the same even though it was the same set up.

I think Dwindle boards are sick- i got a stockpile of Enjoi 8s and the mellow concave/steep kicks shape is one of my favourites. I know the DSM woodshop is a separate company from Dwindle and they do companies like Santa Cruz (and I have an Alien Workshop from DSM) RIP Enjoi though :(

I absolutely love Dwindle Skateboards, the pop lasts for ever, specifically the Super Sap R7 ones

The dwindle boards with shallow kicks and medium concave are my go to. Especially the white enjoi panda boards. Only some of them have the mellow kicks.

Thank you for all of the information that you share in all of your posts. It is particularly useful to someone like me in their mid-40s getting back into it. Would you be objectionable to sharing your shoe size and possibly leg inseam? The last time I was heavily riding was the late 90s, when my jam was a 7 3/4 by Real or Girl, a mix of street and 4 ft ramps. Now that I'm older, I want something a little bit wider and I want to focus more on 6-8 foot tall transitions, and some street. Next year vert. I'll be looking at the local skateshop, but would love a point of reference. I know this blind deck is an 8-inch, but watching you ride it on transition it looks tiny. I'm thinking you're overall bigger than me (I wear 10.5 Addidas and have a 31 in inseam). Many thanks in advance.

I was riding Madness, before the bad act. I was in love with the decks but...not with the company. Actually I am riding an Heroin 9,5 shaped symmetrical and a 9 inch popsicle (heroin). Indy trucks hollow 169, powell peralta dragon formula 54 mm. I like a lot your channel. A big hug

Great review Ben, maby consider an alien workshop, or strangelove review, their both great decks

I skated a few madness boards for a few years. I really liked them, had one shape that was similar to your review that I hated and that was the super sap version total garbage. I really liked this 8.75” shape,for transition. I bought it 3 times. I also had a different shape 8.5” that was perfect shaped. They were Resin 7s. Now I’m only skating ps stix, and deluxe. I’ve bought this quasi proto II several times, now I have a 8.5” quasi Rizzo that I love. Well I’m injured with a torn miniscus at 45 so I’m doubtful I’ll ever skate again. My cartilage in that knee is worn tf down. Getting surgery in a few weeks. You should do a video on what happened to your knee. Pretty sure you had the same thing.

Never really skate Dwindel deck, but i note that there price is often cheaper. Just for that is great! The price of boards outside of the US is ridiculous!

Agree with Ben and most of the comments. I tried them years back mainly thinking if Mullen and Daewon rode for them I’d dig them. The steep kicks were a big adjustment. The board felt very stiff. It kept its pop forever and popped well. I found it harder to maneuver as Ben said and found manuals hard as I’m used to a more mellow set up. Now its mainly Deluxe boards for me. I like Baker as well but the last two I had broke just in front there rear bolts. 🤷‍♂️

Bought my first dwindle board back in Nov 22. Now, in April of 2023, I’ll be replacing it because of razor tail. That thing still has plenty of pop left though.

Your dog is cool I like the setup of that park it looks fun. I think it’s funny that your wearing a black undershirt everyone else on planet earth wears a white undershirt

palace dwindle boards w/ 14 wheelbase are sick , mellow almost chapman feel

If you find yourself on Vancouver Island, stop in to Wabi Sabi in Coombs. We got probably a hundred different decks including Schmitt stix, tons of Santa Cruz reissues, vision, and hosoi. Would love to pick your brain on deck shapes!

i really like my enjoi. they make longer boards like 32.2" which is good for tall people. very sturdy also

Personally, Dwindle is #2 I like NHS, And man Those VX decks, are AMAZING.

I have an 8.5 pink panda enjoi. its flat but with steep kicks and just works really well for some reason.

No one here talking bout the fact dwindle firing TM’s and madness and Enjoi folding up shop now. Bought out by company that owns ProTec and sector 9….

__These decks last so well that they can be in rotation - as a goofy rider the toeside gets worn out more but theres lot's of life in it, so it can be passed to a regular rider and gets the wear on the regular side of toes. I even changed the griptape on one of 8.5 steep kick Enjoi deck - life was still there and needed skate that you know. Had to make white dots on the bolts (now under the new grip) to see those bolts properly hah. __I think this Blind is the same shape that's Enjois Body Slam - Ultimate Warrior graphic, been skating this with 50mm ThunderTeamHollows and 51mm slim-hard wheels and it's just very casual to jump up stuff, over buckets and stuff. I'm suprised that this deck feels steep for You, Ben, on even Venture Lows. I think it's like one degree steeper tips than the Antihero's Misregister Eagle, which you had on Venture Kaders as crazy that was, but worked fine. You know that Misregister Eagle 8.25 is sold out all in european sites... Get rest and skate this Blind setup again! (Though I know you probably won't : D )

i been riding the 9' cody mcintyre blind board, been through about 4-5 of em now. Great shape, always lasts and doesnt snap easy. probably my favourite board ive ever had. Graphic stinks though

I used to exclusively ride dwindle boards, mostly enjoi. But now that they're dying I switched to sci-fi. Great boards.

Ben - destroys half the park in one line… ah i dont like it

Dwindle is kinda dead to me now. I rode and collected Madness boards, but then they fired Bill Weiss and the whole team quit in protest. Then they killed off Enjoi as well. Ain't new ownership fun? Love TJ though, thanks for supporting!

daddy ben blessing on easter

I haven’t ridden dwindle in a while , maybe 10 or 15 years but I remember them warping

Thanks!❤

Blind still my go to

Dwindle Resin 7s are amazing…dwindle boards are the most consistent board to board…you can count on the dimensions being perfect every time unlike bbs. Dwindle shapes tho, weird most are too long.

I wonder if there will be anymore new boards from the Dwindle Umbrella? Talk on the street is there are pallets and pallets of finished boards and the board factory hasn't been paid for months so they are being held until the staff get paid. Shame really, Enjoi, Madness, and who's next to fall?

I tried to get used to palace decks since they use dsm, and I just can't get used to the steep kicks. I totally found it interesting how DSM presses each board individually, but whatever concave setup palace was using just didn't work. Off topic, and I have never seen it again, I found a Chris Haslam captain caveman board at the local shop a few years back marked "mellow kick medium concave" and it was one of the best boards I've ever had. looking at the same board a different time it did not have the same concave options. I was actually curious if it was from a stack of Haslams personal boards they put into circulation after he quit....

dwindle wood is solid af. getting a shinner feels like my leg just got chopped off

Mr Horse in the house 👌

That TJ ROGERS DECK, is one I want to buy to put on the wall. I ride Crailtap GO27 and G52 shapes, but TJ ROGERS is my favorite skater.

Doggo!! ❤

You’re a handy guy, Ben. I often reshape my nose and sometimes tail if I don’t like the shape but love the feel. Do you ever modify the boards you get (for yourself. Not for review obviously)?

I’m riding a steep tail, mellow concave super sap deedz. Really like the stiffness. Sort of short for my taste length-wise, but spins a tre bomb fast. 7.8/10

Ben i recomend a mattress and boxspring. Skateboards are fun but they are not good to sleep on (regardless of distributor)

Theory on the smiths on transition being easier. The trucks aren't as tall so the wheels don't caught on the transition as easily and can be poked deeper.

i had a tj rogers deck, but i usually ride dgk cus they got the ghetto box

Did you notice a ”gap” between the board and the forged baseplate on the Venture lows? I don’t know if it even makes a difference or if it’s due to my boards having a large wheelbase combined with the venture baseplate that does not have “centered” holes for the hardware. What I mean by “gap” I mean that the baseplate is not connected fully to the board on the side closest to the tail/nose.

i skated a blind once and it was the lightest board i ever skated but it broke in almost like 3 days? I remember thinking if i had unlimited supply for free id skate them for sure. with autobahn wheels and royal trucks. primo skate gear.

I hope that all is well for everyone here and I hope that you all have a great day today.

Random concrete forms stacked at the park. I Wonder where those came from... 😂

Dwindle has been sleeping on treating their riders right

I used to only skate almost decks, but they seem to chip real easy and get soft around the edges quick compared to a BBS or South Central Wood, been real into Politic Decks lately gonna try Morning Bell if I can't find anymore Politic boards before their next drop

Haven’t rode one for years, but I remember them being pretty stiff and strong

it would be cool to see how a longer wheelbase almost board compares with that other one you rode. they have really good quality and lifespan. i have one that i rode for like 5 years (not very often, but no joke, it's still actually pretty decent when i compare it to a fresh board).

Dwindle has incredible wood, but what the heck are they doing w/ their companies/riders, I can’t get behind it.

some of the globe decks are dwindle r7 for 45 bucks. steep kicks and concave.

Venture lows have a long wheelbase. Might be why the smiths work better. Put any set of tensors (short wheelbase) on it and the short tail wont feel so awkward.

can you review a mini logo blank? not the birch ones, but the maple decks.

Blind + enjoi love, almost is alright

Eveb though theyre china wood i’ve always been a fan! The pop is good and lasts and rarely chipped em. Used to skate em around 2009 and then again in 2016-2017. Sucks theyve gone full corporate now

Hey Ben try the ACE AF1 lows with a mellow concave i find it to be the best combo

A skateboard is like a keyboard too much effort it affects your mood. The less you gotta think to do the task, the easier it is to be who you are. Very easy to see this now! :D

comin close to 100k

Thank you skateboards 8.12 review please!

I also like their decks.. but you never know what kinda kicks you're gonna get. So you gotta go and look at like 10 of them. haha.

I can just tell from the popping noise that it's dwindle. My only local skateshop is the distributor of dwindle in my country. And for 10 years I have heard the same snapping noise from other people. I have always had nhs and bbs decks. But I tried dwindle. They feel and sound like a 4x4 plank. If you are too used to what is considered normal, they may feel different and you may not like it. But if you can't afford decks all the time and you are sick of getting chips and missing wood chunks, then dwindle is great for that. They last longer because of epoxy, but this changes the whole feeling of the wood.