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Major Respect for adding this new comment! while you can’t control nor should you be held responsible for what others may do it does show that you are not willing to take part in promoting these type of shady tactics. Particularly thankful that you are staying true to helping watch out for the smaller shops and do it yourselfers out there that work VERY hard to keep a good reputation in the skate community. Thanks again Chris for taking the extra time to update and be honest about these issues. That is all anyone can ask for. nice job Good Roads!

We're all in this together homes

I agree, and it arguably has benefits for the board since it doesn't go through the extra compression in the heat-transfer machines that are used in a lot of shops

A small one, but enough for a couple more experiments!

I'd add the quality of the machines in the shop too, they have to well run for so many more hours than in a hobbyist's setup. I'd love to get my hands on some higher end tools some day

Thanks dude! I think I paid $100 or so for the custom deck, but if you're looking to get a board made for you I would look around to try to find local builders. Most people building boards at a small scale would be happy to do you a custom. Manak Skates and Life Skateboards are the first two that come to mind. Beau at Open Source Skateboards would probably do you one too

@@GoodRoads no thank you for this wealth of information. Keep doing what you’re doing man.

I've heard that! I've never had a set of Bears but yeah, it makes too much sense.

@@GoodRoads Their geometry is something else! The kingpin it´s more slanted than regular TKP trucks which makes them really responsive and carve friendly, think of regular trucks mounted with wedged risepads.

I have been building my own decks for more than 15 years so I've got more than a decade and a half of ideas I want to try. If you want to see one that I really care about check out my most recent mountainboard build. I'm really proud of that geometry and eager to see how it holds up to abuse and better riders

@@GoodRoads right on I will. I'm so disappointed. The surfskate I'm building I have to put on hold. I got my Waterborne box yesterday and I am kinda quite disappointed to find the high performance surfskate conversion kit package I purchased is missing the REAR TRUCK SURF ADAPTER and only contained WOOD BLOCK RISER PADS much to my dismay. And after reviewing the Waterborne website and reviewing the contents of each package. It appears to be a mistake in the shipping department to give Waterborne credit; I ordered and purchased the HIGH PERFORMANCE SURF ADAPTER PACKAGE containing BOTH front and rear adapters. Instead I have received just the FRONT SURF ADAPTER PACKAGE KIT containing the front adapter,3 bags of hardware required,2 WOOD BLOCK RISER PADS and 4 stickers. Like I said I believe that it is a simple mistake and will be rectified by Waterborne, I have sent the appropriate emails and attached a photo of the contents of the box. Perhaps you can enlighten me as to my predicament? I have not been able to bolt on the kit; as I'm afraid I may have to return the delivered parcel for an exchange for the right surfskate package.

@@williammadray7818 I don't know what to tell you dude, I've never used a surfskate before. Sounds like waterborne is taking care of you though, just be patient and I'm sure it will get sorted out. Accidents happen

@@GoodRoads you are absolutely right my man. Patience is a virtue, is gonna be the case in the situation. That I'm sure is just a mistake. The surfskate; I believe is the next REAL new thing. Certainly judging by the reviews from professional skateboarder/surfers and professional surfer/skateboarders. For the latter it seems it's all about it being an actual surfing trainer. For the former; it turns the forgotten surf style cruiser into a carving machine on steroids. I won't know until I can bolt it on, and define the experience using my 45 plus years of skateboarding and surfing experience. In fact the skate decks I have in mind are to most emulate and replicate the surfing experience AND enhance performance in cutbacks and while pumping the surfskate to maintain and/or increase speed. Perhaps we can elaborate later.

I get mine from either Roarockit or now Carver & Stone

@@GoodRoads thank you

SK8CAD from Beau over at Open Source Skateboards has some longboard options if I remember right. You can generate STLs for printing from that. I'll be adding a longboard setup to the repertoire at some point as well so stay tuned!

That is exactly what happened... I know a handful of smaller shops that were ripped off, and they hung Embassy Skateboards out to dry on a large order. If you look at Allen's response to all the negative Google reviews, he thought customer service as a joke. It's a shame, too. I got an order from them (it was very, very late and was only delivered after I filed a claim with my bank for fraud) and the decks weren't bad.