#Dlight skate pro#

This board lasted 12x the length of a regular 7-ply board (average of 5 days). On the session where he skated the 8 set, he probably would have broken at least 4 boards, maybe more, and the Flight Deck left unscathed. Note that none of these attempts broke, de-laminated, or took pop away from the Flight Deck, which is insane.

He skated it while we were all on a trip to Seattle and he flexed the board in some pretty insane ways skating an 8 set in Vancouver (see below). Riley skated the Flight Deck for approximately 2 months (60 days). He also noted that in that time, it never lost any pop at all. So this board lasted him 5x the length of a regular 7-ply board (his normal boards average around 5 days). Before breaking it he actually landed sketchy a few times where he was sure a regular board would have broken. Riley skated this board for around 3.5 weeks (approx 25 days) while we were on a skate trip he snapped the tail off landing heaving down a 6 stair (as seen in the video).

#Dlight skate pro#

Mike McGill, Steve Caballero & Andy Anderson all have custom Pro Flight Deck shapes as well. The Powell Peralta Flight Decks come in two different popsicle shapes (seen below) as well as a bunch of retro shapes as well. I personally really like this shape, but Riley preferred the more rounded Powell nose and tail. It's hard to tell in the photo below, but they have a fairly long nose and tail that are a little pointy. The Santa Cruz VX boards currently come in one shape. We have no info on what this is, but as you can see below, it must be some kind of tail/nose re-reinforcement against breakage. Something we noticed when checking them out without griptape, is that the Powell Peralta has a wide square under the trucks on both sides. Both companies are super secretive about the construction, which makes sense, neither company wants more brands replicating their construction. Powell Peralta Flight Deck Santa Cruz VX Deckīoth boards are made of 5 plies of maple in the middle, with a ply of their patented 'fiberglass technology' on the top and bottom. He has also broken 5 boards in one day before, so board breakage is a real problem. Usually, a standard 7-Ply deck will last him from 3-7 days with the occasional board lasting longer (approx 10 days).

He usually skates around 4-6 days a week and lots of the time he's street skating which is extra hard on boards. Riley is a bigger dude, weighing in around 6'3' & 210lbs. He grabbed one of each boards and put them to the test! We had a lot of requests on our YouTube page for this one, so our team rider Riley Sykes set out to test both. Our team rider Riley Sykes tested out both the Santa Cruz Flight Decks & Powell Peralta Flight Decks and reviewed them for you guys!