Official Site: www.almostawebsite.com
This deck features resin-8 contruction, and was supposed to be an 8-ply deck with the weight of a 7-ply deck.
Team: Daewon Song, Rodney Mullen, Chris Haslam, Torey Pudwill, Greg Lutzka, Cooper Wilt, Lewis Marnell
Pros:-Long lasting pop
-Didn’t flatten out quickly
-Overall Good Durability
Cons:– Not a lot of pop
– On the heavy side, but this could be favored by some
Pop: I was expecting this deck to have great pop. I tried my friends’ almosts, and I liked them all a lot, mainly for there pop and because they were light-weight, but I didn’t know if their decks had the same construction as the one that I bought. Well, I was dissapointed, to say the least, although the wood on this deck felt stiff, it had very little pop. The pop didn’t go away easily though, even when it was razor-tailed it wasn’t too much worse. Atleast it didn’t get worse quickly.
Shape/Concave/Feel: The concave was pretty shallow, which was fine with me, others may like it too. The nose and tail were pretty equal in size and shape, pretty normal. The nose was just a tad wider and steeper than the tail. The deck didn’t flatten out quick, and I hate decks that flatten out quick, so this was a plus. It felt felt more stiff than flimsy. 75% stiff 25% flimsy.
Weight: Like I said in the pop section, I thought this deck would be light-weight, It wasn’t. It was supposed to be an 8-ply deck that weighed as much as a 7 ply deck, and I can’t really disagree on that because I wouldn’t really call it heavy, but closer to heavy than light, I thought it was inbetween-ish. When I was changing the trucks from my old deck to my new deck, and was halfway done with and had one truck on one deck and one truck on the other, I decided to compare the two. The almost was heavier, I can’t really give a comparison because the other deck was a local shop deck, but I consider the shop deck pretty light.
Durability: Like I said, the pop didn’t go away quickly and the deck didn’t flatten out quick. I skated this deck during the winter, mostly in my garage where there wasn’t any snow. Since I barely skated any drops there was minimal chance of it snapping, but it lasted the whole winter, (December- the end of February) which is good for me. There was many pressure cracks, but for the time it was skated it isn’t that bad of a thing. The durability was my favorite part of this deck.
Overall: The pop wasn’t too good but didn’t go away quickly, the concave was mellow, the nose and tail were pretty equal, the nose was slightly wider and steeper, the concave didn’t flatten out quickly, the deck was medium-weight, and the durability was rather good, it lasted about 2.5 months of flat/rail skating. Overall I would give this deck a 6.5/10. It’s not the worst I’ve had, but not nearly the best.
