Product Blog: McKenzie Fingerboards – Nature Laser
November 27, 2018 by MartinB. | 5:44 am
Did you guys know that the Philippines includes round about 7000 islands? To be correct, there are 7107 islands! Thats a huge amount of islands. The capital of this wonderful country with a huge load of wonderful and exotic girls is Manila.
Today we will take a look at deck number five out the latest letter of the Philippines. As I told you last week, I´ve received a big package from the Philippines some weeks ago and the Mckenzie product blog series no comes to an end.
The package was sent by Gerorge Casem, who is the owner of McKenzie Fingerboards. This brand exists since 2012. I´m really glad, that George sent me 5 (FIVE) decks!! This is the fifth one.
I´ve called this deck nature laser, because that nice natural bottom ply with a McKenzie logo lasered into it:
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The shape of this deck is the SX shape in 32mm. The SX shape is a well-defined low kick and low concave fingerboard shape.
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This deck was a normal blank deck at first and then there was a laser. That laser is precise like the rest of the craftmanship on this deck and lasered the McKenzie logo perfect into the bottom ply. You got the wonderful bottom with just a stamp on the top. This deck is just super clean as all the other decks made by George. The shape of this deck is the SX shape in 32mm. The SX shape is a well-defined low kick and low concave fingerboard shape. This shape is 100% up to date and fits perfect into the low shape standard. Basic and low!
This deck is just as perfect clean as the two blank decks before. The edges are perfect round and the holes are straight and just perfect. This is just a perfect graphic fingerboard deck. So basic, so pop, so good. I mean, just look at the pictures. This is a super high quality fingerboard.
Every deck comes in a basic package with some sticker and a sheet of foam. This sheet of foam is without tape on the back, so it´s not a sheet of riptape. It´s probably in the package to keep the deck safe while shipping!? I don´t know. Just get some tape and use this foam as nonslider for example.
Goerge offers with McKenzie really affordable and really good fingerboard decks. A blank fingerboard deck is about 20$, simple split ply decks cost something around 25$ and the graphic decks cost 25$ too. 20/25$ might be a lot of money in the Philippines for sure, but look at the price tag of many other brands, this is really affordable. Goerge offers a lot great decks, you can get custom and graphic decks for sure. Just say “Hiiii” on Instagram: @mckenziefb
I already said it but I´m not getting boring of the fact, that this is one of the best and cheap fingerboard decks I´ve ever seen. If you consider buying from McKenzie, just get in contact on Instagram or check out the webshop: Click! The international shipping includes a tracking code and was pretty fast.
THX a lot for this huge package George. The next product blog will be up really soon.
All images are hosted on my flickr: Click!
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Product Blog: Theory Grip – Fingerboard Riptape
November 26, 2018 by MartinB. | 10:55 am
I´m sitting in my living room with my macbook, my son is playing around in the room and in my hand I have a letter from South Carolina. It´s autumn in Germany so it´s raining most of the time. The weather in South Carolina is probably better than here.
The letter from SC contained some fresh riptape for your fingerboard. The letter was sent by Theory Grip. The brand was founded in 2015 and offers grip and rip for your fingerboard. This brand isn´t unknown in the scene at all, but for me it´s the first time having some Theory riptape.
So lets have a look at some nice thin black fingerboard riptape:
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Size: 110mm x 35mm.
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The mystery of good fingerboard tape is all around the scene. Many companies try to offer great fingerboard tape and just die trying. Fingerboard riptape is pure art and science at one point. It makes a fingerboard perform great or perform horrible. So lets say it´s way more important than some people think.
Let´s talk about this Theory riptape. The reference in this class are the Blackriver riptape and the Fingerboardstore riptape. Why are these tapes the reference? Everybody knows them and both perform just great.
The Theory tape comes in perfect cutted sheets (110mm x 35mm). It´s deep black and the thickness is normal to thin. The pores of the tape are really really fine (check out the pictures). It´s overall medium soft. This tape is a mix between FBS and BRR. The material is made to last long, not like slim and catchy tapes. The tape is pretty grippy even when it´s new, so you won´t need time to become friends with it. One single sheet of tape is about $ 1,50. You can get 5 packs on the site as well. Just get some sheets, you won´t regret ordering!
I´m considering this tape in my personal Top 5 of fingerboard tapes! There are many companies out there who offer fingerboard tape. Not all of them are good. Be careful and choose the right one!
Show some love on Instagram: @theory_grip
The Tape is available in the Theory webshop. Just check it out right here: Click!
THX a lot for the sheets boiii!
All images are hosted on my flickr: Click!
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Product Blog: McKenzie Fingerboards- Abstract Split
November 25, 2018 by MartinB. | 8:28 am
Did you guys know that the Philippines includes round about 7000 islands? To be correct, there are 7107 islands! Thats a huge amount of islands. The capital of this wonderful country with a huge load of wonderful and exotic girls is Manila.
Today we will take a look at deck number four out the latest letter of the Philippines. As I told you last week, I´ve received a big package from the Philippines some weeks ago.
The package was sent by Gerorge Casem, who is the owner of McKenzie Fingerboards. This brand exists since 2012. I´m really glad, that George sent me 5 (FIVE) decks!! This is the fourd one.
Well, now let´s have a look at a abstract fingerboard splitply deck:
Shape:
The shape of this deck is the GU Shape in 34mm. The GU shape is a well-defined medium kick and medium concave fingerboard shape.
You wanna see something really crazy on this one? THIS IS T H E BOTTOM OF THIS YEAR! Well, we all know splitted plies, but not as a crazy splitply:
Every little part is made from wood. This is the most colorful and one of the best splitply decks I´ve ever seen. The bottom is like ice and you won´t “feel” any cut between the little wooden parts. This looks so good and colorful, I really like it. It´s colorful like all the islands of the Philippines.
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This deck is a splitply deck. You got the wonderful bottom with just a stamp on the top. This is an unbelievable good job on the split. This deck and all the plies are just super clean as the first two exotic and the graphic decks. The shape of the deck is the GU Shape in 34mm. The GU shape is a well-defined medium kick and medium concave fingerboard shape. This shape is 100% up to date and fits perfect into these days standard. And these plies are soooo lovely!
This deck is just as perfect clean as the two blank decks before. The edges are perfect round and the holes are straight and just perfect. This is just a perfect graphic fingerboard deck. So basic, so pop, so good. I mean, just look at the pictures. This is a super high quality fingerboard.
Every deck comes in a basic package with some sticker and a sheet of foam. This sheet of foam is without tape on the back, so it´s not a sheet of riptape. It´s probably in the package to keep the deck safe while shipping!? I don´t know. Just get some tape and use this foam as nonslider for example.
Goerge offers with McKenzie really affordable and really good fingerboard decks. A blank fingerboard deck is about 20$, simple split ply decks cost something around 25$ and the graphic decks cost 25$ too. 20/25$ might be a lot of money in the Philippines for sure, but look at the price tag of many other brands, this is really affordable. Goerge offers a lot great decks, you can get custom and graphic decks for sure. Just say “Hiiii” on Instagram: @mckenziefb
I already said it but I´m not getting boring of the fact, that this is one of the best and cheap fingerboard decks I´ve ever seen. If you consider buying from McKenzie, just get in contact on Instagram or check out the webshop: Click! The international shipping includes a tracking code and was pretty fast.
THX a lot for this huge package George. The next product blog will be up really soon.
All images are hosted on my flickr: Click!
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