Product Blog: Redemption – Doublekick Sunday
January 6, 2019 by MartinB. | 7:54 am
It´s doublekick sunday! Why? Well today we will take a look at some nice doublekick fingerboard deck. This could be your Redemption!
Jordan, the owner of Redemption Fingerboards (and Handboards) sents me two of his super nice fingerboard decks. Jordan and his brand and shop are located in Union City, MI, USA. The letter came of super fast and today we will take a look at the second one. It´s a deep dark deck only for gentleman I think. It´s a doublekick like ehm a chocolate doublekick. The ultimate chocolate power. Check that beast out:
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You can order a fingerboard at Repemdtion in a few shapes. The mellow, the medium, the woodnerd, the AK and the AK+. A comparison between all these shapes is available right here: Click! This deck is about 34mm wide and it´s in the M shape.
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This deck is made of 5 plys of Canadian maple/exotic veneers. The glue of this deck not only bond wood, it penetrates the veneer layers interlocking them together. The decks are made by Jordan with machines and by hand. Great decks can not be made solely using one system or the other. While the shaping/drilling is done by machine, sanding and final touches are done by hand. Lacquer is applied, then sanded down to smooth boards and is then repeated until the decks are totally sleek. Having this deck in my ahdn I can tell you one thing. Jordan knows how to deal with wood. This deck is a perfect example for precise work and some more years of the right know-how.
This deck is the ultimate double chocolate power deck. It´s deep brown to black and the veneer looks super high class and exclusive. This is a deck for all the gentleman out there! The shape is a clean modern doublekick one, like most of the fingerboards in these days. If you don´t like such a normal board and want some crazy shape or you´re more into graphic fingerboard decks, thats no a problem at all. Jordan offers everything you want and need. You could get a blank or graphic board and you can get them as a complete as well. These are not expensive at all. Only $19.99 for such a blank. The graphic decks cost $29.99. Thats really cheap for such a good fingerboard!
Redemption Fingerboards are not new to the scene. The brand came up in early 2009. Jordans goal was to create high quality miniature skateboards. Jordan is a skateboarder since 2000 so he knows whats up. I think everybody knows Jordan since he released a couple of Instagram “vlogs”. So after a couple of more years in the fingerboard scene he released his wheels brand andhandboard line up. Handboarding was for me just horrible. I had a TD handboard over 10 years ago when they released them for the very first time with Tensor Trucks and stuff like that. The kingpin broke the first day and all I thought about this is just fucking loud. I personally thought, that there is no demand for handboard stuff, but, well, there is a real handboard scene. I really enjoy watching all these guys handboarding, but I will stick to fingerboarding. Jordan has done a great job for Handboarding. Redemption is the first brand to officially create a wooden handboard complete with bearing wheels, soft tape and single axle trucks. This project has taken many years but in 2017 complete handboards were finally available. Thats just awesome!
By the way, Jordan is running a a store in his town. You could go there and finger- or handboard. Stay updated while following the Rempetion Instagram site: @redemptionfingerboards
Well, a super good fingerboard, a nice talk on the internet, quick service and dedication to the fingerboard scene? Well, thats a good reason to order somthing cool at the Redemption website. Just check it out right here: Click!
THX a lot for these deck Jordan! I know your brand since day one and I really like your progression and mood. Keep it going!
All images are hosted on my flickr: Click!
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Yellowood – Bearing Spacer
January 5, 2019 by MartinB. | 7:11 am
Better than a spacer is a bearing spacer. This a revolutionary Fingerboard concept of using the smallest bearing in the world as a spacer for your standard single bearing wheels, making them a dual bearing wheel and getting the widest size in Ytrucks of 34.10 mm.
Out now: Click!
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Product Blog: YTrucks – X5 chrome/blue
January 4, 2019 by MartinB. | 12:52 pm
A new year a new ride? Well, Philippe from Yellowood asked me if I need some new fingerboard stuff. He sents me a big package with more stuff that I wanted. So I was able to setup a full new setup. Maybe you have seen it on Instagram? If not follow @fingerboardTV
Today we will take a look at one main part of the setup. The trucks. Good trucks are important for a good fingerboard and I like them even more, when the color fits to the board. This was the reason why I´ve picked the YTrucks X5 in chrome with blue baseplate. Check them out:
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The KEY FEATURES oft he new X5 trucks: Lightweight, extra resistent, AutoBlock V2, vitton bushings, low maintenance, advanced design and the trucks fits to all wheels.
Each set comes with:
– 2 Complete Trucks
– 4 AutoBlock V2 Nuts
– 8 Hexagonal Screws
– 1 Ykey II tool
– Ytrucks stickers
This is stage 5 of the YTrucks design. The new mold size is TRUE 34MM and it´s improved at the stress points from previous versions. Making the X5 the most advanced truck made to date. The stainless steel axle also has longer thread so you can use a larger variety of wheels without wobbles. These wider trucks have a lower center of gravity making your setup more stable on pop, grind and landing.
And it´s true. I´ve mounted the first set of X5 Ytrucks to my deck something about two years ago (wtf!? these 34mm are available for two years allready??!!) and I still feel the difference to smaller trucks. I never thought such two mm will give you something like a new fingerboard feeling. I really like how the trucks perform, grind and work and there was no problem to mount them to the deck. And if the color fits to your board you are in heaven. These trucks work just awesome! Never stepped back from the 34mm experience! As a special clue YTrucks now offer softer bushings (not shown on the pictures). These bushings are soft as f*ck and not the normal o-rings anymore. A nice little upgrade for these trucks. But just to let you now, most of the bushings on the market fit to YTrucks as well and perfom great. Don´t be afraid, just try something new.
The quality of YTrucks is as perfect as most of you know. We got some legit, trusted and well known fingerboarding product right here, so you won´t regret buying a set of YTrucks. Take your Fingerboarding to next level and get such a set right over here: Click! BTW the Yellowoodstore website is updated since a few months. It´s a full new shopping experience. Hop over to the website and check it out. The Yellowood Instagram site is an interesting one as well: @yellowood
Big shoutout to Portugal! #true34mmstillstillstillinlove
All images are hosted on my flickr: Click!
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