Product Blog: Redemption Fingerboards – Orange Curb Crusher
January 3, 2019 by MartinB. | 9:59 am
Redemption. The meaning of this word is a big one. Some people search for redemption for their whole life. Today we won´t talk about the word redemption and the meaning of it.
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 first one. It´s a solid and shiny orange deck. The shape is a modern one so this is he reason why I called this deck the “Orange Curb Crusher” mady by Redemption Fingerboards. Check that beast out:
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You can order a fingerboard at Repemdtion in a few shapes. The wellow, the medium, the woodnerd, the AK and the AK+. A comparison between all these shapes is available right here: Click! This deck is about 33mm wide and it´s in the AK 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.
The deck has some shiny solid orange color. The shape is something really modern. It´s not an oldschool deck and not a normal doublekick board. It´s a mixture between both and thats the latest hot shit in these days. A lot of companies create crazy shapes and I really like them. If you don´t like such a board or you´re more into graphic fingerboard decks, thats no a problem at all. Jordan offer everything you want and need. You could get a blank or graphic board and you can get them as a complete as well.
Redemption Fingerboards are not new to the scene. The brand came up in early 2009. Jordans a 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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Product Blog: Berlinwood – Bastl Boards Fire
January 1, 2019 by MartinB. | 10:38 am
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
2019 is here. It´s the first day of the new year. All the fingerboard companies released the latest fresh stuff for christmas and an upcoming year of fingerboarding hapyness. Berlinwood & Blackriver did the same so I´m really proud to show you a new Berlinwood graphic for the upcoming season. Today I´e got the new “Bastl Boards Fire” deck for you:
Berlinwood Fingerboards was founded by Timo in 2002 in a time when plastic was the most common fingerboard. Handcrafted 5 ply decks available to everybody distributed by the strongest influence to the scene… Blackriver-Ramps!
I still remember ordering my first ever Berlinwood. It was around 2002/2003 and I´ve ordered a maple bottom Berlinwood directly from Timo. Since I started fingerboarding I got countless Berlinwood. Always some really fresh wood and some years later with a bunch of the first super fresh graphic decks. Timo did and does a great job. It´s hard to tell you everything Timo has done for fingerboarding.
The shape:
This deck is a 32 mm deck with the Berlinwood lowshape. You can get this graphic with every shape and width you need. Just choose your favorite in the webshop.
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Clean and precise. Thats true Berlinwood craftmansship!
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Until now Berlinwood is steadily in progress with its developments. Several generations of fingerboarders from all over the world appreciate and love Berlinwood fingerboards. Berlinwood fingerboards are made of five wooden plies. Apart from being manufactured by professionals the fingerboards are “100% handmade in Germany“. I don´t think I need to tell you something about the Berlinwood quality. Nearly every fingerboarder knows it. The decks got solid colors and are just highend fingerboard decks. You wont regret to buy a Berlinwood ever. I think 99% of all the fingerboarder knows about this. Berlinwood is here to stay and if you are interested in a huge part of the fingerboard history? Mastermind Timo Lieben was the first to manufacture professional wooden fingerboards the way skateboards are made. The Berlinwood website is online with a shit load of pictures and many facts behind Berlinwood. Make sure to check that out! CLICK CLICK CLICK!
On this product blog I got some good news for you. This and some more Bastl Boards graphics are available now:
Get yous right over here: Click!
About Bastl Boards. This brand is a skateboard and longboard brand from Leipzig, Germany. At Bastl Boards the mantra is quite simple: have fun skating. Bastl thinks that no rider should have their skate progress hindered by their deck, which is why they absolutely take a quality over quantity philosophy to our production. With three different collections to choose from they back up riders of all styles, skill sets, and attitudes. Together with their team riders who are located all over the world we’re constantly working on new constructions and shapes. Prototyping and being on top of the notch is a big part of the brand’s philosophy. Since day one they continously collaborate with local artists who help us making our decks so unique. Everytime we develop a new construction or reshape the models they ask an artist to design the whole collection. Why not comprehend a skate shop as a gallery? Skateboards are the perfect platform to present art from the streets on the streets. Bastl Boards, founded in 2008, is indeed a family business.
If you´re interested in some more Berlinwood product blogs: Click! And if you´re interested in buying cool fingerboard products hop over to the Blackriver-Ramps webshop: Click! Get yourself a new board or something else for 2019! GOOOOO!
THX a lot Timo for this deck and happy new year! :-)
All images hosted on my flickr: Click!
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