Finding The Best Skateboard Deck

Finding the best sk8board deck is all about personal taste and your level of skill. Are you willing to compromise strength for a lighter deck? If your skateboard decks are always breaking, maybe its time to consider a step up from the 7 ply to the 9 ply. Sure, it’ll be heavier but they’ll last longer and they’ll stand up to the craziest skateboard tricks.

Element Skateboard Decks

The Helium and Fiberlight decks are the most popular Element decks. Bam Margera made these skateboard decks popular, having several different sizes and shapes to his decks. With Element decks, people usually love them or they hate them.  There isn’t much in between. Elements are light, have great pop, but some find they break too easily.

Baker Skateboard Decks

Baker Skateboards was founded by professional skateboarder Andrew Reynolds and Jay Strickland in 2000. Their main products are skateboard decks, clothing, and wheels.Bakers are great decks for technical skaters because they’re good for flip tricks. Excellent pop and flip to make for sweet landings. Just enough concave and a great shape give this deck a comfortable feel.

Zero decks are known for being a strong, heavier, better built skateboard deck than the competition.  They’re great for rails but a little hard to flip. One of the best features of Zero decks is their durability – these last forever!

Popwar Skateboard Decks

Popwar decks, likes its name suggests, are all about the pop! If pop is what you’re looking for, these decks deliver.  You may have to sacrifice on durability and a weird concave and shape, but the pop is almost uncontrollable.

No matter which deck you choose, know what you’re looking for.  Don’t just buy a sk8board deck because of the graphics, or whose name is on it – buy it because it’s going to perform the way you need it to for a comfortable feel, light weight, excellent pop and flip, and enough concave to accommodate your style.  In the end, it’s just about getting the deck that helps you land the sickest tricks.