pumpkin board?

**afi1014** · 09-05-2009 11:25 PM

is pumpkin board a good slalom board thinking of getting one
but the board wheelbases is 21"+ so it made me think twice
so is it good or no?

**samhell** · 09-06-2009 02:28 PM

Do you have a link to this Pumpkin board?

**afi1014** · 09-06-2009 03:15 PM

Originally Posted by samhell

Do you have a link to this Pumpkin board?

yes...here it is Pumpkin Skateboards :: Pumpkin Slalomboards :: Viking Wheels :: Viking Trucks

**samhell** · 09-06-2009 03:33 PM

I think you'd be better off with a Sk8kings or something similar..
You can get a smoking deal on Sk8kings Axe decks..
That board on the pumpkin site looks like a slalom board from 1978..
You can find something a lot better than that for a good deal.

**enemy combatant** · 09-06-2009 04:45 PM

I love my custom wide Pumpkin 86 cm. Vertlam hardwood and carbon fiber. Killer carving deck especially doing deep hard turns completely across the road by weighting it heavily with my rear foot as I enter the turn. I love the way it springs out of the apex when I unweight it.

I've never used it for slalom. Slalomites don't do that kind of carving. They are into hip wiggling and tighter courses even in super GS. Undoubtedly faster, and requiring great skill, but just not any fun.

**Sherpa** · 09-06-2009 05:09 PM

my friend had a pumpkin. that thing had great compression but the snap was kinda bland. very skinny deck, i think like 7 at its widest. hiiiiiiiiiiigh camber. and no concave, so it was hard to make a skinny flexy deck react quick.

**mark33** · 09-06-2009 05:12 PM

**enemy combatant** · 09-06-2009 05:26 PM

Originally Posted by Sherpa

my friend had a pumpkin. that thing had great compression but the snap was kinda bland. very skinny deck, i think like 7 at its widest. hiiiiiiiiiiigh camber. and no concave, so it was hard to make a skinny flexy deck react quick.

Mine was built to my weight, is a shade under 9 inches wide and has the most responsive snappy return of energy of any board I own. No concave, although at only 9 inches I have no problem feeling the edges of the board with my front foot. I keep the balls of my back foot centered on the board 'cuz that is how it likes to be ridden. I just keep Pumpkin it!

**Ogre** · 09-06-2009 06:58 PM

Pumpkin is a fine company as is Indiana etc.. but they tend to cater the classic/Euro style drcks.. If they would widen them a tad their market share would increase.. Solid built decks

**afi1014** · 09-07-2009 01:37 PM

Originally Posted by samhell

I think you'd be better off with a Sk8kings or something similar..
You can get a smoking deal on Sk8kings Axe decks..
That board on the pumpkin site looks like a slalom board from 1978..
You can find something a lot better than that for a good deal.

Sk8king axe deck they have a kick...because of that i think my stance will feel awkward