97mm,  Friday, 03 October 2008 The 97mm flys are ridiculous. they are massive and kind of useless in their size. great for building huge speed, and very smooth, but slide at all but the slowest speeds.

nice for rolling over anything, so nice to commute on, if they weren't so heavy. but still oddly smooth and easy to push.

good wheels i suppose, just need an interesting application.

 215's,  Friday, 03 October 2008 turn and feel awesome. just feel strong for some reason...

 great jack of all trades,  Friday, 03 October 2008 If you're looking for a do anything board, this might be it. It won't do Everything Really well, but it's pretty damn fun and more than competent for most disciplines. It carves like a dream and handles speed well for a board with so much flex. Though I'll get back to that.

Lets get construction out of the way first.

It's nice, but does not seem terribly durable. Scrapes can get the fiberglass really roughed up if you're not careful (I've got a great deep gash in mine nearly all the way through, from going off too many high curbs) and the nose and tail, as with any dropped through board, are not the strongest things in the world. The graphic is awful looking as well, not design wise, but the quality is very poor, looks very low res, like a very low dpi print. Some of these are just aesthetics of course, and do not detract from the ride-ability of the board, just something to be aware of. Actually, let's get back to the ride~

The flex is one of the boards defining characteristics. It's very springy, with great rebound and energy in carves. It can also be a little disconcerting at times. In fact, I really didn't like it when I first rode it, as it can throw you off balance if you're not moving with the board. But I've grown to find that it's a really fun attribute that really lends to the speed and agility this thing has when just tearing smooth wide turns down a nice mild hill.


Overall, this board has a great fluidity that allows you to move and carve in an unparalleled fashion, great for just about anything. If you're thinking about getting one for any general reason, you really can't go wrong.

 One of downhills finest.,  Friday, 03 October 2008 First and foremost, this is a downhill board and this is essentially it's sole purpose. It can do other things, I've commuted on it, and it's fine, but not great obviously. So let's be real. We're not trying to dance or slalom on this thing, so don't delude yourself into wanting something a downhill board is not.

That out of the way, this thing is big, and stable.

I mean, you really have to emphasize just how very, very stable at speed it is, it absorbs road imperfections well, and it has a great concave and size that lets you get get a very low, wide stance. It's drop is very significant so foot breaking is very easy on this, even at speed, as the ground is right there. This drop also lends a very low center of gravity, good for said stability, not great for leverage, so the board is far from agile, but certainly not terrible.

Great construction as well, very tough board. Took getting hit by an suv to kill mine.

Overall a great board that does what it was made to do, impeccably.

 easily one of the best online retailers,  Friday, 03 October 2008 I buy pretty much everything from them, that isn't something weird or hard to get. Some things they don't have, no crails, no insect (not that I particularly care, just saying) but a very complete selection of stuff that you'd want on any given day. There's usually a toss up between daddies and mile high, and recently I've found myself going to daddies more, just because of the better selection of decks, etc.

great on keeping up to date with products, if it's the hot new thing, revamp of a deck, they'll more than likely have it, and let you know it's the new awesome one, nice and reassuring if you wanna make sure that dervish you got was the new stronger one, whatever.

and great customer service, have always gotten back to me incredibly quickly with any questions, add ons, etc. very helpful and informed.

all around my favorite place to go.