Not the best carving board,  Thursday, 16 April 2009 I got this hoping to make a step up from my old pinner, but wound up only riding it for a short while before going back to my junky old skyhook deck. I like to keep my trucks pretty lose and wheelbite was a huge problem even after adding more risers and tightening up beyond what I usually prefer. It was impossible to carve with the setup I had and the whole thing just felt very rigid and awkward.

Unless you want to stick to wheels under 70mm, don't even bother with this deck. I've got some spare Indy 169s, so I'm hoping to resurrect it as a dedicated sliding deck with some NoSkoolz or some other wheel it can actually handle, but that's about the only hope I have for it.

 Perfect for what I needed,  Monday, 20 October 2008 I needed a sturdy board that could accomodate larger wheels for urban commuting and a little bit of downhill, and the UA was exactly what I was looking for. The deck I received looks a little different from the images on most sites, the nose and tail are less squared off and come to shallow points, but the biggest difference is that the tail seems a bit shorter than in the pictures. The tail is really the only major downside for me: it simply isn't long enough to have the leverage necessary to lift the front wheels off the ground, due to the deck's weight. It's a little sluggish when turning and goes into slides easier than the lighter board I had before, but it's actually pretty responsive when carving. I'm a big fan of this board, the fact that it's so low to the ground makes it feel like I'm hovering.