Today's blog is all about Bamboo skateboards. I got this bamboo skateboards. From some dude who walked into duffs before they went south of heaven. Good wood has a 1 ply bamboo. Sector 9 has many different ones with 1 ply. And now I been reading in other blogs about 7 ply fully bamboo planks from china and Japan. The shit is taking over by a storm over there. Japan does not have any maple but hella bamboo growing like weeds so it is a dope and easy to make bamboo planks there. Now I know bamboo buddy has to be the most wack name in skateboarding since Nash. I agree it is a bad name. Please bare with me though. The name might suck but the product is amazing. Not only is it eco friendly and has small to no impact or carbon foot print due to the fact bamboo is sustainable , it is solid as it gets. The damn thing was so hard I could not get my bolts in flush. I had to use my Power screw driver to get them in. the only lame thing about it is it is thicker than most 7 ply decks and it is a bit heavier than most decks as well. I knew this could all be in my head due to the fact I been riding black 6 birdhouse decks that are as light as cardboard but as strong as an ox. So I am not a good judge. So I wanted to see what other humans would think of this product. So I jumped on my bike and took the set up and strapped it to my back pack. I then cruised all of Oceanside looking for groms old pool hesh dogs and my fellow street nerds. To see what they thought of my crazy bamboo deck.

I ran into my homie jams and his son in his drive way. His son loved it so much I gave it to him. Here is the rating. POP rating . Just as good as maple but a a bit slower on take off. The lift seemed as good .

IMPACT.
THE thing is a brick and I could not break it. The bamboo was laid in 4 different directions to enforce the deck. The only lame thing is there is no give. So you feel like you just landed on brick or concrete rather than a deck.

Flip trick catch consistently.
Other than the shape sucking ass the Bamboo is rad and I cannot tell the difference between it and a maple deck to be honest. If the tail was bigger and the nose was longer it would be choice. It felt like a zip zinger with more shallow concave on it.

Other observations.
The grip tape stuck to it better than on a maple deck. Not sure if this is the clear cot on most maple decks that sucks or the fact this thing had more of a wax on it to hold the grip rather than hi gloss show Enamel. I did notice the damn thing slide good on the nose and tail....