pretty hyped...

As you can imagine, we're pretty hyped, here at Fickle HQ. We are getting amazing wood out of our press because we are committed to pacing ourselves at 4 hour press-time minimums, and at least a 4 day glue curing before any high-vibration processes, like drilling, cutting, or sanding...

You see, the high-tech way that the Lion's Share of boards are made today doesn't let the glue set. And while the glue is still soft, they're drilling, cutting the edges, and sanding the crap out of the top and bottom plys... That's where you get the edge and pressure cracking issues so commonplace today.

Now, we're not saying that you'll never get a board from Fickle that pressure cracks. After all, this is WOOD. Wood is a thing that until fairly recently, was alive and it has all these swirls and stuff and that means that sometimes you'll get a board that doesn't behave.

If you want something that will never warp, chip, crack or have defects--get an aluminum skateboard! or a plastic one! They exist and we are sure you'll hate them. But hey, NO RULES, and if you show up at the spot pushing mongo, sporting a hip-sack, riding your new Aluminum board with replaceable graphite tips, we're going to be stoked to be skating with you!

You know why?

Because hands-down, skateboarding is just about the single best thing to do in the world, aside from the Big 5.

(You can fill in your own top 5 any time--there just ought to be some things that are more important to you than playing on a toy)

...But the kids at Fickle will keep working to make sure that any StuntPlank you buy from our shop, whether direct online, or at some of the finest of skateshops, will be epic, solid, and your best choice of a thousand evils.

Now Go Shred.