Mallard Skateboard Decks

Mallard Clothing is a skateboard clothing company coming up out of the great state of Utah, home to the best snow on earth (if you’re into snow) and a bunch of people called Mormons who are addicted to sugar because they don’t drink or smoke. Mallard also makes skateboard decks, and they sent me an 8.0 recently to try out. Now, I’ll be honest with you (wait, what am I saying, that I normally lie to you but this time I’m telling the truth?! Of course I’m going to be honest), this is not the most scientific deck review. For one, up until riding this deck I hadn’t skated in several months due to injuries, and not having a deck. Mallard took care of the latter problem for me, but when I went skating it was while I was in that “getting back into it state” where you have a hard time doing an ollie or a kickflip, and your feet don’t seem to stick to the board because your muscles can’t snap as fast as they did before, and you’re a bit wobbly. Plus I’m old and fat, which doesn’t help anything.

Ok, so that said, it’s a fine deck. It’s snappy, and I like that the nose is a little steeper than that on my last deck. The concave and shape are all fine, with one exception–I found the tail to be just a tad small for my tastes, but hey, that’s just me. So that’s it. Short and sweet, but what else do you want me to say? It’s a deck, after all, there’s not much to it. Oh, and they’re just $35 with free shipping on their website, so the price is definitely right.