BAMBOO vs MAPLE skateboard stress experiment

Name: BAMBOO vs MAPLE skateboard stress experiment
Uploaded: 2010-04-17T11:38:41.000Z
Duration: 3 min 16 s
Description: Spiral Threads, a bamboo deck seller, stress tests a bamboo skateboard against a maple one in 2010. Skaters Alun Evans and Slaine Browne jump and stress both boards until they break or hold.

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Spiral Threads, a bamboo deck seller, stress tests a bamboo skateboard against a maple one in 2010. Skaters Alun Evans and Slaine Browne jump and stress both boards until they break or hold.

Why skaters like it

Gets linked in threads where newer skaters ask whether bamboo decks are any good. Commenters cite it as evidence bamboo holds up better, though it is a seller's own test.

Board engineering Setups #BambooDecks #MapleDecks #SpiralThreads #DeckDurability #StressTest

“Sure, the maple looked a little old but this is still pretty impressive.”
u/thecroctopus

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u/thecroctopus2016 · 2 points

Sure, the maple looked a little old but this is still pretty impressive. [VIDEO]

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u/Hotdog_Handjob2014 · 1 points

I didn't really do too much looking around. Just that one. A 'stress test' [VIDEO] And another [VIDEO] and on the companies youtube watched some of their videos [VIDEO] As a pretty heavy guy the idea of a stronger board is a god send, I snap them all the time. And being able to help the environment, not to shabby

BAMBOO vs MAPLE skateboard stress experiment

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