Cassette:: A-symmetrical

wakeskate537 · Faceplant Joined: 16 Sep 2004 Posts: 47 City: warren

whats the difference between the symmetrical and the a-symmetrical decks?

Vance Collins · Guest

asymmetrical is narrower at one end, wider at the other. symmertrical is the same at both ends.

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: Sep 17, 2004 3:52 pm Post subject:

whats that purpose of that...?

el · Backside 180 Joined: 07 Oct 2003 Posts: 1739 City: The Sea

Directional-esque skate feel, you wouldn't understand unless you skateboard...

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: Sep 17, 2004 4:08 pm Post subject:

ya i do skateboard, so its like how the nose of a skateboard is normaly bigger then the tail?

el · Backside 180 Joined: 07 Oct 2003 Posts: 1739 City: The Sea

Hah sorry about that, yeah. If I'm not mistaken there's not a difference in the overall shape of the board, it's just on top of the board where your feet play.

David Legler · Posted: Sep 17, 2004 4:27 pm Post subject:

yea, and i don't think they narrowed one end of the board. they just made one end wider.

endpro · Pop Shuvit Joined: 26 May 2004 Posts: 118 City: slc

no they did make the nose narrower, and the tail is alot wider, they also made the nose taller, the tail has less plys, and if i lay it down the nose is a bit higher, i have an 43 a-sym, i like it alot than my symetrical.

electricsnow · cassette Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 10755 City: Jefferton

Actually, the nose is wider than the tail. I don't believe that it's steeper, nor does it have a different number of plys than the other end. El is right in that it's a skateboarding thing--you'll have more surface area to work with when trying nose/tail slides, and switch ollies. And the concave on top isn't different either. It would have been intersting if they would have made the nose a little steeper, but not everyone likes that, so...you know.

If I remember correctly, the nose is about an inch wider than the tail...but I may be a bit off on that.

But they were originally going to make a parabollic shape, where it would just be the nose and tail that would be super wide, and then the center would be narrower, so it would turn like a snowboard and nose/tailslide like a skateboard (because they're all about that cross over appeal), but they were worried they'd be made fun of, so....

I keed, I keed...

RUSSIAN · Posted: Sep 17, 2004 8:38 pm Post subject:

el · Backside 180 Joined: 07 Oct 2003 Posts: 1739 City: The Sea

Really?

RUSSIAN · Posted: Sep 17, 2004 10:54 pm Post subject:

yeah.

el · Backside 180 Joined: 07 Oct 2003 Posts: 1739 City: The Sea

sweet!

satori* · Posted: Sep 17, 2004 11:00 pm Post subject:

who else thinks cassette ought to make a sym concave this year?

BillyOLDS · Posted: Sep 18, 2004 4:27 am Post subject:

i went to the expo and thomas said the bilevel will make u never want to ride a a conve or flat deck ever again and just to buy a bi-level

gregg · Backside 180 Joined: 08 Nov 2003 Posts: 681 City: Killen

the bi-level is sym not A-sym right?

Morphine · Backside 180 Joined: 03 Jun 2004 Posts: 1207 City: 706omg

Yeah it's sym

headhuntermx4, He said the same thing to me Smile

He said "Go demo one, and bring a regular concave, you will wonder why we ever even rode single boards."

INDEFINITE · Faceplant Joined: 02 Aug 2004 Posts: 28

Bi-levs are assym.
and you will be amazed by the difference of a concave and bi-lev

foammesh · Posted: Sep 18, 2004 4:24 pm Post subject:

What I think they did with these is put a 43" shape on the nose(If you have riden one you know it is a little slower generating speed into the wake and such but is a little more stable on shovey type stuff when you land backerds). Then they have the shape of a 41" on the tail, you get the benefit of the quiker cuts but lose an inch and still have stability when you are taking it tech. I really enjoy riding them, just like all wakeskates I have ever owned. Can't wait to try the rest.