New Byerly Wood Concaves

Randomhero14 · Frontside 180 Joined: 25 Aug 2009 Posts: 346

We just got the new 40 inch wood concave. These things look sick and I'm wondering if anyone ridden one yet. I get the board at a discount and I'm thinking about buying it to try out for a set or 2 and if I don't like it I can sell it on here for $180 bucks instead of $250. Any input? How do these things pop?

mojo · Posted: Aug 29, 2010 7:51 pm Post subject:

your shop won't let you ride it and then sell it as a demo?

Randomhero14 · Frontside 180 Joined: 25 Aug 2009 Posts: 346

nah man. Haha I put in my 2 weeks yesterday so I'm trying to see if its worth picking up before I leave.

mojo · Posted: Aug 29, 2010 8:12 pm Post subject:

i mean george daniels rides one pretty well, but i think it might just be his mad skills. i doubt you'll hate it. never know unless you try.

jcoffey · Backside 180 Joined: 24 May 2008 Posts: 1339

i would buy it, worse comes to worse you trade it for something you know you want to ride or sell it for 190

mojo · Posted: Aug 29, 2010 8:44 pm Post subject:

is it the same concave as the revival?

416 · Backside 180 Joined: 25 Jul 2008 Posts: 836 City: Toronto

yeah same question mojo. if it is i wouldnt like them. i hate the concave on the revival personaly.

Mr. Wes · Ollie Joined: 10 Apr 2009 Posts: 96 City: Austin

mojo, 416, no it is a completely different concave than on the revival. the boards look really sick and i'm dying to try one out too!

Slapdown · Kickflip Joined: 20 Apr 2005 Posts: 4240 City: Austin

the concave in the center reminds me of that of a Vinyl, and the kicktails are pretty mellow. And there's a pretty legit channel down the center.

Just felt that board and the Urso last night. I reeeally want to try that Urso.

mojo · Posted: Aug 29, 2010 10:01 pm Post subject:

did they change something b/c originally only the bigger heritage had a channel

zip · Backside 180 Joined: 27 Feb 2008 Posts: 752 City: Sydney

Slapdown, how does the concave on the urso look?

stompin9s · Posted: Aug 29, 2010 11:39 pm Post subject:

Randomhero14, Pics please

Slapdown · Kickflip Joined: 20 Apr 2005 Posts: 4240 City: Austin

zip, Pretty big flat spot in the center, then a mellow sort of exponential curve up to the peak of the concave.. if that makes sense. The kicktails are pretty standard. Just a real mellow transition to a medium height kick.

mojo · Posted: Aug 30, 2010 3:05 am Post subject:

i loved the older byerly grenade/2.0, but i wanted a little more kicktail. then the legacy came out and was not anything near what the 2.0 was. sucks they had to wait so long to get this board on the market.

zip · Backside 180 Joined: 27 Feb 2008 Posts: 752 City: Sydney

Slapdown, cheers man sounds pretty nice

416 · Backside 180 Joined: 25 Jul 2008 Posts: 836 City: Toronto

Slapdown, do you mean like the pretty large flat spot with steep small concave? like the revival?

Slapdown · Kickflip Joined: 20 Apr 2005 Posts: 4240 City: Austin

416, the concave on the revival is still a lot more steep. But yeah I suppose the same general idea. Just a lot more mellow.

Grody · Ollie Joined: 16 Oct 2009 Posts: 50 City: Frozen Tundra

concave is really similar to the vinyl. channels make it a bit less skaty (sp?) but still a sick board. pops well

stompin9s · Posted: Aug 30, 2010 10:11 pm Post subject:

i <3 my Byerly SBG but not sure how i feel about that skate

cut out seems too deep
...and are the plys already seperating?

Grody · Ollie Joined: 16 Oct 2009 Posts: 50 City: Frozen Tundra

plys aren't separating just my bad skills as a photographer. it is a little darker wood there. the channel isn't that extreme, tracks well. the release is a bit later than most skates i have ridden though