Loaded’s new Dancer Board 55” of Pure Dance Heaven After 2 years in development the Dancer is now available and is in our opinion the finest 55 inches of slight camber dual core bamboo you will ever have the pleasure to rest the soles of your feet on. With such a new board the likes of which have not been seen before we have some advice for all riders who want to enjoy the Dance. HOW DOES THE DANCER SHAPE WORK? 55 inches long: a good dancing length providing plenty of foot room. But it’s not way huge and clumsy. The dancer may even lose a few inches in the future. 9 inches wide: a nice size to allow plenty of foot room while still allowing you to find the edges easily and quickly. The nose and tail curvatures are KEY: These subtle features really help with nose manuals and shovits and are a huge advantage over flat noses and tails. They are mellow and comfortable and really lock your feet in—giving you that extra leverage you need. Let’s face it throwing around a 55in board is not easy. Having a little extra leverage is nice. Nose and Tail shape: The Dancer is not symmetrical and is built like this for a reason. The nose and tail can perform the same tricks but each has its own advantages and feel which is nice. The nose of the board is wider and shorter and is easier for nose manual tricks. The back tail is longer and narrower making it easier to get leverage for shovits. Plus a longer tail helps with manuals providing that extra bit to scrape the ground if you mess up. The wheel cut outs and wheel wells combined together make it very hard to get wheel bite: We feel it is important to be able to carve like a tiger on your dancer. We just didn’t want you to have to worry about wheel bite and adding tons of risers. Rest assured the wheel cut outs are placed as wide as possible (while still preventing wheel bite) to give you maximum foot space. Flat platform: No concave (and almost no camber). We made this board flat to bring it back to the original roots of our flat-homemade dancers. Flat platform for ultimate dancing comfort. Also the flatness helps disperse the thrashing the board gets flipped on its back. Developing a flat board with a long wheelbase and the right amount of flex was very challenging and one of the reasons it took us so long to launch this board. In the future we may add slight concave to make the board even lighter—time shall tell. Camber: Very minimal camber along the length of the board to keep the flex positive and the board damp and stable.
Price:278.99
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