Real OR Gimmick? I Tested Andy's New Shape!

[@authenticandyanderson]

THANKS JOE ! Love an honest review and so glad you kept skating it for a whole month ! Wasn’t expecting that. Much appreciate the visual distraction notes and the physical enhancement notes !

[@EdwardVGrimm]

Keep up innovating and doing your own thing, Andy! Cheers from TX. 👊🏼

[@nickprice9716]

@authenticandyanderson I still love your Heron 2 egg shape. Thanks, Andy, from Whistler.

[@DickWalz]

I’m an old 80’s skater and I like the idea of pro-shapes. Makes boards more unique and adaptable to different riding styles.

[@relentlessturnip9310]

I have loved skating this deck, i've just ordered another after skating this for nearly 3 months :D

[@swr410]

Love this shape. Hope they release alternate graphics.

[@P1Brand]

Graphic is AWFUL.

[@quackywhackityphillyb.3005]

the graphics for it are hideous, it would be better to just spray paint it tbh

[@levismith6550]

TLDR: He gives the board's performance 10/10 but he hates looking at it.

[@zacharyschafer4019]

Personally i love the graphic its homage to steve caballero as a lot of his stuff had a similar graphic and just shows you wheres skating come from and where it could still go from here i love everything from 70s to current skating

[@BlackMarketHoney]

I loved my flight deck, but it just wouldn’t die!!! I like the ritual of changing decks every month or so. Even though flight decks cost more, they can last minimum 3 times longer. So they are great value from that point of view. But again, changing decks is all part of the fun for me.

[@DoubleSupercool]

At 49 getting back into skateboarding, I took a chance on this deck. There is no way I will use all the "features", but again, I appreciate that some serious thought has gone into the refinement. And, frankly, I need all the help I can get ;) The only issue is, here in Japan with a weak yen, regular decks go for the equivalent of $150 and flight decks are at least $200. Very spendy.

[@rstech05]

I love the ingenuity of this deck and it seems great but I'm stuck on my McCoy VX Twin. I feel you about keeping the setup the same too. That new McCoy deck just dropped and I might have to get a third backup!

[@4-Sight-Skating]

Just got a new one yesterday, busted one of the corners of not even 10 minutes into the first session. I'm hoping they'll replace it... (Update) powell peralta is one of the best companies. They are sending me a brand new one. If you buy a Powell Peralta board thats delaminated, or that breaks way early. Its usually covered by the warranty...

[@Legend_of_Rick_G]

Did your understanding of the tre flip change by getting to play with the pop that the board encouraged?

[@Drunksk8ters]

Mine chipped the first session on skating it chipped so bad at this point

[@PhathomFilms]

Andy is probably the best modern day skater. Hes changing the whole shit.

[@void9427]

Idk why I watch these I do not have nearly enough money for these decks, but really good video man keep up the good work I love seeing you break down boards and tricks.

[@97HawksFly]

That ollie at 8:56 was nice!

[@localjoe]

thanks man!

[@MikeArpeggio345]

I got my andy board a while back. Haven't had much time to skate it as I live in Northern Utah and its already cold up here. I dig it so far though.

[@doyouevendjentbro7281]

got mine few days ago im so in love with this board

[@monatomic]

Andy Rips. He can skate everything and is very consistent. He definitely has a style of his own. Product wise I like his originality. Your flip tricks look good on this board. Hows the McCoy?

[@seggszaft]

I really like your videos and you motivate me to skate every day. Keep up the nice work!:)

[@localjoe]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@222FlowFilms]

I just bought a flight deck, kinda wish I checked out this shape 1st. I'm just now starting the vid so i'll see how you skate it

[@222FlowFilms]

I blowwwww through decks so I think i'm going to enjoy a flight deck

[@solidbluebrian]

Tres were looking comfy and natural!

[@Christopher-yx5xr]

I'm a little skeptical but I wouldn't mind trying this board. 100 for a deck is steep tho

[@arcvigaming8198]

Some of the guys at my local say the same thing about powell flight 9s, that they flip very very easy for a 9. I ride one myself and can confirm this...

[@AlwayzSkateboarding]

I would try it but I won’t spend 120 on a deck. They should put one out with that shape without the flight deck for a normal price

[@MacanWigit]

I really wish I live in the US part of the world so I can buy this without an insane amount of shipping price.

[@dfpguitar]

Damn, I thought I'd just be able to pickup the deck at the standard price of other decks from any store that stocked Powell. But you are right, this deck seems to cost double in the few places that list it and they are out of stock.

[@theobell2002]

@@dfpguitar I could order one for 119 euros at an online skateshop chain located in my country. That's not too bad. Keep in mind this is a FLIGHT constructed deck as well and FLIGHT decks usually go for 100+ anyway. (And shaped decks too which this is)

[@cjchavez19]

If that board was a little bigger, somewhere between 8.5 and 8.75 instead of 8.25 and 8.4 I'd get it in a heartbeat. But I have stayed below 8.5 in... over a decade.

[@sr7olsniper]

That is why I stick with the egg version. Heron 2

[@SevRusVapes]

suggest looking at the heron or heron 2, different shapes but still both incredible decks. That might solve the size problem for you

[@ejlopez6637]

You were in Montpellier? Let me know if you ever come back. I’m like 30 minutes away.

[@skateat4824]

Your content is strong enough without the obvious namedropping every video, mean that as a compliment.

[@claytonharvey8287]

It's a bigger version of a Tony Gale Moonshine freestyle deck with concave added.

[@Kalok_skateboard]

Usually i ride 8 inches , is this too wide so the flip tricks will harder?

[@underground_music_uploads5422]

Or if you've been skating since the 80s it looks completely normal lol

[@Colin-cv6wt]

what size trucks do you put under this deck?

[@TheAnimeist]

Can you point to where people have criticized Andy for innovating? I haven't seen it. Thank you.

[@K_spawn]

My heron deck got destroyed like in chunks, when I started practicing crooks my nose started to break off ... 😅 I think Andy's board are not for me, even though I really like them I couldn't find myself when skating it, I switched to other board.

[@tikotiko5328]

I like Andy for the same reasons I like Mark Gonzales, and Mike V.

[@hardcoreGISH]

What size trucks were you running on it out of curiosity

[@powerwizard007]

Cool Great Review. Thanks. i got the newest one i made a video of unboxing it lol

[@FishJunkie]

The hips on it make for easy "railwalks"

[@TeamToooBananas]

Assalam alaikum, deeply appreciate the video as a new skater and thanks for the free video of the conversation. Mashallah. Also, a bunch of your links wern't working for your set up unless that's just on my mind.

[@trevorschauwecker]

Powell graphics have been known to really suck over all the years with few good graphics

[@Slu2112]

style?

[@bsistad2009]

tre flip looking good joe!

[@diplenski]

Pretty sure the flight decks aren’t lighter and never claimed to be

[@Purpmaster]

I do want to try a flight deck, but definitely not this. My eyes would hurt having to look at it constantly.

[@Airik1111bibles]

So basically you could make grip tape that has markers printed on it 🤔 Tail here ....Nose here....pressure there , treflips here and save $50 Or just buy a paint pen and mark it like we did in 1989 as a artistic touch to our grip. Atleast their new boards are better than the Bonite experiment by Powell. ...Those boards literally turned to mush if ya left um in the rain. 😂

[@TheAlternativeMind]

I think functionally it's the best skateboard ever, but I still prefer the egg shape over this one as far as looks. I'm going to stick with this shape because my tricks look better and feel easier. The egg shape is $10 more in cost as well.

[@jordanhess2061]

But he can't do a switch heelflip and mocked the 1:06 battle at the barracks competition. He's a skate GOD though 😂

[@YouFit100]

Ha ha first comment. Love it Joe. Keep up the good work 💪

[@jaciobe]

Its just a big freestyle board

[@csmith411]

Ah Hundred DOLLAHSS 😮 sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesh

[@haroldcampos9661]

It’s the dragon again lol

[@Avaddon911]

I've always been surprised at how incredibly toxic the skateboard community can be

[@nickprice9716]

Mob mentality is brutal. It exists in all communities 😢

[@Avaddon911]

@@nickprice9716 I don’t think “mob mentality” is the issue. It’s high school bully mentality if anything. Look at the hate Andy Anderson gets for just existing and being different.

[@nickprice9716]

@Avaddon911 it only exists on the matrix...out in the streets he's respected

[@trevorschauwecker]

Gimmick

[@75YBA]

Good thing Andy gave away his secrets for free. We don’t need you.

[@MANNIE408]

🤔

[@DaltonDearman-et4wn]

Bro....andy andersons style is not your cup of tea, like wtf the dude is so good that it should be illegal to be that good honestly. His better than most

[@JohnDoe-wt3pj]

Tastes in skaters are subjective bro, not liking his skating and style is not the same as calling him bad, it's a opinion

[@brunoputnins4905]

he seems jealous of Andy

[@veryfrozen3271]

Andy has the record for worst game at batb beating Rob Dyrdek record. Maybe its just me but Imma stick to Rodney mullen shaped boards 😂😂

[@Jblizzybaby]

He really fooled me thinking he could be another Jamie Griffin in BATB

[@the.littlest.toaster]

He didn't even try for some reason

[@veryfrozen3271]

@@Jblizzybaby he's just well liked not a issue at all but I really had ppl in comments tell me Andy was gonna win batb all seriously 🤣

[@butsukete1806]

British American Tobacco Bangladesh?

[@75YBA]

BATB isn’t a good indicator of talent AA has more tricks than most and can skate any comp. Park, street or freestyle. Not even Mullen can do park or vert. Period. He’d piss his pants on a real vert ramp.

[@josuemenendez8333]

Uff second comment

[@strikeordie69]

Those graphics are hideous

[@Heathcliff_hensel]

High school art class drawing

[@tyhggb]

100 dollars?

[@Heathcliff_hensel]

Gimmick