pavedwave longboarding

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Ok, guys. It's official. RoeRacing has started selling its goods through Stokedskateboards.com. This should provide easy access to a healthy stock of Mermaids. Order up... Smile

The Silverfish article:

http://www.silverfishlongboarding...91150-roe-racing-gets-stoked.html

The Stokedskateboards/RoeRacing section:

http://stokedskateboards.com/roerask1.html

Big ups to James and Gareth! This is going to be great. Two great companies pairing up to provide the best equipment out there.

aschmidt · Joined: 03 Jul 2008 Posts: 56 Location: Bakersfield CA

Roe couldn't have picked a better partner than Stoked. I've purchased from them several times and have always had a positive experience- plus the prices are great!

Question- I noticed that the weights for the flexes are different than they are on the Roe site. Which is correct?

-Alan

pavedwave · Joined: 22 Oct 2007 Posts: 1120 Location: seattle wa usa

I've been trying to get the Mermaid flexes tuned more from rider feedback (including my own.) The flexes are posted slightly different right now between Stoked and the Roe site - basically there should be some overlap between them, which denotes that there is definitely preference that comes into play for people who's weight range is "on the fence." Notice there's roughly a 50-lbs range in each flex.

Flex:
Light (under 165 lbs)
Med (150-200 lbs)
Stiff (190-240 lbs)

In other words if you're 160 but you prefer a stiffer flex in general, go Medium. If you're 200 and you prefer a flexier deck, go Medium. Hope this helps and would really like to get more customer feedback from all the decks out there!

cappa · Joined: 11 Oct 2008 Posts: 42

would a light flex for a 165lber be OK?

pavedwave · Joined: 22 Oct 2007 Posts: 1120 Location: seattle wa usa

jat. · Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 12:19 pm Post subject:

Damn! I could be but a few clicks away from a Roe mermaid! $180 I could afford to spend ... but shouldn't ... but could ... but ...
Ok.

Walking away from the computer. Hoping they're sold out when I come back, of course I will probably be devastated if they are. Ah man. Just ... Argh!

However .. I am selling my complete Dervish to a friend for $150 ..
NO! BACKING AWAY FROM COMPUTER!

EDIT:
I am weak. But now I can bring the girl along for some LDP'ing!
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Gawd

aschmidt · Joined: 03 Jul 2008 Posts: 56 Location: Bakersfield CA

I also weigh 165 and I ordered the medium flex based on the rates posted on the Roe site: Light (under 120 lbs), Med (120-160 lbs), Stiff (160-200 lbs). The new rates are very different. I really want a deck with some flex (but not as much my Flexdex slalom board)- am I gonna have any/enough with the medium flex?...I guess if I wait a few more days until I can actually try it I'll be able to answer my own question.

pavedwave · Joined: 22 Oct 2007 Posts: 1120 Location: seattle wa usa

PM'd you Alan, get in touch after you get on your board a bit. We'll make sure you've got the right ride. Take some comfort knowing 165 is about the 'heaviest' one would want to go with a Light flex...

stocago · Joined: 14 Apr 2008 Posts: 227

I went to the Stoked website and under "availability" it says: usually ships in 3-4 business days. Is this for real?

pavedwave · Joined: 22 Oct 2007 Posts: 1120 Location: seattle wa usa

Yep, while the boards are in stock, they should ship fast.

Right now there's still a misprint on the slalom PS boards -- they show both "3--4 business days" and "3--4 weeks", which I've alerted the Stoked guys about. But as far as Mermaids (and Cross-Steps) go, they're IN stock at the moment.