I'm amazed I don't see more people riding Impact decks. I'm 90kg and every single non-impact deck I've ever owned I've snapped really easily over the trucks. However, I've been using impact decks now for around 10 years or so and they're the only decks I've never managed to snap, even with heavy lipslides. They're worth their weight in gold and every time I get a non-impact deck I regret it very quickly as they break so fast. I hope they continue making them as they're the only decks I'll use now - super strong, super poppy and hold their snap for aaaages.
Yeah I don't really see them around at all either! They are definitely worth it and the price for them aren't even that much more, they're so much cheaper than the Flight or VX decks too 👌🏼
I got an almost impact light last year and noticed all the same things as you (except I’m not good enough to lipslide to really put it to the test). Love the way it feels, although due to the particularly steep nose and tail on this almost deck I never got comfortable with manual tricks on it, and certain tricks were really hard to figure out the timing on. But once it’s so snappy and sturdy I felt comfortable trying my first ever flip trick off a drop and it did not disappoint there.
Yeah man, the Impact Light range is so good! Oh true, that makes sense. Sometimes it's hard to get used to a more steep or more concave board than you previously rode... That's awesome to hear man!
i really like dwindle/dsm boards. i'm 6'3 225 and really like the stiffness and durability compared to regular decks, even the resin 7 non-impact boards are stiffer. i have an almost double impact, it has the carbon discs around truck holes on bottom and the whole top layer is carbon fiber or fiberglass. it's probably gonna die from excessive razor tail before i break it. i think the impact light is only 'light' compared to the double impact bc there is less fiber, not compared to regular decks, i don't think they make double impacts anymore. i've noseslid through the bottom ply on a couple dwindle/dsm decks, even not impact ones, and still not sogged out as much as other decks. i really think people sleep on them, but they're my favorite. dsm also presses decks for santa cruz/creature. and superior if you want a good deck at a decent price point.
Yeah dude, they are great! I actually couldn't find any double impacts myself so you might be right in that one 🤔 For some reason that are still very much slept on!
When I used to skate like 14 years ago (wow such a long time) I tried every single one of those carbon fibre boards. Even the other gimmicks like the element helium deck. I tried to almost uberlight. I tried the dark star armour light. I tried the almost impact support (the ones with disks around the trucks). By far I remember the dark star armour light was the worst, it was expensive, not that strong and felt overpriced because it was heavy and clunky didn’t feel good. The element helium was just okay. It was the deck that just had holes drilled into it lmao. I tried my friends element featherlight I think it was above average. But by far the greatest “gimmick” board I ever tried was the almost impact supports. I never skated another board after them. The reason? Because for some reason they felt so “snappy” like built very very “pop” conducive. I always liked to try pop my tricks high and I felt like the boards were so crisp forever even months later still above average. I remember I used to look at reviews for which skateboard companies had the best pop in their boards. People in forums would discuss how “toy machine is good but their decks are very thin and prone to snapping” and there was much discussion over what was good and what wasn’t. I think the Uber light was good very crisp and snappy but I broke it quickly, maybe had a bad construction. If I get back into skating the first thing I’ll do is try some gimmick boards it was so fun trying different new tech constructions and love that direction skateboarding went. After using almost impact I just couldn’t understand why someone could be pro and enjoy using the standard sub par boards by one of the worse companies with mushy decks that lose pop fast.
Dude, you should try and get back into it! It sounds like you're still interested and ave a lot of knowledge about decks! Yeah dude, it's always fun trying out different board shapes and styles!
helpful video thanks. won a madness cheap on ebay auction had no idea what impact light was. im old school guy and been kinda out of the loop for many years but still skate.
love it . its sam beckett model w the squared tail and nose. like 8.5”! i use for mini ramp w some 80 something softer wheels. it pivots the coping effortlessly
I liked the video dude and I also love (almost) impact light decks. I've had 2 or 3. I also got a Girl deck that has 1 single top layer of "carbon" . Feels pretty much identical. But a question: is the framerate low? Or is an ND filter needed in the sun? Motion looks a lil choppy. Maybe it's your export settings?
i have a 10 year old almost double impact deck, it's chipped and razor-tailed to death. it's actually just a hair longer than 30" now. i wanted to see what it would take to crack or break it (i'm 6'3, 230) so i've been doing bs boardslides on this dry curb out front. it's worn though 3 plies (i can see the color of the 4th peeking through) and still hasn't cracked or broken. i have about 2 hrs of footage doing the back boards back-to-back-to-back, you could see the wood shavings on the ground, and just will not break. i think i'm just gonna retire it or make risers out of it or something.
I have been consistently snapping decks lately. Any time I do some stairs, it’s a given. It’s so annoying I’m so tired of it. I’m gonna give these impact lights a try, thanks for the video
@@LeonPaxton yeah I like flight decks, I might go back to them - actually had several but I found my self stuck in the powell ecosystem.. flight decks.. dragon wheels.. etc. I’m glad other companies have their own version
I remember when my local skate shop got the titanium trucks that were hollow the first pair they claimed were the lightest and they got in the Uber light and one of my friends got both the Uber light was a 7.5 too so it was the lightest board possible he quit skating and it never got any use out of it I wonder what he did with them I remember it was like a feather but I hated the shape.
@@LeonPaxton They certainly have the best graphics! I think dwindle just really cares about the board production, they never press more than one at a time and try lots of different things like the rip slicks, super sap, resin 7 and now impacts are back after being gone for years and years. Not to mention they label the concave level and kick tail steepness which is a plus because a steep kick tail can really through some skaters off like the homie below us mentioned with his almost board. I actually ordered this exact deck last night after watching your videos because my last madness cracked on a front lip then ultimately snapped through the next session on a nollie lip.
Yeah, they are actually sick! exactly, Single press is amazing and the wood & shape is always on point 👌🏼 Oh damn! Let me know how the impact light board goes then dude 👍🏼
when i was younger i was known for my calfs were huge for a ghuy who was 5'4 120, i wish these boards were there back then, i didnt break boards often unless i was i like filming a skate part....i was really good at like doubloe heels, i could land a triple once in 10 or trys an doubler kicks .....i my board would often bend do to i skated very high trucks and it would fuck me up when i was trying to do double flilps off stuff as it didnt feel comfortable with doing htem with how i applied pressure so i would mess up in ways that if u saw me without context u would have been straight confused. i bet these would have easily fixed that and made thisn more consisten for me. \ i mean come on man were talkiung about mullen and the amount of presure hje did on some trucks........it makes completem sense that mullen designed these. i have a lot of space time due tomedicasl conditions its card to have a normal job despite being 36(i have bi polar 1 with diffnerent types of psychosis episoes) whihc makes it nearly impossible to be able to work a normal job. my dad bought me a complete i put together and im going to try to skate for some exercise some and get out of my room to do something even if itsw for a lil while. if i get deeper into skating i wanna try one of these. anyone who wants to buy these if u google impact pro light u can find some of them for 40-50 bucks in certain sizes if anyone sees this now.
Dude, triple heel flip is insane! That's true, the man is a genius for sure 🙌🏼 yeah dude, you should try one for sure, they are definitely worth the price too 👌🏼
i got 3 almost impact boards on sale black friday for $111(total), free shipping. got an 8", 8.375", 8.5". they were supposed to come with free grip but didn't and can't get a reply from company and their listed phone numbers don't work. prob just gonna order some jessup from somewhere else
@@LeonPaxton they actually finally got back to me and sending out the griptape. i guess it's an issue with website, was supposed to be a pop-up for free grip or option to upgrade. so i'm glad i didn't end up ordering any
@@LeonPaxton Thanks man! 👊. Found an Uber in Switzerland. Currently riding an Almost impact light. Is it weird I wanted something lighter!?? Lol😂. I miss kickflips.
It lasted in perfect condition for 2 full weeks of skating until I landed a trick in the streets that I had been battling and then as a big, and stupid, celebration I jumped and stomped my board as hard as I could and snapped it in half 🤦🏽♂
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I'm amazed I don't see more people riding Impact decks. I'm 90kg and every single non-impact deck I've ever owned I've snapped really easily over the trucks. However, I've been using impact decks now for around 10 years or so and they're the only decks I've never managed to snap, even with heavy lipslides. They're worth their weight in gold and every time I get a non-impact deck I regret it very quickly as they break so fast. I hope they continue making them as they're the only decks I'll use now - super strong, super poppy and hold their snap for aaaages.
Yeah I don't really see them around at all either!
They are definitely worth it and the price for them aren't even that much more, they're so much cheaper than the Flight or VX decks too 👌🏼
I got an almost impact light last year and noticed all the same things as you (except I’m not good enough to lipslide to really put it to the test). Love the way it feels, although due to the particularly steep nose and tail on this almost deck I never got comfortable with manual tricks on it, and certain tricks were really hard to figure out the timing on. But once it’s so snappy and sturdy I felt comfortable trying my first ever flip trick off a drop and it did not disappoint there.
Yeah man, the Impact Light range is so good!
Oh true, that makes sense. Sometimes it's hard to get used to a more steep or more concave board than you previously rode...
That's awesome to hear man!
i really like dwindle/dsm boards. i'm 6'3 225 and really like the stiffness and durability compared to regular decks, even the resin 7 non-impact boards are stiffer. i have an almost double impact, it has the carbon discs around truck holes on bottom and the whole top layer is carbon fiber or fiberglass. it's probably gonna die from excessive razor tail before i break it. i think the impact light is only 'light' compared to the double impact bc there is less fiber, not compared to regular decks, i don't think they make double impacts anymore. i've noseslid through the bottom ply on a couple dwindle/dsm decks, even not impact ones, and still not sogged out as much as other decks. i really think people sleep on them, but they're my favorite. dsm also presses decks for santa cruz/creature. and superior if you want a good deck at a decent price point.
Yeah dude, they are great!
I actually couldn't find any double impacts myself so you might be right in that one 🤔
For some reason that are still very much slept on!
When I used to skate like 14 years ago (wow such a long time) I tried every single one of those carbon fibre boards.
Even the other gimmicks like the element helium deck.
I tried to almost uberlight.
I tried the dark star armour light.
I tried the almost impact support (the ones with disks around the trucks).
By far I remember the dark star armour light was the worst, it was expensive, not that strong and felt overpriced because it was heavy and clunky didn’t feel good.
The element helium was just okay. It was the deck that just had holes drilled into it lmao.
I tried my friends element featherlight I think it was above average.
But by far the greatest “gimmick” board I ever tried was the almost impact supports. I never skated another board after them.
The reason? Because for some reason they felt so “snappy” like built very very “pop” conducive. I always liked to try pop my tricks high and I felt like the boards were so crisp forever even months later still above average.
I remember I used to look at reviews for which skateboard companies had the best pop in their boards. People in forums would discuss how “toy machine is good but their decks are very thin and prone to snapping” and there was much discussion over what was good and what wasn’t.
I think the Uber light was good very crisp and snappy but I broke it quickly, maybe had a bad construction.
If I get back into skating the first thing I’ll do is try some gimmick boards it was so fun trying different new tech constructions and love that direction skateboarding went.
After using almost impact I just couldn’t understand why someone could be pro and enjoy using the standard sub par boards by one of the worse companies with mushy decks that lose pop fast.
Dude, you should try and get back into it! It sounds like you're still interested and ave a lot of knowledge about decks!
Yeah dude, it's always fun trying out different board shapes and styles!
I got 2 of these on sale and now I'm really happy I got them. Thanks for the super helpful review.
Yeah dude, they are actually great boards!
Glad I could help 🙏🏼
Came for the review, stayed for the skating. I love my Dwindles. I’ve had 6 so far. 3 Darkstars, 2 Madnessies and a single Enjoi.
Thanks dude!
Yeah man, they are consistently good boards across the whole distribution 👌🏼
helpful video thanks. won a madness cheap on ebay auction had no idea what impact light was. im old school guy and been kinda out of the loop for many years but still skate.
Thanks dude!
That's sick man, let me know how the board goes 🙏🏼
love it . its sam beckett model w the squared tail and nose. like 8.5”! i use for mini ramp w some 80 something softer wheels. it pivots the coping effortlessly
The "light" stand for the light reinforcement. There is or were other versions of reinforcement that were "heavy" I think
Yeah dude there is definitely a version of these with way more reinforcement but I just couldn't get my hands on one lol
I liked the video dude and I also love (almost) impact light decks. I've had 2 or 3. I also got a Girl deck that has 1 single top layer of "carbon" . Feels pretty much identical.
But a question: is the framerate low? Or is an ND filter needed in the sun? Motion looks a lil choppy. Maybe it's your export settings?
Thanks dude! Yeah that does sound very similar actually 🤔
Yeah my frame rate and exposure was a bit off filming this video 😅
@@LeonPaxton Maybe it's cause my macbook was at 8% or some 😅
Love my Madness deck especially for a heavier guy I get no flex on lip tricks! Great video thanks!
Yeah dude, us bigger guys need more reinforcement in our decks for sure! lol
i have a 10 year old almost double impact deck, it's chipped and razor-tailed to death. it's actually just a hair longer than 30" now. i wanted to see what it would take to crack or break it (i'm 6'3, 230) so i've been doing bs boardslides on this dry curb out front. it's worn though 3 plies (i can see the color of the 4th peeking through) and still hasn't cracked or broken. i have about 2 hrs of footage doing the back boards back-to-back-to-back, you could see the wood shavings on the ground, and just will not break. i think i'm just gonna retire it or make risers out of it or something.
Damn that's insane! These boards are definitely worth the money then lol
I use Elan redline boards. But I'm going to try a 8.25 impact light. This some tensor maglights I have coming.
Oh sick! Are they the boards with the top layer of carbon fibre?
I have been consistently snapping decks lately. Any time I do some stairs, it’s a given. It’s so annoying I’m so tired of it. I’m gonna give these impact lights a try, thanks for the video
Yeah dude, these boards can definitely help!
Have you heard of the Flight decks as well?
@@LeonPaxton yeah I like flight decks, I might go back to them - actually had several but I found my self stuck in the powell ecosystem.. flight decks.. dragon wheels.. etc. I’m glad other companies have their own version
Haha yeah that's true, The Flight boards are just so damn expensive though!
Beautiful skatepark. More builders need to take note.
Where?
That's Carnes Hill skatepark dude
I remember when my local skate shop got the titanium trucks that were hollow the first pair they claimed were the lightest and they got in the Uber light and one of my friends got both the Uber light was a 7.5 too so it was the lightest board possible he quit skating and it never got any use out of it I wonder what he did with them I remember it was like a feather but I hated the shape.
Damn dude, that board actually would have been so damn light!
I only ride dwindles these days. Love their wood on my second madness board now.
Yeah, Madness boards are surprisingly good! 🙌🏽
@@LeonPaxton They certainly have the best graphics! I think dwindle just really cares about the board production, they never press more than one at a time and try lots of different things like the rip slicks, super sap, resin 7 and now impacts are back after being gone for years and years. Not to mention they label the concave level and kick tail steepness which is a plus because a steep kick tail can really through some skaters off like the homie below us mentioned with his almost board. I actually ordered this exact deck last night after watching your videos because my last madness cracked on a front lip then ultimately snapped through the next session on a nollie lip.
Yeah, they are actually sick!
exactly, Single press is amazing and the wood & shape is always on point 👌🏼
Oh damn! Let me know how the impact light board goes then dude 👍🏼
Better get the Madness while you can.
They may not be around much longer.
I just picked up 7 decks.
Just watching this video. Your skating is 100% better then 2 years ago.
Thanks heaps dude! I've been skating a lot of street lately which is making skatepark skating soooo much easier! lol
these remind me of the P2 tech that was in some boards a few years ago.
Were they in the Dwindle boards or a different brand?
I don't really remember those 🤔
P2 was mostly creature & flip boards heavy but good pop.
when i was younger i was known for my calfs were huge for a ghuy who was 5'4 120, i wish these boards were there back then, i didnt break boards often unless i was i like filming a skate part....i was really good at like doubloe heels, i could land a triple once in 10 or trys an doubler kicks .....i my board would often bend do to i skated very high trucks and it would fuck me up when i was trying to do double flilps off stuff as it didnt feel comfortable with doing htem with how i applied pressure so i would mess up in ways that if u saw me without context u would have been straight confused. i bet these would have easily fixed that and made thisn more consisten for me. \
i mean come on man were talkiung about mullen and the amount of presure hje did on some trucks........it makes completem sense that mullen designed these.
i have a lot of space time due tomedicasl conditions its card to have a normal job despite being 36(i have bi polar 1 with diffnerent types of psychosis episoes) whihc makes it nearly impossible to be able to work a normal job. my dad bought me a complete i put together and im going to try to skate for some exercise some and get out of my room to do something even if itsw for a lil while. if i get deeper into skating i wanna try one of these.
anyone who wants to buy these if u google impact pro light u can find some of them for 40-50 bucks in certain sizes if anyone sees this now.
Dude, triple heel flip is insane!
That's true, the man is a genius for sure 🙌🏼
yeah dude, you should try one for sure, they are definitely worth the price too 👌🏼
That's a sick park man
Yeah dude, Carnes Hill is the best!
i got 3 almost impact boards on sale black friday for $111(total), free shipping. got an 8", 8.375", 8.5". they were supposed to come with free grip but didn't and can't get a reply from company and their listed phone numbers don't work. prob just gonna order some jessup from somewhere else
Damn that's heaps good! Aww damn, there's always a catch isn't there 😂
@@LeonPaxton they actually finally got back to me and sending out the griptape. i guess it's an issue with website, was supposed to be a pop-up for free grip or option to upgrade. so i'm glad i didn't end up ordering any
I break my boards bottom up on flat bars too, other wise I really don't break boards like I used to. 215lbs. Been skating since 05' and still suck
Yeah dude, that's the only way that I've been breaking boards lately lol
Yeah good board, and nice Spitfired wheels noise :p
Haha yeah, these wheels have had it!
I'll be dropping a new wheel video soon 🤫
just wondering, how tall are you? im 6 ft and curious if we're the same
Yeah about the same man! Around 6’1”
Is impact pro the same as the Über light!? I can’t find this information anywhere. If I can, I don’t trust my own research. lol.
I think they are slightly different but I'm not sure if they even make them anymore 🤔
@@LeonPaxton Thanks man! 👊. Found an Uber in Switzerland. Currently riding an Almost impact light. Is it weird I wanted something lighter!?? Lol😂. I miss kickflips.
Oh sick, that sounds perfect! @@Nick.Procyshyn
If you want a "lighter skateboard" I think focus needs to be put on trucks and wheels. That is a huge portion of the mass of the board.
Exactly! I ride Hollow trucks and I have just gone down a wheel size 👌🏼
what's straight about a tre flip?
Straight?
how long did yours end up lasting?
It lasted in perfect condition for 2 full weeks of skating until I landed a trick in the streets that I had been battling and then as a big, and stupid, celebration I jumped and stomped my board as hard as I could and snapped it in half 🤦🏽♂
I ride à almost impact light geronzi.the board have great pop.nice shape nose and tail.but thé board feel heavy for 8.25✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️
Sick man, those boards actually feel so good!
Man you ride a big board. Flip it so easy to 😅
Haha thanks man, I'm just used to that size