I hopped in the van with my buddies this weekend for a little skate trip and was excited to try out my new Flip P2 deck.  For those that don't check the 360 blog everyday let me bring you up to speed.  Flip's P2 construction is the latest in skateboard technology, bringing the rider a thinner, stronger, and supposedly longer lasting skateboard.  I can vouch for the first two, and hopefully in a month or so I will be able to say that the board lasts longer as well.  Anyways, I would like to say that the board felt really well under my feet.  It basically felt like a glorified Creature.  The concave, nose, and tail felt really similar to the Navarette Hesh Saint deck that I switched from.  I really liked that deck and was stoked that the Flip felt the same way.  The only real difference I noticed between the P2 and a regular 7-ply deck was that the P2 had very little flex to it.  The board stayed as stiff as...well...a board, no matter what I did.  It will be interesting to see how long the board retains that stiffness, or if it will go soggy.  Only time will tell, but for the moment I am completely satisfied with my P2, and would recommend one to anybody who wants to try something different.  Do I think it will revolutionize skateboard design?  Probably not, but it is nice to see companies attempting to provide a stronger, longer lasting skateboard deck.  The only problem that I have with the board was the graphic.  The graphics on these P2's are about as lame as they come, so if you decide to try one out, make sure you have an extra 5 bucks for a can of spray paint.

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Check out this new Fred Gall Habitat deck!  Fred Gall is one of my favorite skaters, and this deck is sick.  Check the shape!

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Almost has just released their new Double Impact decks.  They look a lot better than the previous impacts, check them out.

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One rainy evening I decided to call up my lifetime skate homey and inform him that I was on my way over with a six pack and the new Creature DVD, Hesh Law.  He said his chick would fry up some chicken, and a mandatory man-date was set.  I got to his house and peeled the plastic off of the DVD, and the first thing that I noticed was the sick packaging.  The case looks like a book and sandwiched between the two (yes two) DVD's were several pages of photos from the Creature team.  I hadn't even cracked my first cold one and I was already impressed.  The skating in the movie is top notch, with the likes of Truman Hooker, Devin Appelo, and David Gravette getting down to business.  However, my favorite parts of the movie were definitely the Japan segment and the footage from the Ramona vert ramp.  Japan is full of insane spots, and Partanen and Maru's skating in the forgotten skate park is simply gnarly.  The vert ramp footage will blow your mind too.  If you are used to watching vert at the X-games then you are in for a pleasant suprise.  The Ramona section is raw as fuck, with Partanen, Hewitt, Hitz, Gravette, Navarette, and many others absolutely shredding.  I'll leave you with this, Hewitt Frontside Invert over the channel, with Navarette airing over (and nearly clipping) him.  The gnar factor in this film is off the charts.  One six pack and run to the store later, it was time to pop in the disc number 2.  The second disc includes Al Partanen's part, which is great, but I don't understand why it wasn't in the actual movie.  It also has Sam Hitz's "Tales of the Larb", you'll have to watch it, but it pretty much involves a beer swilling earthworm, who kinda looks like Neil Heddings, getting into adventures.  Finally, there is Creature's feature film "Blood Shed."  It involves the Creature team smoking some funny green substance, going to this pool, and getting eaten by Zombie Blood-Sluts.  "Blood Shed" kinda made me wanna have a stroke watching it, but it was definitely less corny and more believable than "Lordz of Dogtown."

Over all I would have to give Hesh Law the randomly generated score of 665.  It falls short in the music departement.  For example, Devin Appelo skates to emergency sirens and alarms, and even though his skating was sick, I wanted to fast forward.  Still, everyone who likes skateboarding needs to go pick up this DVD.  It is full of handrails, vert ramps, back yard pools, and forgotten skate parks, in other words, something for everybody.  Shout out to my buddy EJ with a couple of cameos!

Pick up a copy of Hesh Law to watch at your friend's house.  Chicken and beer not included.