Everyone knows about drop deck longboards but have you ever really looked at the drop of a deck?
As you can see in the BlackDog Betty, your feet are standing on the drop instead of sitting in or against the drop. This can give you a lot of leverage over your trucks because you are at an angle towards your wheels. This also helps to keep your weight between your feet by canting the angle of your shoes to allow you to place more weight into the wheels when initiating slides.
In the Landyachtz Switchblade you can see that you put your feet into the pocket and that there is a little bit of a wall holding you into the board. This drop will give you the feeling of the pocket matched up with the wall against your foot, it will let you be able to dig into the wall for sliding and make it a lot easier to get the board pushed out.
The Rayne Nemesis shows you the last variety of drop which is having your feet on concave into a drop. This will let you be able to dig into the concave AND pocket which is useful for pre-drifts. The drop also makes it so you can push your feet into it, when going faster g-forces make you want to come off your board, but not with these drops. Whether you’re sliding or just bombing hills, drop decks are an option you can’t go wrong with.
