After much anticipation, Five Mile Longboards are finally in production and available for sale. And for the time being, you can only get them here at Motion Boardshop! Lucky us. : ) Five Mile made a big showing at the Maryhill Festival of Speed this year and their demos gained a lot of attention. We love Five Mile for their support and participation in the Northwest Longboarding scene, as well as their overall infectious stoke of riding.
Their freeride deck is the A-10 Warthog, which is everyone’s favorite board at the moment. It’s 39.5″ long with a little bit of drop, rocker, camber AND concave if you can believe it.
The downhill model they’ve produced first is the B-17 Fortress. As you can tell, their boards are all named after attack aircraft. It’s 37.5″ long with spooncave and shape-tapered cave. Here’s what Micah Bartel had to say in his review of the Fortress on our website:
“It has very deep concave that locks your front foot in, as well as a “gas pedal” edge on the back to keep your back foot in that “sweet spot” every time you go back into a tuck. It is a very comfortable feeling speed board. However, my feet are on the bigger side so when I am out of a tuck and my feet are sideways, it feels a bit funny, although I don’t plan on using it as a carving board.
The top mount design and the convace make for a board that corners like a dream. That “gas peddal” in the back locks your back foot in so it’ll never slip on either heel or toe side cornering. I’ve always felt that top mount boards can corner really well and presise, and this one meets that description.”
We’re working on an informational video featuring Cody Shea, boardmaker and teamrider for Five Mile so keep a look out for that in the near future.
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