Baker – Shake Junt 8”
The Baker Boys are never far off the scene with other projects in camel, there’s always something brewing and it’s normally a funny spin off or something non serious. I’ve never heard about this shake junting myself, but I’m older than you and skate 8” boards because I like them, not because everyone else does!
This board is pretty much as street as you get and I love the graphic, the green and gold reminds me of my local 7-11 corner shop where I spent most of my misled youth wasting my money on Street Fighter and Contra…money that tended to come from my moms wallet without her full consent. She knew what I was up too, but I guess she also knew I wasn’t spending it on heroin, this was a fix, but one with much less harmful consequences.
The overall shape is slightly sharpish, the nose and tail is not quite as round as I generally like my boards, but I don’t punch a gift horse, ever! I’m about 4-5 weeks in now and to be honest, I don’t even remember why I love a rounded nose and tail so much, it’s pure aesthetics and means less than you think! I’ve enjoyed this board just as much as any other board before it and I do think this deck has a good flip on it, it really scoops well, a quick flick and before you know it, it’s back under your waffle. Concave is slightly flattish, but I put that down to being more of a street nature.
Holla ya mums and beg your fathers, a Baker board is never a bad purchase, they’re good boards, an independent force and I also heard that 10% of all final purchases go to a rehabilitation centre somewhere in the Nevada Dessert which helps to bring skateboarders in despair get straightened out and back on their feet.
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Johnny Thunders
