Loaded Longboards Dervish Sama DECK from Loaded Carving Systems. With a lower center of gravity and a torsionally stiff design, the Dervishes are built to hold an edge and maximize energy return. A drop-thru carver designed to work with most reverse kingpin 180mm Trucks & 70mm+ wheels. Small nose and tail for manual & shovits. L: 42.8" WB: 31.5"
Sama is the Whirling Dervish ceremony focusing on active meditation as a tool for the individual's spiritual journey.
In 2007 Loaded Longboards introduced the Dervish: their first venture into drop-through construction and an opportunity to create a flexy, versatile, bamboo composite carver. Over the last five years, riders have used the Dervish to shape modern carving and longboard freestyle. These riding evolutions have inspired Loaded's design journey, culminating in the latest incarnation: the Dervish Sama.
Featuring a slightly wider platform and more pronounced concave than its predecessor, the Dervish Sama offers enhanced comfort, responsiveness, and edge control for carving and sliding. Subtle upturned nose and tail kicks increase pop and lock your feet in for freestyle tricks. A six-piece griptape pattern uses coarser grip at the kicks for extra control and mellower grip across the standing platform for comfortable and inappropriate footsie action. They've’ve also introduced a third flex rating to allow more riders to dial in their ideal balance of comfort and liveliness.


Features

- Length: 42.8"
- Width: 8.5"
- Wheelbase: 31.5"
- Weight:2.75 lbs (deck only)
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- CONSTRUCTION: Epoxy and Tri-axle fiberglass sandwich a vert-lam Bamboo core, pressed into concave and convex cambers for liveliness, responsiveness and high energy potential.
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- DECK ONLY!

Flex 1: 170 lb - 250 lbs
Flex 2: 125 lb - 215 lbs
Flex 3: 75 lb - 150 lbs
Keep in mind that a softer flex pattern will give you more control and tighter turns at a wide range of speeds, but tend to lose stability slightly at higher speeds. Stiffer flex means more energy potential and more stability at higher speeds, but will not be as forgiving and lively when cruising.

Tech Specs

Designed the drop-thru to accomodate the Randall R-II, Paris, Holey, Bear, Gullwing Charger and Tracker Fastrack Trucks. They all work well on this board, but we recommend using at least a 180mm wide truck