On CBC's website, the blurb box next to this pimpin' piece of wood makes the grand claim that it is "guaranteed to replace taxis"… and it does not disappoint.

So first the nitty gritty, the basics: the Stijl is a 7-ply maple board with a 34 inch length and a 24 inch wheelbase. I threw some Randal 180s and 70mm Sec9 Dual Duros on mine and let loose on the streets to see what this board had to offer.

To me, one of the more appealing aspects of this deck is the clean, bold, and colorful graphic gracing both its top and bottom: the saturated colors sing to me and are…well, stylish. The bright fixings on this particular board were inspired by the Dutch artist Piet Mondrian, a pioneer of the "De Stijl" art movement (hence the name of the board).

The Stijl is appropriate for any situation, it blends in wherever it goes: whether you're off to work, the bodega, a party, or just cruising down to the beach, this board has the adaptability to transition from the down 'n dirty world of bombing hills to the button-down environs of the day-to-day grind.

The most interesting and sexy feature of the Stijl is its convex bend, which pushes up under your feet when you get boogying on this blade. While at first, the convex feels novel and unusual, riding on it is a quick and easy adjustment to make; it cradles your feet and says, "Go ahead, lean on me, let's groove." Put it this way: the Stijl is the kind of board that makes you want to take your shoes off and go zooming around your neighborhood barefoot.

The actual ride of the board is exactly as promised: surfy. The convex surface gives your feet a lot more to push against than you would think, which lends fluid feel to the riding experience. At the same time, the arches of your feet push into that bump and make you want to get low, get relaxed, and get going.

All in all, the Stijl is well worth the investment: it is a capable, comfortable, and quality deck perfect for your daily A to B.

I've been using this board for about two months and all I can say is it slides so well. I'm confident that I'll able to slide anytime. Only downside to this board is the length. It won't stop you from having fun, maybe a shorter board with a bit shorter wheelbase will make it more fun in freeride and DH.

Price - Yes it is expensive, but I gave it a 7 because the pricing is appropriate. Rayne boards are made from bamboo and fiberglass, bamboo as you may know is one of the more expensive woods, which therefore causes the price of the board to rise.

Performance - There isnt enough hype on this board, its my favorite freeride deck to date.

Graphics - Not a fan of the old or new graphic, go figure.

Carve - throw some paris 180s and nipple bushings on there and you'll be carving just fine.

cruise/push - Its low to the ground but not too low, its perfect haha

Downhill - As the description says it can be easily used for Down hill racing, but if your buying it as a speed board, stop and take a moment to consider your shoe size; I wear a size 9-9.5 and I find this particular board to be too wide to use for racing, however Im sure that one with a larger foot would put this deck to good use as a speedboard.

Freeride/slide - Yes. just Yes. This is by far my favorite freeride deck, weather your just learning or doing standup 360's (which i just learned btw haha). This board is ideal, I owned a Mini killswitch and I felt it failed in comparison to the Nemesis.

Throw some calibers or pairs on this board with a set of freerides or metro motions for a fun time on the hill!

These wheels slide very smoothly right out of the box. The cost to get them out of the box is very high which is the main problem with them. Also the wheels seem to flatspot once you start doing bigger slides. If you can afford to buy a couple of sets of them then they will bring you eternal happiness.

I bought one in October from my local shop, and I seriously just fell in love with it! The only problem is it's a little heavy, so carrying it is a little iffy.

BUT THAT IS BESIDE THE POINT!!!
I wanted something that would step my game up, and this totally did. and I DONT CARE HOW MANY PEOPLE TELL ME TO TOP MOUNT THE THING but I'm stupidly stubborn and will not top mount it.
I love doing DH on some local roads in Calgary. and I plan on taking it with me if I go anywhere.

Crusing and carving not recommended but it's do able. DH, and sliding is insane!

there's so much options you can do with this board, but fall off it..

My setup
Sliding: Bear 852, Blood orange soft roadside, 80a green bushings boardside, cult classics 70mm 80a
DH/commuting: 852s orange nipple bushings roadside, Bear Stepped Cones (red, but I dont know what the duro is), Monster Hawgs 80a
Both setups are drop mounted.

WOW! I got these at Royal Board shop in calgary for 20 bucks!
THEY GRIP, THEY SLIP, THEY CRAZY AWESOME!
nuff said.

The nemesis is truly an amazing board for freeride. the dropped platform keeps your foot locked in extremely well. Dont think twice about buying this board, get it straight away. I was worried that the deck would be too wide and my stance would be to wide but it feels so comfortable to ride. I highly recommend this sexy piece of wood

BEST RACE WHEEL EVER!
these wheels wont stop gripping through tiqht corners even with all you weight on your wheels, super fast and really grippy and they also look prim

i won this deck actully but i was supper stoked on it the drops are the perfect depth so that you foot isnt totaly locked in and cant move it around. defs a sick board!

Setup: Demonseed Dee-Lite/Randal RII 180mm/ABEC11 83mm Flywheels

Ive had this board for a good number of years now, She was my dream board when I bought Her and She still holds strong to this day. Ive got Her set up JUST the way I like Her and I can do all the things I want on Her. Ive gone thousands of miles (literally!) on this deck and covered many states. She always has served me well. Whether it was eating pavement in Nebraska at 2 AM and watching Her soar off a twenty foot bluff, or riding through Iowa in a torrential rain storm, She has never delammed or cracked. Sure she has scars, but so do I.
It was/is an expensive board due to its construction. I regret nothing.
As for appearance, I believe form follows function. Wheel cutouts, black skin with carbon stringers and a sexy drop of approx. an inch are enough to entice anyone who loves skateboards.
Lets talk a little about performance. Now, my deck is a few years old so bear this in mind. This board can carve any hill but being a drop through you just cant get up on the nose for those carvey dives that I love on a topmount, a minor thing surely. The board is double dropped, as I mentioned, so cruising around is a breeze being that it sits so low and is so very light. This low ride height also makes this deck redonkulously stable for any hill sections you come across on your journey. Im not a slider so I cant attest to technical sliding on this board and wouldnt bother.

NOTE: This deck is NOT the same as the Longtreks. It is wider, longer and lighter.

I got first try on my friends gloves (which were the same.... exept they were a bit small for me...) so I bought the extra large ones. (because it was all that Royal Board Shop had at the time...) I was kinda annoyed by the fact that they were a bit big on me. My mom kinda failed by putting them in the wash... and they shrunk. NOW THEY FIT SO NICELY that sometimes I totally forget that I got them on... (well until I realized that my hand isnt shredded by the roads...)

I like the style too, very basic and the leather feels so good! I cant say for the fact that I should of waited and got smaller gloves. but hey. it works.

I bought my board in the fall of last year, around the same time i was getting fed up of my old pool board. (and it snowed way earlier... pms...)
So after lots of boring research I came to Royal Board Shop in Calgary, AB and stood around with around $490 in my pocket. (getting to the point) 30 minutes later I was out the door with a new Rayne Vendetta (

Great Job Sector 9!
I was skeptical when getting these wheels for free (lucky me) but that changed when I switched my durians (now my slidey wheels) to these wheels as a daily commuter (and long distance cruiser, light bomber, and insane carver) I love the look of the yellow wheels when they came fresh out of packaging, and riding these are just as sick as it's looks. (10 performance) I'm not much for downhill racing but I can say that a lot of people rocked these wheels at Winsport earlier in the month. (maybe due to the fact that the Sector 9 team was out in full force.)

Only one thing. NEVER SLIDE THESE WHEELS!!! I dont care how much the 82a wheels are slidy, these are too good for sliding around!

WOW!!! A year on this board, and it's amazing! The stiffness of the board is impressive, but at the same time, the flex is so noticeable on it! sliding is a lot of fun with this board and being able to do manuels and tricks aren't as easy as a normal skateboard, but they are extremely possible (for all you haters saying it aint possible) I love this thing, 30 kph on some hills and I think with the right setup you could make 35-40 kph! one 20 km push around the city and this board is very fun, great starter and perfect for crusing around. the size might be a bit uncomfortable for a kid, but for me this suits me like leathers. (and I wish I had some...)

My Setup:
Rayne Vendetta. (well duh..)
Bear 852 trucks
Swiss six Bearings (and one abec 3 Burners) (because I lost one.)
Sector 9 DH race formula, 78a (for crusing, carving and sometimes a little light bomb here and there...)
Otang Durians 86a (slide wheels)

best trucks ever

very good for stand ups and pre drifts, isn't the best for downhill but is good too

amazing board. cool graphics, good to slow slides, freestyle... but isn´t the more durable board and the more cheaper board too...

Ahhh...Pink Powerballs. Before all these young bucks were screaming Freeride! Freeride! big boys were rocking these wheels.
Initially I bought these to go on my Avenger with 42* Randals due to them being just over 70mm. I soon found that they made excellent all around wheels and could slide like no other wheel I had ridden up until then. They pushed out easily and hooked back up with very little trouble. They have a smaller sized core so the 'thane depth of around 18mm made for a nice cushy ride. They are a narrower wheel, which I love, as wheels seem to be getting wider and wider. These wheels will be at home on any ditch/park/pool longboard where +90a hardness isnt required.
The unmistakeable pink of these wheels will have everyone turning their heads.
One thing I will say about these wheels is that I flatspotted them a week after I had them, which was not a big deal as the next few runs smoothed the flatspot out. Im sure it was my own ride style which caused them to FS anyway.
Now that we are seeing tons of throwaway wheels in the 70mm-75mm wheel size, I feel like this is a wheel that is being left behind.

Ok. First off...Ive burned 2 sets of these wheels out and am working on my 3rd set. I wanted some larger wheels for distance/cruising and after finding the 90mm Flywheels just too large I stepped down to these.
Now, they are pretty expensive wheels which is why I gave them a 5. As we all know Longboarding isn't the cheapest of hobbies but quite often you get what you pay for, hence me working on my 3rd set. I don't mind shelling out the cash for wheels that perform.
Speaking of performance, these wheels do just that. They have rounded edges which still grip yet break loose when I want them and after the initial break-in time, slide relatively smoothly. Are they "buttery" or "sugary" or "icy"? No, and Im glad for it. These are not your "buy new wheels every month" formula and again...Im glad for it. Where they excel in is durability and speed. This classic urethane lasts a good bit longer than competitive wheels near its size that Ive owned. They are centerset so you can easily flip them to keep them wearing evenly. With large plastic cores they roll like a big solid wheel without the extra weight, which is really nice when skating distance. Personally I wish they had a slightly smaller core as the 19mm 'thane depth is by no means a plush ride. But, who needs a plush ride when you can damn near feel them hurtling you faster and faster down a hill?
There is no mistaking the profile of these wheels. Green thane...orange spoked cores, you will point and say "FLYwheeeels!" as the guy using them passes you on the way down the hill. Fortunately I just have to point at my own board as I pass others.
Ive burned out a couple sets already and it took me a goodly time to do it and I skate distance. These wheels rolled from St. Paul, MN. to Topeka, KS. before I went ahead and replaced them.
If you're in the market for some larger wheels you cant go wrong with Flys.

highly recommend this deck, super solid for dh and slides, only problem is that over 10" is too wide.

Best cast trucks on the market in my opinion, low, stable, strong, turny enough, smooth.
They are amazing for downhill due to their low angle, but not too low to freeride. woudlnt recommend flipping the hanger, it puts it all quite out of line. Everything fits together perfectly unlike the sloppy pivots on randals and paris. also the nuts are really high quality and the kingpin is removeable.
overall amazing overall truck and totally worth the money.

These wheels were definitely the best slide wheels i ever had, but they wore really fast and got flatspots really easily... other than that amazing wheels with great speed and smooth roll over rough surface.

really like these wheels for downhill, they grip forever and if you go fast enough the slides are smooth but still loud. Quite slow on rough surfaces but on smooth they are VERY fast and sound awesome too! Also they last FOREVER.
highly recommended for drifty downhill but not really for freeride due to square lip and the fact that the thane slows you down really fast.

This is a great board for cruising/carving and its great to look at (people complement it all the time). This is the board I grab if going out for a chill ride with some friends to do a little cross stepping and enjoying the sunshine.

This would not be the board I grab if I am looking to do more agressive freeriding or big slides (I use yellow in heats with this board) but soemtimes you just want to chill in style.

Good choice if loking for a good cruise board.

its a super good board. the best features r its sharp edges and the pre tensioned fiberglass and bamboo makeup.