Mini-Logo Skateboard Deck Review

Mini-Logo skate decks are high quality skateboards available at cheap prices. Different from the usual “blank” skate decks, Mini-Logo decks are actually built from the same 7 ply hard maple with the same treatments as the rest of Skate One’s decks, but they are cheaper because they lack graphics. They come in one solid color with a small Mini Logo trademark.

Replacing decks can get expensive - that’s where buying blank decks starts to make sense. After all, if you are just going to grind the graphic off the bottom of your board anyway, who cares, right? Unfortunately, blank decks are often cheaply made.

That’s where Mini-Logo comes in. Mini-Logo decks are made just like all the top quality decks built by Skate One (Powell and Angelboy) – the only difference is that no graphics have been added. Mini-Logo decks are hand made in Santa Barbara, California, USA from 7 plys of rock hard American maple. The decks are AirLam fused (a special Skate One feature) using water proof glue, sealed against other moisture, and the bottom is coated with an SST slide treatment to improve the length of your slides. Mini-Logo decks are built just as well as any other Skate One deck, and better than plenty of other decks on the market – but they cost almost half as much!

And that’s what makes Mini-Logo decks such a great idea. When testing this board out I bashed it up hard, and it worked great. There were the usual chips from the tail, but I was trying hard to make them – these boards aren’t made cheaper. The boards are pure wood, so you get the strong pop and feel that you look for in a deck, without any crazy gimmicks. Picking out a board based on the graphic or pro name isn’t a bad idea, but if you don’t care or don’t want to spend extra money, try out Mini-Logo for your next skateboard setup. They’re a smart choice.