I dont have any problems with this deck, it slides look butter, every grind is just smooth sailing, and even though it's a little thinner than your average deck (to save weight) its actually pretty strong and fingerwhips dont even hurt. And its unbelievably light for its size, I have the 5.5 x 23, I didnt get the 6 wide because I thought it would be to heavy but after riding the 5.5 the 6 would be no problem. Dont mind the fork.