yes they're pretty good and strong.
flip is one of the best skate boards you could buy.
Yes there are good brands of boards such as element, baker, birdhouse, active and DVS.
Yes, they are very good. They are one of the best quality decks you can get. Not true, but they are good boards. Brands are usually just for their name and associated teams.
Flip is more popular and has higher quality boards. Flip has less concave though. Some people like that. It's an opinion.
No they are bad! for good boards go on a good longboard site or they will tell you the info on good boards for downhill, sliding and free ride.
Kick Break Boards Flip Yell Bare Hands
there are over 200 types of tech decks. one really good tech deck is the gold tech deck another is the plan B which is really light ( doesn't weigh that much there is the darkstar there is the almost there is the flip there is the 1031 which is really rare all the boards ive posted are really good plus there are more boards out there that are good too like world industries,toy machine,alien workshop,chocolate, powell, DGK,hookups,birdhouse,plan B, Flip, blind and more!
If you are doing tricks such as jumping stairs and or flip tricks, the Almost Impact Deck is one of the best boards for you due to is durability and impact absorbers which are similar to the shocks on a bike.
errm.. large flat one are good!
Vans are good for vert, and tricks. and don't tear when u simply do a tre flip. boards, element. because they just are awsome like that. xD
there are many good succesful brands of surfboards. for more experienced surfers good brands to choose from would be 7S, ripcurl boards, billabong boards, al merrick or quicksilver boards. for beginner surfers good foamy boards are made from el nino.
Yeah!