The Impact Support is an 8-ply Resin deck that uses die-cut carbon fiber discs that are inserted in the 8th ply around the truck mounting areas; the discs prevent "pressure cracks" in the areas of a skateboard deck that typically break. The model is lighter and stronger than Almost Resin-7 and 8 decks, and are covered by a 30-day warranty. The Double Impact series was released in 2010. The model utilizes carbon fiber discs (such as Impact Support), with Resin-6 construction and a carbon fiber top sheet. The Double Impact design features all the benefits of the Impact Support model, but is lighter and stronger. Almost provides a 45-day warranty with the Double Impact model. Contests The first installment of the Almost "Double Impact Contest Series was launched in 2011 as a collaborative event with the Liberty Boardshop. The inaugural contest was held at a public location called the "Brea 12 set" and was held in November 2011—the winning trick was a switch-stance 360-flip. The second contest was held in August 2012 at the Springfield Skatepark "10-stair" in Oregon, United States, in collaboration with the Tactics skate shop. The prize was a new skateboard every month for the duration of a year. The winner of the Oregon contest was Scott Grady, who landed both a nollie backside heelflip and a switch varial heelflip. In January 2013, the Europe Impact Tour commenced, featuring demonstration performances from Haslam, Amrani, and Wildgrube. Double Impact contests were incorporated into the tour and on January 16, 2013, the first tour stop occurred in Berlin, Germany at the Skatehalle-Berlin skate park venue. The winner of each round, as per the previous contests, wins a year worth of Almost skateboard decks—at the first stop in Berlin, the winner was photographed with a signature model "Willow" (Wildgrube) skateboard deck. Team (as of January 2023) Professional Rodney Mullen Youness Amrani Yuri Facchini Max Geronzi John Dilo Tyson Bowerbank Former Ryan Sheckler (Sandlot Times Skateboards) Greg Lutzka (Darkstar Skateboards) Torey Pudwill (Thank You Skateboards) Lewis Marnell (deceased) Chris Haslam (Brainchild Skateboards) Daewon Song (Thank You Skateboards) Sky Brown Mitchie Brusco Amateur Fran Molina Aaron Kim Titi Gormit Mikel Vidal Locals Through the "Almost Famous" series, the brand introduced the "Almost Locals" for skateboarders who receive Almost skateboard decks to ride, but are not officially listed as team members—the traditional term for this status is "flow." Filipp Lepikhin Issey Yumiba CJ