Pantheon Sacrifice 2024 downhill deck

Pantheon Sacrifice 2024 downhill deck

SPECS

Length: 35.3″
Width: 9.17″ front bolts, 9.12″ back bolts, 9.7″ max width
Wheelbase: 24.5″ – 26″

CONCAVE

The concave on the Sacrifice pays homage to the Sacrifice of old while modernizing to Pantheon’s 2024 standards. The deck was so good when Pantheon first made it back in 2017 that many Pantheon team are still skating it!  The goal has been to create a sleeker, better looking board that reflects some of the concave desires of modern riders, but still keeping the Sacrifice soul that everyone loves. 

What has changed? There is W concave, so that you can still feel it, but it’s far less intrusive. Flares have been smoothed out so that the board overall just feels smoother from front to back. The board retains its original 1/4″ microdrops, rocker, and W concave, but it tones down the concave and steepness of the original W-concave. The deck is widest where it counts, at the heel of the front foot, and features a waist that feels great for tucking, with a mild taper from front to back.

CONSTRUCTION

8 ply maple with triaxial fiberglass. Pantheon has place the glass under the bottom layer of wood and put black dyed fiberglass on the top for a smooth, shiny finish that feels high quality to the look and touch. The deck has very little torsional flex, as do all of our downhill boards.

Griptape: 60 grit across the deck. Pantheon has tested a lot of grip over the years and this 60 grit is both grippy while not being over-the-top, and it appears to be their most durable yet. 

GRAPHIC

A classic Eddie Kihm piece–same as the original. It depicts a figurative “rebirth,” where the subject is in a meditative stance and is stabbing herself in the chest, sacrificing her current condition to the will of the Universe. The blood takes form as fallen leaves as she lies in the middle of the woods, taking on an annual dying and rebirth of their own. There is one unusual feature on this graphic...no branding. No name. No Pantheon branding, no words. In a truely Pantheon statement, Jeff says "we felt branding would just take away from the scene".

The design. the quality, and the riding experience all screams Pantheon. You don't need to be reminded of what you are skating.

SETUPS

Pantheon's go to is 160-165mm trucks and slide wheels on the Sacrifice. You can just as easily ride full 180mm, but 165mm tucks are a better rail match. User discretion here, but we like a symmetrical setup, as this board likes to ride backward just as much as it likes to go forward. If you want to use bigger wheels like the 88 Mavericks then 130mm-150mm wheels are calling your name.