When RoeRacing went out of business in ~2018, I bought the remaining stock from the factory. RoeRacing is near and dear to my heart. Roe had the "special sauce" of being run by a slalom legend, Gareth Roe, and the decks were manufactured by a husband / wife team who were ex K2 ski employees. When K2 went out of business on Vashon Island, Roe bought and moved much of the specialized race ski tooling over to their own warehouse (which happened to be just a few blocks away also on Vashon Island). The husband / wife team primarily made high end ski core for boutique race ski manufacturers all over the globe, but they made the Roe decks entirely in house.

I've skated ~6 ultraskates, 4 STP's, 2 RSVP's, 1 P2P, and 1 A2A on Roe decks, as well as countless laps of Greenlake, Burke Gilman and Alki path thru the years. The Gen 1 Mermaid is a great balance of everything that is possible in a longboard. While I swear by decks like the Alki and Olo for flatland training, the Roe Mermaid is the choice for when the hills are steep, or you are just looking for the most advanced, waterproof construction.