Only been skating about 4.5 months and my deck has really taken a battering. The ends are chipped up and split and i dont know wether I should retire the deck as its seems to have lost its pop.

When should you retire a deck, Soon after its splits or do they still keep going?

Cheers!

Depends what you can afford!

u can still skate with a shitty deck but wait till u have enough money to get a good deck

Just been paid so money isn't an issue. my point is though, does having the tail chipped effect your Ollies. Its pretty fucked up and I swear its not popping as well as it did???

Lots of things affect your ollie.. Sometimes the board gets internal cracks you can't see.. Sometimes it goes soggy.. Sometimes you get so pissed off with it that your ollies are affected..
If you want a new deck get one!

skate it till it snaps dude my board has no pop and only an inch of tail left but I just got used to it

Hmm may just get a blank one and see if its me or the board - thanx

I always skate til snappage. It's just because I am poor though.

Poor junk shop worker, you have my pity

Just brought my new board for halfpipe cheer for the advice peepz!

What did you get?
Go skate then tell us if it's any good!