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Does anyone ride an 8.5 skateboard?
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I'm probably gonna buy an 8.5, but i don't know what trucks to buy. Anyone know what sizee i should get? I think 8.5 tucks would be really wide and heavy.
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holy fuck 8.5? ive skated 8s and kickflipping them is rediculous. its great cuz you can catch stuff really well, but its gonna be hard to get tech on it.
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thats like a straight up vert and bowl board, like shit.
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get some indys. 169s. why you gettings such a fatass deck?
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8s aren't hard to flip around. perfect size
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then again i've been on an 8 forever
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I second that,
8.5s are sick willyy has one and its super fun to ride
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8's feel like boats to me now. downsize and you'll see the difference if you ever switch back
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i skate an 8.5 creature on 7.5 destructos since i didnt have the money to buy new trucks. its really really fun, and 7.5 is big enough for mini and bowls and stuff. if you skate street then def get a narrower deck, but for ramps its awesome
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i found 7.75 as my perfect size
idk i just thought 8 was rediculous
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holy fuck doesnt that feel/look wierd?
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looks super weird, doesnt feel nearly as weird as you would think. ive skated a lot of different widths, and this is the one that im happiest with.
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I'd go with 8.25 indys for sure. that way if you wanna size down u can. i rocked an 8.5 for a bit then i sized back down to my norm 8.25. i rock 8.0 indys on mine and they work great. you'll probably wanna get some doh doh's tho cuz the indy bushings are kinda gay. oh make sure you get a creature skateboard NHS pwns really hard.
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i got an 8.1 somethin, and its awesome, skating mini ramps and stuff is so much better than on a super narrow board, and for everything its so much easier to catch and keep your feet from slipping off, my friend has an 8.25 i think, so 8.5 wouldnt be too bad, it would be so sick for bowls and stuff, and if thats all your doin then why not? but you could just go with something around 8 and its gonna be good enough
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roflmao...i have an 8.5 for fun/mini and then a 10 for straight up bowl carving...thats whats up...
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you're a beast! i just went from 7.5 to 7.78, it's about time.
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hahahha yea, but a wide ass board is sick for carving and such in bowls...it picks its path and just rips...so much fun
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i'm a horrible ramp/bowl skater, i can basically only do street gaps and hubbas etc.
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nice! bowls are just way easier on my knees (torn meniscus)
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My brother has an old skool Powell board (square tail, sharp nose, and rails!) that has to be at least 8.5...but that's only fun for bowls and crap.
I skate mostly pipe, and I think 7.75 is best, even for street. Unless you have mondo feet.
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I'm riding an 8.12 right now and I don't feel like it's big enough, besides it's just a try.
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i just got a consolidated 8" board the other day and i used to never go above 7.75. im lovin the wider board but anyway 7.75 trucks might work even on an 8.5... dont wana get too heavy.
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