Favorite 8.75 BBS right now

[231st Street]

Anyone have suggestions for 8.75 BBS pressed boards with larger nose similar to Alien 8.75.

[BartHarleyJarvis]

Anyone have suggestions for 8.75 BBS pressed boards with larger nose similar to Alien 8.75.

I've been really pleasantly surprised by the 8.75 hockey I just bought in the warehouse sale. Feels great and the tail feels much better than the tiny tail the 8.5s have

[babywantsbluevelvet]

Black Label 8.75 is nicely in between something squared out like Hockey and a normal AH in my experience.

[backinaction]

https://www.tactics.com/anti-hero/classic-eagle-875-skateboard-deck


WIDTH (IN):           8.75
LENGTH (IN):           32.75
WHEELBASE (IN):   14.62
NOSE (IN):           7.25
TAIL (IN):                   6.625
CONCAVE (IN):           .375

[Roisto]

https://www.tactics.com/anti-hero/classic-eagle-875-skateboard-deck


WIDTH (IN):           8.75
LENGTH (IN):           32.75
WHEELBASE (IN):   14.62
NOSE (IN):           7.25
TAIL (IN):                   6.625
CONCAVE (IN):           .375

This is a good board. Very balanced shape. Just skated one and I really can’t find anything to complain about when I think of it. Maybe I should just go back instead of skating all these crazy shapes I’ve been skating since. 😮

[Mbrimson88]

Anyone have suggestions for 8.75 BBS pressed boards with larger nose similar to Alien 8.75.

Do you have a preference for wheelbase?

Eg the Alien boards are all short 14.25 wheelbase, but many other 8.75 boards are longer / longer wheelbases, such as the DLX / AH white eagle, which is 14.62 wb, which I like but you might not.

Polar 8.75 is another one with what I feel is a very big nose and quite a small tail, but it is only 14.38 wb which might be more what you are after.

Heroin are not particularly long, but I haven't seen one in person to be able to give you a true size recommendation.


All those above are good options too.

[backinaction]

This is a good board. Very balanced shape. Just skated one and I really can’t find anything to complain about when I think of it. Maybe I should just go back instead of skating all these crazy shapes I’ve been skating since. 😮

Right before that I had a Blue Meanie 8.75 and I loved it - but only skated it a handful of times before I snapped it by not landing bolts on a flyout.

Then I ran the Eagle for a long time as my bigger board and it was great.  Nice fat nose, good wheelbase and tail for it's size.  I could get decent ollie height and it flipped pretty well too (Indy hollow forged with 1/10" risers and 55mm wheels). 

When I retired it I found another Blue Meanie, but it turns out I like the Eagle better.  Fatter nose and a fuller tail.  I'm probably going to stick with them (or a Krooked Eyes, or Real whatever is the same shape) for all of my 8.75 boards going forward. 

[Roisto]

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This is a good board. Very balanced shape. Just skated one and I really can’t find anything to complain about when I think of it. Maybe I should just go back instead of skating all these crazy shapes I’ve been skating since. 😮

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Right before that I had a Blue Meanie 8.75 and I loved it - but only skated it a handful of times before I snapped it by not landing bolts on a flyout.

Then I ran the Eagle for a long time as my bigger board and it was great.  Nice fat nose, good wheelbase and tail for it's size.  I could get decent ollie height and it flipped pretty well too (Indy hollow forged with 1/10" risers and 55mm wheels). 

When I retired it I found another Blue Meanie, but it turns out I like the Eagle better.  Fatter nose and a fuller tail.  I'm probably going to stick with them (or a Krooked Eyes, or Real whatever is the same shape) for all of my 8.75 boards going forward.

I skated a Blue Meanie last winter and loved it so much that I got two more. The two I got have been sitting in the stack ever since. It’s a very functional shape. The nose is a bit skinny like you mentioned. That was probably the only gripe I had about it. Pop feel was super hefty but consistently good. The DLX 8.75” might be a better deck all around for me as well but somehow I’m drawn to these more special shapes even though they might not benefit my skating in any way. 

[231st Street]

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Anyone have suggestions for 8.75 BBS pressed boards with larger nose similar to Alien 8.75.

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Do you have a preference for wheelbase?

Eg the Alien boards are all short 14.25 wheelbase, but many other 8.75 boards are longer / longer wheelbases, such as the DLX / AH white eagle, which is 14.62 wb, which I like but you might not.

Polar 8.75 is another one with what I feel is a very big nose and quite a small tail, but it is only 14.38 wb which might be more what you are after.

Heroin are not particularly long, but I haven't seen one in person to be able to give you a true size recommendation.


All those above are good options too.

Good point-- I really like 14.25 on a big board (could maybe even do 14, but haven't done that on a > 8 board before I don't think).  Thats why I think I've had success on the alien as it feels comfy but still not huge. 

[juniormint]

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Anyone have suggestions for 8.75 BBS pressed boards with larger nose similar to Alien 8.75.

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Do you have a preference for wheelbase?

Eg the Alien boards are all short 14.25 wheelbase, but many other 8.75 boards are longer / longer wheelbases, such as the DLX / AH white eagle, which is 14.62 wb, which I like but you might not.

Polar 8.75 is another one with what I feel is a very big nose and quite a small tail, but it is only 14.38 wb which might be more what you are after.

Heroin are not particularly long, but I haven't seen one in person to be able to give you a true size recommendation.


All those above are good options too.

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Good point-- I really like 14.25 on a big board (could maybe even do 14, but haven't done that on a > 8 board before I don't think).  Thats why I think I've had success on the alien as it feels comfy but still not huge.

Yeah the Alien 8.75 is such a good board, i think because of the nice generous tail. There’s the mis rego anti hero eagle 8.75 with a 14.25. But it is a fair bit shorter than the alien, so depending on how you long of a tail you prefer it may work for you.

[GumOnMyGrip]

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Anyone have suggestions for 8.75 BBS pressed boards with larger nose similar to Alien 8.75.

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Do you have a preference for wheelbase?

Eg the Alien boards are all short 14.25 wheelbase, but many other 8.75 boards are longer / longer wheelbases, such as the DLX / AH white eagle, which is 14.62 wb, which I like but you might not.

Polar 8.75 is another one with what I feel is a very big nose and quite a small tail, but it is only 14.38 wb which might be more what you are after.

Heroin are not particularly long, but I haven't seen one in person to be able to give you a true size recommendation.


All those above are good options too.

I’ve got A Heroin Zane 8.75 razor concave. It’s got a monster nose.

[spacial_profiling]

I swear by 8.75 Polar’s.

[YeoWhattup]

I have a buddy that only rides 8.75 polars

[Mbrimson88]

I swear by 8.75 Polar’s.

Do you ever find the tail a bit small?

I guess I am used to more transition based skating, even though I do skate everything and the two Polar 8.75 boards I have seemed to not last half as long as the tail was just short right from go.

Others I know also ride them and some like them, some do not, mainly for the same reason - short tapered tails.

[144p]

The heroin 8.75 has a 6 5/8 tail and a 7 3/8 nose. Not very balanced.
Polar 8.75 has a football like tail, pretty pointed and shorter than the longer antihero ones.
The hockey and black label 8.75’s have a 14.5 wb with a fuller shape.
Generator 8.75 is more square nosed than the bbs one. Very similar dimensions in length/wb etc.

[FatGuy92]

I had a lot of fun on a Polar 8.75 popsicle I got a couple years back. Tried it with both Indy 159 titanium and Ace 55 classics. Definitely hard to flip around, but I liked it a lot for ledge skating.

[jakeumms]

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Anyone have suggestions for 8.75 BBS pressed boards with larger nose similar to Alien 8.75.

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Do you have a preference for wheelbase?

Eg the Alien boards are all short 14.25 wheelbase, but many other 8.75 boards are longer / longer wheelbases, such as the DLX / AH white eagle, which is 14.62 wb, which I like but you might not.

Polar 8.75 is another one with what I feel is a very big nose and quite a small tail, but it is only 14.38 wb which might be more what you are after.

Heroin are not particularly long, but I haven't seen one in person to be able to give you a true size recommendation.


All those above are good options too.

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Good point-- I really like 14.25 on a big board (could maybe even do 14, but haven't done that on a > 8 board before I don't think).  Thats why I think I've had success on the alien as it feels comfy but still not huge.

You probably want to look at the 8.75 Anti Hero with the 14.25 wb then. I believe the current graphic is the Misregistered Eagle. It's been available for about a year now and has been kept in the line very consistently so far.