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i’ve skated 2 polar 8.5s and they are my favorite board. only complaint was i lost all my flip tricks. anyone skate the polar 8.38? how does that compare
From my experience, the 8.38 is pretty similar to the 8.5, I believe they have the same wheelbase (?) while the 8.25 has a quite shorter wheelbase. I personally loved the 8.5 and 8.38 paired with Aces, but never tried those shapes with anything else. Skated their 8.25 on indys and it was pretty good also IMO, easier to flip but not as much stability in transitions.
Yeah, the dims on the polar popsicles are insane. 8.38 is basically the same board, but with an eight taken off the nose. The 8.63 would be worth a try. It's actually got a shorter WB 8.38 and has a bigger nose.
The 8.5” and 8.375” are almost identical on paper but feel very different. The 8.5” feels way bigger. I have no idea how or why, but it does.
Also every Polar board I’ve had & measured has had 14.375” wheelbase instead of the advertised 14.5”. This includes the 8.375”, 8.5”, 9.0” and P9. I doubt any of those boards ever came in the 14.5” they have listed for them.
Also I was wondering if the 1991 shape is similar to the Antihero 9.25 BA Lance deck shape. I’m skating that currently and absolutely love it. Could get a 1991 to go after that if it’s similar enough.
No 8.38 polars left at the shop, so i went with an 8.38 anti hero. i think those are fairly similar in shape, at least with listed dimensions. It’s weird, i want flip tricks but i am trying so hard not to compensate on the 14.5 WB. It just feels too good on transition.
The DLX 8.38” is very different to the Polar 8.38” in my experience.
I’ve had three different DLX 8.38” decks recently and never really got along with them for some reason.
The 8.38” Polar I had I really liked but it did feel a tad short which was both positive and negative.
The DLX 8.38” Full on the other hand I’ve really liked even though that’s noticeably bigger than the normal DLX 8.38” and the Polar 8.38”.
So, yeah, I have no idea why I like the stuff I do even though I’ve kinda thought I did.