8” trucks really help me out, 8.125, 7.88 doesn’t matter nearly as much, to me.
Some ‘8’ inch boards look noticeably larger, I agree with what others have mentioned on the subject on this last page (it is almost as though the factory is like: ‘fuck it, close enough’), pretty sure that’s why my current ps board is more like a 7.9, at best.
The point of all that ramble from me, is that an 8 ish board on 8” trucks tends to work out, don’t think about it nearly as much.
I like that quasi 8.125! The tail is totally fucked. The first time I skated it I hated it. Not only is the tail very, very small, but it also has a lot of ‘fingers of flat’. I did my best skating, long long ago, on boards with small tails/small boards. 6.5 is fine by me, less is cool too. I am ok with popping off of the very tip.
Anything flat, and in between 31-32” in length, is fine, but I’m always looking for shape rec’s