Cabs logic is leaning toward pedo apologist shit.

The fact that she presents the 'colesmash' as a light & funny anecdote leads me to think that he was probably doing much worse shit to make that seem funny.  And Mikey of course loves it.  What a bunch of cunts.

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I’m currently skating an AH Grant Taylor 8.75 14.62WB (same as the white Classic Eagle). Although I like the full and long nose and tail, I’m considering sizing down a bit to make my board a bit more manageable for flip tricks. I see most AH 8.5 decks have a 14.25WB which I would probably find too cramped, so I’m looking at an 8.38 with 14.5WB that our local shop has in stock (the Daan van der Linde pigeon vision, same shape as the green classic eagle). It does have a bit shorter and pointier nose and tail though.

Has anyone skated both and noticed any noteworthy differences? I’m currently skating the 8.75 with Indy Titanium 159s, which I’m planning on using on the 8.38 as well.

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@Sedition can give you a thoughtful reply, i believe they sometimes mess around with the 8.75.
iirc the 8.62 and 8.38 have similar shapes, comparatively pointy in the nose and tail, compared to some of the other sizes.

the 8.38 has been around for quite a bit, for a reason.
i have one in my stack, its much larger than what i normally ride (i thought i was riding a generic generator version of this shape, but i am wrong, per usual).
the 8.38 does work with the 159s.

a larger board, for me, that still flips, is the crail
brophy shape. 8.6, i think 14.75 wb….something about that one still worked for me, and i’m a small person, with baby strength.

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Somehow I missed this (above). My bad.

The 8.75 and 8.38 have very different shapes. The 8.38 is much more pointed/rounded, with shorter feeling kicks. The 8.75 is closer to a "full" type shape (e.g. less taper in nose/tail), and longer kicks. I normally ride the 8.25/14.38, hate the 8.38/14.5, and like the 8.75/14.62 a lot. Side note, I recently started riding the 8.75/14.5 Black Label, and I am really, really, really liking it. It's more nimble than the 8.75/14.62, but still has that wider-deck stability. Still a bit clunky on flip tricks, but otherwise a fantastic deck that is quickly replacing my DLX 8.75 as my go-to "big board." Def give that a hard look if you want something a bit more manageable than the 8.75/14.62, but don't want to drop down too much.
 

Thanks for the reply and no worries, I missed your reply as well. I’ve been a bit busy lately

Very useful info! In the meantime I already found a good deal on the 8.38 classic eagle and gave it a try. I must say that I completely agree with you. The kicks on the 8.38 feel shorter and steeper which really messes with my pop timing. And even though the nose and tail are not as pointy as other brands, I still like the fuller shape of the 8.75 nose and tail. The shorter wheelbase (14.5 on paper, 14.4 when I measured it) does help a bit with rotational tricks though. Despite that, I switched back to the 8.75/14.62. It just feels ‘right’ for me at the moment. I’m definitely staying on 8.75, maybe I’ll give the Black Label one a try. The Polar 8.75 popsicles also seem like they have more of a full shaped nose and tail and have a 14.38WB, might be interesting as well The madness continues…

its crazy how 9 years ago, a story about smashing a significant other's personal property worth thousands of dollars, did not raise any red flags with the viewers.

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What non Indy trucks were pros riding in the late 90s-early/mid 00s when they rode bigger boards?
 I'm guessing it's pretty common knowledge that in the whole shop wall was 7.5/7.75 years that many pros actually rode much bigger boards but if that pro was on ventures on thunders how were they getting trucks to match? Old stock, getting specially made shit just for them?

Or same question the other way when some pros were riding like 7.25-7.4 what's the point of the axle was sticking way out

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Maybe Fury's, they had a stacked team with people who strike me as wide board guys (Hawk, Burnquist, Rowley, Saari, etc.)

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Rowley always skated the 146 trucks from Stage 8 or similar and made them last years.  Still did last time someone asked which was a while ago now.

Hawk rode 8.25 boards for a long time, only went up to 8.5 when Riley had a wider board than him.

Trying to remember what Bob rode, but I think when he was out here for X Games, he was on about an 8 like everyone else, only riding those big rigs on the super vert / mega ramp type things a lot later in the timeline.

Not sure what a lot of others skated, but I know people like Dan Drehobl had a struggle with 8.5 Ventures, then went to Indy, but that was way later anyway.


It is a bit of an interesting one, because even most of the "wide board" guys were still only on 8 or at absolute max 8.25 more than anything else, from what people were saying.

Maybe there was a fair bit of the Reynolds type action going on too - wider board, narrow trucks?

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As I remember Reynolds goes 139 on 8.5

Drehoble was one I had in mind. Matt reason and Templeton too and then later cole and duffel but yeah probable they were all just on the 147s/5.2s. I did 8.25-8.6 at that time on venture 5.2s but of course I'm no pro.