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For anyone looking we will have 9.5,10,10.25,10.5 popsicles later this week.
I'll keep you posted,
dave
Sweet. 10+ is the new 9.
I was looking at a tfunk 8.75, wondering how much flip trickery would still work. I’m sure someone can do it all, on basically any sized board, I do wonder where the point of diminishing returns is in regards to width of setup, and flip tricks. Of course there is much more to skatelife than just flippery.
Anybody that rides 10” pops have a few words on why they like em? Stuff like a 9” popsicle setup just seems like it’s an 8.5”, proportionally, for some bigger folks (what I’m attempting to convey: I’m 5’8”, happily ride an 8.5” setup, makes sense that 6’+ person would enjoy a 9”+ setup as it wouldn’t be ‘that’ big, to them).
Lots of blah blah here from per usual, but I’ve been fairly shocked/weirded out, that an 8.5” setup feels better than the smaller stuff I’ve always ridden. Makes me wonder what the next step up is like.
I agree with what you’re saying and only came to this realization earlier this year. I’m 6 or 6’1 size 12 shoes skated 8.5 and was getting toe drag constantly flip tricks inconsistent. Moved to an 8.8 and I feel stable I feel comfortable setting up and landing and my consistency on flip tricks have improved. I feel I can even Ollie higher. But I was close to impossibles landing some and slipping out or on nose when k was on the 8.5 and now I’m back to not even close on a 8.8. Maybe that’s a wheel base issue though. Idk. But idk if I can go below 8.75 now
Yeah I think width of board, and maybe trucks, might have something to do with shoe size. Or something. I know there are tons and tons of instances where a smaller person rides a wider board, and a bigger person rides a narrower setup, so…dunno.
I have a size 10 shoe, which is bang average, I believe. 8.5 the average size, these days (I think). What fucks me on different larger sized setups is overall board length, I have a pretty difficult time going over 32” (tip to tip). Wb seems to be more fungible than I realized, I will adjust. I think a longer board might still be good, for me, but there is some witches brew of wheel size, truck height, tail/nose length that would need to be sorted out. I do have one really weird ass shaped board that is 32”++ and 9”+ wide and even my tired ass can get a 360 flip with it. The point I’m trying to make (is that I occasionally land 360 flips) is that there are so many more factors that I don’t understand on what makes a setup work for me.
Still interested in hearing from the big pop riders.
I’ll now shut the fuck up and take my 8.5” ass out the 9” in thread.