Just curious for the 8.38 crowd....ya'll rocking 8.25s or 8.5s on that thing?
I am 149s / 8.5 trucks all the way on 8.38 boards, but I prefer stability to anything else, more so transition skating first and dabble in whatever other things to skate but not so much rail / tech compared to some people.
Others I skate with who are way more street / rail / ledge tech go with 144s / 8.25 trucks as they say it just fits better for their skating, so that also makes sense to me.
I have boards set up with 144s / 8.25 trucks, but they just feel too tippy for me and as I am so used to a wider truck, the board feels wrong, but the 144s on an 8.125 or 8.25 board is a lot easier to skate for tech stuff for me, so go figure with that one.
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Reading about 8.25 vs 8.5 trucks is getting me antsy. I love the way 149 feels on the 8.38, and the axle sticks out 1/16-1/32” out from the side (wheels well under the edge)… and Ben’s voice always echos in my head “I love the way 149’s feel on an 8.38)
I really want to try 144, but worried I’ll lose something on the turning, or how stable they are on grinds.
Thoughts?
149s might ‘feel’ better, more than some report landing more on the 144s.
not a huge difference. if you got it you got it.
As per reply above, wider trucks for more stability / transition and not as wide trucks for more street / tech seems to be the way to go for a lot of people.
Changing board size can be a bit funny but I prefer board to width pretty much right on, but others like to have magic carpet all the way.