Are there any big boys out here (I'm talking 230+ lbs) who skate 7.75"s? and If so, what decks do you guys ride with strong durability similar to the Santa Cruz VX decks? I have been usually fluctuating between 8.25 and 8" decks, but I wanna go back to 7.8 or 7.75s (my old go-to size back in the early-late 2000's) to relearn my old bag of flip tricks and get my switch tre flick back on a smaller board. However, I noticed that when sizing down as well as given my heavy weight, I go through standard maple 7 ply decks super fast, even on some days where I just warm-up on flat and basic low impact stuff and end up accidentally snapping a deck before the 5 day or one week mark of usage.
current weight fluctuates between 230-250 lbs, I'm 5'11", with a shoe size 10.5-11 and I would say, I am built like a baseball or football athlete, but with a slowly growing dad belly lol.
I'm pretty bummed that NHS VX decks and crailtap pop secret decks stop at 8.0" minimum. I don't mind paying for the mark up price if It means a board lasting a month or more for my fatass
I haven't really scrolled through the pages this thread, so idk if this has been discussed already