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Title: What size do you ride?
Post by: Tracer on August 31, 2016, 08:40:26 PM
Explain why in the comments below.

Title: Re: What size do you ride?
Post by: Gray Imp Sausage Metal on August 31, 2016, 09:39:42 PM
Magnums what I fit
Title: Re: What size do you ride?
Post by: ducky darnsworth on August 31, 2016, 09:43:26 PM
i would explain but you wouldn't know the WHOLE story so i won't tell
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Post by: yourfuckingdad on August 31, 2016, 11:29:44 PM
8.9x33, 15" wb
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Post by: Thomas on August 31, 2016, 11:55:23 PM
8.25" because it feels good.
Title: Re: What size do you ride?
Post by: ZEBRA on September 01, 2016, 12:21:59 AM
8.8x33, 15" wb

Are you tall?? Or maybe just skate a lot of transition??

I'm 5'7" on a good day and I couldn't imagine trying to flip my board if it were that big. Haha

Title: Re: What size do you ride?
Post by: broken_teeth on September 01, 2016, 12:39:08 AM
8.38
im pretty tall
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Post by: christ0v on September 01, 2016, 12:46:49 AM
8.5" but i might try 8,475 baker
Title: Re: What size do you ride?
Post by: rob on September 01, 2016, 01:23:51 AM
8.12 or 8 because I had a big board phase and noticed it takes a lot of effort to skate flat ground with an 8.5 even an 8.25, easier to land on but hard to flip. 8.12 is the perfect medium where I don't have to give so much effort but still have a confident area of land. It's like the 7.5/7.8 days where a 7.5 was super easy to do and learn any trick on flat but 7.8 was the perfect medium because you can still learn and have a normal amount of board
Title: Re: What size do you ride?
Post by: concerned_parent on September 01, 2016, 04:55:00 AM
8.5 because it makes me look cool
Title: Re: What size do you ride?
Post by: fang on September 01, 2016, 06:22:23 AM
I just set up an 8.125 x 31.625 with 14" wheelbase.
I prefer skinny boards, have for years, but I'm burned-out on always getting the same setups so I wanna try something new. 
Title: Re: What size do you ride?
Post by: Spike Hawke on September 01, 2016, 06:24:10 AM
None of us actually skate Tracer.
Title: Re: What size do you ride?
Post by: concerned_parent on September 01, 2016, 06:27:32 AM
None of us actually skate Tracer.

i've just been googling "how to troll sk8r's on slap" since last year.

all i've accomplished in this past year is mastering my slingshot technique =[
Title: Re: What size do you ride?
Post by: the snake on September 01, 2016, 06:43:59 AM
rollerblades size 9.5
Title: Re: What size do you ride?
Post by: Mongoloid on September 01, 2016, 07:50:59 AM
8-8.25"

Like many of you I come from the era when 7.75" was the standard, and 8" was a wide size. However, I tend to do well on 8.5-9".

Not particularly tall (5' 9" or so) 170lbs, size 11 shoe.
Title: Re: What size do you ride?
Post by: Hannity on September 01, 2016, 08:12:48 AM
8.38 and 8.43 are my new faves
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Post by: calvinsdream on September 01, 2016, 08:19:38 AM
i would explain but you wouldn't know the WHOLE story so i won't tell

that joke gets more fucking hilarious every time
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Post by: glutton. on September 01, 2016, 10:22:12 AM
I don't ride dicks but mine is small.
Title: Re: What size do you ride?
Post by: rob on September 01, 2016, 10:42:59 AM
I just set up an 8.125 x 31.625 with 14" wheelbase.
I prefer skinny boards, have for years, but I'm burned-out on always getting the same setups so I wanna try something new. 

Woah how did you find an 8.12 with 14" wheel base ? Most 8.12 I found were above 14" every time and I'm trying to keep it in that range of a 14" after hearing about chico Brenes and Mariano keeping the same length wb for flips on wider boards
Title: Re: What size do you ride?
Post by: glutton. on September 01, 2016, 10:46:08 AM
^
What's the wheelbase on DLX 8.12s? I thought it was somewhere between 14.00" and 14.25".
Title: Re: What size do you ride?
Post by: yapple dapple on September 01, 2016, 10:53:35 AM
Fred Gall
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Post by: HyenaChaser on September 01, 2016, 12:27:05 PM
8.5

Flips slow, catches well, tons of stability.
Title: Re: What size do you ride?
Post by: Elderly Gentleman on September 01, 2016, 01:17:53 PM
When I was getting back into skating, I got an 8.  After a bit it just felt too small (may have had more to do with the wheelbase).  I got an 8.5 and really liked it, but left it in the trunk on a 100+ degree summer day and the board warped.  Then I got a 8.25 and loved it.  After it wore out, I just got another 8.5 that I'm skating now.  I also got an 8.75 that was brand new for $10 because the guy didn't like how steep the concave was.  It's a bit bigger than I'd normally like, but I couldn't pass up the deal.  For me, anything from 8.25 - 8.5 feels good. 
Title: Re: What size do you ride?
Post by: Cherb on September 01, 2016, 01:33:22 PM
8.25 to 8.5 because they make me wet.
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Post by: Rick Howards Root Beer on September 01, 2016, 02:02:52 PM
Preferably 9 but 8.7 will do at the smallest
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Post by: The Lap Dancer on September 01, 2016, 02:51:07 PM
7.5 till infinity.
Title: Re: What size do you ride?
Post by: fang on September 01, 2016, 03:45:35 PM
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I just set up an 8.125 x 31.625 with 14" wheelbase.
I prefer skinny boards, have for years, but I'm burned-out on always getting the same setups so I wanna try something new. 
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Woah how did you find an 8.12 with 14" wheel base ? Most 8.12 I found were above 14" every time and I'm trying to keep it in that range of a 14" after hearing about chico Brenes and Mariano keeping the same length wb for flips on wider boards

It's a Girl deck.. I believe it says its "shape 26". I haven't had a chance to try it out yet, I have like 3 minutes of free time a day lately
Title: Re: What size do you ride?
Post by: yourfuckingdad on September 01, 2016, 04:38:29 PM
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8.8x33, 15" wb
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Are you tall?? Or maybe just skate a lot of transition??

I'm 5'7" on a good day and I couldn't imagine trying to flip my board if it were that big. Haha



yeah i am really tall.
Flip tricks are definitely harder, and everything takes a lot more effort because the Indy 169's are so damn heavy but it's worth it to have a board I can ride comfortably.
Title: Re: What size do you ride?
Post by: johnes on September 01, 2016, 05:51:44 PM
8.5 currently, it's nice and comfy
I usually move around from 8.25-8.6 trying out different shapes.
I have another set up, 8.6 that has a little longer wheelbase and that one always feels too big under my feet.
Title: Re: What size do you ride?
Post by: muntcuscle on September 01, 2016, 06:15:35 PM
8.38 recently

I'm somewhat tall at 6'2 and weigh around 175
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Post by: OldManSkate on September 01, 2016, 07:40:04 PM
8.25" because it feels good.
Title: Re: What size do you ride?
Post by: nylin on September 01, 2016, 08:46:32 PM
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I just set up an 8.125 x 31.625 with 14" wheelbase.
I prefer skinny boards, have for years, but I'm burned-out on always getting the same setups so I wanna try something new. 
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Woah how did you find an 8.12 with 14" wheel base ? Most 8.12 I found were above 14" every time and I'm trying to keep it in that range of a 14" after hearing about chico Brenes and Mariano keeping the same length wb for flips on wider boards

All Girl/Choco 8.12's have a 14" wheelbase.