Gavin reissue Blind
W: 8.125" widest point, 7.875" over front trucks, 7.75" over back trucks
L: A little more than 31.5" tip to tip
WB: 14.25"
N: 6.875"
T: A little more than 6.5"
It has the usual kind of Dwindle shape, mellow wings and steeper kicks with plenty of fingers. I put 5.2 Venture Hi with forged plates on it.
I got this board too and it skates really weird to me, it might be because it's my first egg but the way I feel about it is that if this board is really shaped like boards were back then then I'm pretty glad we've moved on to contemporary popsicles. The nose and tail feel too long for my taste and I felt the tail flex a lot on a few landings. I'm interested in trying out another egg but I'm going to be a lot more picky about what shape I pick out the next time around.
Additionally, I'm skating it with some 52mms which is a normal wheel size for me but for some reason they feel huge on this board. I can kind of understand the aesthetic preferences some skaters had back then in that wheels over 50mm feel like vert wheels; when I look down at this shape and see the wheels poking out I think to myself that it doesn't feel like it makes sense to skate normal sized wheels with this board. Maybe it's my subconscious desire to make a period-accurate setup, but it feels more like the shape itself is what commands the smaller wheel size for some reason.
I dig the everslick though, it's nice to have the graphic stick around after tailsliding and boardsliding a bunch and it makes me barely feel wheelbites at all. It's also nice that it's not slick to the point of it being out of control, I still feel like I have to push my slides a little bit which makes me feel like transitioning back to a non slick will be reasonably seamless.
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