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Sorry if I missed that but what is the issue with the 8.5 Ishod twin? Too steep kicks?
He was meaning the kicks are too mellow, or at least that is how I read it.
I like mellow kicks, so they worked well for me.
DLX and many BBS wood have what could be called more mellow kicks than some other brands out there.
But you said you bought one but never set it up, right? So, why come?
Every time I think about it, it comes back to the same thing though:
I have too many boards, as well as too many good boards already set up that I like more, with what I feel is a better shape for what I want and how I skate.
DLX boards in particular, but BBS in general, mostly now between 8.38 and 8.5 so sitting the twin 8.5 on other normal 8.5s I have set up, the tails are pretty much the same, as is the wheelbase, but I am skating the 8.38 size a lot more and only pull out the 8.5 if I just want a "go fast" session or cruisy roll around a park or somewhere, so they are never going to get swapped out at that rate.
Setting up something different because I am curious about it is one thing, but knowing what a deck is like and setting it up just because I can would mean I have way less fresh in shrink decks and way more "gripped and used once or twice" boards in an ever increasing pile, when anything new can still be sold on if someone else wants it, but gripped and used boards are more so given away, no matter what condition they are in, if someone is in need of a board. If it is still one I would ride, it is more likely to be kept, but then it comes back to the start - I have too many boards.
Yes I am a bit special in that regard.