Well after watching Ben DeGros skate Chris Roberts' Twin paddle on 161s and the new Jordan Trahan Static part, I bit the bullet on the Chocolate 8.5" Twin Tail Pop Secret that was only $65. 14" WB destroys my kick flips but 151s should chill things out... I need to get off Youtube and get outside but we are pretty much snowed and iced in... hopefully I'll stop online shopping at this point.
Looks like I'm all Huffers and 8.5" twin paddles for 2024.
I just finished watching that; crazy to me that it took so long for them to arrive at 8.25 w/149s as the happy medium (and considering the other twin they make at crailtap is an 8.25...)...this is Rog telling chris 'you need a big board and trucks for slappies' because he gave up flip tricks.
Knowing the two/three curb spots that crew skates on the regular, only one of them [sorta] benefits from a wide (8.75 is fine w/ 52 classics) truck and that's only IF you want to sit perfectly on top of the curb (which that crew doesn't do hardly ever if you watch their footy) or do 50/50 transfers super easy, otherwise 149s are fine as you can lock in and also roll on the top, smith and feeble and transfer out...149s and V3s ALMOST get you locked on top...almost...
161s on an 8.5 are overkill, no wonder he hates/feels flipping it just sucks...because it does...just like riding an 8" with 149s would feel like shit...that's why not many people do it, if at all.
This is where the madness lies when it comes to curb skating...some just give up flip tricks/hucking/rails/whatever for a spot/certain type of skating while others (me, crob) want to be able to do both...with one board...Dilo does it all, &&, and tons more.
Easier to lose flip tricks on a fat board with big trucks than it is to lose slappies on an 8.25 with 8.25/149s...
Sorry /madnessramble
What I found super interesting was the dims of that 8.5 being shorter - kicks and overall than the advertised 31.875 with 6.84 kicks.