I lost interest in learning new flip tricks/skating flatground a decade ago. That may have something to do with it. I've been skating only rails, hubbas, flatbars, and the occasional stair set for the past decade. I can completely destroy a flat bar, I have a really deep bag of grinds/slides and land most things first try but I can barely kickflip unless I'm doing something like a kickflip fs board. I'm sure shapes and stuff matter a lot more if you do flip tricks and skate flatground.
My body is destroyed because of all the rail skating so I've been meaning to start skating flatground and learn to skate transition but to me there's nothing more fun than hauling ass and grinding a rail. I think I'm gonna stick to skating flat bars and start working on my flatground and tranny skills cause my body is so fucked and I still wanna be skating 10 years from now.
Also, I've been meaning to ask, what's the deal with wheel base? I've never even considered wheel base when buying a board. Should I be skating a longer or smaller wheel base? In which way does it affect the board?