It just annoys me that it's difficult to aquire boards 8 and over because most of the board company's only make tiny sleds for little kids, because that's who buys their stuff the most, that's why I prefaced that by saying I was glad to see other people skating 8's and up, as in the tide was changing. If you want to ride a smaller board, that's cool by me, I know my friends told me i needed to step up from a 7.5 and it's worked out great for me.