Tall Pals (6'+): gear recommendations and reflections

[jay_nev]

Figgy is like 6'2" or taller right? He rides an 8.5" i feel?

[chris.]

32 is really all I need. The biggest factor with how long a board feels under foot is having some space to move around on the tail. I have a Baker T Funk that’s under 32 (and sub 14 WB) but feels just fine.

[jay_nev]

32 is really all I need. The biggest factor with how long a board feels under foot is having some space to move around on the tail. I have a Baker T Funk that’s under 32 (and sub 14 WB) but feels just fine.

you don’t feel like your front foot has no where to go once you start popping and having to slide it? Or just runs out of space or room quicker?

[chris.]

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32 is really all I need. The biggest factor with how long a board feels under foot is having some space to move around on the tail. I have a Baker T Funk that’s under 32 (and sub 14 WB) but feels just fine.

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you don’t feel like your front foot has no where to go once you start popping and having to slide it? Or just runs out of space or room quicker?

Not really no. One thing I’ve been really trying to work on over the past few months is to make my motions quicker and less exaggerated. I never felt like I was getting any height unless I was really pushing it but after filming some ollies while focusing on quick movements I realized they are still plenty high (and they look and feel way better)

Longer boards may feel slightly more comfortable but they just reinforce bad habits in my experience.

[tzhangdox]

tall pals, whats the shortest deck length you would ride?

Been okay with a 31.75, trying to stay at 32 now, reluctant to go shorter than that.

[munchbox]

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tall pals, whats the shortest deck length you would ride?

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Nothing under 32...prefer 32.2 and up

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Prefer 32"+ but I've skated stuff as short as 31.25". It just depends on the shape/WB.

im wondering what 14.25 wb and 31.5 length would be like. you ever ride a board like that?

[FrozenIndustries]

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tall pals, whats the shortest deck length you would ride?

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Nothing under 32...prefer 32.2 and up

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Prefer 32"+ but I've skated stuff as short as 31.25". It just depends on the shape/WB.

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im wondering what 14.25 wb and 31.5 length would be like. you ever ride a board like that?

Ask Thom, he has a Doubles LTD board that I am pretty sure is 9.1"x31.5" with a 14.25" WB. Pretty sure the Theories Special Delivery shape is the same size too.

[LemThurdy]

height: 6'5"
shoe size: 13
Current setup(s):
polar P8 shape (8.8"x31.875", 14.4"WB), 151 hollow lights, 52 now 49 F4 radial slim
antihero cardiel (9.18"x32.55, 14.38"WB), venture 6.1, 55mm mini hot juice
i ride 1/8 risers depending on how the deck feels without em
Favorite tall(er) pro: ishod? i think hes 6'2" or 3"?

my feet basically destined my switch to big boards. heres the lame and embarrassing part. i was the kid who watched x games and fuel tv like it was my dirty secret cause the local by my childhood house wasnt built until three years ago, and the kids my age rode bikes. pretty terrible environment to pick up skating and stick with it in hindsight, but anything "gnarly" was all my sorry ass preteenage heart wanted to do. got a 7.75 kryptonics for my 12th bday and something about it turned me off it, but i didnt know what exactly. before you ask, no, my mother didn't love me, i was an abused child. i learned how to ride+the basics, but me wearing size 11 or 12 at the time combined with the narrow walmart complete just wasnt working. when i snapped it, the shitty experience with the shitty board didnt make me want to replace it, deadass fuck walmart for that one. not too long after that, student athlete responsibilities came up and strictly controlled me and my time. i met my first friend who skated in high school and he let me ride his board when he wasnt practicing. it really bummed me out cause skating again was like seeing the only ex you still had something for, but i had to tell myself i was fully invested in my teams and to stay healthy. what really bums me out is that i waited to skate for basically no good reason. focused on sports, got good enough to get some colleges looking at me, went to one of those colleges, realized im not truly in love with the sport, ended up played for fun, found out what i want in life wont be achieved thru school, built up my resume, dropped out after 2.5 years to chase my dreams, got into my dream industry as a professional, unlawfully kicked out of my house without warning, living out of suitcases, 40k in debt due to broken promises, the angering truth about my family surfacing, the highs have been euphoric, and the lows try to break me. luckily i got back on board with my first "real"(no pun intended) setup right before shit got serious. skateboarding is really therapeutic and has kept me alive and out of prison in these less than ideal times. meet some good friends and people were more than willing to give me knowledge when they could. really wasted my time not getting back earlier to say the least. i will be posting a lil something about the all setups i owned cause compared to yall who got decades of experience, i only started skating the other day.


gear reccomendation: 8.38x31.9 14.38 wb ishod twin tail
i really loved this board but for more of the fact it was my first. i thought things would be awkward getting used to skating again, but it was almost like picking up where i left off. i feel like once you do any of the boardsports, the transition to another is way easier than people who ride for the first time. picked up this board because i wanted to be ishod so bad. we are both tall, black, lanky, and i watched his footage on repeat. i thought with a combination of that and me riding the exact same board he rides would magically make me better. still laugh at it to this day. terrible mindset for me in hindsight cause this setup felt so wrong i desperately searched to find something right.

it didnt take me long to remember that this was the hardest "sport" i "played" but it was obvious the setup wasnt for me. when it was time to practice ollies again, my feet hung over the rails like i was on a 2x4. my feet made it look like i was on a toy and my mind cant get over that mental block. cant take my skating serious on a toy, goes all the way back to my kryptonics days. the twin tail was really fucking weird. good for having two tails to razor down and not having to turn the board around, but the board looked shorter, and that was coming from me who hadnt skated in what felt like ages. also with the amount of reverts and powerslides i was doing for no good reason plus the fact that i sucked, the siamese shape didnt mean shit. round it out with heavy ass 144s that i overpaid for ($55 for standards, didnt know any better) and 54 mm spit classic formulas, i couldnt pop it for shit. monster truck setup. granted i didnt have the technique, but if you gave it to me now id flat out dislike it. wb was the only positive since i ride in that range today. learned how to hold manuals really well at this time. ended up losing this setup while high with the same high school friend who skated in central park. ill say it. weed positively does nothing good for my skating, except that one time. hope whoever found it on those big ass rocks liked it better than i did. very niche deck, super specific dims, nothing standard about this deck at all. i would have liked it better with thunders and smaller wheels but i didnt have the amount of shit i have now to work with. my next setup was the complete oppositie of this one. id recommend if you havent tried a TT and know the rest of your setup well.

reflection:
hope you dont mind if i just talk my shit a bit in these things, i try to hold on to my setups/decks until i cant no more and each one is like a different moment in my life. also, im really stoked to see the amount of obelisks that regularly post on slap, like our own little sub community cause it actually is lonely up here (6+). even though i cant physically see yall, i feel like we see eye to eye. i only have one close friend whos tall enough to talk about tall people problems with and as far as i know there isnt a thread like this anywhere else, so i hope its aight to use my reflection alternatively as well. like a bootleg support group

would like to think my fellow giants can really feel this but height really is a blessing and a curse. people look at you, towering over them and wonder how you could ever have any issues, let alone emotional ones. this something most guys deal with in general, but my tall brethren know its always: cool, calm, collected, stone faced every time. its expected. the few moments of public weakness ive displayed have always seem to confuse people. either people actually care about me breaking down or are just huddling around to see wilt chamberlain cry, very hard to tell. everyone comes to me all the time with their problems and as listening person with a respected opinion, i take on their issues. whenever i just have a terrible day, week, month and just have to reset what has built up inside, people just look at me like a crazy mess. i just dont get the right to feel and receive the same response, which is kinda shit. who can relate? who else has a tall people problem to add?

i know im not the say on what happens in this thread but id be pretty stoked if we could just talk about tall people shit here. slap is the only forum i feel my anonymity is worth more than a single sentence

Yo tall people gotta stick together All good mane, I have a friend whose 6’9 and everywhere we go ppl just ask if he plays basketball or some other bland ass question. Clowns.  Also I had the same kind of upbringing with the student athlete responsibility that I putting skating on the back burner to work towards a scholarship. After a year and a half in college, I was done with the “team” sports and back home skating and surfing again. Sometimes the time away from skating makes it so much better when you get back on the board.


I’m 6’ and ride 8.125 or 8.25 I used to ride a little smaller setup but switched a few years ago. Flip tricks are fun on a 7.75 but in the streets where I can cruise it was a little rough.

[5teve.0h]

Figgy is like 6'2" or taller right? He rides an 8.5" i feel?

I met Figgy in January last year when he was in Aus, he was at least an inch or two taller than me and i'm 6'2.
Made me appreciate his rail skating even more considering how upright he gets on rails being as tall as he is.

[jay_nev]

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Figgy is like 6'2" or taller right? He rides an 8.5" i feel?

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I met Figgy in January last year when he was in Aus, he was at least an inch or two taller than me and i'm 6'2.
Made me appreciate his rail skating even more considering how upright he gets on rails being as tall as he is.

hell yeah. He’s so sick, probably my fave real tall skater then. And enjoying some new casual type vibes in Green..

[munchbox]

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Figgy is like 6'2" or taller right? He rides an 8.5" i feel?

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I met Figgy in January last year when he was in Aus, he was at least an inch or two taller than me and i'm 6'2.
Made me appreciate his rail skating even more considering how upright he gets on rails being as tall as he is.

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hell yeah. He’s so sick, probably my fave real tall skater then. And enjoying some new casual type vibes in Green..

i remember either watching a setup video or someone here saying he rides 8.5 but dont quote me. sure looks like it though

[munchbox]

setting up an 8" 14 wb hockey i got from my local as adrop off today. pray for me fellas

[jay_nev]

setting up an 8" 14 wb hockey i got from my local as adrop off today. pray for me fellas

oh wow. Downsize your board for real

[FrozenIndustries]

setting up an 8" 14 wb hockey i got from my local as adrop off today. pray for me fellas

Good luck. If you're anything like me you'll love it for two days, post on here about how good it is, then immediately go out and proceed to hate it so much.

That being said, last spring I set up a 7.88" Habitat with Venture 5.0 lows and skated it for several weeks without issue. So you could love it.

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setting up an 8" 14 wb hockey i got from my local as adrop off today. pray for me fellas

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Good luck. If you're anything like me you'll love it for two days, post on here about how good it is, then immediately go out and proceed to hate it so much.

That being said, last spring I set up a 7.88" Habitat with Venture 5.0 lows and skated it for several weeks without issue. So you could love it.

i ended up liking it for the start of the session but i got a bit annoyed at myself for not being amazing on it. understandably, it was the smallest board i ever set up but at the same time i couldnt get into my groove without landing tricks. i think if the wb was at least 14.25 i would have rode it out without bitching. my flip tricks were really weird and i wasnt a fan with having less room for my flicking foot. would take more time to adjust for that than what i was willing to give. also, doing anything with speed felt immediately sketchy.

on the other hand, my rotational tricks were better than usual. i practiced a couple of shuv variations and ended up landing my first fakie front shuv when i switched to my reg board. it definitely helped to practice on the smaller board and then take it to what i felt comfortable with.

the most important thing i found out is that i will really ride whatever skateboard is available if i didnt have the option to choose. if that was all i had, i would ride it till it snaps. i really liked how flat the tail felt on the hockey shape and if their 8.5 is similar, its gonna be on my list for sure. still on the hunt for my perfect dims and will continue to pick up free boards to test it when i can

[giantbeardedone]

height: 6'10"
weight: 235lbs
shoe size: 16

current set-up:
Moonshine Brian Drake popsickle (8.75"x32.5" 14.75"wb), indy 159 forged titanium, spit F4 54mm tablets.

Yeah, I'm a fucking giant. Anything under 8.75 seems too small under my size 16's but might try a 8.5 one day for more pop.

[legion]

height: 6'10"
weight: 235lbs
shoe size: 16

current set-up:
Moonshine Brian Drake popsickle (8.75"x32.5" 14.75"wb), indy 159 forged titanium, spit F4 54mm tablets.

Yeah, I'm a fucking giant. Anything under 8.75 seems too small under my size 16's but might try a 8.5 one day for more pop.

Umm. Fee fi fo fum?

Seriously tho.. I'm a foot shorter than you, size 10.5-11 shoe, and I look at 8.75" pops as the bigger end of my "range", 14.25" wb tho...
Did you check out the +9" board thread? https://www.slapmagazine.com/index.php?topic=97297.0
There's some BIG pops available now. 35th Ave has 10" pop shop decks. Someone does an 11" now? Heroin and Beer City have +9" pops. Heroin has a 10" shaped deck, ATM has a biggie too.
Didn't someone sell an 10" egg?
I'll edit in links..

144p is the slap pal at 35th. Hope it's ok to say that..
http://www.35thave.com/shop/Skate/Decks/35th.htm
http://www.35thave.com/shop/Skate/Decks/35th/p/35th-X-Dope-Planet-deck-x37426823.htm
Hmm, dimensions info is new? Thx guys.

Dimensions for shop decks
7.75 x 31.5 14wb
8 x 32  14.25 wb
8.125 x 32.25 14.25 wb
8.25 x 32.25 14.38 wb
8.38 x 32.4 14.4 wb
8.5 x 32.6 14.5 wb
8.62 x 32.75 14.6 wb
8.75 x 32.6 14.5 wb
8.8 x 32.6 14.6 wb
9 x 33 15 wb
9.5 x 33.6 15.125 popsicle
10 x 33.5 15.125 wb popsicle

shaped decks
8.62 x 32.4 14.4 wb
8.75 x 32.3 14.5 wb
9 x 32.75 14.5 wb shovel
9 x 32.25 14.5wb football
9.5 x 32.25 14.75 wb
10 x 31.38 15wb

http://www.heroinskateboarding.com/stuff 9.25" pop isn't in the summer catalog
https://heroin.myshopify.com/collections/all-boards/products/razortop-blue-9-25

https://store.beercity.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=BCOS&Category_Code=BCS
Oops, biggest pop is 9". Long neck has longer wb than big mouth shape.
https://store.beercity.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Session_ID=786b2742f2f6c6226d3b346fad5093dd&Screen=PROD&Store_Code=BCOS&Product_Code=BCSK8SHSPRIG19&Category_Code=BCS
10" shovel shape

https://sopdistribution.com/collections/skate/products/atm-donovan-rice-cat 10" shape

[jay_nev]

I want to keep going up on wb... those 35th might be the ticket. Or an orange crusher. 6’4” and a half and a 14.5” wheelbase finally feels decent. Jump back to Dane 1 cruiser/curb set up and short length w the 14.125” feels soo damn short I can’t flip that thing at all.

[giantbeardedone]

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height: 6'10"
weight: 235lbs
shoe size: 16

current set-up:
Moonshine Brian Drake popsickle (8.75"x32.5" 14.75"wb), indy 159 forged titanium, spit F4 54mm tablets.

Yeah, I'm a fucking giant. Anything under 8.75 seems too small under my size 16's but might try a 8.5 one day for more pop.

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Umm. Fee fi fo fum?

Seriously tho.. I'm a foot shorter than you, size 10.5-11 shoe, and I look at 8.75" pops as the bigger end of my "range", 14.25" wb tho...
Did you check out the +9" board thread? https://www.slapmagazine.com/index.php?topic=97297.0
There's some BIG pops available now. 35th Ave has 10" pop shop decks. Someone does an 11" now? Heroin and Beer City have +9" pops. Heroin has a 10" shaped deck, ATM has a biggie too.

bro thanks so much for the links. I feel right at home on an 8.75 atm but an even longer wheel base might feel even better. I got an 8.75 baker on the way which I'm gonna check out to see if it pops better than my moonshine, but now I got a million options. thanks again bro big help. wonder if they all ship to new zealand?

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height: 6'10"
weight: 235lbs
shoe size: 16

current set-up:
Moonshine Brian Drake popsickle (8.75"x32.5" 14.75"wb), indy 159 forged titanium, spit F4 54mm tablets.

Yeah, I'm a fucking giant. Anything under 8.75 seems too small under my size 16's but might try a 8.5 one day for more pop.

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Umm. Fee fi fo fum?

Seriously tho.. I'm a foot shorter than you, size 10.5-11 shoe, and I look at 8.75" pops as the bigger end of my "range", 14.25" wb tho...
Did you check out the +9" board thread? https://www.slapmagazine.com/index.php?topic=97297.0
There's some BIG pops available now. 35th Ave has 10" pop shop decks. Someone does an 11" now? Heroin and Beer City have +9" pops. Heroin has a 10" shaped deck, ATM has a biggie too.

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bro thanks so much for the links. I feel right at home on an 8.75 atm but an even longer wheel base might feel even better. I got an 8.75 baker on the way which I'm gonna check out to see if it pops better than my moonshine, but now I got a million options. thanks again bro big help. wonder if they all ship to new zealand?

the Tyson mega? With the 14.75” wb and 33” length? Sounds good 🤔

[FrozenIndustries]

AH orange eagle, 9.0" x 33.25", 15.2" WB. At one point I was convinced that longer was always better and that board showed me how wrong I was. That being said it might be worth a shot for one of you.

[skateandphotos]

6'1 skating on and off since 2003
shoe size 10
current setup habitat/aws 8.5 thunder 149 team and spitfire f4 52

something about the shape and wheelbase truck combo makes me pop my tricks so high and very consistent.

favorite tall skater John Fitzgerald, he goes to war on every trick

[giantbeardedone]

the Tyson mega? With the 14.75” wb and 33” length? Sounds good 🤔
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that's the one!

[legion]

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height: 6'10"
weight: 235lbs
shoe size: 16

current set-up:
Moonshine Brian Drake popsickle (8.75"x32.5" 14.75"wb), indy 159 forged titanium, spit F4 54mm tablets.

Yeah, I'm a fucking giant. Anything under 8.75 seems too small under my size 16's but might try a 8.5 one day for more pop.

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Umm. Fee fi fo fum?

Seriously tho.. I'm a foot shorter than you, size 10.5-11 shoe, and I look at 8.75" pops as the bigger end of my "range", 14.25" wb tho...
Did you check out the +9" board thread? https://www.slapmagazine.com/index.php?topic=97297.0
There's some BIG pops available now. 35th Ave has 10" pop shop decks. Someone does an 11" now? Heroin and Beer City have +9" pops. Heroin has a 10" shaped deck, ATM has a biggie too.

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bro thanks so much for the links. I feel right at home on an 8.75 atm but an even longer wheel base might feel even better. I got an 8.75 baker on the way which I'm gonna check out to see if it pops better than my moonshine, but now I got a million options. thanks again bro big help. wonder if they all ship to new zealand?

No problem. If 35th Ave ships international? Idk. Dm or email?

Baker also has a 9" mega. And Heroin is thru the same distro so should be easy-ish to find.

8.75 has a good amount of options. 9" too.
If like the Baker wood there's quite a few options.
Alien/Habitat 8.75 has 14.25" wb.. 9" is 15" wb?
Antihero..
Black Label
I bet there's more just with BBS..

For DSM there's Madness.
Creature and Santa Cruz too. SC has some fatties with 14.25" wb, Creatures are longer.

https://alienworkshop.com/collections/decks

http://blacklabelskates.com/catalog/

https://www.dlxsf.com
https://www.antiheroskateboards.com/catalog/

https://www.nhsfunfactory.com Santa Cruz

[jay_nev]

AH orange eagle, 9.0" x 33.25", 15.2" WB. At one point I was convinced that longer was always better and that board showed me how wrong I was. That being said it might be worth a shot for one of you.

pros/cons? been recommended that. no transition skating/parks near me. just flat cruise and curbs for now

[munchbox]

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AH orange eagle, 9.0" x 33.25", 15.2" WB. At one point I was convinced that longer was always better and that board showed me how wrong I was. That being said it might be worth a shot for one of you.

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pros/cons? been recommended that. no transition skating/parks near me. just flat cruise and curbs for now

it's really long. sat at the back of the deck when setting up for anything that required pop. with all the real estate it offers, the only way id buy another if it's for transition/cruising only. any rotational tricks were a nightmare on it now that i sized down and have seen the light

[legion]

Here's some places to search for sizes

https://www.easternskatesupply.com/products.asp?class=112#class=112
Just found this. Distro so lotsa options

list/measure their own dimensions
https://socalskateshop.com/Skateboard-Decks.html
https://www.tactics.com/decks

https://skateparkoftampa.com/spot/cz.aspx?ID=1 listed by width x length

https://www.skatewarehouse.com/decks.html

[giantbeardedone]

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height: 6'10"
weight: 235lbs
shoe size: 16

current set-up:
Moonshine Brian Drake popsickle (8.75"x32.5" 14.75"wb), indy 159 forged titanium, spit F4 54mm tablets.

Yeah, I'm a fucking giant. Anything under 8.75 seems too small under my size 16's but might try a 8.5 one day for more pop.

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Umm. Fee fi fo fum?

Seriously tho.. I'm a foot shorter than you, size 10.5-11 shoe, and I look at 8.75" pops as the bigger end of my "range", 14.25" wb tho...
Did you check out the +9" board thread? https://www.slapmagazine.com/index.php?topic=97297.0
There's some BIG pops available now. 35th Ave has 10" pop shop decks. Someone does an 11" now? Heroin and Beer City have +9" pops. Heroin has a 10" shaped deck, ATM has a biggie too.

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bro thanks so much for the links. I feel right at home on an 8.75 atm but an even longer wheel base might feel even better. I got an 8.75 baker on the way which I'm gonna check out to see if it pops better than my moonshine, but now I got a million options. thanks again bro big help. wonder if they all ship to new zealand?

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No problem. If 35th Ave ships international? Idk. Dm or email?

Baker also has a 9" mega. And Heroin is thru the same distro so should be easy-ish to find.

8.75 has a good amount of options. 9" too.
If like the Baker wood there's quite a few options.
Alien/Habitat 8.75 has 14.25" wb.. 9" is 15" wb?
Antihero..
Black Label
I bet there's more just with BBS..

For DSM there's Madness.
Creature and Santa Cruz too. SC has some fatties with 14.25" wb, Creatures are longer.

https://alienworkshop.com/collections/decks

http://blacklabelskates.com/catalog/

https://www.dlxsf.com
https://www.antiheroskateboards.com/catalog/

https://www.nhsfunfactory.com Santa Cruz

I saw Ben Degros skate a 8.75 Antihero and it seemed sweet. My fav skater is Andy Anderson and that dude skates a crazy 9" and does the most creative street and freestyle skating in the world imo. So if it works for him it can work for my big ass I reckon.

[munchbox]

Here's some places to search for sizes

https://www.easternskatesupply.com/products.asp?class=112#class=112
Just found this. Distro so lotsa options

list/measure their own dimensions
https://socalskateshop.com/Skateboard-Decks.html
https://www.tactics.com/decks

https://skateparkoftampa.com/spot/cz.aspx?ID=1 listed by width x length

https://www.skatewarehouse.com/decks.html

https://www.skatedeluxe.com/en/skateboard-decks

[FrozenIndustries]

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AH orange eagle, 9.0" x 33.25", 15.2" WB. At one point I was convinced that longer was always better and that board showed me how wrong I was. That being said it might be worth a shot for one of you.

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pros/cons? been recommended that. no transition skating/parks near me. just flat cruise and curbs for now

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it's really long. sat at the back of the deck when setting up for anything that required pop. with all the real estate it offers, the only way id buy another if it's for transition/cruising only. any rotational tricks were a nightmare on it now that i sized down and have seen the light

Yeah, very long and it really made all my tricks rocketed. It did feel good for fast ollies down little 2/3-sets, but I skate almost exclusively flatground so it wasn't really worth it. That being said, I know it is one of BAs go-to boards and he skates them really well.