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Just adding that the standard 8.5 shape from Polar is pretty much perfect. Save for the occasional press leaving a slightly too steep tail.
I got one in my stack that I'm looking to skate soon
ditto. it's my gold standard for an 8.5 deck. just set up a Krooked 8.5 Tom Knox, and it seems pretty similar other than it has a tapered nose.
Is that with the 14.5 wb or the 14.375 wb?
Laughing as I type this because there seem to be so many people that say one or the other, no definite answer and not a worry to me any more, but I know some people get pretty hung up on it.
One old Polar 8.5 popsicle that I still have set up has 14.375 wb, with slightly more pointy kick than other 8.5 BBS boards, but the shape still works really well.
I could see the DLX 8.5 x 32.18 (or 32.25) with 14.38 wb being about the same but still not quite the same shape, if that makes sense - that DLX board is more pointy than some others. Same shape as the Tom Knox 8.5 - longer than the blue eagle shape, to clarify.