Thanks for the suggestions folks, I'll look into 'em.
So what's everybody's pros/cons of smaller boards? I'm getting my legs back after being injured but am considering sizing down from 8.25.
Smaller and lighter means low effort maneuverability. If you learned all your flatground tricks on a large board, doing them on a 7.5" will seem like cheating. I do my kickflips by putting my feet in the kickflip position and then just ollieing and the board kickflips. With that it makes learning new tricks less cumbersome because you don't have to focus so much on making sure the board flips the way you want it to. It will make using bigger boards for flatground tricks harder to transition back to because of how easy your 7.5" makes everything.
As for cons, as people have mentioned previously the narrower truck width makes a lot of grinds more difficult. Also you're probably going to have to factor in balancing on the board a little more than you did before because since it's smaller it's generally less stable to stand on. If you have large feet your chances of toe touching or heel touching increase considerably. Also since small boards are more uncommon these days you don't have a plethora of options in terms of shapes and sizes for boards 8" and below that you do have for stuff that's larger. For example, the 7.5" shape that most companies offer is largely based off of a Guy Mariano board from approximately 30 years ago. Many consider that to be a phenomenal shape but if you decide that you're not into it then you're kind of up shit's creek.
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