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Thank you for your advice (A few posts above about my transition from 8 to 7.875) ! I bought a chocolate 7.875 X 31.25 with 13.9 wheelbase, can't wait to try it !! For the little girl/chocolate that I tried, it was only an 8 and I loved the shape and lightness.
I think it will satisfy me, I just hope that it will go with the Indy Forged Hollows 139, because I read that the best are the ventures with the short wheelbase but I think that that doesn't change a lot. And I also bought medium bones bushings, and as I saw on a Ben Degros video, this changes the geometry and lowers the height of the trucks by 1 mm, so it would perhaps coordinate better with a smaller board. (in a way I would go from high to medium)
In any case, the added ease and short length will be very beneficial for me and my little legs. And I thought that the big skaters skate 8.125/8.25, but their size is equivalent for them and their build, some on 8.25 look like they are riding a very small board (like Reynolds for example), so for my choice, it surely amounts to the same thing ! (i m 5.7 ft and 8 foot size)
Same here man. I have short ass legs and after moving down to the DLX 8.06 true fit shape, it's done wonders for my skating. I'm similar in height and shoe size as you and team thunders on a 13.75 WB feels just fine. Your Indy forged on the 13.9 WB should be okay.
I have to give my opinion after two sessions! There's really an added ease in launching certain flip tricks (Nollie flip or Hardflip for example), and I totally feel that this board is made for me, for my build, I really feel that I can have control. I'm coming out of Real 8.06 standard (31.8 and 14.3 WB) and it's totally easier.. But, if I had no choice, I could go back to 8.0 too because the difference is totally minimal, however, I would definitely stay on a short length with if possible a WB 14.. The best is obviously 31.3 / 31.25, but 31.5 can also work. And yes I would have liked to try these full SE 8.06 but the ones I found are much too expensive for the moment.. In any case, it's quite reassuring to say that I can now choose with each new board either a 7.8 (mainly girl/chocolate because damn I love this shape) or a very short 8.0.
And it works very well with indy hollows!
Funny to also hear my skater friends "Damn it's too small it's a stick" but they forgot that this board fits perfectly with my height and my length of legs and size of feet haha Given my height in relation to the board, it doesn't seem small to me, just normal "as it should".
When I think about it , I've already seen a lot of small skaters slipping on 8.25s and having trouble throwing tricks and it's weird when you see them only on their boards (like big people on a 7.75), but obviously I'm not saying that it's It's impossible for them to skate, and it’s a personnal différence, but I remember advice from Geoff Rowley who said that taking a board adapted to your size will be more beneficial. There is also the style of skating that counts, I do a lot of flatground and small banks, small gaps sometimes. When I hear all these Young skaters saying that we can't master a small board, they forgot to watch Daewon song or the moment when Marc Johnson/Tom penny skated 7.5 / 7.75 ahah