You Thought They Would Be Bigger

[Not A Damn Chance]

Hjalte isn’t as physically big as perceived.

[elbarto]

Zered, always thought he was taller. Awesome skater tho.

Zered has always looked 4 feet tall to me lol, doesn’t change my view on his skating though. Ripper.

[waffle]

Jake Johnson is like 6’7.
David Loy is roughly my height (6’3). Figgy like 6’4.
A fair amount of prominent older pros (Hawk, Blender, Schroeder) are tall.

Lots of sponsored skaters are pretty short, though  - maybe the reduced center of gravity and lower severity of slams plays a role.

I always thought forest would blow up much more than he did - just stayed in the black box camp and water-logged his career before it even started.

[Chavo]

I saw Mike V. watching an am contest when he just joined World Industries. Was surprised that he was both short and scrawny. He may have grown since then (IMDB lists him as 5'10").

[artskool]

So many pro skaters in general are extremely scrawny. I'm a small guy, but am often surprised at how bird-boned a lot of these guys are. Even a lot of the average height fellas are like 130 lbs. I do think that being super light is a lot easier on the knees, hence skating probably selects heavily for really light guys.

[Bugsytootsie]

Momentum wheels

[Brguy]

Skateboarding is nothing but a game to find the right fits to appear like you're a proportional human being instead of a midget or a giant.

[rocklobster]

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whole team is short lol...

skaters in general are shorter dudes for sure, tall skaters would be a much shorter list.

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i think its just the forced perspective of the image with the taller dudes in the back and shorter ones in front.

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Adrian Lopez on a smoke break from his shift at Santa's workshop.

Comment made my day

[Narcissus]

Ron Whaley is enormous. Ripper, too.

Bill Pepper?

[lk140]

[fortunecattlesteakhouse]

theyre called little people now not the m word

[jakeumms]

Skateboarding is nothing but a game to find the right fits to appear like you're a proportional human being instead of a midget or a giant.

Belongs in the skate conspriacies thread

[Dark Knight]

Jake Johnson is like 6’7.

You’re tripping, no way he’s 6’7”.  That’s ridiculous.

Tallest is probably a toss up between Ron Whaley, Sean Payne or Donta Hill.

[Prostate Exam]

Damn, the Shire is poppin off

[Swithflip]

Titi Gourmit deserves more shine.

Pat Channita would take Castillo place in crailtap.

[Reed Richards]

I always liked this FA/Hockey team picture for perspective, even if KB is missing.

[Swithflip]

I always liked this FA/Hockey team picture for perspective, even if KB is missing.

Terps? This dude is a ghost.

[RoaryMcTwang]

What really gets me is the skinniness of some pros’ legs who still have massive pop. Lucien Clarke’s calves look like they are all bone, for example. Might have to do with being a couture model in his case, but I’m sure there’s other as well

Ps I have very skinny legs myself but I have the non-pop to match them.

[mushroom slice]

Most pros are shorter then 6ft. Average height is probably about 5,10 for a pro skater. I always wonder if foot size plays into ability.
Brian Anderson taught me how to tre flip and his secret was it’s all in his back big toe. He has some big ass feet so I’m sure it really is just a matter of flicking his big toe but for me I’m using all my toes and I still can’t do that trick.

[lk130]

Ba might have the best tre flip, just backfoot too

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Jake Johnson is like 6’7.

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You’re tripping, no way he’s 6’7”.  That’s ridiculous.

Tallest is probably a toss up between Ron Whaley, Sean Payne or Donta Hill.

I think stacy lowery was also 6'6

[Theme For A Jackal]

Everybody thinks they're taller than they are and they always think other people are extremely tall or extremely short, there's no in between

[swishfrontblunt]

Crazy to see what a steaming pile of burn outs the mystery team turned into apart from Gilby. It's an all dwarf line-up, like maybe the chief wouldn't hire anyone taller than him? Lower center of gravity definitely seems to help but not as much as shoe size, the fact that sample size is 9 and Quasi and FA refuse to put out a board over 8.5 says a lot, hilarious to see a normal size dude like Caleb Barnett on what literally looks like a popsicle stick. Then you look at T-Blood and the rest of the termite gang and wonder if starting to skate earlier in life, like drinking coffee or smoking weed, somehow locks you in as a man child? Like fucks up your bone growth? I've said it before and I'll say it again Mark Suciu probably gets youth sized boxes.

[PatrickSkateman]

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Jake Johnson is like 6’7.

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You’re tripping, no way he’s 6’7”.  That’s ridiculous.

Tallest is probably a toss up between Ron Whaley, Sean Payne or Donta Hill.

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I think stacy lowery was also 6'6

Jovontae had to be at least 6’4.

[S.]

Crazy to see what a steaming pile of burn outs the mystery team turned into apart from Gilby. It's an all dwarf line-up, like maybe the chief wouldn't hire anyone taller than him? Lower center of gravity definitely seems to help but not as much as shoe size, the fact that sample size is 9 and Quasi and FA refuse to put out a board over 8.5 says a lot, hilarious to see a normal size dude like Caleb Barnett on what literally looks like a popsicle stick. Then you look at T-Blood and the rest of the termite gang and wonder if starting to skate earlier in life, like drinking coffee or smoking weed, somehow locks you in as a man child? Like fucks up your bone growth? I've said it before and I'll say it again Mark Suciu probably gets youth sized boxes.

How tall is Suciu? I have had alot of debates with a friend about Suciu's size. We agree that he's our favorite street skater, but he thinks he's 6 foot plus and my experience with meeting pros has taught me they are almost all shorter than they appear. I am convinced he's about 5.10 or maybe 5.11

Has anyone here seen him in person?

[Dooky-shoes]

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Oh, if we’re talking height here then I’m all off.  Haha

I’m 6’4”, so I’m taller than a lot of people. But it is surprising to see how small some pros are when you see them in person.

For me it’s the guys that you know are tall but then when you see them in person they’re not.

BA comes to mind on that one.  I thought he was going to be gigantic but he’s shorter than me.

I saw Biebel at the same demo and was surprised at how big he was.  Not tall, just a big dude. This was when Jereme Rogers was an unknown am on Girl to give you a timeline.

Diego Najera looks tall as hell, anyone here ever see him in person?

Funny to me how everyone fears Antwaun Dixon like he’s huge but he’s not big at all.

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I always thought Biebel was short but he's actually taller than guys like MJ and Rick McCrank. He seems like a short guy but he's like 6 foot. A lot of skaters I thought were around 6 foot tall are actually like 5'9"

Surprisingly to me was that Koston was so tall. The tallest dude from that crowd though is Rick Howard. He is like the tallest guy associated with Girl and Chocolate.  he's like 1-2 inches taller than BA. I think that makes him one of the tallest pro skaters in history

BA said he is 6’5”. I would guess him to be one of the taller of all the current pros. Donta Hill is up there too.

This thread is bigger than i thought it would be.

[NoComply180]

In terms of blowing up: Dee Ostrander. When he came on the scene I thought he’d be baker’s star in a few years. I know people here hate him but I enjoyed his skating.

Dill was really short when I met him

[fortunecattlesteakhouse]

suciu thinks hes a genius -bachelors degree. dude is not 6ft

I always liked this FA/Hockey team picture for perspective, even if KB is missing.

all 2 of them are of average height lmao. at 5ft10 and up skaters look taller by comparison to the average pro. 6ft2+ they basically look like giants on camera

[zeroepedition]

I would've thought Tyler Bledsoe, early on, could've been on track to blow up like Sean Malto or (insert big name Pro).
Wonder what happened to him, very talented on a board.

[zeroepedition]

Eric Koston is taller than I would have guessed tho. For some reason I assumed he was short but he’s like six feet tall

Definitely under 6 feet my man. I've shook his hand and I'm 6feet tall. He might be 5'10" at most