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i was going thru a pile of skated decks and pulled both a DOA flat as fuck and and orchard Robbie Gangemi.
Gangemi is 8.5/14WB, short and pretty flat. I skated it briefly and wasn't super stoked on it. It felt non-responsive and heavy.
DOA is 8.5/14.25WB and has more kicks than the Gangemi. Still, this was a board that felt sluggish as well. Felt heavy.
They're both in good shape and I wanna see if they'll be my bread and buttah for getting the ever elusive tre flip compared with my current fave shape, Real Full SE, 8.5/14.38WB, which is far steeper, feels lighter, and pops nice and high.
All that said, aside from getting into truck madness- i'm not dicking around with trucks- what do I gotta do to adjust to these flatter, short WB shapes?
Try popping harder with feet closer to the bolts.
I agree
Or, I guess I’d be less specific, and say try adjusting your foot position, stance.
When I change trucks, often, I frequently get better results, after awhile, by adjusting my popping foot, up and down the nose or tail.
I skate my best, on venture lo’s and mellow boards, but that doesn’t stop me from trying other stuff. For me, ventures work better with my foot on the tip of the tail, especially, or much closer to the tip of the nose. Blah blah. I think I’ve made myself unclear