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44 here. Been on an 8 for a long time. Tried a friends 7.825 yesterday.. Felt so light. Might go down soon.
Yeah, I'll be 42 in a month and I've been skating an 8". I did the super wide shit when I started getting back into skating heavily in my 30s, but now I'm back on a "regular" skateboard and it works just fine for everything I need.
Mid 40s.
I’ve hopped on every skate trend (except for the Fidel hats. Clint can keep those, but realistically that was probably because I wasn’t skating much at that time and the stereo ‘vibe’ was never my thing. I was in my 30s wearing clothing from krew, skinny pants and faux leather jackets, so insane).
This shameless trend jumping was more than just terrible fashion choices. I also had to have the boards of the day. All kinds of cruisers and oddly shaped nonsense. All of that is fun, to whomever is into it, awesome.
A bunch of the gear madness for me is being influenced by rad skate media…tfunk had me wanting slipons and an 8.75. The more I unplug from that stuff, the more I go back to what just works for me, and my tired little attempts at skating. Just because some gnarly hill
Bomber guy skates a setup with f4 60s, and I want to bomb hills…well, me and my tiny 50s can go slow down the hill. What I’m trying to say is that, shockingly, I wasn’t able to purchase any skills or abilities, and different setups do not unlock anything.
8’s are sensible.