Skaters who do transition on small deck sizes?

[shpongle]

List em if you know em cuz i dont know of any 

[versacekid420]

as someone that’s not too comfortable with my transition skills, but can get by, always thought hewitt skated a pretty small board, 8.38. but shit maybe it helps? me personally i need some surface area

[$$LESH]

dave bachinsky

[brucewillis]

dave bachinsky

Daewon and Cody McEntire too

[pizzafliptofakie]

Define "small" because I can skate transition fine on an 8.25.

[diplodocus]

I've skated transition on an egg and people who have seen my set up have said "damn that looks scary"

[KGB]

Brent atchley, mike chin. I slap curbs on a zip zinger. Big boards are going out of style. They look stupid how big they are. Skateboards should be convenient, not tanks.

I agree. The amount of people riding boards over 8.25 with like 60mm full conicals on street right now is as ridiculous as the 30mm wheels with 7.25 boards were…that must hurt when it hits your shins

[Buddha]

Bobs megaramp board is around 8.5, according to 2022 slap that is a mini.   

[cky enthusiast]

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Brent atchley, mike chin. I slap curbs on a zip zinger. Big boards are going out of style. They look stupid how big they are. Skateboards should be convenient, not tanks.

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I agree. The amount of people riding boards over 8.25 with like 60mm full conicals on street right now is as ridiculous as the 30mm wheels with 7.25 boards were…that must hurt when it hits your shins

it does but it’s awesome

[notmikerusczyk]

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dave bachinsky

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Daewon and Cody McEntire too

fellas do miniramps count as transition? i feel like my transition savvy friends would say absolutely not

[dr.prestige]

there's some sick photos of Cardiel blasting on a board that looks to be well under 8 inches wide

[Lenny the Fatface]

Basically everyone from 1994 to 2005

[LebowskisRug]

Brent skates an 8, Phil Shao used to skate a 7.75-8, Julian skated/skates 8-8.25, etc.

I would think a lot more about wheelbase and length than width. Hewitt's 8.38 is fairly long, lots of dudes seem to be on shorter, wider boards these days.

[Noble Experiment]

Brent Atchley skated a 7.5 with Indy Lows I think, back in the late 2000s. He mentioned it in a TWS buyers guide (I think it was the 2008 issue).

Apparently during the Sight Unseen days Cardiel was on a 7.5 for all of it. He’s never actually said it (or if he has I’ve never heard or read it) but I’ve heard this from a lot of other people.

[twic3]

hotrodding helps alot too. Alot of the girl contest skaters skate like 8.25 with 149s, Hewitt skates 159 with his 8.38, Oski was on 8.1 and ace 44 for a long time.

[sacking rails]

me

[knee surgery]

Hewitt skates 8.38, Lockwood 8.25, Kowalski 8.37, Raybourn used to skate 8/8.1/8.25 inch birdhouse decks (I don't know what size Metal decks he uses), Pedro Barros and lots of comp skaters 8.38, Ronnie Sandoval used to skate under 8.5 krooked boards.

hotrodding helps alot too.

+1

[FROTHY]

According to my sources, Louie Barletta does his quarterpipe moves on a sub 8" board.

[TastyBurrito]

Bobs megaramp board is around 8.5, according to 2022 slap that is a mini.   

8.5 with 215s? If so, that's some major hotrodding. But hey, I get it for a mega ramp.

[xrossings]

what size is louie barletta's board that thing gotta be tiny

[Crabby_Bastard]

Zion Wright 8.06

[FROTHY]

what size is louie barletta's board that thing gotta be tiny

I think he was rocking a 7.5 when I heard about it, but that was 2011-ish.

[TastyBurrito]

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what size is louie barletta's board that thing gotta be tiny

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I think he was rocking a 7.5 when I heard about it, but that was 2011-ish.

He's still rocking the 7.5. He said in his latest Nine Club that his board is so small, it became the kid production complete for Enjoi.

[Style Police]

Basically everyone from 1994 to 2005

Yup. Looks like he's on 7.75'



Duffy is definitely on a small board. D way maybe a 8 max

[Schinken]

I've recently seen some clips of Demarcus James. Best skating I've seen in a while. This guy is flying. It looks like he's skating something around 8.25 + ACE44

[Diamond_Dallas_Pudge]

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Brent atchley, mike chin. I slap curbs on a zip zinger. Big boards are going out of style. They look stupid how big they are. Skateboards should be convenient, not tanks.

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I agree. The amount of people riding boards over 8.25 with like 60mm full conicals on street right now is as ridiculous as the 30mm wheels with 7.25 boards were…that must hurt when it hits your shins

8.25 is the new 7.75 standard

Anything lower looks like a babies board. I flip my 8.6 just fine

[Mongo Lloyd]

How wild would it be to have an erection longer then the width of the board you ride?

[Kenny Powers]

keep ya small deck size to yaself, smdh

[Coping Grinder]

I have found that 8.25 is the ideal size when it comes to feeling comfortable on big transition while still being able to tap into the tech side of things. Ollies feel crisp and confident. Once you go into 8.5+ area, you start sacrificing maneuverability for comfortability/ margin of error that bigger boards afford. Once I get on a bigger board like that I am compelled to try to do a back smith just to use all that extra rail. Once you go down to an 8 you start to lose the drive and power that you get from the bigger boards and would have to work harder for speed on tricks. Most of the Madness guys would probably be riding around 8.5s because, if you're skating exclusively very big transition, the drive that comes with the bigger board is necessary as well as it feeling more confident with the extra landing space. All that being said, I'd imagine Danny Way/ Colin McKay had rocked some smaller setups to accomplish some of their lip/flip trickery during those Plan B videos.

[mattchew]

Brent Atchley skated a 7.5 with Indy Lows I think, back in the late 2000s. He mentioned it in a TWS buyers guide (I think it was the 2008 issue).

Apparently during the Sight Unseen days Cardiel was on a 7.5 for all of it. He’s never actually said it (or if he has I’ve never heard or read it) but I’ve heard this from a lot of other people.

That’s wild.

I have no evidence but I imagine Colin McKay was riding a skinny mini while busting his tech maneuvers.