Will there be a „smaller“ Decks hype soon?

[SlapMcKracken]

Like from 8.25 back to 8?
What do you think?

Seeing a lot of people go down in deck size.
I just did go back to 8“ and I love it.
Don’t love that manny companies barely do those sizes anymore.

[notinternetfamous]

I think 8.25 will continue to be the industry choice of size and it's a good size if you wish to do all kinds of skating (transition, tech, handrails, etc.) on 1 set-up.

I think the smaller boards wave is lowkey upon us, but it's more of a personal preference thing. Not something that the vast majority is trending towards. It seems people want to to run bigger wheels and wider trucks. Mark Suciu is one that comes to mind, he was on 147's forever, but now he runs 148/149s with bigger/wider wheels. P.Rod also made the move to 8.25 a couple of years ago

[SlapMcKracken]

I think 8.25 will continue to be the industry choice of size and it's a good size if you wish to do all kinds of skating (transition, tech, handrails, etc.) on 1 set-up.

I think the smaller boards wave is lowkey upon us, but it's more of a personal preference thing. Not something that the vast majority is trending towards. It seems people want to to run bigger wheels and wider trucks. Mark Suciu is one that comes to mind, he was on 147's forever, but now he runs 148/149s with bigger/wider wheels. P.Rod also made the move to 8.25 a couple of years ago

Interesting that you mention p-rod, cause I just saw him saying he’s thinking about going back to smaller decks

[SneakySecrets]

I think 8.25 will continue to be the industry choice of size and it's a good size if you wish to do all kinds of skating (transition, tech, handrails, etc.) on 1 set-up.

I think the smaller boards wave is lowkey upon us, but it's more of a personal preference thing. Not something that the vast majority is trending towards. It seems people want to to run bigger wheels and wider trucks. Mark Suciu is one that comes to mind, he was on 147's forever, but now he runs 148/149s with bigger/wider wheels. P.Rod also made the move to 8.25 a couple of years ago

I think this is a pretty accurate assessment.

I personally grew up on 7.75 and currently skate 8.25.  I’ve tried sizing down and haven’t found the benefits to be worth the reduced comfort and stability.

That being said, I’m sure if I was forced to ride a smaller board, I’d get used to it after a few weeks and be just fine.

[dr.prestige]

I would not be surprised, and I hope so, if only that board companies start putting out a variety of shapes in the 7.5-8 range and not just a 7.5, 7.75 and 8 and leave it at that. I've been craving a 7.86 as of late.

[el chino]

does anybody make scaled boards? like a 22 x 8.5 with a proper wheel base and shit?

[texasplant]

does anybody make scaled boards? like a 22 x 8.5 with a proper wheel base and shit?

This is something DLX has started messing around with, they had their SE shapes that were fuller with a shorter wheelbase, but they’ve just started shrinking length and wheelbase on a lot of their popular shapes. I think this is what we’re going to see a lot more of, moreso than narrower boards.