Board Size & Shoes Size

[Trilogy]

Hi, I am currently riding 8.3 board with some 149 Indys and I usually wear 10.5 size shoes.

I am also 5.81 feet and 169 pounds.

I mainly skate curbs, manual pads, some gaps. Not much of a transition skater.

What board size you guys ride and what is your shoe size?

Also, what is the ideal truck size in your opinion?

I just want to compare my setup with you guys and see if there any relation with feet size and board size ( must be ).

But is there an ideal board size relatively with your shoe size?

[moonordie]

Shoes 8 and board 8.25
176cms and last time I checked 81kg

[fs1/2cab]

7.5 shoes and 8.25 decks with 8.25 trucks

5.8 feet and 155 lbs

I don't think there is a ideal correlation between shoe and deck size. I can do all my tricks on a 8.9 deck too, it just takes a bit more effort and the ankles hurt more in the evening.

[Trilogy]

7.5 shoes and 8.25 decks with 8.25 trucks

so, your shoes are larger than your board?

Thats crazy!!!

[DarkPools]

There's definitely a moderate correlation, because too tiny of shoes or too big of shoes on certain widths will negatively affect your ability to do tricks & balance correctly.

That said, depends on skating style. If not flipping your board, you could go bigger for stability/carving/grinds. Or go smaller for flipping/tech/manuals.

8.5 (sometimes 8.3) boards with 11 - 11.5 shoe around 5' 10"

[OhioGuy]

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7.5 shoes and 8.25 decks with 8.25 trucks

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so, your shoes are larger than your board?

Thats crazy!!!

That’s nothing. I wear size 14, skate an 8.5 with 159s lol. When I see stuff like this on here it makes me feel better about sucking 😂

Feels like I’m trying to skate on the hardest difficulty setting. Makes me wish I was average height sometimes.

[JM]

There's definitely a moderate correlation, because too tiny of shoes or too big of shoes on certain widths will negatively affect your ability to do tricks & balance correctly.

That said, depends on skating style. If not flipping your board, you could go bigger for stability/carving/grinds. Or go smaller for flipping/tech/manuals.

^

And I’m size 12
Height: 6’-3”
Weight: 225
Skate: 8.38”
Terrain: ledges, flatbars, manual pads, transition (all-around basically)

[Pasta Monster]

Polar P2 on 5.8s
9-9.5 shoes...8.5 for CTAS
5'11"/225 lbs
skatepark: banks, ledges, small rails, mini ramps
home: flatground, flatbar
ideal truck size: 148

I skate everything from 8" popsicles to a Krooked Beamer. However, for popsicle boards, I'm torn between the 8.38 AWS/Habitat twin and the 8.3 DLX twin, with Thunder 148s. I'm also experimenting with the two DLX 8.5 shapes and Independents because that's what used to work in the past, and I don't know why I changed shit up. I'm basically the skateboard equivalent of a pansexual.

[TheBoognish]

6’1
215
Size 10
8-8.1-8.25. Nothing wider.
Venture 5.2 hi for 8 and 8.1.
Indy 139’s for 8, 8.1 and 8.25
Venture 5.6 hi for the 8.25 (don’t really like these)
Thunder 148 hi for 8.1 and 8.25 (favourite setup at the moment)

 I rotate trucks fairly often.

Mainly manny pads, low ledges and flip tricks. No gaps, no transitions.

[Pastasash]

Size 10US on mainly 8.25s (sometimes go with 8.3s and was on 8.5s for a while too)

not comfortable on anything smaller than 8.2 or wider than 8.5, when I was a teen I was only ever on 8.0-8.125 even though I was still the same shoe size back then, but that was when 8s was like the standard everyone was riding so who knows if it really correlates. since I started skating 16 years ago the average board size has been going up, but feel like it's been starting to dip back down a bit?

[LeDave]

5'9 height, 190 lbs, 8.5 shoe size.

8.25 board size.

[rawbertson.]

Hi, I am currently riding 8.3 board with some 149 Indys and I usually wear 10.5 size shoes.

I am also 5.81 feet and 169 pounds.

I mainly skate curbs, manual pads, some gaps. Not much of a transition skater.

What board size you guys ride and what is your shoe size?

Also, what is the ideal truck size in your opinion?

I just want to compare my setup with you guys and see if there any relation with feet size and board size ( must be ).

But is there an ideal board size relatively with your shoe size?

i am similar to you but i ride 8.38" with 8.25" trucks
shoe size 11. im a little bit taller and heavier than you.
i think you are in a good place.

if you want my dumb opinion, you could probably size down to 8.25" and 8" trucks and you would have a better flip trick game, especially if you were on ventures. your mannys would be more consistent and they are really beefy trucks for slappys. I am riding a setup like this right now and i like it quite a bit.

[doomstation55]

The fact that op said he’s 5.81 feet tall is fucking me up and I can’t concentrate on anything else rn

[SupremePizza]

9-9.5 shoes and Im currently skating 8.38 on 5.6 ventures. 5.6 seems perfect but I want to try 5.8 next. Not sure how I feel about 8.38, some days it clicks other days I wish oi was back on an 8.25

[Thebird]

6'3", 170 lbs, shoe size 12

8.125 deck
VENTURE 5.2 LOS
f4 51 mm

Pretty much just skate flatground, ledges, manual pads

[Xen]

Shoe Size: 10.5
Height: 5’ 9”
Inseam: 32"
Weight: 188lbs
Skate: 8.38” / 8.5"
Wheel base 14.25/14.3x/14.5 (the longer the better these days)
Terrain: ATV
Truck Madness

[Can he read]

6'3", 170 lbs, shoe size 12

8.125 deck
VENTURE 5.2 LOS
f4 51 mm

Pretty much just skate flatground, ledges, manual pads

Ben Degros?

[JM]

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6'3", 170 lbs, shoe size 12

8.125 deck
VENTURE 5.2 LOS
f4 51 mm

Pretty much just skate flatground, ledges, manual pads

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Ben Degros?

lol, don’t doxx the man

[JM]

Shoe Size: 10.5
Height: 5’ 9”
Inseam: 32"
Weight: 188lbs
Skate: 8.38” / 8.5"
Wheel base 14.25/14.3x/14.5 (the longer the better these days)
Terrain: ATV
Truck Madness

lol. Inseam.

I guess it’s important to indicate heftiness

My heft has certainly limited my skills these days.

[frontsideNECKTIE]

8.5" x 14.25" WB is probably the size i skate the best, or Crail 8.5x14 twin tail
Size 9 - 9.5 shoes
~6' tall
140lbs

Terrain: mostly park and transition, with some street here and there but mostly cruising/lightwork

[Xen]

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Shoe Size: 10.5
Height: 5’ 9”
Inseam: 32"
Weight: 188lbs
Skate: 8.38” / 8.5"
Wheel base 14.25/14.3x/14.5 (the longer the better these days)
Terrain: ATV
Truck Madness

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lol. Inseam.

I guess it’s important to indicate heftiness

My heft has certainly limited my skills these days.

Are you thinking waist? Hourglass baby/

Inseam correlates/is more of a factor for wheelbase (leg length/stance).

[smg1138]

Height: 5'11"
Weight: 180 lbs
Shoe Size: 10.5

Deck: April Guy Mariano 8.5"
Trucks: Indy 149 Standard
Wheels: Spitfire F4 Radial 53mm (99a)
Bearings: Bones Super Swiss 6

I just got back on my board last Fall after being out a few years due to weight gain and injuries. Mostly skating flatground, curbs, manual pads, and banks while I'm getting back into the groove. I came up skating strictly street in the 90's but I'm really trying to get decent at transition in my old age lol

[munchbox]

id think waist measurements indicate heft
or maybe just width

6’6
size 13
32 waist/36 inseam
205-210 lbs
9.0 popsicles
14.25-14.5 wb
venture 6.1s

will skate anything but drops i cant jump up
too high risk no reward

[Xen]

Don't forget, 'vanity sizing' when it comes to waist is a real thing...it's usually 2 sizes difference - it makes people feel good.

[Thebird]

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6'3", 170 lbs, shoe size 12

8.125 deck
VENTURE 5.2 LOS
f4 51 mm

Pretty much just skate flatground, ledges, manual pads

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Ben Degros?

Lol, Just what works for me - and I can't do slappys.  Rotate between 8 and 8.125..

[Mallie]

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6'3", 170 lbs, shoe size 12

8.125 deck
VENTURE 5.2 LOS
f4 51 mm

Pretty much just skate flatground, ledges, manual pads

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Ben Degros?

Can't be...Big Daddy Ben doesn't seem that thin.

Anyway - 6'4", max. 205lb, size 13 feet. Mostly 8.125s, sometimes 8.25s and 8.38s. Havent really been down to straight 8 in a while. Switching between 144s and 149s for no particular reason other than hunch and madness.

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Oh, yeah, I guess we're going deeper, huh? 33/34 waist, 34 inseam. All legs, baby.

Edit edit:
Fuck it, let's go further - vision still 20/20 (although I'm starting to struggle on eye-test with far bottom lines. Hearing - not great. At all. Possibly from years of studio work.

Edit edit edit:
How long before this turns into a dick pic or at least penile swordfighting thread? Late pg. 2/early pg. 3?

[dstrytruitt]

9.25 Grosso
Ace 66
F4 56/97
Size 11
6’ 220#
36/32
Knee pad and wrist guard wearer (too many broken wrists to count and I type for a living)
Tranny and parks exclusively

[dstrytruitt]

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6'3", 170 lbs, shoe size 12

8.125 deck
VENTURE 5.2 LOS
f4 51 mm

Pretty much just skate flatground, ledges, manual pads

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Ben Degros?

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Can't be...Big Daddy Ben doesn't seem that thin.

Anyway - 6'4", max. 205lb, size 13 feet. Mostly 8.125s, sometimes 8.25s and 8.38s. Havent really been down to straight 8 in a while. Switching between 144s and 149s for no particular reason other than hunch and madness.

Edit:
Oh, yeah, I guess we're going deeper, huh? 33/34 waist, 34 inseam. All legs, baby.

Edit edit:
Fuck it, let's go further - vision still 20/20 (although I'm starting to struggle on eye-test with far bottom lines. Hearing - not great. At all. Possibly from years of studio work.

Edit edit edit:
How long before this turns into a dick pic or at least penile swordfighting thread? Late pg. 2/early pg. 3?

Setting over at mid-page 4

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6'3", 170 lbs, shoe size 12

8.125 deck
VENTURE 5.2 LOS
f4 51 mm

Pretty much just skate flatground, ledges, manual pads

[close]

Ben Degros?

[close]

Can't be...Big Daddy Ben doesn't seem that thin.

Anyway - 6'4", max. 205lb, size 13 feet. Mostly 8.125s, sometimes 8.25s and 8.38s. Havent really been down to straight 8 in a while. Switching between 144s and 149s for no particular reason other than hunch and madness.

Edit:
Oh, yeah, I guess we're going deeper, huh? 33/34 waist, 34 inseam. All legs, baby.

Edit edit:
Fuck it, let's go further - vision still 20/20 (although I'm starting to struggle on eye-test with far bottom lines. Hearing - not great. At all. Possibly from years of studio work.

Edit edit edit:
How long before this turns into a dick pic or at least penile swordfighting thread? Late pg. 2/early pg. 3?

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Setting over at mid-page 4

@Xen stepped up with true honesty the last time this thread came around. i appreciated his scientific approach.

this thread lets me know i’m fat as fuck.
and that i don’t know what i skate.

10-11 shoe size.
5’8”, 180
34”+ waist, not even 30” legs (my inseam is 30 on pants, but my legs are a bit shorter still).
old.

i skate a lot of different setups and don’t know what is best.
this month i’ve been most often on a really old G053 (8.5), thunder 149s, and 55 dragons, or 54 f4 99 classics.
lots of suspicion the setup is too big.

[Can he read]

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6'3", 170 lbs, shoe size 12

8.125 deck
VENTURE 5.2 LOS
f4 51 mm

Pretty much just skate flatground, ledges, manual pads

[close]

Ben Degros?

[close]

Can't be...Big Daddy Ben doesn't seem that thin.

Anyway - 6'4", max. 205lb, size 13 feet. Mostly 8.125s, sometimes 8.25s and 8.38s. Havent really been down to straight 8 in a while. Switching between 144s and 149s for no particular reason other than hunch and madness.

Edit:
Oh, yeah, I guess we're going deeper, huh? 33/34 waist, 34 inseam. All legs, baby.

Edit edit:
Fuck it, let's go further - vision still 20/20 (although I'm starting to struggle on eye-test with far bottom lines. Hearing - not great. At all. Possibly from years of studio work.

Edit edit edit:
How long before this turns into a dick pic or at least penile swordfighting thread? Late pg. 2/early pg. 3?

[close]

Setting over at mid-page 4

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@Xen stepped up with true honesty the last time this thread came around. i appreciated his scientific approach.

this thread lets me know i’m fat as fuck.
and that i don’t know what i skate.

10-11 shoe size.
5’8”, 180
34”+ waist, not even 30” legs (my inseam is 30 on pants, but my legs are a bit shorter still).
old.

i skate a lot of different setups and don’t know what is best.
this month i’ve been most often on a really old G053 (8.5), thunder 149s, and 55 dragons, or 54 f4 99 classics.
lots of suspicion the setup is too big.

 I’d say wheelbase and board length is more critical than width for sure. Also the bigger the wheel the longer your tail is taking to make contact so if you’ve got shorter legs that may be hindering your timing. Dragons are already way easier to roll over pebbles and cracks with so having a 55mm sounds like riding on a big gummy donut. I’d recommend riding the F4’s till they wear down a few mm and that’s when that shape really starts to feel comfy