Board Size & Shoes Size

[JM]

Expand Quote

Expand Quote

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

[close]

lol. Inseam.

I guess it’s important to indicate heftiness

My heft has certainly limited my skills these days.

[close]

Are you thinking waist? Hourglass baby/

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

I have indeed forgotten what inseam was.

that's some deep-dive thinking to get into inseam.  I'm a 34 inseam x 38 waist, 6'3" and top heavy (225).....  I like 14.5 wheelbase so I don't slip out as much, but still want to get a little street.

It looks like I'm about your preference on boards, except I'm taller and heavier, with short legs compared to my torso, haha. 

[JM]

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

I mean..... everything affects balance, right?

[Skrotum]

6’ 225lbs
Size 10US
8.75 with 159 Indy

I feel like I need to size up. gonna be sizing up. The correlation we really need to be looking at is the is inseam and wheelbase. (I believe this to be more important)

32” inseam
14.25” WHeelBase (I think I should move to 14.3”)

[Mean salto]

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

Dam you might be the guy I always say doesn't actually exist lol. We're the same size but Im 35ish waist. Do you actually wear 32s? Even at my skinniest I'd have to go a size bigger (usually two) just so I could actually move in pants.

[Gland Dongzig]

5’10
167 lbs
32/32
7” peenuus

i don’t skateboard.

[Cthulhu!]

5'10
130 lbs
10 shoes but sometimes also 9.5 or 9
8 boards are ideal
I like ledges and flatground too

Board 2 wide shaped board. For curbs or parks, not for serious trickery.

What else what else
Inseam 30, wheelbase 14.25 max on the normal board. I skated a 13.875 wb recently and it was fine. I'm right handed. Bushing preferences?? Sometimes stock, nut flush. But other times I'll chop the top bushings in half. Mood dependent. The Indy super softs are neat.

Are we going to start posting inseam in the setup thread

[ggrimmedd]

5'7
105 lbs
8.5 april board
Ace classic 55s
Shoes size 8.5

Transition only, sometimes vert

-To be completely honest, 8.5 is too big and heavy for my physiology, but I'm too afraid of smaller trucks fucking up my stability and grinds, afraid of thunder trucks too lmao.

-8.5 generally feels quite long too,having long legs doesnt denie the cons, boned airs feels clunky if im not too light.

-thunders and a smaller deck seems like the only way, since I hate indys, but I hate changes when I can't skate everyday, maybe on my vacation I'll fuck with my setup

[MonsPubis]

5'11
200lb (I'm just big boned)
Size 10
36/32
8.125 Wknd
5.6 Venture
52mm F4

[munchbox]

Expand Quote

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

[close]

Dam you might be the guy I always say doesn't actually exist lol. We're the same size but Im 35ish waist. Do you actually wear 32s? Even at my skinniest I'd have to go a size bigger (usually two) just so I could actually move in pants.

i work in 32w pants, sample sizing at best
not my choice for comfort
33w is my favorite fit but hard to find in 36 length
34-38 is what i skate in

unless im daring to skate in shorts which i run tts

[smg1138]

6’ 225lbs
Size 10US
8.75 with 159 Indy

I feel like I need to size up. gonna be sizing up. The correlation we really need to be looking at is the is inseam and wheelbase. (I believe this to be more important)

32” inseam
14.25” WHeelBase (I think I should move to 14.3”)

I have a 32" inseam and find 14.25" wheelbase to be the sweetspot. I skated 14" wheelbases for a really long time but now they feel too short to me. But thinking back on it, I did most of that on Venture Lows. Now that I skate Indy's pretty much exclusively, the slightly longer wheelbase just feels way better. Shoutout to Ben Degros and Professor Schmitt for giving me this knowledge and madness 

[DonkeyRhubarb]

6'4"
92KG
Size 12 feet
9" antihero deck
159 indy titanium
Nano cubic wheels; (will switch to indy 169 when OG classic wheels arrive in the post).

I wanted to be able to ride an 8.5 board for better flip tricks - but it just doesn't work for me - the board overflips and flips too fast, and I also just don't like landing on a board that feels too small. Part of it is my size, but I think mainly it's because I learned to skate on 10 inch boards as a kid (I'm old). I was tempted to try an 8.75 deck - but I don't need to add board madness to wheel and truck madness. I think I just need to accept 9" works best for me. It's not just the board width, the 9" antihero is longer and has bigger wheelbase than most boards (which just suits my height/leg length).

[Enrico Pallazzo]

Gonna need some SSNs to really make sure I’m riding the right shape for my size feet and body.


6’2, 190, 31” inseam (torso gang), 10.5 shoes

Ride anything from an 8.75 up to a 10, but mostly in the 8.75-9 range.