DLX Shapes

[bryan]

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I've legit compare numbers in a shop before where they had several of each and often times a II would be steeper than a I or whatever. Also different DLX shapes seem to vary more- an 8.4 is almost always a I or II, but more mellow than the 8.25 III and IV I had before.

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In my area it seems the 8.25 is always a I or II, and the 8.4 is usually III or IV.

For me it seems random, i've gotten 8.06 IV and 8.5 I online and in shops it's pretty mixed.

[Mbrimson88]

Random thoughts/post from a slow night at work…

I religiously ride IV stamped decks. I have a small stock pile of them. Any time I’m near any skate shop (my local core shop, or even a Zumies), if they have an 8.25/14.38/IV in stock, I’ll buy it. I usually keep about three of them “on-hand,” because sometimes they can be hard(er) to come by.

Tactics was recently having a sale on a few There 8.25 decks ($49 each). Normally I won’t by decks on-line, because I might end up with the horrific “I” stamp. But, for $49, I •had• to role the dice. They had two decks in stock, and I got both. When the box came, I was scared to open it. I ended up with a IV (score!) and a III.

I set the III up last week, and I’m actually loving it. Maybe even more than the IVs. This is great news, because it’s expanding my available deck options by 25%. That’s awesome.

I've legit compare numbers in a shop before where they had several of each and often times a II would be steeper than a I or whatever. Also different DLX shapes seem to vary more- an 8.4 is almost always a I or II, but more mellow than the 8.25 III and IV I had before.

Yes definitely seen this before too.

I put it down to different presses - some being more mellow than others - so a I stamp from a mellow press might still be more mellow than a IV stamp from a regular press, as I have had with some 8.38 eagles and a couple of other graphics on 8.38 sized boards, all seemingly with teal top stains too, I think.

Also many of the 8.38 sized boards I get generally seem to be more mellow than the 8.25 sized boards that come through my hands, but again that might be just what we end up with here.

Of a dozen or more of each, some multiple boards of the same run, same graphic, etc, there were definitely differences in the same stamps.  Even small differences in the widths too, but I don't really worry about that side of things too much.


Sure the angle of the kicks on I stamps might be a bit more than IV stamps, but most of the III stamps still work well for me too, even the I and II if I flatten the kicks out a bit, as I have done more recently with getting whatever random sale boards when I could.

I would be curious to ask anyone who had more than a few boards, put them all together and compare concaves in them and see if they come up a bit more here or there, even between different stamps, etc.


There have only been a couple of DLX boards I just couldn't ride due to too much side to side concave including a Grosso 9.25 with a I stamp, (as I could always flatten out the kicks on anything regardless of stamps) but there seem to be a lot more BBS boards with higher concave coming out now, including the Black Label 8.5 boards, BBS shop boards (Generator sticker or not) or some smaller brands I bought on sale which have BBS wood and dimensions I am used to.

[FrenchSkater]

I have my first real board in 15 years of skating

This time, I didn't care about the wheelbase, and I took the standard 8.06 with 31.8 long and 14.38 wheelbase (I stopped madness and stopped to select my boards based on length/wheelbase for good recently, it took away the pleasure of skating !)

What a surprise.. and damn good board.. Perfect with my independent forged hollows, the tricks all go without problem.. The shape is perfect, not a big nose, not a big tail, and really medium concave.. I think I'll stay on real or krooked for a very long time 

[Sedition]

I would be curious to ask anyone who had more than a few boards, put them all together and compare concaves in them and see if they come up a bit more here or there, even between different stamps, etc.

I have three or four 8.25 / IV stamps (and one III stamp). I'll take a hard look/comparison of them later today and report back.

...but there seem to be a lot more BBS boards with higher concave coming out now, including the Black Label 8.5 boards...

Dude, Label boards seem to have insane kicks--like every one I've ever seen. Totally unrideable to me, which sucks, because I love the Label, and the 8.5 is a great shape.

[Mbrimson88]

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Been a minute since anyone posted in here.


I have heard there are a couple more "new" shapes coming out from DLX in coming drops too, but that is a wait and see type deal for exact info.

Just when you thought there couldn't be any more?

If I had an evil "big twin" who spilled the beans, I might post more, but I won't be the Scallywag and just leave it at that.


I am on the taller side, so the Tru Fit or even the slightly shorter boards just don't do it for me, but a wider Tru Fit has been asked for as well as the current options in Tru Fit and other Real shapes.


The 8.38 Tru Fit is 8.38 x 31.75 with 14.0 wb, which seems to add up to some pretty nice dimensions for people who want a fairly normal width with a shorter wb (but not too short like the 8.5 Tru Fit board).  A few people have already posted about this shape and say it is a good one.

https://www.tactics.com/krooked/team-style-838-true-fit-shape-skateboard-deck

SPECS
SIZE   8.38
CENTER WIDTH (IN):   8.38
LENGTH (IN):   31.75
WHEELBASE (IN):   14.0
NOSE (IN):   7.0
TAIL (IN):   6.56



The Real Ishod comic character board in 8.25 has a 14.0 wb with 31.9 length, which is the same shape from the shorter floral / tropical series.  Not to be confused with the "Dreamer shape" which is the longer 8.38, this one is the "Dream shape" as per the current catalog.

[Frank and Fred]

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I have heard there are a couple more "new" shapes coming out from DLX in coming drops too, but that is a wait and see type deal for exact info.

Theres a new AH shape called the scallywag that looks like a more squared off genius shape. 9" wide with a 8.3 WB.
A 10" grimple twin nose egg! with wheel wells!
An Ishod 8.75" twin tail
A tiny Real Kelly bird 7.43 egg type shape with a 14" WB. a real 1993 type board just before they became full on popsicles.
A guerreo 8.75" Full popsicle with a 14.7 WB. Not sure if thats a new shape or not.

And more wheel wells on existing shapes which is sick to see.

Still no Huffer with wheel wells though... paging DLX dudes... paging DLX dudes... Huffer with wheel wells on what aisle?

[fakiefs180]

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Been a minute since anyone posted in here.


I have heard there are a couple more "new" shapes coming out from DLX in coming drops too, but that is a wait and see type deal for exact info.

Just when you thought there couldn't be any more?

If I had an evil "big twin" who spilled the beans, I might post more, but I won't be the Scallywag and just leave it at that.


I am on the taller side, so the Tru Fit or even the slightly shorter boards just don't do it for me, but a wider Tru Fit has been asked for as well as the current options in Tru Fit and other Real shapes.


The 8.38 Tru Fit is 8.38 x 31.75 with 14.0 wb, which seems to add up to some pretty nice dimensions for people who want a fairly normal width with a shorter wb (but not too short like the 8.5 Tru Fit board).  A few people have already posted about this shape and say it is a good one.

https://www.tactics.com/krooked/team-style-838-true-fit-shape-skateboard-deck

SPECS
SIZE   8.38
CENTER WIDTH (IN):   8.38
LENGTH (IN):   31.75
WHEELBASE (IN):   14.0
NOSE (IN):   7.0
TAIL (IN):   6.56



The Real Ishod comic character board in 8.25 has a 14.0 wb with 31.9 length, which is the same shape from the shorter floral / tropical series.  Not to be confused with the "Dreamer shape" which is the longer 8.38, this one is the "Dream shape" as per the current catalog.

That 8.25. Ishod deck with the 14 wb seems nice. Anyone might know the tail and nose specs?
* Tactics website says, the tail is 6.75 and nose is 6.9

The true fit 8.38 also sounds nice, but I am not sure I could ride that deck with Indy 144s. It would be a bit of magic carpet, right? ~3mm wider as a 8.25 deck. Which surely doesn't sound much, but knowing it, it will fuck with me. Maybe. Maybe not.

[rikki]

That 8.25. Ishod deck with the 14 wb seems nice. Anyone might know the tail and nose specs?
* Tactics website says, the tail is 6.75 and nose is 6.9

The true fit 8.38 also sounds nice, but I am not sure I could ride that deck with Indy 144s. It would be a bit of magic carpet, right? ~3mm wider as a 8.25 deck. Which surely doesn't sound much, but knowing it, it will fuck with me. Maybe. Maybe not.

The 8.25 Ishod piqued my interested as well. Skatedeluxe says the tail is 6.5 and nose 7.

https://www.skatedeluxe.com/en/real-ishod-comix-8-25-skateboard-deck-blue_p165950

8.38 with 144s is doable, but there's gonna be a bit of magic carpet. It's not gonna be anything critical, though. I mean, Reynolds used to ride 8.5s with 139s back in the day. But then again, he's Reynolds.

[WideFeet]

Still waiting for them to DLX to change their 8.5 twintail shape. The kicks on that shape is neither a tail, or a nose. If they just changed it and made it an actual tail, I would probably only skate that shape.

And yes, I tried skating one like 4 years ago. Couldn’t do it. 

[Sedition]

I am still bewildered that DLX doesn't regularly, or irregularly, make an 8.5/14.5wb.

[Mbrimson88]

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That 8.25. Ishod deck with the 14 wb seems nice. Anyone might know the tail and nose specs?
* Tactics website says, the tail is 6.75 and nose is 6.9

The true fit 8.38 also sounds nice, but I am not sure I could ride that deck with Indy 144s. It would be a bit of magic carpet, right? ~3mm wider as a 8.25 deck. Which surely doesn't sound much, but knowing it, it will fuck with me. Maybe. Maybe not.

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The 8.25 Ishod piqued my interested as well. Skatedeluxe says the tail is 6.5 and nose 7.

https://www.skatedeluxe.com/en/real-ishod-comix-8-25-skateboard-deck-blue_p165950

8.38 with 144s is doable, but there's gonna be a bit of magic carpet. It's not gonna be anything critical, though. I mean, Reynolds used to ride 8.5s with 139s back in the day. But then again, he's Reynolds.

A couple of things to note, the 8.38 is usually closer to 8.5 and others have said the Tru Fit 8.38 is the same width.  I prefer 149s on mine, but others prefer 144s on theirs, so it depends on how you like your trucks / wheels to deck ratio.


Re the 8.25 Dream shape, I seem to recall someone else somewhere saying the kicks were almost the same, but not quite, so the 6.75 tail and 6.9 nose might be closer to actual dimensions than the more generic sizes of 6.5 tail and 7 nose, which is very common all round.

https://www.tactics.com/real/ishod-comix-825-dream-shape-skateboard-deck


As I haven't seen one or found where I thought I saw the other info, I guess it is more just a wait and see, but the decent res skateseluxe.com pic of the top of the board looks a lot closer to the same in length of kicks.  Pics don't quite add up to the real thing, but I do like looking at hi res pics and comparing shapes, sizes, etc.


https://cdn.skatedeluxe.com/thumb/Zv7edLfCRWlNa-SLbYQevp2gLx0=/fit-in/1500x1749/filters:fill(white):brightness(-4)/product/165950-1-Real-IshodComix825.jpg

[WideFeet]

I am still bewildered that DLX doesn't regularly, or irregularly, make an 8.5/14.5wb.

They do, but it’s an Ishod twintail and the shape is garbage.

[Tireeedd]

i forgot do they make anything popsicle that measures to over an 8.5 with a less than 14.7 wb? eye am currently riding a chandler there 9.0 bloard but want something of similar width with a smaller wb

[Phao Lo]

i forgot do they make anything popsicle that measures to over an 8.5 with a less than 14.7 wb? eye am currently riding a chandler there 9.0 bloard but want something of similar width with a smaller wb

AntiHero makes an 8.75 x 31.75 / 14.25WB. I think it's part of the Mis-Registered series. They have one in Fall '23 catalog.

[Mbrimson88]

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i forgot do they make anything popsicle that measures to over an 8.5 with a less than 14.7 wb? eye am currently riding a chandler there 9.0 bloard but want something of similar width with a smaller wb

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AntiHero makes an 8.75 x 31.75 / 14.25WB. I think it's part of the Mis-Registered series. They have one in Fall '23 catalog.

Yes I think that is the most common one, which is now on Grimple sideshow or similar name board.


There are a few more options coming as well (as per posts up this page), but depending on the wheelbase options, or overall length options, these others are good too:


Cardiel hella mold - 8.6 with 14.5 wb (can't remember exact other dimensions, but they are back in previous posts here)

Normal white eagle 8.75 with 14.62 wb, if that counts, but it doesn't feel like a board that is stupidly big and long.


I would usually find examples and post links, but I don't have time right this minute.  Sorry.

[Esmith5488]

Normally like to ride a 3-4 when I get dlx decks. Wanted to try the 8.28 real again after a few decks and blind ordered one from holistic in reading. Came to my house in MD next day which was sick but was a 2 in the  press. Excited to get a session in but we are in the middle of a storm. Hopefully Tues or weds I can get out.

[Sedition]

Normal white eagle 8.75 with 14.62 wb, if that counts, but it doesn't feel like a board that is stupidly big and long.

The 8.75 is a really interesting deck. It is unquestionably a "big" board, but it absolutely feels way more nimble than you'd expect it to. I def skate better on my 8.25/14.38, but god damn, everything on the 8.75 just feels so damn good.

[Sedition]

Can someone remind me what the actual width & tail on the 8.12 is (I remember it having a longer than average tail)? Thanks!

[commander jameson]

Can someone remind me what the actual width & tail on the 8.12 is (I remember it having a longer than average tail)? Thanks!

If you are asking about 8.12 with 14.25 wb, those are pretty true to size, they will measure 8.125 width exact and nose is around 6.9 to 7 inches and tail is 6.75 inches.

[Sedition]

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Can someone remind me what the actual width & tail on the 8.12 is (I remember it having a longer than average tail)? Thanks!

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If you are asking about 8.12 with 14.25 wb, those are pretty true to size, they will measure 8.125 width exact and nose is around 6.9 to 7 inches and tail is 6.75 inches.

Yup, the 14.25. 6.75”. Damn. Even bigger than I remember.

[LebowskisRug]

It is a bit pointier too. Sci-Fi uses the same shape as their "8.25", the WB is also dead on 14.3

[Mbrimson88]

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Can someone remind me what the actual width & tail on the 8.12 is (I remember it having a longer than average tail)? Thanks!

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If you are asking about 8.12 with 14.25 wb, those are pretty true to size, they will measure 8.125 width exact and nose is around 6.9 to 7 inches and tail is 6.75 inches.

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Yup, the 14.25. 6.75”. Damn. Even bigger than I remember.

Yes, that longer tail is why I kept riding them for well over ten years, just because it worked so much better for me than the often shorter 6.5 tail on most other boards, like the 8.18 x 31.8 shape, which was fine when new, but once it wore down some, I would round it off to keep the board going and it just got too short for me.

Lots of those 8.18 and similar boards got passed on to others way faster than the 8.12 boards, which I could skate for way longer.

I still have my last 8.12 black eagle set up, as well as a couple of other graphics on the same shape and although they feel a bit too narrow now, they are still such good boards in terms of overall size, shape, etc.  Once 144s came out, I had it set up on them with smaller wheels, but I used to ride 139s with 57 to 59 mm Bigheads or similar shapes on those, more transition based than anything else, with those wheels sometimes getting down to below 50 mm for the more tech setups.  Still a bit of a trip standing on or skating those old boards now, compared to the 8.38, 8.5 or 8.75 boards I have as my usual go to now.

It is a bit pointier too. Sci-Fi uses the same shape as their "8.25", the WB is also dead on 14.3

I don't see much in the way of Sci Fi boards, but Passport, Polar and a few other brands have also had that 8.12 x 32 with 14.25 wb that I used to have and they looked the same when I compared them to my stack of new unused black eagles.

[Sativa Lung]

Normally like to ride a 3-4 when I get dlx decks. Wanted to try the 8.28 real again after a few decks and blind ordered one from holistic in reading. Came to my house in MD next day which was sick but was a 2 in the  press. Excited to get a session in but we are in the middle of a storm. Hopefully Tues or weds I can get out.

You can do the car tire trick to mellow it out but Im always concerned that will kill the pop prematurely.

In the future if you buy from holistic just hit JD up on insta or via email beforehand and he will happily check the stamps for you. He actually kept an eye out for IV stamped 8.28s after I asked him about one and hit me up like months later to tell me one had just come in. He's gone through stacks of boards looking for certain top stains too, and I got the impression he kinda enjoyed it haha. He's definitely a skate nerd and has sympathy for the madness sufferer... just one of those all around awesome shop owners.

Actually a lot of shops are cool about checking stamps for you. You might get some flack from like the ski/skate/wake emporium type places but core shops are usually super chill about it. They get it. The only exception I've ever had was one dude who started like arguing with me about what boards were steep and what ones weren't like the guy special requesting a specific stamp didn't already know what he likes. I won't publicly shame them, but they did try to imply that PS stix has no mellow molds because FA boards are steep. This was a solid year or two after they had gone fully to BBS. 

[southphillytapwater]

I'm not sure if there's an actual DLX warranty thread, but this one is close enough. Has anyone ever contacted DLX about a mislabeled board?

I went to my local to specifically buy a board with a 14" wb and got an Anti-Hero Austin Kanfoush board. The label says 8.12" x 31.38" x 14". I went to set up the board today and noticed that it was longer than my current board that has a 14.25" wb. I measured it and it's closer to 8.12" x 31.875" x 14.25".

Would this fall under the DLX warranty even though it's not technically defective? I'm pretty bummed It's not the right size and wouldn't have bought it if I knew. I usually measure boards myself before buying, but of course the one time I trust the sticker this happens...

[Mbrimson88]

I'm not sure if there's an actual DLX warranty thread, but this one is close enough. Has anyone ever contacted DLX about a mislabeled board?

I went to my local to specifically buy a board with a 14" wb and got an Anti-Hero Austin Kanfoush board. The label says 8.12" x 31.38" x 14". I went to set up the board today and noticed that it was longer than my current board that has a 14.25" wb. I measured it and it's closer to 8.12" x 31.875" x 14.25".

Would this fall under the DLX warranty even though it's not technically defective? I'm pretty bummed It's not the right size and wouldn't have bought it if I knew. I usually measure boards myself before buying, but of course the one time I trust the sticker this happens...

Not really a warranty thing, as it could be argued the board itself is made correctly and not faulty, whereas other boards that have defects, delamination or are warped will usually get attention and replacement.

I don't think that is covered as you didn't measure the board itself before setting up.

On the other hand, just reach out to DLX and explain what you got and they might be nice enough to help you in some way...


Leave it at that, but yes I have definitely seen some boards with incorrect size / dimension stickers on them.  It doesn't help that there are often a few of the same width, with different length and wb measurements.

That shorter 8.12 is not very common at all anymore, whereas the usual 8.12 x 32 with 14.25 wb is the most common one, being the black eagle shape, as well as quite a few I have seen recently, or maybe all of the 8.12 width boards that have come out in recent drops.


What board graphic did you get?  Either the brand and description or catalog name, eg Krooked Primate (Gottwig pro board)

[Mbrimson88]

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The Real red oval graphic is the only one I could find that is consistently released in the shorter 8.12 size, as per this pic below, unless I missed another board in any other catalog from 2023, but every other board was the longer one, looking back over old catalogs.





And these ones...  * unless they are the longer ones too, which has happened before, I have seen.


https://www.realskateboards.com/spring-2023/

[Sedition]

I'm not sure if there's an actual DLX warranty thread, but this one is close enough. Has anyone ever contacted DLX about a mislabeled board?

I went to my local to specifically buy a board with a 14" wb and got an Anti-Hero Austin Kanfoush board. The label says 8.12" x 31.38" x 14". I went to set up the board today and noticed that it was longer than my current board that has a 14.25" wb. I measured it and it's closer to 8.12" x 31.875" x 14.25".

Would this fall under the DLX warranty even though it's not technically defective? I'm pretty bummed It's not the right size and wouldn't have bought it if I knew. I usually measure boards myself before buying, but of course the one time I trust the sticker this happens...

I only ride IV stamped decks. They can be hard to come by some times. So, any time I am near any shop that sells DLX decks, I will stop in and look to see what they have (I always keep a small stock pile of IV decks). My local "core" shop, Vans outlet stores, and even, yes Zumies. Over time I have noticed something rather interesting...at any "core" shop I've ever been in, I've never seen a "mis-labeled" DLX deck. However, I have seen it many times at Vans and Zumies. I've seen grey eagles with an 8.25/14.38 sticker on what was clearly the 8.38/14.5 shape. I've seen grey eagles on non-DLX shapes. I've seen tons of 8.5 Blue Eagles with a dot (.) instead of Roman Numeral. Some of the things I've seen are so weird/off the wall, I've actually been tempted to take photos and post them here. In any event, it's often made me wonder if non-core shops somehow get oddball stuff that wouldn't fly at a real shop. Anyone else have a similar experiences?
 

[Mbrimson88]

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I'm not sure if there's an actual DLX warranty thread, but this one is close enough. Has anyone ever contacted DLX about a mislabeled board?

I went to my local to specifically buy a board with a 14" wb and got an Anti-Hero Austin Kanfoush board. The label says 8.12" x 31.38" x 14". I went to set up the board today and noticed that it was longer than my current board that has a 14.25" wb. I measured it and it's closer to 8.12" x 31.875" x 14.25".

Would this fall under the DLX warranty even though it's not technically defective? I'm pretty bummed It's not the right size and wouldn't have bought it if I knew. I usually measure boards myself before buying, but of course the one time I trust the sticker this happens...

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I only ride IV stamped decks. They can be hard to come by some times. So, any time I am near any shop that sells DLX decks, I will stop in and look to see what they have (I always keep a small stock pile of IV decks). My local "core" shop, Vans outlet stores, and even, yes Zumies. Over time I have noticed something rather interesting...at any "core" shop I've ever been in, I've never seen a "mis-labeled" DLX deck. However, I have seen it many times at Vans and Zumies. I've seen grey eagles with an 8.25/14.38 sticker on what was clearly the 8.38/14.5 shape. I've seen grey eagles on non-DLX shapes. I've seen tons of 8.5 Blue Eagles with a dot (.) instead of Roman Numeral. Some of the things I've seen are so weird/off the wall, I've actually been tempted to take photos and post them here. In any event, it's often made me wonder if non-core shops somehow get oddball stuff that wouldn't fly at a real shop. Anyone else have a similar experiences?

The last couple of orange eagles I got didn't have any stamp, but still the same size, shape, concave, etc as the usual boards.  That was a while ago now, so maybe stock from the times that things went a bit weird.

Around that same time a couple of other pricepoint boards definitely were different shapes, dimensions that I came across, when compared to what they were supposed to be from the graphic and shape in the catalogs.

I think only one other board I saw was an 8.5 with the wrong sticker on it, can't remember if it was a blue eagle with the 32.18 and 14.38 wb sticker or something else, but I checked the shape and it was the shorter one, with the longer size sticker on it.

Other people have had similar stories in the past, though not that frequently to worry about, unlike the Indy ti axle issue, where I would not want to have any ti axle Indy trucks come through my hands now.


Guessing it might happen a bit more frequently for some products, or even some runs, if they just have to get quotas filled, especially for the really big orders that might go directly to the shops / mall chain warehouse.

I really don't know enough about that supply chain to give input.


Almost everything else it seems comes through the hands of someone in DLXSF location, no matter where it ends up, but as per the new stock coming out, it is going directly to the various countries to save on shipping costs, so this could have been the case for other stuff going to Zumiez or something.

[southphillytapwater]

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I'm not sure if there's an actual DLX warranty thread, but this one is close enough. Has anyone ever contacted DLX about a mislabeled board?

I went to my local to specifically buy a board with a 14" wb and got an Anti-Hero Austin Kanfoush board. The label says 8.12" x 31.38" x 14". I went to set up the board today and noticed that it was longer than my current board that has a 14.25" wb. I measured it and it's closer to 8.12" x 31.875" x 14.25".

Would this fall under the DLX warranty even though it's not technically defective? I'm pretty bummed It's not the right size and wouldn't have bought it if I knew. I usually measure boards myself before buying, but of course the one time I trust the sticker this happens...

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Not really a warranty thing, as it could be argued the board itself is made correctly and not faulty, whereas other boards that have defects, delamination or are warped will usually get attention and replacement.

I don't think that is covered as you didn't measure the board itself before setting up.

On the other hand, just reach out to DLX and explain what you got and they might be nice enough to help you in some way...


Leave it at that, but yes I have definitely seen some boards with incorrect size / dimension stickers on them.  It doesn't help that there are often a few of the same width, with different length and wb measurements.

That shorter 8.12 is not very common at all anymore, whereas the usual 8.12 x 32 with 14.25 wb is the most common one, being the black eagle shape, as well as quite a few I have seen recently, or maybe all of the 8.12 width boards that have come out in recent drops.


What board graphic did you get?  Either the brand and description or catalog name, eg Krooked Primate (Gottwig pro board)

It's the Motel 18 graphic, with the guy shitting behind a trolly.

I sent them an email. I feel like I'm shit out of luck because I already set it up, but I guess we'll see.

[Sativa Lung]

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I'm not sure if there's an actual DLX warranty thread, but this one is close enough. Has anyone ever contacted DLX about a mislabeled board?

I went to my local to specifically buy a board with a 14" wb and got an Anti-Hero Austin Kanfoush board. The label says 8.12" x 31.38" x 14". I went to set up the board today and noticed that it was longer than my current board that has a 14.25" wb. I measured it and it's closer to 8.12" x 31.875" x 14.25".

Would this fall under the DLX warranty even though it's not technically defective? I'm pretty bummed It's not the right size and wouldn't have bought it if I knew. I usually measure boards myself before buying, but of course the one time I trust the sticker this happens...

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Not really a warranty thing, as it could be argued the board itself is made correctly and not faulty, whereas other boards that have defects, delamination or are warped will usually get attention and replacement.

I don't think that is covered as you didn't measure the board itself before setting up.

On the other hand, just reach out to DLX and explain what you got and they might be nice enough to help you in some way...


Leave it at that, but yes I have definitely seen some boards with incorrect size / dimension stickers on them.  It doesn't help that there are often a few of the same width, with different length and wb measurements.

That shorter 8.12 is not very common at all anymore, whereas the usual 8.12 x 32 with 14.25 wb is the most common one, being the black eagle shape, as well as quite a few I have seen recently, or maybe all of the 8.12 width boards that have come out in recent drops.


What board graphic did you get?  Either the brand and description or catalog name, eg Krooked Primate (Gottwig pro board)

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It's the Motel 18 graphic, with the guy shitting behind a trolly.

I sent them an email. I feel like I'm shit out of luck because I already set it up, but I guess we'll see.

They aren't going to make you return it, they'll just send you a new one. Just take pics of the sticker and the tape measure for proof and attach them to your email. In my experience the hardest part is getting a response, but when they do respond it's usually just to ask what your address is. They sent me a free set of 147 standards when I inquired about buying one to match a single I had sitting around, so they're definitely cool but I feel like they might need to hire another person or two to handle the amount of requests I'm sure they get.