DLX Shapes

[Frank and Fred]

How thick are these risers?

[ballintoohard]

Well, according to the label on the riser they are 1/8", which is 3.somtehing mm

I've run risers on Thunders before and felt I had better pop

[Frank and Fred]

Sorry I should have read closer... ha ha...

I wonder which ones will fit Ace the best, Universal, Venture or Thunder...? Looks like the Venture ones allow you to adjust position a bit.

[pointandclick]

i want to try the thunder ones. but shipping to canada is $36 usd.

[TumKayo]

I want!

[jay_nev]

I want!

yeah same. Need to see what will work with aces

[Mbrimson88]

The other ones shown had the longer deck bolt holes, but these are in the standard six holes for Venture (Indy, etc) and are not going to sit well on Thunder or other mid spaced brands.

Anyone see if they had both options or specifically drilled mid based versions too?

Just curious more than anything.

[Frank and Fred]

The other ones shown had the longer deck bolt holes, but these are in the standard six holes for Venture (Indy, etc) and are not going to sit well on Thunder or other mid spaced brands.

Anyone see if they had both options or specifically drilled mid based versions too?

Just curious more than anything.

The Venture ones have the longer oval shaped holes.

I ordered some Thunder and 'Universal' ones yesterday hoping they will fit Ace and Indy.

[Mbrimson88]

I saw this today:

[Frank and Fred]

https://www.slapmagazine.com/index.php?topic=114565.0

[Mbrimson88]

https://www.slapmagazine.com/index.php?topic=114565.0

Yeah I was thinking this doesn't belong here, but I didn't see any other threads, but it is good someone created a separate thread for them.

[Bob Loblaw]

Got this from my local, with green stain.
Setting it up soon
8.5x31.8, 14.25wb
Wooden risers for Thunders in the mail

[Mbrimson88]

Seems like DLX are re releasing quite a few older Real boards as per their Instagram.

Could be interesting.

[RichardBarkley]

What's the 8.38 eagle with 14.5wb like on Thunders ?

149 cast specifically

I'm sure this been asked and answered but I searched and couldn't find

[hobochimp]

Got this from my local, with green stain.
Setting it up soon
8.5x31.8, 14.25wb
Wooden risers for Thunders in the mail

Love that shape. Whats it like on thunders?

[Fooj]

What's the 8.38 eagle with 14.5wb like on Thunders ?

149 cast specifically

I'm sure this been asked and answered but I searched and couldn't find

Mostly depends on what wheels you ride. I have 149 cast raws on mine with some 54s and its perfect, idk if id go bigger than that without risers though.

[RichardBarkley]

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What's the 8.38 eagle with 14.5wb like on Thunders ?

149 cast specifically

I'm sure this been asked and answered but I searched and couldn't find

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Mostly depends on what wheels you ride. I have 149 cast raws on mine with some 54s and its perfect, idk if id go bigger than that without risers though.

Thanks man I'm on 54s myself. Gonna cop that eagle

[Mbrimson88]

What's the 8.38 eagle with 14.5wb like on Thunders ?

149 cast specifically

I'm sure this been asked and answered but I searched and couldn't find

I have one setup with those 149 Thunders (all the rest are Indy 149) and it skates fine.  I think because the 8.38 shape is a bit more mellow than say the 8.25 it works really well, but with the same trucks on the 8.25 the board felt weird.

[Kaydubbb]

Back in the day I used to skate an 8.18 real low pro. Loved the shape. Can anyone recommend me something similar?

[Mbrimson88]

Back in the day I used to skate an 8.18 real low pro. Loved the shape. Can anyone recommend me something similar?

The overall shape and dimensions were about the same as what they are today, just the Low Pro had a rocker effect concave, so was lower in the middle of the board than at each truck point.

I had a few over the years and they were good boards, but skated the same as the regular R1 concave (pretty much all the DLX boards) but some will always be flatter and some with more concave than others, not just the I to IV (the location in the stack of four in the press).

Most 8.18 same as when I skated them are 31.84 long with 14.38 wheelbase, which was nice, but I moved up to 8.38 / 8.5 nowdays, so still have some 8.18 and 8.12 as well.

[shawngreg]

are there any other DLX models that are similar to an 8.5 Real SE?  like 32(or more) long with a sub 14.5 wb?

[Dan Gerous]

are there any other DLX models that are similar to an 8.5 Real SE?  like 32(or more) long with a sub 14.5 wb?

Krooked and Anti-Hero have many boards on a 8.5 x 31.85 shape with 14.25 wheelbases, not quite as long as Real Full SE though.

[Mbrimson88]

are there any other DLX models that are similar to an 8.5 Real SE?  like 32(or more) long with a sub 14.5 wb?

DLX had the more common 8.5 x 32.25 with 14.38 wheelbase for a long time and still do on some boards, especially the re released graphics in 8.5 right now, but they seem to have moved more to the shorter 8.5 x 31.8 with 14.25 wheelbase for almost all the 8.5 versions.

The SE shape is FULL SE and yes they come out on all three, Antihero, Real and Krooked depending on season and all that.

That standard size is 8.5 x 32.18 with 14.38 wheelbase, the FULL being wider right through and the FULL SE being the same in a shorter wheelbase edition.  All the info here:

https://www.realskateboards.com/construction/


There is the Ishod Marble Dove out from the current drop.

You might also like to check the 8.38 FULL SE which is oh so very close to 8.5 (of which I have quite a few) and seems to be more accessible right now, eg the Mason sunset graphic.

https://www.realskateboards.com/

[Fooj]

The new AH drop has a 8.75 with a shorter WB. Looks tasty

[j....soy.....]

He's prolly tripping but Mason Silva was saying he skates a 13.75 wheelbase? 

[FatGuy92]

He's prolly tripping but Mason Silva was saying he skates a 13.75 wheelbase?

Pretty sure he got mixed up. The 8.28 has a 14.12 (I think?) WB which he does initially get right but I think he switched it to 13.8 cus that's what his Element board was (I think he mentions this either in his first Nine Club or his slap pals interview). Im almost positive DLX doesn't make a production model >8in with a WB that small.

[RichardBarkley]

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He's prolly tripping but Mason Silva was saying he skates a 13.75 wheelbase?

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Pretty sure he got mixed up. The 8.28 has a 14.12 (I think?) WB which he does initially get right but I think he switched it to 13.8 cus that's what his Element board was (I think he mentions this either in his first Nine Club or his slap pals interview). Im almost positive DLX doesn't make a production model >8in with a WB that small.

Yeah I think he mixed it up for sure

[Mbrimson88]

Seen a few pics of his actual board, which is the production shape, as listed in the new Real catalog, but from doing so much in the skate industry for so long, the weirdest thing is most pro or spono dudes don't really know that much about their setups, or get simple things wrong when they say what they ride.


https://www.realskateboards.com/spring-2021/





Same board size as his first one too, as per this pic that TVV is riding.

[j....soy.....]

Yeah I figured that he didn't ride something that small.....it's nit picky but the primitive board I'm riding is a 14" BBS which I like....but they kinda run the same lay up, the kicks are in exactly the same spot as most BBS but they drop the holes back.  For some reason I don't think real does that....they do it proper no? 

[Mbrimson88]

Yeah I figured that he didn't ride something that small.....it's nit picky but the primitive board I'm riding is a 14" BBS which I like....but they kinda run the same lay up, the kicks are in exactly the same spot as most BBS but they drop the holes back.  For some reason I don't think real does that....they do it proper no?

I believe that is correct - definitely from what I have seen.

Some brands just use whatever molds for many of their boards, or only a few different molds for general sizes, but from having the 7.3 size Real boards with 12wb (for the juniors / tiny kids) through normal sizes 8, 8.25, 8.5 with 14 to 14.5 up to the bigger boards 8.75 and 9 with 14.75 to 15wb and even some of the much bigger boards like the 9.25 x 33+ with 15.5wb Grosso, the kicks are all in the right length to wheelbase and size of the boards.


There seems to be about 20 main production shapes for DLX boards, all correctly sized, then maybe up to 50 in total with all the Full this or Full SE that, not to mention all the one off specials too - too many to list right here, but it is amazing to look through pre covid catalogs, especially the bigger drops and there are so many boards, with so many different sizes, shapes, etc.