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[RichardBarkley]

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Anyone know the nose/tail length of the 8.28 shape?

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Best webshop that lists all deck dimensions is r-fskate.com from Japan, they list measurements in metric.

Couple listings for 8.28 shape
https://r-fskate.com/shopdetail/000000017391
or
https://r-fskate.com/shopdetail/000000017393

According to that site tail is around 6.4 and nose around 6.8 for Mason 8.28 shape.
There could be slight differences between same shapes based on deck location in stack.

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Thanks for that shop link!


I need to keep that shop site in the quick links as they are so good with dimensions, pics and info - seen boards there before but never remembered to go back and check.

So their measurements equal 6.88" nose and 6.38" tail, which add up correctly to 31.7" total length and would definitely have been too short for my liking, which is why I would have passed it on.

Those guys who skate that shape love it though, so I can understand how that could be good for the shorter street skater.

Wow they even do concave depth amazing.

The most Japanese thing I've ever seen and I love it

[Sedition]

Anyone know the nose/tail length of the 8.28 shape?

I have one. My measurements (with a ruler, on top of deck, which did NOT bend with curve of tail/nose):

Tail: 6.43
Nose: 6.86

Measured with a tailor's measure tape, from center of baseplate (e.g. mounted truck) to end (e.g. effective length), and did bend with tail/nose:

Tail: 6.187
Nose: 6.687

Also, Tactics tech specs can not be trusted. At all. It is often grossly inaccurate. 

[Sedition]

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Anyone know the nose/tail length of the 8.28 shape?

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I have one. My measurements (with a ruler, on top of deck, which did NOT bend with curve of tail):

Tail: 6.43
Nose: 6.86

Measured with a tailor's measure tape, from center of baseplate (e.g. mounted truck) on bottom of deck, to the end (e.g. effective length):

Tail: 6.187
Nose: 6.687

Also, Tactics tech specs can not be trusted. At all. It is often grossly inaccurate.

[LebowskisRug]

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Anyone know the nose/tail length of the 8.28 shape?

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Best webshop that lists all deck dimensions is r-fskate.com from Japan, they list measurements in metric.

Couple listings for 8.28 shape
https://r-fskate.com/shopdetail/000000017391
or
https://r-fskate.com/shopdetail/000000017393

According to that site tail is around 6.4 and nose around 6.8 for Mason 8.28 shape.
There could be slight differences between same shapes based on deck location in stack.

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Thanks for that shop link!


I need to keep that shop site in the quick links as they are so good with dimensions, pics and info - seen boards there before but never remembered to go back and check.

So their measurements equal 6.88" nose and 6.38" tail, which add up correctly to 31.7" total length and would definitely have been too short for my liking, which is why I would have passed it on.

Those guys who skate that shape love it though, so I can understand how that could be good for the shorter street skater.

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Wow they even do concave depth amazing.

The most Japanese thing I've ever seen and I love it

How do I get this site to be in English?

[LebowskisRug]

Are the Full SE and Manderson the only DLX that are 8.25 or 8.38 with a 14.25? I know the black Eagle is 14.25 and the 8.5’s are as well. I believe the black eagle is longer than the 8.5 right?

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Are the Full SE and Manderson the only DLX that are 8.25 or 8.38 with a 14.25? I know the black Eagle is 14.25 and the 8.5’s are as well. I believe the black eagle is longer than the 8.5 right?

Blk eagle IS longer than the 8.5s. The 8.4 comes in closer to 8.25 than 8.4. That, also, has a 14.25.

[Woodshop]

How do I get this site to be in English?

Both Chrome and the Microsoft browser come up with a translate option, on my computer.

Not sure if this will still come up on another browser or on a mobile though.

Are the Full SE and Manderson the only DLX that are 8.25 or 8.38 with a 14.25? I know the black Eagle is 14.25 and the 8.5’s are as well. I believe the black eagle is longer than the 8.5 right?

DLX boards with 14.25 wb:

8.125 x 32 black eagle and other graphics in that shape

8.5 x 31.85 blue eagle and most graphics in the 8.5 size (but there is a bigger 8.5 too)

8.4 x 32 (assorted graphics from all brands)

8.38 x 32 (Manderson shape)

8.12 x 31.32 (assorted graphics)

8.75 x 31.75 (new shape AH board)

8.25 x 32 Full SE shape

[FatGuy92]

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Anyone know the nose/tail length of the 8.28 shape?

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Best webshop that lists all deck dimensions is r-fskate.com from Japan, they list measurements in metric.

Couple listings for 8.28 shape
https://r-fskate.com/shopdetail/000000017391
or
https://r-fskate.com/shopdetail/000000017393

According to that site tail is around 6.4 and nose around 6.8 for Mason 8.28 shape.
There could be slight differences between same shapes based on deck location in stack.

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Thanks for that shop link!


I need to keep that shop site in the quick links as they are so good with dimensions, pics and info - seen boards there before but never remembered to go back and check.

So their measurements equal 6.88" nose and 6.38" tail, which add up correctly to 31.7" total length and would definitely have been too short for my liking, which is why I would have passed it on.

Those guys who skate that shape love it though, so I can understand how that could be good for the shorter street skater.

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Anyone know the nose/tail length of the 8.28 shape?

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I have one. My measurements (with a ruler, on top of deck, which did NOT bend with curve of tail/nose):

Tail: 6.43
Nose: 6.86

Measured with a tailor's measure tape, from center of baseplate (e.g. mounted truck) to end (e.g. effective length), and did bend with tail/nose:

Tail: 6.187
Nose: 6.687

Also, Tactics tech specs can not be trusted. At all. It is often grossly inaccurate.

Thank you all! I was thinking of setting this up with thunders but the tail seems kind of short

[Sedition]

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Anyone know the nose/tail length of the 8.28 shape?

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Best webshop that lists all deck dimensions is r-fskate.com from Japan, they list measurements in metric.

Couple listings for 8.28 shape
https://r-fskate.com/shopdetail/000000017391
or
https://r-fskate.com/shopdetail/000000017393

According to that site tail is around 6.4 and nose around 6.8 for Mason 8.28 shape.
There could be slight differences between same shapes based on deck location in stack.

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Thanks for that shop link!


I need to keep that shop site in the quick links as they are so good with dimensions, pics and info - seen boards there before but never remembered to go back and check.

So their measurements equal 6.88" nose and 6.38" tail, which add up correctly to 31.7" total length and would definitely have been too short for my liking, which is why I would have passed it on.

Those guys who skate that shape love it though, so I can understand how that could be good for the shorter street skater.

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Anyone know the nose/tail length of the 8.28 shape?

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I have one. My measurements (with a ruler, on top of deck, which did NOT bend with curve of tail/nose):

Tail: 6.43
Nose: 6.86

Measured with a tailor's measure tape, from center of baseplate (e.g. mounted truck) to end (e.g. effective length), and did bend with tail/nose:

Tail: 6.187
Nose: 6.687

Also, Tactics tech specs can not be trusted. At all. It is often grossly inaccurate.

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Thank you all! I was thinking of setting this up with thunders but the tail seems kind of short

It’s weird.  The tail is just a TINY bit shorter than my usual 8.25/14.38 I ride (we are talking like 2 16ths of an inch), but I can TOTALLY notice it…mostly on any blunt variation.

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It’s weird.  The tail is just a TINY bit shorter than my usual 8.25/14.38 I ride (we are talking like 2 16ths of an inch), but I can TOTALLY notice it…mostly on any blunt variation.

That is exactly where I was feeling it too.

Blunt and ollie to tail variations just didn't work the same with shorter tails, even if it was only a tiny little bit shorter.

[Eds_gallerist]

I was skating the shape 8.12x31.3x14 for more than a year now and there was always one available either through AH or Krooked and sometimes Real. It seems that there is none currently, also not in the catalogs. Anyone knows whats up? I am based in Europe for the record.

[Woodshop]

I was skating the shape 8.12x31.3x14 for more than a year now and there was always one available either through AH or Krooked and sometimes Real. It seems that there is none currently, also not in the catalogs. Anyone knows whats up? I am based in Europe for the record.

Shapes will often get released every second drop, if not every drop, just to provide maximum coverage for the less popular shapes, so that short 8.12 size might be one of those.

I know there were a number of boards from older drops still around, so doing the usual 8.12 search might come up with something.

There are a couple of weird 8.12 listed on the Real catalog, so not sure if they are the longer 8.12 x 32 with 14.25 wb or shorter - I am going to go with the longer versions, as a few sites have them at 32 length, but at least the red Real board is listed as those shorter dimensions, so check for that one.






DLX is really good with getting back to people, so even get on the DLXSF.COM website and use the "Hit us up" in the top right corner to ask them about that shape.

[Eds_gallerist]

Appreciate the info, thanks! Lets see if I can find some older drops around, I habe been looking for that red one actually. My Main concern was that those Boards with 8.12 width are currently listed as 14.25 wb which got me concerned. I will hit up dlx

[FatGuy92]

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It’s weird.  The tail is just a TINY bit shorter than my usual 8.25/14.38 I ride (we are talking like 2 16ths of an inch), but I can TOTALLY notice it…mostly on any blunt variation.

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That is exactly where I was feeling it too.

Blunt and ollie to tail variations just didn't work the same with shorter tails, even if it was only a tiny little bit shorter.

I'm working on tail slides now and this is my main concern lol. I might stick to the 8.38 shape and just deal with the extra length

[Woodshop]

For all those people missing the FULL shapes, I had a look back through older catalogs and this one might be the winner for the most FULL shapes of almost all sizes, but also might be the last catalog with any at all.

https://www.antiheroskateboards.com/spring-2020-drop-1/


There are too many good ones to list, so I will just leave these two, which were more unique shapes that I don't think I have seen again before or after, the Evan 9.1 and Robbie Russo 8.75 sort of an egg.

[FatGuy92]

Anyone know if the 8.4 and 8.5 shapes are any different outside of the 0.2 inches in length? The 8.5 measured super close to a 8.4 last I checked so it seems kind of redundant to have both in production

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Anyone know if the 8.4 and 8.5 shapes are any different outside of the 0.2 inches in length? The 8.5 measured super close to a 8.4 last I checked so it seems kind of redundant to have both in production

A couple of things to note, apart from the fairly common assessment that some 8.5 width decks are not actually 8.5 wide, as follows:

The 8.4 is true to size in the boards I have, at 32 long with 14.25 wheelbase and really good sized kicks and a decent straight shape, staying 8.4 right through and rounded kicks.

The standard 8.5 x 32.25 with 14.38 wheelbase is also a really good shape, slightly bigger than the 8.4 all round (width, length and wheelbase) and definitely an even 8.5 width in every board I have of that size, good shape and normal kicks - a bit more pointy than the other board but still fairly rounded.

The increasingly more common shorter 8.5 x 31.8 with 14.25 wheelbase in every board that I have has also been true 8.5 width, although this is the one most commonly said to be not 8.5 and more like 8.3 wide from others, the board tapering ever so slightly and just felt like the tail was a touch shorter, with the shorter length overall.


People like all three for various reasons, so depending on what you are after, the 8.4 is a really good size and shape overall, ever so slightly more nimble than the shorter 8.5 size with a better shape.  The shorter 8.5 if it is actually more like 8.3 might be more what you are wanting in a slightly narrower board too, but I guess it is just luck of the draw depending on whether you actually get an 8.5 or something not so wide.


There are other shorter versions of DLX boards coming out too, so if you were more keen on wheelbases closer to 14, hold off for a bit and see what else comes out.  Real floral series are already out now, with others following.

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^ 8.4 has a longer nose than the 8.5 (14.25wb), too.

Also, in my experience, the 8.4 was a tad under 8.4 I've had three of them. All three came in at like 8 5/16ths (8.312).

[Woodshop]

^ 8.4 has a longer nose than the 8.5 (14.25wb), too.

Also, in my experience, the 8.4 was a tad under 8.4 I've had three of them. All three came in at like 8 5/16ths (8.312).

Yeah they are definitely not as wide as the usual 8.38 x 32.25 with 14.5 wheelbase, which is a hair under 8.5 anyway.

Kind of funny, but that is just how they are.

[Sedition]

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^ 8.4 has a longer nose than the 8.5 (14.25wb), too.

Also, in my experience, the 8.4 was a tad under 8.4 I've had three of them. All three came in at like 8 5/16ths (8.312).

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Yeah they are definitely not as wide as the usual 8.38 x 32.25 with 14.5 wheelbase, which is a hair under 8.5 anyway.

Kind of funny, but that is just how they are.

I want to like the 8.38s…but I just can’t. Nose/tail a have ever so slight “football” type tapper to them that freaks me out. The 8.25/14.38 is the best deck ever produced in the history of skateboarding (II or III stamped).

[LebowskisRug]

I’m loving the 8.5 with 14.25, but never see that 8.4 in production. How much smaller are the kicks on the Mason? I dunno what it is about the 8.5 but it flicks and skates better than my normal 8.25 BBS with the same WB and general shape.

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I’m loving the 8.5 with 14.25, but never see that 8.4 in production. How much smaller are the kicks on the Mason? I dunno what it is about the 8.5 but it flicks and skates better than my normal 8.25 BBS with the same WB and general shape.

Nose and tail on the 8.28 are like 1/16th shorter than the 8.5/14.25. It's a tiny amount, but I seemed to REALLY notice it on any blunt-type tricks, and on nose/tail slide; tail/nose felt too short to me.

[LebowskisRug]

Just measured my Grant Taylor 8.25x14.25 with the MS Paint looking eagle and it’s 8.3 at the middle and bolts. This was measured with the concave.

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Just measured my Grant Taylor 8.25x14.25 with the MS Paint looking eagle and it’s 8.3 at the middle and bolts. This was measured with the concave.

It is a funny one.

The 8.5 is not as wide as 8.5 (as others have said) but the 8.25 is often wider than 8.25 from all the 8.25 boards I have had.

I’m loving the 8.5 with 14.25, but never see that 8.4 in production.

There is usually one 8.4 in every other drop nowdays, last one being the Taylor Debris deck, before that Grosso Daily Suck, this current one from AH:

[FatGuy92]

^ thank you all for the detailed breakdown. I might try the 8.4 at some point. I have one more Krooked 8.5 from earlier this year that I just set up. I impulse bought a 8.28 Harry Lintell deck and love it with indys but the kicks are kinda short for my liking. It's been hard finding a shape that I truly like long term

[Boog]

Just measured my Grant Taylor 8.25x14.25 with the MS Paint looking eagle and it’s 8.3 at the middle and bolts. This was measured with the concave.

Yeah I have a real full se that measures 8.3 too.

[LebowskisRug]

8.5x14.25 on the right, Manderson shape on the left.

[Woodshop]

^ thank you all for the detailed breakdown. I might try the 8.4 at some point. I have one more Krooked 8.5 from earlier this year that I just set up. I impulse bought a 8.28 Harry Lintell deck and love it with indys but the kicks are kinda short for my liking. It's been hard finding a shape that I truly like long term

I like the fact that there are so easily accessible options, especially now things seem back to normal with production, the worst thing being finding something that just works but then not being able to get more of them, which affected everyone everywhere.


At least there are options that all work really well on the same width trucks, be it the 8.5 (in any of the length / wb sizes), the longer standard 8.38 board, the shorter standard 8.4 or Krooked Anderson 8.38 (same dimensions) or even some of the Full SE boards (also with decent kicks and shapes) so having a 14.5 wb is one end, going down to 14.25 for most (most common overall), or now down to 14 or just over on a couple of them.

As long as the boards are not completely mis labeled, you pretty much always know what you are getting, going by the catalog information, the respective DLX websites and skate shop info (if you did need to check something) but size and shapes can sometimes be confused along the way.

[Woodshop]

8.5x14.25 on the right, Manderson shape on the left.

That's rad!

Do you have the deck side pics as well?

Or which boards are they?


That bigger one looks like the 8.5 x 32.25 shape or even a full board by comparison, but I know the pic can distort some.

[LebowskisRug]

The one on the left is the standard 8.5x14.25x31.8 and on the right is an 8.25x14.25x32 Manderson shape. The Manderson actually measures 32.2 with the concave and the Anti Hero is dead on 31.8. Manderson is also way steeper and way more square and both kicks and considerably longer. Also FWIW the Manderson WB is a tad longer than 14.25 but not 14.38. The picture was taken at a slight angle but if you level the bolts with something straight you can still really tell.