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I bought an 8.25 x 14.3 Gotwig board and it immediately felt too small for me.
8.5 x 14.25 master class
Odd. The 8.5 is shorter length & WB than the 8.25, and barely wider. I’m surprised the 8.25 was the one that felt small.
DLX is so weird with it's long WBs...clearly the counter to crailtap's short WBs...
The counter to DLXs longer WBs is DLXs shorter WBs (true fit). 
True, I forgot about them, still, those dims are still a bit...weird - but if they work for folks, the whoo hoo
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I bought an 8.25 x 14.3 Gotwig board and it immediately felt too small for me.
8.5 x 14.25 master class
Odd. The 8.5 is shorter length & WB than the 8.25, and barely wider. I’m surprised the 8.25 was the one that felt small.
Idk, I used to not be so fussy about width and had plenty of 8.25s in the past, but after setting one up for the first time in a few years it just didn’t feel right. I can hang on an 8.38 but I think that’s my range.
8.38 is for sure my width, sure I can skate 8.25/8.5..but that 8.25 is just a tiny bit narrow and that 8.5 just a tiny bit too wide...
I miss my first 8.25" SE; I was sent one of the first/early ones in exchange for feedback. It was really an 8.35 x 31.85 with a round full nose, not the shovel full it has now...sort of like a mini dlx 8.5 - so fucking good...as it is, I don't care for either any of their 8.25/8.3 options. The 8.5" x 31.875 x 14.25" is truly their master class.
I swore off 14.25 (and smaller) WBs a long time ago. But looking at old notes I had about the 8.25SE, I had written "This is almost exact same deck as the 8.4, but with wider kicks." No idea if that still holds true (or ever did).
Yes, sitting the 8.25 Full SE over the 8.4 and putting deck bolts to hold them together, it is like it was stretched out a touch in width but pretty much the same everywhere else.
After all they are 14.25 wb on 32 length.
Skated both those and they worked well, when I did skate the 14.25 wb, but that is a while ago now.
Some other boards have longer or shorter noses / tails to their other boards of similar dimensions of width, length and wheelbase, so I think although a 6.9 to 7" nose and a 6.6 to 6.7" tail is just right for me, I know these often don't line up with what others like or even what companies put out, often 7.1 noses and 6.5 tails end up being more common, like the 8.38 shape I usually ride, so I make concessions based on the other dimensions, how easy it is to get and whether or not I have to modify it before I skate it.
The DLX 8.38 with III or IV stamp is just that for me - grip it and go, even though I do have almost one of each other shape still set up in one form or another, more so older shapes going back a few years, no Tru Fit or similar shorter boards though.
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