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The 8.25/14.38 is the apex of skateboard design. It is the best deck produced, ever.
I'm curious- how many team riders ride this shape? On Real it seems Mason rides his own shape, Ishod has the twins, Praman is on 8.5 shape, Kyle Walker rocks the 8.38, and Zion the 8.5. No idea about anyone else. On Krooked Eddie, Simon, and Gottwig all seem to consistently rock 8.38s or twin tails, Bobby obviously loves the twin, Cromer has his 8.06 and custom shape, Manderson his own shape, and Ronnie has his own as well.
Once the 8.25 regular shape was said to be the number one shape for most of the DLX team riders, or at least the most ridden of all the shapes, but that is going back a while.
As you said, now it seems a lot more varied, even people who were on the 8.25 are now more often on 8.38 and similar boards, then others on the smaller or shorter boards, especially with the new team riders being smaller humans than others, then the twin shapes, etc.
Maybe it is just skateboarding trends or evolution, people start to ride bigger boards, or smaller boards, or wider or shorter or whatever it is as the pro roster changes, or general population of skaters change too. Any which way, things will still keep changing, but that is not to say that there will not be the standard shapes still around, even if the more varied options mean that they don't get released every drop too, such as the 8.25 Full SE board.
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What's the deal with the Real Full SE shapes these days? The 8.25 is absolutely perfect for me shape and dimension wise, but I can't find one anywhere. Are these shapes just something DLX releases every so often or what?
^ May heart goes out to you, as this is the exact issue I was talking about last week on here. It sucks when (a) you find something perfect, and (b) mfg produces so many variations, that it's impossible to obtain regular and consistent availability of said product.
DLX makes too much stuff for their/our own good.
This is why I've weened myself off twins (and the full SE 8.25, Bakers B2, etc.); I'd rather just skate the 'regular' board and know I can get one, anywhere (i.e., a Blue Eagle) instead of hoping they're be in a drop and have to stockpile; Brands like Quasi or Polar (btw FU Polar for ditching the short 8.25...I've not touched one of your brand since), regular Baker/DW (Whish I liked their 8.25 but they dropped it down to 31.5), Toy Machine, etc., are consistent enough with their shapes and availability.
True Fits are their hot shit right now as everyone seems to want shorter boards/WBs (can't argue with that, not sure many people are scrambling to get their hands on the GIGANSTAUR 8.3 FULL SE you know? There is an 8.5 FSE in the current drop FWIW).
Lots of BIG boards and the truefits, the Julien/Mason shape is almost every drop now thanks to Mason, very little in the middle.
I still can't fathom LOCK-IN FULLS out selling radial slims (if readily available). I just can't.
Yeah I can totally understand that. It sucks getting used to something and then not being able to find it again. My recent madness has been trying to find the perfect 8.25 that's actually in regular production. But most of them I've looked at either have a shape I hate or the dimensions are totally wrong. I swear if Girl just made an 8.25 with a longer wheelbase I'd probably be set because I've historically liked their shapes. Ah well, I'm sure I'll find the right one eventually. Until then my April 8.5 will get me through, even if it is a total bitch to flip some days.
The last 8.25 Full SE board was from the Summer 2023 drop, the Mason Abstractions deck.
https://www.realskateboards.com/summer-2023/Before that in the Spring 2023 drop, there were the Nicole Cathedral series, which always sell out to collectors and the Jack Olsen Jackupuncture which I never saw any of anywhere.
https://www.realskateboards.com/spring-2023/Nothing in the three or so drops since then, from what I could see, so unless you could track down some of those boards, I guess it is time to try to find something else.
Even the 8.38 Full SE seems to be around a bit more, if you were riding an 8.5 at the moment, but I know it is not the same thing anyway.
The Krooked Manderson has a shorter 14.25 wb and has fairly full kicks too, 8.38 x 32 just to throw another option in there.