Someone talk me out of this but I have a brand new set of Venture 5.8s with 58mm conical fulls that I'm looking to put on a board. This would be a secondary fun board that I'd still like to be able to skate like my main board. I've been looking at all kinds of weird shapes and from everything I've seen out there the Cardiel Huffer seems like what I'm looking for. I'm not crazy about twin tails which a lot of the egg boards appear to be which makes the Huffer sound good, and looking at it, it does not look like it'd be hard to get used to coming from a popsicle vs some of those square tailed boards. Do I got the right idea with the Huffer or should I be looking at something else?
Huffer shape is a really good one with a great tail, compared to some of the egg or other shaped boards out there, which often have very small and not as functional tails / shapes in general. It is very big for 8.5" trucks though, but if you don' t mind the magic carpet, it would still go ok.
Some people put 8.75" trucks on their huffers, others wider, like my 9" trucks which work well on one I have set up as a cruiser on 60 mm soft wheels, but it is all down to personal opinion.
I guess it is also down to availability of boards, or what you want to get out of it, but something closer to 8.75 max would be what I would look at for 8.5" trucks, but that is just me - eg the DLX 8.62 or 8.75 shapes are really good and you don't get the weird shaped board thing, even though some people really do like getting an egg or other shaped board to have fun on.
Others I know have that sort of set up and it works really well, is big enough to have fun on but not silly and almost comic looking like some other shaped options I have stood on / skated recently.
Hope that helps, either way.
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