Big Boards 9"+( I wanna hear big boys talk about their big boards)

[YungJugg]

Anyone try either of the Krooked Barbee shapes? I’m kinda tempted on the 10” flames one, but would prob rather have the other one

My homie has one (flames) and I rode it for a bit. Fun to pump around on and do slappies, but the wheelbase is far too long for me to give you a fair opinion. If you’re into long wb go with flames, short wb go with clouds.

[TumKayo]

I like how they look for sure, but they seem a little less functional than other shapes. Correct me if I’m wrong, I haven’t skated shapes like that.

[finecojeffe]

anyone know the width on the 9.25 Girl/Chocolate couch shape at the trucks? I thought I read 8.75 somewhere but I can't find it to be sure. Trying to decide on this or the 9.0 and going with either Indy 169 or 159...

[jay_nev]

anyone know the width on the 9.25 Girl/Chocolate couch shape at the trucks? I thought I read 8.75 somewhere but I can't find it to be sure. Trying to decide on this or the 9.0 and going with either Indy 169 or 159...

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Those creature decks are cool.

What does the width measure over trucks?

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same as the couch shape. ~9" front 8.75" back

search this thread for "couch" there's some good pics, peoiple have used both, indy 169 and ace 55, and also smaller trucks

[finecojeffe]

ah search...it's odd when i completely forget such a thing exists. Having a brain fog today. Thanks for the info though!

[TumKayo]

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Picked up some Ace 55’s on sale.

I need a rad big boy deck to pair with the trucks.

I don’t want a 15 inch wb.

Any recommendations?

What are everyones go-to decks for Ace 55’s?

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If you can find one, Heroin Curb crusher XL is pretty great with those!

Did you ever get back on the Street Baller?

[Sundaynuggets]

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Picked up some Ace 55’s on sale.

I need a rad big boy deck to pair with the trucks.

I don’t want a 15 inch wb.

Any recommendations?

What are everyones go-to decks for Ace 55’s?

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If you can find one, Heroin Curb crusher XL is pretty great with those!

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Did you ever get back on the Street Baller?

Nah, not yet, going through a popsicle phase at the moment haha

I’m sure I’ll be back in shaped deck mode soon enough though

[Gray Imp Sausage Metal]

anyone know the width on the 9.25 Girl/Chocolate couch shape at the trucks? I thought I read 8.75 somewhere but I can't find it to be sure. Trying to decide on this or the 9.0 and going with either Indy 169 or 159...

id go with 159s personally, I have film 6.0s on my couch shape

[Freelancevagrant]

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Picked up some Ace 55’s on sale.

I need a rad big boy deck to pair with the trucks.

I don’t want a 15 inch wb.

Any recommendations?

What are everyones go-to decks for Ace 55’s?

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If you can find one, Heroin Curb crusher XL is pretty great with those!

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Did you ever get back on the Street Baller?

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Nah, not yet, going through a popsicle phase at the moment haha

I’m sure I’ll be back in shaped deck mode soon enough though

Polar 1991/1992, Cardiel Football, Polar Dane1, Heroin 9.4 egg

[chat noir]

what size indies are you riding with the dane 1? 169s?

[jay_nev]

what size indies are you riding with the dane 1? 169s?

depends what you're looking for, wider/stable then go bigger.. 8.75" trucks and 9" trucks both work. tons of dane 1 set ups in this thread you can browse and compare.

[TumKayo]

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Picked up some Ace 55’s on sale.

I need a rad big boy deck to pair with the trucks.

I don’t want a 15 inch wb.

Any recommendations?

What are everyones go-to decks for Ace 55’s?

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If you can find one, Heroin Curb crusher XL is pretty great with those!

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Did you ever get back on the Street Baller?

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Nah, not yet, going through a popsicle phase at the moment haha

I’m sure I’ll be back in shaped deck mode soon enough though

Nice. I’m digging the big popsicles too. What’s on deck for you after the Santa Cruz?

[Sundaynuggets]

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Picked up some Ace 55’s on sale.

I need a rad big boy deck to pair with the trucks.

I don’t want a 15 inch wb.

Any recommendations?

What are everyones go-to decks for Ace 55’s?

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If you can find one, Heroin Curb crusher XL is pretty great with those!

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Did you ever get back on the Street Baller?

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Nah, not yet, going through a popsicle phase at the moment haha

I’m sure I’ll be back in shaped deck mode soon enough though

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Nice. I’m digging the big popsicles too. What’s on deck for you after the Santa Cruz?

I got one of those 9.25 Heroin popsicles with the shorter wheelbase I’m looking forward to setting up! I’ll either set that up or go back to the 10’ Heroin egg I was riding a couple months ago. I rode it maybe five or six times before switching out so I still have a lot of life left in that one.

You still on the Street baller?

[finecojeffe]

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anyone know the width on the 9.25 Girl/Chocolate couch shape at the trucks? I thought I read 8.75 somewhere but I can't find it to be sure. Trying to decide on this or the 9.0 and going with either Indy 169 or 159...

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id go with 159s personally, I have film 6.0s on my couch shape

thanks, I am probably going with the 159's for it. Gonna be a little bit till I pull the trigger though because I wound up ordering one of those socal skate 9" deck which backs up the drkrm I just set up. Definitely looking forward to the smaller wheelbase, but I've found I like a shorter nose. Seems like the couch has a normal nose, and with any board where the nose is 7" or more I can't nollie very well for some reason. But that sub 14" wheelbase will definitely be something I look forward to regardless.

[jay_nev]

10" mutant
https://laborskateshop.com/products/mutant-deck?variant=32200879833190

[TumKayo]

^^^nice. Calsk8 still has a bunch too. Great deck, my favorite non-egg shape currently

I got one of those 9.25 Heroin popsicles with the shorter wheelbase I’m looking forward to setting up! I’ll either set that up or go back to the 10’ Heroin egg I was riding a couple months ago. I rode it maybe five or six times before switching out so I still have a lot of life left in that one.

You still on the Street baller?

I got the Street Baller on Ace 55s. I love it, almost as much as the Mutant, but I barely skate it. I’m having a hard time with my Ace trucks again. Mainly because I just moved to a crusty/chunky city and can’t use big wheels on them. I’m finding the razortop to feel exceptional under my feet, however it’s easier to chip than a regular top construction.

That 9.25 Heroin purpsicle is soo good. It’s all I want to skate right now, but alas I have Ace 66s on it and the small wheels get caught up on things for me.

[Sundaynuggets]

^^^nice. Calsk8 still has a bunch too. Great deck, my favorite non-egg shape currently

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I got one of those 9.25 Heroin popsicles with the shorter wheelbase I’m looking forward to setting up! I’ll either set that up or go back to the 10’ Heroin egg I was riding a couple months ago. I rode it maybe five or six times before switching out so I still have a lot of life left in that one.

You still on the Street baller?

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I got the Street Baller on Ace 55s. I love it, almost as much as the Mutant, but I barely skate it. I’m having a hard time with my Ace trucks again. Mainly because I just moved to a crusty/chunky city and can’t use big wheels on them. I’m finding the razortop to feel exceptional under my feet, however it’s easier to chip than a regular top construction.

That 9.25 Heroin purpsicle is soo good. It’s all I want to skate right now, but alas I have Ace 66s on it and the small wheels get caught up on things for me.

Interesting! Do you get wheelbite on the Aces when you use big wheels? I was riding 44’s with 61mm wheels a couple years ago without any problems but I rode them medium tight back then.

Nice, I’m looking forward to skating the Purplesicle too. The Creature is fun but I could use a more concave and maybe steeper kicks. The Heroin seems to fit that bill. I’d like to try a 9+ popsicle made by South central to see how that feels. I got some 8.8/9’ square popsicles made by Pennswood in their deep concave a while back and those are fantastic

[TumKayo]

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^^^nice. Calsk8 still has a bunch too. Great deck, my favorite non-egg shape currently

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I got one of those 9.25 Heroin popsicles with the shorter wheelbase I’m looking forward to setting up! I’ll either set that up or go back to the 10’ Heroin egg I was riding a couple months ago. I rode it maybe five or six times before switching out so I still have a lot of life left in that one.

You still on the Street baller?

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I got the Street Baller on Ace 55s. I love it, almost as much as the Mutant, but I barely skate it. I’m having a hard time with my Ace trucks again. Mainly because I just moved to a crusty/chunky city and can’t use big wheels on them. I’m finding the razortop to feel exceptional under my feet, however it’s easier to chip than a regular top construction.

That 9.25 Heroin purpsicle is soo good. It’s all I want to skate right now, but alas I have Ace 66s on it and the small wheels get caught up on things for me.

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Interesting! Do you get wheelbite on the Aces when you use big wheels? I was riding 44’s with 61mm wheels a couple years ago without any problems but I rode them medium tight back then.

Nice, I’m looking forward to skating the Purplesicle too. The Creature is fun but I could use a more concave and maybe steeper kicks. The Heroin seems to fit that bill. I’d like to try a 9+ popsicle made by South central to see how that feels. I got some 8.8/9’ square popsicles made by Pennswood in their deep concave a while back and those are fantastic

Ya I get some serious wheelbite with Aces on wheels over 53mm and especially wheels with a wider profile than a classic shape. I like Aces a lot though, apart from that issue, so I just use them on setups that see no city cruising action where I’d want big wheels. Parks, flatground stuff and smoother street.

The purp is so awesome. The short-ish wb for such a big popsicle, makes it feel really manageable and easy going. The 15” wb popsicles definitely take a little more effort to do things, but I like those just as much in certain situations.

I like way too many of these shapes it’s getting scary. I was hoping I’d weed out and sell the shapes I don’t like, but so far that was only the Villani egg. At least I learnt from all this that I don’t need a board under 8.75” wide anymore.

[Sundaynuggets]

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^^^nice. Calsk8 still has a bunch too. Great deck, my favorite non-egg shape currently

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I got one of those 9.25 Heroin popsicles with the shorter wheelbase I’m looking forward to setting up! I’ll either set that up or go back to the 10’ Heroin egg I was riding a couple months ago. I rode it maybe five or six times before switching out so I still have a lot of life left in that one.

You still on the Street baller?

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I got the Street Baller on Ace 55s. I love it, almost as much as the Mutant, but I barely skate it. I’m having a hard time with my Ace trucks again. Mainly because I just moved to a crusty/chunky city and can’t use big wheels on them. I’m finding the razortop to feel exceptional under my feet, however it’s easier to chip than a regular top construction.

That 9.25 Heroin purpsicle is soo good. It’s all I want to skate right now, but alas I have Ace 66s on it and the small wheels get caught up on things for me.

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Interesting! Do you get wheelbite on the Aces when you use big wheels? I was riding 44’s with 61mm wheels a couple years ago without any problems but I rode them medium tight back then.

Nice, I’m looking forward to skating the Purplesicle too. The Creature is fun but I could use a more concave and maybe steeper kicks. The Heroin seems to fit that bill. I’d like to try a 9+ popsicle made by South central to see how that feels. I got some 8.8/9’ square popsicles made by Pennswood in their deep concave a while back and those are fantastic

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Ya I get some serious wheelbite with Aces on wheels over 53mm and especially wheels with a wider profile than a classic shape. I like Aces a lot though, apart from that issue, so I just use them on setups that see no city cruising action where I’d want big wheels. Parks, flatground stuff and smoother street.

The purp is so awesome. The short-ish wb for such a big popsicle, makes it feel really manageable and easy going. The 15” wb popsicles definitely take a little more effort to do things, but I like those just as much in certain situations.

I like way too many of these shapes it’s getting scary. I was hoping I’d weed out and sell the shapes I don’t like, but so far that was only the Villani egg. At least I learnt from all this that I don’t need a board under 8.75” wide anymore.

I gotcha, totally forgot that I use risers on pretty much all my trucks, so that makes sense.

Yeah, the short wheelbase is what sold me on that. I had an Antihero in 9.1 and the wheelbase was around 15’ or so which was too much for me. I hope to see more fat boy popsicles with short wb, would be cool to see some -32’ long ones too.

Haha the shapes have a grip on me too. I think I like the Eggs the best overall

[TumKayo]

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^^^nice. Calsk8 still has a bunch too. Great deck, my favorite non-egg shape currently

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I got one of those 9.25 Heroin popsicles with the shorter wheelbase I’m looking forward to setting up! I’ll either set that up or go back to the 10’ Heroin egg I was riding a couple months ago. I rode it maybe five or six times before switching out so I still have a lot of life left in that one.

You still on the Street baller?

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I got the Street Baller on Ace 55s. I love it, almost as much as the Mutant, but I barely skate it. I’m having a hard time with my Ace trucks again. Mainly because I just moved to a crusty/chunky city and can’t use big wheels on them. I’m finding the razortop to feel exceptional under my feet, however it’s easier to chip than a regular top construction.

That 9.25 Heroin purpsicle is soo good. It’s all I want to skate right now, but alas I have Ace 66s on it and the small wheels get caught up on things for me.

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Interesting! Do you get wheelbite on the Aces when you use big wheels? I was riding 44’s with 61mm wheels a couple years ago without any problems but I rode them medium tight back then.

Nice, I’m looking forward to skating the Purplesicle too. The Creature is fun but I could use a more concave and maybe steeper kicks. The Heroin seems to fit that bill. I’d like to try a 9+ popsicle made by South central to see how that feels. I got some 8.8/9’ square popsicles made by Pennswood in their deep concave a while back and those are fantastic

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Ya I get some serious wheelbite with Aces on wheels over 53mm and especially wheels with a wider profile than a classic shape. I like Aces a lot though, apart from that issue, so I just use them on setups that see no city cruising action where I’d want big wheels. Parks, flatground stuff and smoother street.

The purp is so awesome. The short-ish wb for such a big popsicle, makes it feel really manageable and easy going. The 15” wb popsicles definitely take a little more effort to do things, but I like those just as much in certain situations.

I like way too many of these shapes it’s getting scary. I was hoping I’d weed out and sell the shapes I don’t like, but so far that was only the Villani egg. At least I learnt from all this that I don’t need a board under 8.75” wide anymore.

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I gotcha, totally forgot that I use risers on pretty much all my trucks, so that makes sense.

Yeah, the short wheelbase is what sold me on that. I had an Antihero in 9.1 and the wheelbase was around 15’ or so which was too much for me. I hope to see more fat boy popsicles with short wb, would be cool to see some -32’ long ones too.

Haha the shapes have a grip on me too. I think I like the Eggs the best overall

Dude the 9.4 egg is amazing! I think I like it better than the 10” egg. You had an Eggxorcist deck right?

You ever skate a Krooked Beemer deck?

[Sundaynuggets]

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^^^nice. Calsk8 still has a bunch too. Great deck, my favorite non-egg shape currently

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I got one of those 9.25 Heroin popsicles with the shorter wheelbase I’m looking forward to setting up! I’ll either set that up or go back to the 10’ Heroin egg I was riding a couple months ago. I rode it maybe five or six times before switching out so I still have a lot of life left in that one.

You still on the Street baller?

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I got the Street Baller on Ace 55s. I love it, almost as much as the Mutant, but I barely skate it. I’m having a hard time with my Ace trucks again. Mainly because I just moved to a crusty/chunky city and can’t use big wheels on them. I’m finding the razortop to feel exceptional under my feet, however it’s easier to chip than a regular top construction.

That 9.25 Heroin purpsicle is soo good. It’s all I want to skate right now, but alas I have Ace 66s on it and the small wheels get caught up on things for me.

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Interesting! Do you get wheelbite on the Aces when you use big wheels? I was riding 44’s with 61mm wheels a couple years ago without any problems but I rode them medium tight back then.

Nice, I’m looking forward to skating the Purplesicle too. The Creature is fun but I could use a more concave and maybe steeper kicks. The Heroin seems to fit that bill. I’d like to try a 9+ popsicle made by South central to see how that feels. I got some 8.8/9’ square popsicles made by Pennswood in their deep concave a while back and those are fantastic

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Ya I get some serious wheelbite with Aces on wheels over 53mm and especially wheels with a wider profile than a classic shape. I like Aces a lot though, apart from that issue, so I just use them on setups that see no city cruising action where I’d want big wheels. Parks, flatground stuff and smoother street.

The purp is so awesome. The short-ish wb for such a big popsicle, makes it feel really manageable and easy going. The 15” wb popsicles definitely take a little more effort to do things, but I like those just as much in certain situations.

I like way too many of these shapes it’s getting scary. I was hoping I’d weed out and sell the shapes I don’t like, but so far that was only the Villani egg. At least I learnt from all this that I don’t need a board under 8.75” wide anymore.

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I gotcha, totally forgot that I use risers on pretty much all my trucks, so that makes sense.

Yeah, the short wheelbase is what sold me on that. I had an Antihero in 9.1 and the wheelbase was around 15’ or so which was too much for me. I hope to see more fat boy popsicles with short wb, would be cool to see some -32’ long ones too.

Haha the shapes have a grip on me too. I think I like the Eggs the best overall

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Dude the 9.4 egg is amazing! I think I like it better than the 10” egg. You had an Eggxorcist deck right?

You ever skate a Krooked Beemer deck?

Yup! Eggxorcist was my favorite shaped deck for sure! Pretty much perfect.

Never tried the beemer, is that the long one with the indented bars on bottom? I know it’s totally opposite, but I think the Krooked Zip Zogger might be up in my top three favorite shaped decks as well. 9.4 egg, Zogger and Dane 1

[NORTHBYMIDWEST]

pulled the trigger on a mutant and some 215's, I can't remember the last time I was this excited to set a board up haha. I also want to try that DMODW 9.25 Popsicle before they sell out, I've skated the orange eagle and a couple santa cruz/creature 9" popsicles with the long wheelbases and liked them a lot so I imagine the DMODW board will be even better.

[jay_nev]

Speaking of.. deerman of dark woods

Work has been rough/long hours so I set this up last night but haven’t skated. It’s been 30° - 40° here already with snow on the ground and a mix of rain and snow next 4/5 days.



Heroin Call of the wild series
Deck Specs:
Width: 9.25"
Length: 32.5"
Wheelbase: 14.26" (actually measures 13.375”..perfectly between 14.25” and 14.5”)
Nose: 7.5"
Tail: 6.6"

Indy 169 ti, 97a bushings, 2 washers inside/1out
1/8” risers
Spitfire 55mm OG classics

[Sundaynuggets]

Speaking of.. dearman of dark woods


Work has been rough/long hours and I set this up as therapy last night but haven’t skated. It’s been 30° - 40° here already with snow on the ground and a mix of rain and snow next 4/5 days.





Heroin Call of the wild series
Deck Specs:
Width: 9.25"
Length: 32.5"
Wheelbase: 14.26" (actually measures 13.375”..perfectly between 14.25” and 14.5”)
Nose: 7.5"
Tail: 6.6"


Indy 169 ti, 97a bushings, 2 washers inside/1out
1/8” risers
Spitfire 55mm OG classics

Nice, that’s almost exactly what my next set up is going to be like. Ti’s are great on those big set ups

[Prostate Exam]

Here are some photos of my boards that I have skated the past 2-3 years and will skate in the future:



My current and future setup: The Mutant 10'. One of my favourite boards of alltime



Another great one: The Fixer Pig Tank 9.75. Fixer boards have some of the most appealing graphics and good wood. The Pig Tank has one of the best shapes ever.



Two Death 9.75s and 2 BlackLabel Lance Mountain 10 boards. Both pretty good but hard to get these days




My cruisers: A Ben Schroeder Reissue, a Gator Board I found in a Barn with Original Tracker Trucks and a Barrier Kult Pig





A welcome 9.75, a Witchcraft 9.0 and two blast 9.6s

I always rode Ace 66s on my boards and they fit them perfectly.

(Sorry for the big images)

[jay_nev]

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Speaking of.. dearman of dark woods


Work has been rough/long hours and I set this up as therapy last night but haven’t skated. It’s been 30° - 40° here already with snow on the ground and a mix of rain and snow next 4/5 days.





Heroin Call of the wild series
Deck Specs:
Width: 9.25"
Length: 32.5"
Wheelbase: 14.26" (actually measures 13.375”..perfectly between 14.25” and 14.5”)
Nose: 7.5"
Tail: 6.6"


Indy 169 ti, 97a bushings, 2 washers inside/1out
1/8” risers
Spitfire 55mm OG classics

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Nice, that’s almost exactly what my next set up is going to be like. Ti’s are great on those big set ups

yeah! Too much to try this winter. Got two set up’s I want to tinker with and dial in a few things. I wasn’t in love with the idea of setting up indy’s again but they’re the widest truck I have and figured the Ti would work well. And I’m liking and keeping the 55’s on my polar 9” with 14.5” wb.

This definitely “feels” like the biggest set up I’ve had with its fat/full nose and tail. Moreso than a Dane 1 at 9.75” for example which I also have. Excited to try this, pop feels like it’s going to be snappy already.

[animalflesh]

Honestly since switching back I’ve been enjoying Indy’s a lot, especially my 169 Ti

[Sundaynuggets]

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Speaking of.. dearman of dark woods


Work has been rough/long hours and I set this up as therapy last night but haven’t skated. It’s been 30° - 40° here already with snow on the ground and a mix of rain and snow next 4/5 days.





Heroin Call of the wild series
Deck Specs:
Width: 9.25"
Length: 32.5"
Wheelbase: 14.26" (actually measures 13.375”..perfectly between 14.25” and 14.5”)
Nose: 7.5"
Tail: 6.6"


Indy 169 ti, 97a bushings, 2 washers inside/1out
1/8” risers
Spitfire 55mm OG classics

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Nice, that’s almost exactly what my next set up is going to be like. Ti’s are great on those big set ups

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yeah! Too much to try this winter. Got two set up’s I want to tinker with and dial in a few things. I wasn’t in love with the idea of setting up indy’s again but they’re the widest truck I have and figured the Ti would work well. And I’m liking and keeping the 55’s on my polar 9” with 14.5” wb.

This definitely “feels” like the biggest set up I’ve had with its fat/full nose and tail. Moreso than a Dane 1 at 9.75” for example which I also have. Excited to try this, pop feels like it’s going to be snappy already.

I’m curious if it will feel similar size wise to the 10’ Gold egg. That and the Zip Zogger (much shorter, but 10.75 wide) feel like the biggest decks I’ve skated, but the Egg has the tapered nose/tail

[Schinken]

Since some of you like shorter wheelbase:
I've drilled a second pair of holes in my baseplates so I can shorten the wheelbase by approx. 0.4" per truck.
Opened up a lot more options on decks.

[TumKayo]

pulled the trigger on a mutant and some 215's, I can't remember the last time I was this excited to set a board up haha. I also want to try that DMODW 9.25 Popsicle before they sell out, I've skated the orange eagle and a couple santa cruz/creature 9" popsicles with the long wheelbases and liked them a lot so I imagine the DMODW board will be even better.

Nice! Mutant on 215s is so money. Don’t sleep on that 9.25 popsicle! I hope Heroin keeps making all these big boards, they’re all I want to skate.

@ProstateExam Mutant mounds! I wish I could get on that level. I love that shape too, probably the most comfortable under my feet.

@Jay_Nev DMODW looks so good with 169s! I hope to try the Ti version next year, see how much it effects pop.

@SundayNuggets Zogger sounds fun! I’m honestly a little afraid it’ll be too much of a cruiser, but it’s worth a shot next year if it comes back. The 9.25 Popsicle on 66s with small wheels is definitely less board than the 10” egg on 215s/169s with big wheels. I will swap around stuff over the holidays and test this theory too.