I love switching between different set ups even though I have no tricks in the bag besides the ollie. There’s always something I like about a different set up. And thanks to this channel I actually know a lot more about what sets one set up apart from the other.
I can't believe our decks were 10 inches in the 80's, that thing looks huge . I was looking at boards over 8.5 now I know not to go beyond that scale, so glad ya did this video.
Your son did a great job filming and giving you a hard time. I think the flat ground tricks look great on the big board. It is just gnarly. Sorry you slammed the transition out of yourself. You will be back at the big bowl. It is just who you are. I also just bought a 8.75. I went with the Welcome Chris Miller Sleeping Cat on cat blood 2.0. it is a shaped deck. I love my 10 inch Welcome and excited to out this one together. I bought the new Grind Kings to put in it.
@@josephacevedo8576 I'm 5 ft 6 and weigh 54kg and I skate a 9.0. I'd def reccomend a big board. I personally dig it, its just whatever you're comfy with I guess. I can do anything my friends can do on their 8.0 boards with my 9.0. Once you get used to a big deck i find it's so much more comfy and landing tricks is so easy having the extra space😊
Ive been skating deluxe’s 8.5 x 32.5 x 14.75 lately. I thought 14.75 would be too much wheelbase, but after watching paul schmitt’s nine club and hearing him talk about longer wheelbases for taller skaters, i wanted to give it a try. I love it! I do mostly basic ledge stuff and dont flip my board a ton, so im not sure if it would be a good fit if i was more tech, but it definitely works for what I do.
I like to ride bigger wheels or use risers as well on my bigger decks. Makes the pop steeper (Watch schmitt’s pop ollies higher) which gives my longer legs time to slide up the board vs a quicker pop & having to slider faster than I want.
They are harder to flip, I got an 8.75 anti hero/grimple stix, didnt like adjusting my flick for the length of the board. So now I'm on an 8.5" width 32" length 14.25" wheelbase. It's almost perfect, but definately not as good for big Ollies like with a longer wheelbase.
I really recommend the 9.0 Bakers, they’re WIDE, of course being a 9.0, but unlike what you make expect it’s only 32 inches in length, with a 14.25 inch wheel base
that board looks sick! I've been riding a krooked ronnie sandoval 8.5 full, 14.6wb, with indie 159s and i love it. and I'm a scrawny old dude, 38, 5'10, 130ish and it just works. I'm not doing flip tricks like i used to so i don't go skinnier than and 8.38. ps that nollie fs heel during that flat ground session was buttery!
I understand finding your limit for board size. I also really understand the limit on transition size - there comes a time (usually after a slam) when it seems too high to be worth it. Plus minis are fun as hell.
So.. I've picked up, or will be picking up a new skateboard in a month or so after 5-6 years of no skating. I skated for about 3 years total. Changed about 6 -7 decks. And I'd say I was just getting the hang of it. Was midway learning how to vert skate, and was already landing 360 flips and those similar '' intermediate'' tricks. And I jsut stopped. For some reason, just one day, never stood on a skateboard, been watching your stuff for a few days. Gave ma a fuckton of insipiration to start it again, and as a form of cardio oppose to gymtime. Thanks for that man, appreciate it. Offtopic for anyone in the comment section, I used to ride 7.75 of those 6 decks, now im switching to an 8 as my first board after a few years, since my feet are bigger, and I remember having trouble landing on that 7.75 board.. and consider my local skateshops and even on the internet don't have the trucks I want which are ( funny enough ) indies. 149 to an 8 inch deck or 139? Cheers
When I got back into skating at 41 a year ago I started on an 8.75 and got reasonably good on it but I've got smaller gradually and I've found I like 8.18 but now I pick up that big deck and I don't know how I ever got it off the ground 8.75 is a big board for street in my opinion. Another at video Ben.thanks.
For me 8.25 feels like the perfect size, small enough to flip fast to get more technical tricks, wide enough I feel confident landing on it when doing gaps and such
Great video. Now think this. Jason Lee came up with the 'tre' using a 10.5 board. (I know that Rodney M did it before, but most people didn't even recognize a new trick.... 'Just another crazy Rodney trick'... There were so many of them that people couldn't differentiate them). Anyway, Jason L was awesome.
Man, you saying that sometimes you just get unlucky in skateboarding, just rung a bell. 😂 Tried to Pop shuv over a board yesterday and landed into a rough ankle roll. Keep killing it brother!
I love skating boards from 8.6 to 8.8 it just makes my flip tricks look better and I think it’s because of what you said about muscle memory because I tried to skate an 8.1 and it just wasn’t working
I've never bought any HUF shoe, but I'm bummed for sure. At least they're still selling the Dylan slip on on their website. I hope it lasts longer enough so I can get a pair someday.
Next you should try a 9 inch baker! The nose is pretty small compared to other 9s and the wheelbase 14.5, which is pretty common. I have one I haven’t set up yet and I’d love to know what you think before I ride it. You should also do a video on how different wheelbases affect your skating. Im riding a welcome right now with a 14 inch wheelbase and it feels pretty short. Thank you Ben, love your videos.
Hell yeah!! Maybe you should try the football shape Polar that’s 8.75? Around the trucks it’s 8.25 and from what I heard skates like a smaller board. Or try the Franky Villani/Big egg shape. The widest point is 9.1 or 9.25 and feels like a 8.5ish board
I've been skating 8.75s for several years now. Before that I skated 8.5s. Have dabbled in 9s, but those end up being a little too much for certain flip tricks(8.75s are a bit much for double heels, but that's about the only limiter I've noticed on them, plus my right ankle doesn't like that much heel flip action very often). I don't skate bowls though, just park stuff like manuals and ledges/flat bars and more mellow transition. Ankle has been a bit off so haven't skated much at all in the past few weeks; really looking forward to getting out soon. You did really well on a deck outside your comfort zone I think; was apparent it wasn't optimal, but you got a lot of your regular tricks on it. Also: that 8.75 full anti hero sounds exactly like something I'd love to skate, just ordered one online after watching this.
Just got a Santa Cruz 9" flamming dot. everything about it is pretty medium except it's huge all over. It's 32.5" long with 14.5" wheel base the nose and tail are a hair under 6.75" with one finger of flat I can't tell the difference. It's the most symmetrical board I ever had. Just got it in the mail. Picked this just so I won't do tricks and get hurt. I'm 49 and can't lose my union construction job Got 60mm Ricta clouds and it's my liquor store cruiser. The size is still tripping me out. Haven't rode anything this big since the '80s.
Ok. 9" update. I was skating my old 8.25s for a while. Then an abdominal injury at work. So off my feet a long time. Finally got going this summer. The original idea for a 9" was a commute board with soft 60mms that I couldn't get hurt doing tricks with. Because it's too big for me to manipulate. I'm in my 50s and can't afford it. This fucker flies like the wind and it's so big I can't do any tricks. Including kick turns:( Wouldn't recommend it to anyone.
@@lowek7773 Yep... the first time I brought it out at a local Park, a kid about 14 y/o saw me and asked if he could try it... first thing he did was huck a perfect KF....and I've got Indy 215s on it. HA!!
A couple of years ago, I redrilled the wheelbase on a 8.88 creature from 15” to 14.25”. Then I traced and cut a baker b16 shape nose and tail. All the sweet width, but much better for flip tricks. I’m not a fan of the full noses that are trending right now. With your carpentry and skate skills it would be cool to see you reshape some boards.
Man I'm from Italy and I love your style of skating and your videos, for your age you're sick and a big inspiration. Sorry for the random question, I wanted to ask you which pants are you skating at 6:00. I need baggy jeans and those look nice. Anyway great video, keep it up!
I've been on 8,5 boards for a long time, not going any less wide (maybe 8,38 once in a while), but after this video I really wanna try something a little bit bigger. Maybe even a fat shaped board, would be fun to trick around with
go for it, any good shop would have em. where i shop its a whole row on the wall and completes on the shelves. try to keep the length at at least 31”, for a 5’10 guy at least.
@@rupert6478 still have a shaped board setup as a cruiser/fuck around board now, but still mainly ride 8,5s. i recommend the fat boards, theyre super fun
4:17 Boss I am done doing inventory for the warehouse… Boss: Good! now stand here! Hands behind you back and watch me skate! And make sure clap when I land my tricks!!
PHeMoX less than 55 or 56mm and i’m just riding the wheels for the hell of it. (have a board with 52s i wore to 48 for that.) he should really try that size on this deck.
i thought i was riding an 8.5 for about 2 months, turned out to be 8.75 the whole time... Drastic change from the 8 I came from before that.. even more drastic change from the 7.75 i grew up with...
Lolol his sun's comments r badass I like he said that's a dumbell instead of a dumb bail 🤣 made me reconsider what I been saying for years n consider the first guy who drop hard his board n said damn that's a dumbell n ppl was like yea dumb bail ... n the father of dumb bail term said yea that was dumb lol
I have always wanted to try an 8,75 setup seeing Kader Sylla rips on it. Think he rides an 8.8 or 8,75 x 32 x 14,5 on indy 169/159 with 58mm wheels. I know he on venture know but yeah!
when i start using 8.75 with 149 truks my skateboarding just got more consistent! no problem with flip triks! just got better! now i can do 360 flip in hig speed witout loosing control! and i can skate bowl and street in the same session! ss stance slides are very buttery with wide skateboard! the only thing i really cant do is the double flips....i dont like it anyway!
G’day Ben, Nick here from Australia. Long time subscriber first time commenter.... Anyway, I’m starting the process of building a home Mini ramp. As every skater knows, deciding on dimensions is the hardest part. I was hoping you would be able to let me know the dimensions of the Warehouse ramp in the video. It looks like a blast. Keep up the Video’s! You keep me sane. ✌🏼
Nice to see you give it a try, man. If you ever fell like trying that wide of a board again. The Blood Wizard 8.75's are only 32 long with a 14.5 wheel base.
I lied 😂 it’s pretty big I want to ride small boards again , my current two setups are the 8.5 and I have a 8.3 egg shaped deck on 8.0 trucks I like it. I might even skate a 8 or 7.75 again one day , people killed it on those boards .
bro try some tailslides or blunt slides! wide deck is magic for this triks! or if you do a lipslide bs/fs on the ledge you go to feel like fliy on space ship!hahaha
