are we getting fat?

Posted: September 26th, 2009 | Author: happybattle | Filed under: other, skateboard | Tags: , , | 2 Comments »

not me. you think i would just sitting for 6 weeks. but i don’t work like that. anyways. no, whats getting fat are our skateboards! and its not subtle. even i put on some .10th of an inch.
i don’t know a single person who hasn’t gone up a size in skateboards decks. when i started the year, it seemed like most people i knew skated on 7.6″ wide skateboard decks. 7.6s were pluntifull and we were all happy. now. not even a year later. most companies are only releasing maybe one 7.6 model, and many 8 + inch decks. and people seem to be loving it. what happened? feb.. 7.6s and skinny low trucks. now. 8″ and wide hi trucks. skate videos don’t seem to be any different, though most videos have been shot over the last couple years. not this summer. so whats happened? why is this happening? i know i was more “comfortable” moving up to the 7.75″. and i get that from other people on the 8″. but, i don’t really know. why did you change deck size. and don’t be telling me. “oh, i always have ridden 8″s”..

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2 Comments on “are we getting fat?”

  1. 1 Sutherland Boswell said at 8:28 pm on September 26th, 2009:

    I had been skating 7.75-7.8 for awhile, and maybe like a week ago made the switch to an 8… I needed a board and it was the only size any of my friends had. Feels pretty good so far, looking forward to getting more time on it.

  2. 2 NYSkateboarding said at 12:03 am on September 27th, 2009:

    I’ve been riding 8.5+ (not so easy to find) for a few years now…
    As I got older my boards pref got wider. For me it was definitely because I was skating less flat and skating more transition.