Another means of finding the correct deck width is by using your shoe size. Simply put: The bigger your shoes, the wider the board should be. Initially, the size of your body can be a good guideline to choosing the right length of your deck. The smaller you are, the shorter your skateboard should be. Especially at the beginning, a slightly smaller board can be easier to control and you can get a better feel for the reactions and movements of your deck. For taller riders, longer decks are more suitable because it is easier to keep your balance.
This table should give you an overview of which deck length is best suited for your height. As always, these are just recommendations. Another factor when choosing your deck is your weight. Skateboarding is possible for anyone who wants to move. For big-boned skaters, we recommend deck structures with an 8-ply construction or special impact technologies that make the deck more resilient.
An overview of the various skateboard designs and technologies can be found here in the wiki. If you have any further questions or suggestions, you can leave a comment under this post, send us an email through our contact form, or ask our customer service team for advice in choosing the optimal deck. You can find other interesting information on skateboard trucks, wheels, bearings, bolts and more in the skatedeluxe Skateboard Wiki.
To ensure that the deck, trucks, and wheels, as well as the bearings and bhardware, fit together, we have created the skatedeluxe Skateboard Configurator. This allows you to easily display your individual selections and create a completely customized skateboard in six steps. Below you can find an overview of the most popular skateboard technologies. Have fun skating! Although most decks are made of seven layers of maple wood, there are, of course, a plethora of special deck technologies.
Most of them are aimed at making skateboard decks more durable and longer-lasting or reducing the weight. In the classic 7-ply construction , the skateboard consists of seven layers of maple wood.
The thin layers are dried and glued together with special adhesive. In the 8-ply construction , the deck is comprised of eight layers of maple wood. As with the 7-ply construction, the thin layers of maple wood are dried and glued together with special adhesive. The additional layer makes the board more stable, harder and more rigid.
Impact Support decks consist of eight layers of Canadian maple wood glued together with epoxy resin. Carbon fibre discs are also built into the bottom layer of the deck where the trucks meet the board. These dampen the impact forces on the deck when landing tricks and thus help prevent the deck from breaking.
The Impact Light construction is a modification of the Impact Support design with a few key differences. Instead of eight layers of Canadian maple wood, this construction only uses the classic seven layers. Additionally, instead of carbon discs in areas over the trucks, a die-cut top sheet made of carbon fibre is embedded into the deck. This makes it more stable, able to longer retain its tension, and yet extremely lightweight.
In the Featherlight construction, the deck is made with thinner layers of wood. However, these are adhered with particularly strong hardening glue, making the deck lighter overall and also increasing the pop. The construction of P2 skateboard decks includes six layers of traditional maple wood and an oval-shaped Kevlar fibre in the top layer.
Thus P2 decks are stronger, lighter and thinner than conventional decks. In addition, the Kevlar material ensures a better distribution of the impact forces, which increases the longevity and the pop. EMillion Fibertech decks consist of seven layers of maple wood and an additional fibreglass layer on top. This technology provides increased durability and longer-lasting pop.
This deck structure is an extension of the classic seven-ply construction. However, in the Resin-7 Epoxy R7 construction, the individual layers of wood are not bonded with water-based glue, rather with epoxy resin. This makes the deck lighter and more rigid. Aside from the varying names, everything is the same. Basically, these use the same technology as in the Resin-7 Epoxy R7. Almost all skate deck brands will have many options in this size range.
Note to Beginners: If you are completely new to skateboarding and are unsure what style of riding you may be attracted to, go with a deck size between 7. If you have smaller feet, stay on the narrow side of this scale, if you have larger feet do the opposite. Sizing is mostly based on feel. If it's comfortable under your feet when riding, it's a good size for you.
The length of your skateboard deck is another measurement to consider. Most skate decks are right around 31" - 33" long. Decks with a length of 33" and longer will also generally have a width of 8. Tired makes decks with longer wheelbases and would be a good place to start shopping. Decks longer than 33" will often have a proportionally longer wheelbase the distance between your front and rear wheels than decks shorter than 33".
A longer wheelbase will increase your stability, and increase your turning radius. A shorter wheelbase will be less stable, but has smaller, sharper turning radius, and responds more quickly to your movements. The turning radius is how sharply your board turns. A large turning radius doesn't turn as sharply, while a short turning radius turns more sharply. The stability increase that comes with a longer wheelbase is, again, beneficial when skating transition.
The ability to remain stable while charging up a vertical wall can be the difference between a good day and hard slam into the ground. This added stability of a longer wheelbase is not necessary for street skating. A longer wheelbase will sacrifice some of the deck's responsiveness and add to its weight, making flip tricks and other technical maneuvers more difficult.
This is a much more common size, and probably a better starting point. While the standard "popsicle" image of popsicle shape deck shape skate deck nearly symmetrical with rounded nose and tail remains the most popular, there are many shapes to choose from. There are squared noses and tails, tapered noses that come to a point, fishtails that taper in and bow out, and seemingly.
The popsicle shape deck is usually going to be the most functional for street skating and technical types of riding. The popsicle shape is nearly symmetrical with upturned nose and tail, which allows you to ride and perform tricks in both the "normal" stance skating with one's dominant foot forward and "switch" stance skating with one's non-dominant foot forward, generally a more challenging way to ride. The symmetry, or near symmetry, of the popsicle shape is also the best type for learning a variety of flip tricks.
Skaters who ride predominantly in their normal stance, and are less interested in the mastery of flip tricks, may find no difference in performance between popsicle and other shape decks, as long as they have both a curved nose and tail. Check out Welcome Skateboards for a variety of different shaped decks. The features of a skateboard deck we commonly select are based on width, and concave.
One problem that nobody seems to discuss is skateboard concave. Anytime I browse decks online, I begin filtering through size, brand, unique graphics, and reasonable prices. Some online retailers provide only width and length, others have more detailed listings. Whenever I stop a local shop to purchase a deck, I always stand on each one to feel them out. It can take me up to 30 minutes trying to decide upon what I like.
This is the BEST way to single out a board you like. Tim Piumarta, is an iconic figure and pioneer in the skateboarding industry. Known for being the first to put concave curves into a skateboard. Every manufacturer has their own style or philosophy. I base mine on actual functionality; what your foot feels like when molded into the concave itself. To get there, I do a lot of prototyping in foam cutting, letting all of our pro and amateur riders have a say in what feels good and what works before we cut tooling to make skateboards.
While these elements are a little more straightforward, beginner skaters often forget to consider the deck concave. Deck concave refers to the bend and curve of the deck between the nose and tail. The angle of it makes the difference between a mellow, medium or deep concave, and each of these styles have different pros and cons.
While much of it is preference, flatter boards generally more stable and easier to control, making them better for cruising or transition skating. Deeper concave gives better grip and maneuverability for flip tricks and technical skating. However, there are some fairly common types of concave that you can find easily. A progressive concave is very similar to radial, but with a steeper incline at the edge of the board.
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