This guide will help answer some of the questions you may have when deciding which skateboard deck to buy. Skateboard decks tend to be designed around four common types of skating. FYI - When you see 8.25x33 beside the name of the deck. This means that the board is 8.25" wide and 33" long.
Transition and Vert
Typically people who skate mostly vert ramps and pools you can go with a little bit of a wider board. This is common for this type of skating. Resonable choices could be 8.25" or 8.5". This will give you more stability.
Street and Technical
For street or technical skating an 8" deck or smaller is usually the best choice. This will allow you to do flip tricks, grinds, and technical combos with more ease than with a wider deck. 7.5", 7.75" and 8" are all excellent choices.
Both / All Terrain
If you are planning to skate parks and street equally or only want to have one setup for both then you would want to choose something in between. An 8" deck would probably be a great choice. Of course if you do one more than the other you would probably want to adapt slightly in that direction. Skinnier decks are less stable on ramps and wider decks are more clumsy for flip tricks. Find a happy medium :)
Cruising & Carving
There are a lot of options for cruising decks. Most people go with a hefty wide old school deck or a longboard deck. The larger the board the more control and stability it will provide. Think about getting a sweet retro 80s deck. See Longboard & Old School Skateboard Decks
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