There's nothing I'm more uncomfortable on than when my board feels like a Cadillac when I wanted a Corvette.Ī deck's wheelbase can be off from what's advertised as well, and I'm sure we all know that's even more of a big pain in the ass. It's always the lengths that give me trouble. I've never really had any problems with getting inconsistently advertised deck widths, the width is usually always pretty spot on. A little bit shorter is ok, down to around 31.5', and 32.25' isn't too bad on the longer side either, but even that feels a tad long.

I tend to prefer somewhat shorter decks, 32' is the sweet spot for me. If I want a deck that's a little bit longer in the first place then ok, I don't care, I asked for that, but if I get a deck because of its exact advertised dimensions, something that I hunted down to find and saved up the money for and had my heart set on it being exactly what I paid that money to be and it isn't, yeah I'm pissed. The inconsistency of deck length measurements between different companies is very frustrating.Ī deck that may be advertised as 8.25 X 32 and then comes in and measures out to be 8.25 X 32.5 is enough to bum me out. Big and fat, skinny and narrow, short and long.Įither buying a deck at a shop in person or, of course, in the last few years, ordering them online, the one thing that always worries me about ordering a deck before I personally can see and measure it and put it down under my feet is deck length. Throughout all of my skateboarding years I've had a lot of decks.

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