What Size Skateboard Should I Buy?
Skateboards come in many different sizes to suit different riders. They are usually sized by width, common widths are 7.75″, 8.0″, and 8.25″. The lengths vary too but this is less important, street skateboards are usually around 32″ long. They are also grouped by Full-Sized Skateboards and Junior-Sized Skateboards.
Choosing a width depends on your age, experience, and what type of skating you want to do. Some people recommend choosing a deck size based on your shoe size, this isn’t necessarily the right advice for beginners as technically you can ride any size, but your height is more important.
Why the difference in widths? Thinner boards, 7.75″ and below, will be lighter which helps with ollies (jumping the board!), and will flip faster (a spin trick!) but they will have less room on the deck for your feet making it a bit harder to land big tricks.
Wider boards, over 8.0″, are heavier and so require more effort to do tricks, but they have much more space on the deck for foot control and more room for error when landing tricks.
For beginners, we recommend you pick a skateboard based on your age and height. If you’re under 10 years old or under 5ft tall then we recommend a Junior sized skateboard, if you’re over 10 years old or over 5ft then you’ll be suited to a full-sized skateboard.