I’ve skated it now for a few weeks, and I think when they come back in stock I’m going to just order like 4-5 more, and they’ll just be my go-to board. Maybe it’s just the odd shape, or the fact that it’s so wide, but it seems like there’s more “give” and you don’t have to be exactly perfect a lot of the time. I was trying some stuff I hadn’t ever tried before, and just having a sick session.įor the mini ramp I was skating it was working really well, then I switched over and skated some street stuff and it performed just as good there. I was joking around with my buddy that the board had the spirit of Andy Anderson in it. Just the wideness of it, and how it balances, I had a sick session. So once I set my board up, it was time to hit up the park and test it. I ride the minilogo 8.75 trucks with the 9 and I ride minilogo 8.38 trucks with the 8.45.” How the Andy Anderson board skates The trucks should be a little narrower than the board to stabilize primos. “The 8.45 feels like a 8.25 and the 9 feels like a 8.75. here’s exactly what he said on what size trucks I should skate for his board. On the topic of trucks and sizes, since the board is uniquely shaped and sized, I sent andy Anderson a message on instagram and he actually got back to me. I’ll maybe make a truck blog review later. I was skating mini-logo trucks for my last set, and I had some thunders before that, and some old grind kings I was skating earlier too. I opted for the normal Independent trucks. I had to buy new trucks to fit it (8.75″). Once they came back in stock, I bought one the first day they were back. I thought, maybe I’d get that one, BUT…to do it right, I had to try the 9.1″. I told myself, “I need to get this board.” When Flight released it, they also released it in a 8.45″ model. It’s hard to really say the dimension, because it’s got little “wings” and stuff. The other thing…he skates his board super wide. He’s got a theory and philosophy behind his shape that makes it super unique. Now, Andy Anderson has his own shape to his board. Turns out, he got sponsored by Powell Peralta, and they made a Flight board for him. I told myself “OK, the 8.25 is what my size is, that’s what I’m going to skate.” NKA Vids changed my skatingĪnd then I came across Andy Anderson Via NKA Vids on Youtube, and he instantly became my favorite skateboarder.
Maybe I was just so used to the 8.25, and the 8.25 felt “right”. I mostly skate stuff like bowls and transition, so most basic knowledge says “go wider board for that.” For some reason the 8.5 didn’t feel as good as the 8.25. Since I’m a bit bigger and taller, this seemed to make sense. Everyone kept telling me “You gotta go 8.5”. I tried an 8.25 for a while after the 7.75. It was ok, but I was sort of used to the 8.0. From then on, all I skate(d) was/is Flight decks.Īfter the 8.0 wore out a bit, I decided to try a 7.75 Flight. Doing some research, they have a couple layers of carbon fiber, so they’re even lighter than normal skateboards, and also, only a bit more money, not crazily more expensive. I was looking up skateboards that hopefully didn’t break (or weren’t supposed to) and I came across Flight boards from Powell Peralta.
Weighing 175-180 lbs doesn’t help either. Boards that don’t break?īegining a couple years ago (and even when I was a teenager), I was breaking boards seemingly all the time due to just not being very good at skateboarding, and landing wrong. I just thought “they’re supposed to flip better, and flip tricks are cool, so I’ll get a board that flips better…” This of course didn’t take into consideration I couldn’t even do a flip trick, but hey, at least I had an idea. When I was a teenager just starting to skate, I always favored smaller boards, around 7.5-7.75. A shaped Creature board that was 8.0, and even a small freestyle board.
Over the last couple years I’ve tried a lot of different size boards to find out what works best for me. Andy Anderson Pro-Model Flight Deck – Skateboard Review (9.1″)
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