Son filming his father skates. Thats the cutest thing ive seen today

invest in a kid, you get a free filmer

"Youre fat" lol. Your son did a good job.

I was thinking I was going to try and body check the ground from 5 feet up but since you had a bad experience I don’t think I will now.

Ben, You have taught me so much through your board reviews! I really really appreciate all the time and effort you take to put into these videos :)

I love switching between different set ups even though I have no tricks in the bag besides the ollie. There’s always something I like about a different set up. And thanks to this channel I actually know a lot more about what sets one set up apart from the other.

Your channel is amazing man. Love the rawness with high production value. Youre killing it boiii

We've been blessed with our second Anti Hero review

Your sons filming/commentary is great. Its awesome you have him involved. Great video!

Dropping by the comments before I watch the video. Thanks for the content!

I do find it interesting that like .25 of an inch can feel sooooo much different like its basically nothing but it makes your board feel like a boat

Woah Ben, you were nailing it on that first flat ground sesh. I'm always impressed with your skating mate.👍🤙

Your vid quality is getting better every time man keep it up! Love from Saskatoon

Cool video Ben...is good to know seen your videos in hard times...like therapy...good vibes bro hugs from Ecuador

that board looks sick! I've been riding a krooked ronnie sandoval 8.5 full, 14.6wb, with indie 159s and i love it. and I'm a scrawny old dude, 38, 5'10, 130ish and it just works. I'm not doing flip tricks like i used to so i don't go skinnier than and 8.38. ps that nollie fs heel during that flat ground session was buttery!

So hyped for this one! I got the Brian Anderson popsicle 8.75 x 32.56! I think I realized I don’t care about the width as long as I have a 14.5 wheelbase and length is 32-32.5. I guess we won’t see a 9 inch review. Lol!

I can't believe our decks were 10 inches in the 80's, that thing looks huge . I was looking at boards over 8.5 now I know not to go beyond that scale, so glad ya did this video.

Fun to give yourself a challenge like this, and I’m glad you got a nice day to skate outside!

Ive been skating deluxe’s 8.5 x 32.5 x 14.75 lately. I thought 14.75 would be too much wheelbase, but after watching paul schmitt’s nine club and hearing him talk about longer wheelbases for taller skaters, i wanted to give it a try. I love it! I do mostly basic ledge stuff and dont flip my board a ton, so im not sure if it would be a good fit if i was more tech, but it definitely works for what I do.

ah man, i just switched to an 8.5 and i love it! this was a great video, looked like a lot of fun

Your vids are awesome man!🤘

my god I love how Canadian you are. 07:55 "body checked the ground." haha! Just the delivery of it ! God bless skateboarding, hockey and Canada!

You've got some incredible parks and places to skate. Well done

Nice to see you, sure large boards are amazing too! Maybe you can have some lunch on this table board. Impressed to see ho you manage in flipping this massive thing!!

Just getting back into skating after 14 years or so. I ordered a 8.75 to try. I'm 6'7" with size 15 shoe so I hope the extra real estate will be nice to have. Thanks for the great vids!

dude i wish my dad could skate. that's so sick. imagine having a skate dad. i hope you're teaching the little homie.

I ride the same size, the BA version, but only in bowls, I'm really impressed how easy your flatland tricks look! 8.75 is ideal for big transitions.

I never realized how deep your bag of tricks was. Nollie back heels and the nollie heels are super legit.

Your son did a great job filming and giving you a hard time. I think the flat ground tricks look great on the big board. It is just gnarly. Sorry you slammed the transition out of yourself. You will be back at the big bowl. It is just who you are. I also just bought a 8.75. I went with the Welcome Chris Miller Sleeping Cat on cat blood 2.0. it is a shaped deck. I love my 10 inch Welcome and excited to out this one together. I bought the new Grind Kings to put in it.

One of my favorite skaters on yt. This guy is what I aspire to be when I have kids lmao. I wanna be a cool dad that can shred at the park, and pull up to the school to pick up my kid jamming out a Rush album

I understand finding your limit for board size. I also really understand the limit on transition size - there comes a time (usually after a slam) when it seems too high to be worth it. Plus minis are fun as hell.

Yesss Ben uploaded 20 minutes before I need to get ready for work Ty Ben haha

Ben coming in hot with the reggae tunes! Haha! Awesome video as always 🤘🏽

When I got back into skating at 41 a year ago I started on an 8.75 and got reasonably good on it but I've got smaller gradually and I've found I like 8.18 but now I pick up that big deck and I don't know how I ever got it off the ground 8.75 is a big board for street in my opinion. Another at video Ben.thanks.

Looked like that hurt brother, glad to see you're not wearing a cast. Be careful, say hi to the family for me. Much love

I really recommend the 9.0 Bakers, they’re WIDE, of course being a 9.0, but unlike what you make expect it’s only 32 inches in length, with a 14.25 inch wheel base

Beautiful setup. Love my big boy boards 🤤

I love skating boards from 8.6 to 8.8 it just makes my flip tricks look better and I think it’s because of what you said about muscle memory because I tried to skate an 8.1 and it just wasn’t working

So.. I've picked up, or will be picking up a new skateboard in a month or so after 5-6 years of no skating. I skated for about 3 years total. Changed about 6 -7 decks. And I'd say I was just getting the hang of it. Was midway learning how to vert skate, and was already landing 360 flips and those similar '' intermediate'' tricks. And I jsut stopped. For some reason, just one day, never stood on a skateboard, been watching your stuff for a few days. Gave ma a fuckton of insipiration to start it again, and as a form of cardio oppose to gymtime. Thanks for that man, appreciate it. Offtopic for anyone in the comment section, I used to ride 7.75 of those 6 decks, now im switching to an 8 as my first board after a few years, since my feet are bigger, and I remember having trouble landing on that 7.75 board.. and consider my local skateshops and even on the internet don't have the trucks I want which are ( funny enough ) indies. 149 to an 8 inch deck or 139? Cheers

If you like 8's and 8.25's at the moment, i'd recommend trying an 8.125 it's a happy medium for sure :)

When you talk about your bail. I had one testerday from 5 feet on a fakie rock straight to the ribs. I feel you man. and 8.75 is a good size to do all sorts of skating on. Just a bit heavy.

I ride 8.68. 159 Indy Titanium. 54 spitfire radials. I've rode a similar setup for 3years and find it to be my personal sweet spot for big transition and flatground respectively

skated 8.8 nearly my whole life until this channel convinced me to go small with 8.38. My ankles are grateful

I just came back to skating after 5 years off, and rode 8 and 8.5” board for the first month and a half. Then, I got a Powell shape 245 flight deck and that has been really nice to skate on, but awkward at times. I’m 6’2” and wear a size 11-11.5 (usually an EU 45) shoe, and the width was a nice change. But the length of 33” with a 15” wheelbase has been nice and stable in getting my grinds back, but sometimes I go to jump off and...I’m still on the board. LOL

Man, you saying that sometimes you just get unlucky in skateboarding, just rung a bell. 😂 Tried to Pop shuv over a board yesterday and landed into a rough ankle roll. Keep killing it brother!

Yo Ben, I need help with my tre flips and your the only guy I trust for the job. Save me

Seeing Ben anticipate the extra board size and adjust for it, it really gives notice to his insanely high pop

those nollie fs flips never cease to amaze

i have ridden a couple 8.8 boards. all of them were Love'n'skate boards. really enjoyed the size and the shapes. my fliptrick game isn't strong but i didn't struggle with the decks at all.

Man I'm from Italy and I love your style of skating and your videos, for your age you're sick and a big inspiration. Sorry for the random question, I wanted to ask you which pants are you skating at 6:00. I need baggy jeans and those look nice. Anyway great video, keep it up!

Damm, you got good man!

Next you should try a 9 inch baker! The nose is pretty small compared to other 9s and the wheelbase 14.5, which is pretty common. I have one I haven’t set up yet and I’d love to know what you think before I ride it. You should also do a video on how different wheelbases affect your skating. Im riding a welcome right now with a 14 inch wheelbase and it feels pretty short. Thank you Ben, love your videos.

Your son did a killer job filming. He'll be a pro in no time!

There are skaters like Ducky Kovacs and Andy Anderson who skate 8.5 / 9 inches boards really well. Maybe they are fully used to skating those massive boards due to the long time they've been doing it. I'm currently skating a plan old 8 inches, but I'm sizing up to 8.5 inches the next one. I'm sure it's gonna be smoother and cooler that my current setup. I'm tall and lanky, I really need a bigger board so my feet fit more comfortably.

moving from a 14" to a 14 3/8" wheelbase threw my kickflips off a bit, but moving my foot just a tad bit back from the bolts changed everything.

Man I love that trick at 6:27 so steezy!

Hey what are the dimensions of that mini ramp? Looks so perfect, cheers!!

I like how your son laughed a little after you slammed, then you say I'm alright...😂 nice.

inspiration to keep skating at 29 thanks man

that is like the most perfect mini-ramp ever..... jealous

How ironic, I litteraly got my first 8.75 last week and the trucks barely got delivered yesterday, deathwish 8.75 and venture 6.1s very blunt nose but regular tail , and your son is a good filmer

I've been skating 8.75s for several years now. Before that I skated 8.5s. Have dabbled in 9s, but those end up being a little too much for certain flip tricks(8.75s are a bit much for double heels, but that's about the only limiter I've noticed on them, plus my right ankle doesn't like that much heel flip action very often). I don't skate bowls though, just park stuff like manuals and ledges/flat bars and more mellow transition. Ankle has been a bit off so haven't skated much at all in the past few weeks; really looking forward to getting out soon. You did really well on a deck outside your comfort zone I think; was apparent it wasn't optimal, but you got a lot of your regular tricks on it. Also: that 8.75 full anti hero sounds exactly like something I'd love to skate, just ordered one online after watching this.

Great video. Now think this. Jason Lee came up with the 'tre' using a 10.5 board. (I know that Rodney M did it before, but most people didn't even recognize a new trick.... 'Just another crazy Rodney trick'... There were so many of them that people couldn't differentiate them). Anyway, Jason L was awesome.

Loved me an 8.75 deck I rode mostly 9-9.25 'old school shaped' though! Those were good times

i’ve been on 8.75’s for a good while now i love em. i just feel safer with a big board for transition

14.75 is a lovely wheelbase. my 8.62 krooked has it and im in love with it

Last month stepped up to an 8,5 and loving it

I never thought I would see Vancouver Carpenter kick flopping.

Great video I was wondering have you ever skated an 8.25 Board they're pretty nice I'm surprised I still have alot of my tricks on it 😊🤓🤘

Hell yeah!! Maybe you should try the football shape Polar that’s 8.75? Around the trucks it’s 8.25 and from what I heard skates like a smaller board. Or try the Franky Villani/Big egg shape. The widest point is 9.1 or 9.25 and feels like a 8.5ish board

is it just me, or did it sound different? Less "clacky" and more "Thwacky" ... if that makes any sense, lol

Your son did a good job filming. 👍 My daughter always film my skating! 😁

This helped me clarify that it's not the width of the board that's messing with me it's the length...The width definately effects me but I'm going to get something around an 8 something but hopefully find a shorter length...I also have short legs lol

Haha great video man. I thought tht deck would be a lot harder to control... then again theres andy anderson out there like wtf lol cheers Ben

wowzers that thing looks funky¡¡

First thought when I see titles like this on your videos is “yes you can, I believe in you”

If the edge is sharp edge where you hung up its the conical wheel. It happens to me quite a bit 56mm up. On the brick volcano at lynch family skate park. That's why I switched back to classic shape

Can you try the Andy Anderson new deck shape? That would also be interesting! Great videos always! 👍🏼💯

Are there any decks you know off that are around 8.5 and that are short? I like a wide board but a short one too, not the most common combo. Great content again ben!

I'd be interested in what you think of a creature stump board. They go up to 9 inches wide and maintain a relatively short length and wheel base. I skate the 8.5 one with 14.25 wheel base and 31.8 inches long or so. It's pretty rad.

Big boards are the best! It's more comfortable on 169's and 60mm wheels. Mini ramp session looked fun.

Hey Ben what camera are you using? I currently just bumped from an 8.0 to 8.5 and it's quite hefty! Love the content keep it coming!!!

I usually skate an 8” but my local shop just got some shaped 9” shop blanks and I wanted to set one up as a cruise around board. After I saw Chico’s last part I’m excited to set it up and get a chance to actually try to skate it, I have really low expectations though!

Dang. You can skate anything. What did you think of chico brenes part with the different boards?

G’day Ben, Nick here from Australia. Long time subscriber first time commenter.... Anyway, I’m starting the process of building a home Mini ramp. As every skater knows, deciding on dimensions is the hardest part. I was hoping you would be able to let me know the dimensions of the Warehouse ramp in the video. It looks like a blast. Keep up the Video’s! You keep me sane. ✌🏼

Have ever skated with a independent truck base with a thunder low hanger? Have you ever mixed truck parts different brands?

I love your vids can you make a DGK deck review

Did you ever experience ghost pop when you switched to thunders? I rode a welcome board w similar dimensions on thunders and i struggled to hit the tail a lot. Possibly due to super mellow kicks or the short and square tail?

For me 8.25 feels like the perfect size, small enough to flip fast to get more technical tricks, wide enough I feel confident landing on it when doing gaps and such

“At 33 inches long it was just more than I knew what to do with” 😂this is comedy gold

I'm trying to learn how to drop in on a bowl. That 3 footer looks about perfect! Is this park open to the public?!?

setup video; Indys rest of the video ; Thunders. i think you forgot to mention something Ben?

man I'm moving to vancouver next year, are there enough inside skateparks to skate without weather worries??

This last year, I've been the madman skating a 9.13 Andy Anderson. It's alot to flip!

Peepin' the AA banner at 10:32. Can we get the two raddest Canadian skateboarders in one video? Andy on Ben's channel talking gear and skating together would be amazing.

I have an antihero 8.75 deck myself that i only use for cruising, dont like the shape of a cruiser board which is why i got it, also have some awesome spitfire speedies which are 80hd i think, you should do a video on those (wheels)

Have you tried the Andy Anderson 9.13 deck yet? It's surprisingly agile for a board that big.

5:42 🤣 your son was cracking me up

Interesting to see that wheelbase also depends on the length of the board Currently I’m riding 8.5 quasi with 14.5 wheel base and 33 in length on some thunders , makes a perfect wheelbase , also I’m pretty tall so I need a longer board helps a lot

Just got a Santa Cruz 9" flamming dot. everything about it is pretty medium except it's huge all over. It's 32.5" long with 14.5" wheel base the nose and tail are a hair under 6.75" with one finger of flat I can't tell the difference. It's the most symmetrical board I ever had. Just got it in the mail. Picked this just so I won't do tricks and get hurt. I'm 49 and can't lose my union construction job Got 60mm Ricta clouds and it's my liquor store cruiser. The size is still tripping me out. Haven't rode anything this big since the '80s.