Why SYMMETRICAL BOARDS Are Becoming So POPULAR...

Symmetrical boards are becoming so popular amongst the skate community lately but what benefits do they actually provide?

In this video I set up a Heroin 9.5" egg board to find out Why SYMMETRICAL BOARDS Are Becoming So POPULAR...

What do you guys think of symmetrical boards?
Let me know in the comments 👇🏽

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[LeonPaxton]

What do you guys think of symmetrical boards?

[Jaymed]

I used to use my nose as the tail. It just made more sense to me that the bigger side was for popping. Everyone at the park said it was “cheating” because I was able to pop so high. I eventually switched and skated the tail, as the tail. About 8 years later I said fuck it and tried the nose again, and there is a big pop difference. Symmetrical boards make me feel like I was ahead of the curve 10 years ago

[roopep]

bro u deserve so much more recognition
fire vid bro

[mikeegbert]

that's park looks sick. love the brick banks

[souldiarrhea]

I do a lot of slappy crooks and also ride directional egg shapes so I have a dedicated front and back truck. I've heard if you want to ride symmetrical that its best to set it up with new trucks so you don't have that problem.

[sktrlf]

The crailtap G069 8.25" twin tail is absolutely god tier for flatground, especially if you do a lot of fakie tricks.

[zachemorgan]

the symetrical boards really shine for shuvits, varial flips, 180's and fakie tricks imo since the board always feel the same no matter what.

[fatsteve]

So the thing for me is is I’m a freak about building grooves into my trucks (I skate a lot of curbs, love crusty ledges) my back truck feeble groove, front truck crook groove are my children, and I have fostered many. Symmetrical decks fuck all that up for me. I rode that exact board, and am riding another symmetrical egg now, and i skate it the same way every time. The difference is i just arbitrarily chose what side my nose was and ran with it.

Also some people run a looser front truck than the back. Not me, but that could goof some people up.

I feel you about chipping the board tho, switch the trucks around and its all good.

[Dutch]

Great vid! I would love to see you test out the 9.75 symmetrical egg. I'm thinking of stepping up to that size.

[krozlee]

What size trucks should you use for this specific board? I’m assuming 9in since that’s the width where the trucks are. Awesome vid btw, you earned a new subscriber 👍🏻

[Zombie__Homegirl]

I have been riding the egg board with great progress ❣️👏🏽❤️‍🔥I’m a fan of this “Eggboard” style.
It totally gives me edge on symmetry &balance, which I am working on for now.
Eventually I’m going back to my cruisers& pennyboards because they’re my favs . I believe it’s because of my weight& height& . I love the way my feet feel with less space on the board underneath. I foresaw me not liking the “egg board” over my other boards because of obvious differences but I love it now-
More room. The riding both ways thing is true. It’s really convenient. Both sides of mine are cracked, tho’ 😂still. ❤Love life.Keep Skating through like it’s nothin’

[AB-rhyq]

9.5??? Boards are huge now. Damn. I still remember when 7.75 was considered big

[shittoi_bean]

great videos to watch before skating haha, makes me feel so much better skating an eggshape board lol. none of my homies skate shaped boards but they all plannin to do so cause they fw my set up haha

[exileisland]

i can get on board in terms of symetrical decks. its the symetrical trucks for me. ive ridden tight and loose trucks but the back is always tighter. Even if you had em perfectly neutral theyd still probably behave differently in subtle ways and id always be wondering which end im dealing with.

[mronenil]

I snapped my wrist on that bank to bank gap last year, kickflipping it XD. Worst thing was I had already landed it, was just trying to get it cleaner haha

[mikerobinson]

Hell yay mane welcome to the twin-tail world I'm sk8n and 8.25 ishod which I had 148 thunder hollows on, but I ordered brand new 147 thunders and yeah man I love twin tails. I put the 148s back on my 8.25 football shaped sk8mafia with 56mm oj KeyFrames and rails. Both are fun, but my cruiser is a lil bit more fun tho in my old ass age of 44 lol

[emmerfarro]

8.5 symmetrical w/ Indy 159's, and OJ mini Super Juice wheels. My current and one of my favorite rides of all-time.

[cloudburst]

Thank you for the review and break down on the shape! How does this shape work for nollie tricks?

[srt]

thats a really nice park! tons of different features even brick banks!

[justin_your_cousin]

I love symmetrical decks because you dont have to constantly pay attention to your board direction