Longboarding Dilema

[.thedude]

I've got my choices narrowed down to two boards, but i need to decide longer or shorter. my town is mostly flat and has very few hills, and our downtown has some great riding.i'm either getting a 36" Arbor Bug or the 32" Arbor Sizzler. +K for helpful input as to which board i should get.

 

[uni-corn]

I would personally go longer just because when you do encounter a hill it will suck on a 32

 

[Mooose...]

I would definitely go longer. Are you really set on Arbor? There are soo many better boards out there...

 

[japanada]

go with the 36"er, to me you could even step up to a nice smooth riding 40"+.

 

[garettnorthey]

Yeah man 48" is where it's at! although a 32" Sector 9 made of bamboo is so fun for cruising. Although Do not try to bomb hills with it, I repeat do not try to bomb hills with it....

 

[MammothAddiction]

Yeah longer the board, the better for taking the hills. I have a short Sector 9 with the stacked trucks for big carves, but on the steep stuff it's pretty sketchy hahaha. I have had some close calls. And Sector 9's have always treated me nicely, but I have tried some others that would badass as well.

 

[MADmidwest]

The wheelbase on the 32" board is only 2.5" shorter than the wheelbase on the 36." They both will be pretty stable, especially if ur planning on putting 150mm trucks on it or if you get some 150 reverse kingpins it will be stable enough for going fast. I would get the bug tho, I've ridden both boards n the bug can do pretty much everything better that the sizzler can- pools, ditches, a little bit of street skating and it just feels better. The sizzler's fish tail is a really stupid idea since it takes away a lot of it's pop and feeels goofy when ur on the tail. Just buy the bug cause it will be almost perfect for flat ground stuff.