Its very rare that I ever see anyone skating an old school style skateboard anymore. I’m wondering if there are any actual advantages to them? I know people say they are huge and heavy, but I wonder if that huge and heaviness could possibly be a good thing for me. See, I’m 6 foot tall, and 215 pounds (all muscle), with size 13 feet. Even my 8 inch deck seems small at times. Even after like 8 years of skateboarding, I still simply suck at anything technical like kickflips, and other board flips, and even my ollies suck, and am much more fascinated with carving, mini half pipes, vurt ramps, old school tricks like hand plants, boneless, etc. Perhaps its just lack of talent, but after 8 years of skating I’m starting to become curious if perhaps a bigger guy like me would be even better on an old school board. Sure they are big and heavy, but for a big heavy guy like me perhaps wouldn’t it be possible that I would be better on a bigger heavier board?

I mean, its just a theory, but I’m thinking the same way its easier to hit a target with a heavy baseball, than a nerf ball. Or same way it would be easier to balance a large stick on your hand than a tiny twig. I’m thinking that doing kickflips, or airs on vurt ramp, or other tricks could potentially be more forgiving and easier to learn on a bigger heavier board, that you have to push around with authority, rather than these light popsicle stick boards that have to be flicked oh so perfect, too perfect for my big heavy clumsy feet to get the hang of. But that’s just a theory, thats why I’m asking you guys (guys who have rode old school decks), if there are any advantages to them, especially for bigger guys.