{"id":49,"date":"2026-09-22T11:27:24","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T11:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-skateboard-pro\/2026\/09\/22\/your-first-board-what-size-deck-should-you-actually-buy\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T11:27:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T11:27:24","slug":"your-first-board-what-size-deck-should-you-actually-buy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-skateboard-pro\/2026\/09\/22\/your-first-board-what-size-deck-should-you-actually-buy\/","title":{"rendered":"Your first board: what size deck should you actually buy?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shoe size, height and the kind of skating you want to do all play a part. Here is the simple guide we give everyone who walks into the shop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Start with your feet<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most adults land between 8.0&quot; and 8.5&quot;. If your shoe size is US 9 to 11, an 8.25&quot; deck is a safe first pick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Then think about where you skate<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Narrower decks flip faster for technical street skating. Wider decks feel calmer in bowls, on ramps and when cruising.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Do not overthink it<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The best first board is the one you ride every day. Pick a sensible width, get it set up properly and go skate.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shoe size, height and the kind of skating you want to do all play a part. Here is the simple guide we&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guides"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-skateboard-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-skateboard-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-skateboard-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-skateboard-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-skateboard-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-skateboard-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-skateboard-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-skateboard-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-skateboard-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-skateboard-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}