Board sizes

**live2skim** · 08-07-2007, 09:37 AM

why do the sizes of skimboards differ so much from company to company?
heres the dimensions of a large skimboard from different companies:

L exile: 52.50" x 20.60"

L grape: 55.25" x 21"

L vic(poly): 55.25" x 21"

L square: 52" x 20 7/8"

L slottie: 54" x 20.25"

L zap: 54.50" x 20.50"

**Mapdash** · 08-07-2007, 09:39 AM

yes.

**GnarKill1029** · 08-07-2007, 09:41 AM

si.

**polska** · 08-07-2007, 09:48 AM

Oui

**jesse** · 08-07-2007, 09:49 AM

ken

**bhassan** · 08-07-2007, 09:51 AM

ay-wha

**live2skim** · 08-07-2007, 12:52 PM

Originally Posted by Mapdash

yes.

Originally Posted by GnarKill1029

si.

Originally Posted by polska

Oui

Originally Posted by jesse

ken

Originally Posted by bhassan

ay-wha

shutup

**Luff** · 08-07-2007, 01:13 PM

Look at small/medium Slots compared to other companies. A medium Slot is smaller than a Small Exile (I think).

Different shapers have different styles. Each company has their own shape to their boards, which differentiates them from the others. If all the boards were exactly the same, there wouldn't be much need for so many board companies.

**Mapdash** · 08-07-2007, 01:19 PM

Originally Posted by Let Fire Fall

Look at small/medium Slots compared to other companies. A medium Slot is smaller than a Small Exile (I think).

Different shapers have different styles. Each company has their own shape to their boards, which differentiates them from the others. If all the boards were exactly the same, there wouldn't be much need for so many board companies.

you suck.

**live2skim** · 08-07-2007, 01:21 PM

but the vics and grapes are the same size. which is obvious since paul wade was a vic shaper. but you always hear about vics being boats, and then you hear that grapes turn on a dime, there very light...etc. so whats the difference?

**LuckyBuMmRa** · 08-07-2007, 01:38 PM

When i talked to paul he said that he spent more time on the rails than vic or other companies for that matter, that is why his boards are 30 dollars more than a board of the same material from like exile.

**live2skim** · 08-07-2007, 01:48 PM

but ive never heard someone refer to a grape as a "boat". i've heard only good things about them.

**Luff** · 08-07-2007, 02:01 PM

Originally Posted by Mapdash

you suck.

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**jbskim** · 08-07-2007, 02:15 PM

Originally Posted by live2skim

but ive never heard someone refer to a grape as a "boat". i've heard only good things about them.

in the same sense, not nearly as many people have grapes compared to vics. so the bunch of people just refer to the boards as bigger.

they are the same sizes like said above

**live2skim** · 08-07-2007, 02:24 PM

but if I were to get a small grape, and it's the same size as an xl exile, will they both have the same amount of float? (of course both would be the same material/resin)

**LuckyBuMmRa** · 08-07-2007, 02:39 PM

A 5/8 exile or a 3/4 exile? Grapes are all 3/4 and if it was the same exact dimensions and thickness it should have the same float.

**live2skim** · 08-07-2007, 03:21 PM

a 3/4 exile. and thats what i thought, but why are exile and square boards so much shorter than grapes and vics. because that makes a big difference in float, but i've heard that grapes turn faster than exiles. most likely because of the sharper rails on them. so I would think that a grape has alot of advantages on an exile right? because it has more float, light and sharper rails.

**Ammy** · 08-07-2007, 03:21 PM

but it costs a whole lot more.

**live2skim** · 08-07-2007, 03:23 PM

not really, $30 isn't that much more when your already paying hundreds anyway.

**Ammy** · 08-07-2007, 03:25 PM

large carbon exile = 440 large carbon grape=507 67$ is a good amount of money

(note, prices taken from skimcity)

**live2skim** · 08-07-2007, 03:28 PM

this is what paul wrote back to me in an e-mail a week ago:

Thank you for your interest in my skimboards. E-glass/epoxy are $390,
S-glass/epoxy are $430, and Carbon/epoxy are $490. Size does not change the
price.

Thank you,

Paul Wade

**live2skim** · 08-07-2007, 03:30 PM

and you also have to remember that if it has more float, and sharper rails, then isn't it worth the extra $$$.

**Ammy** · 08-07-2007, 03:32 PM

agreed.

**live2skim** · 08-07-2007, 03:34 PM

haha, i think i'm getting a grape.

**Ammy** · 08-07-2007, 03:36 PM

i know we just had this argument, but i wish i could but i dont have enough money. im barely able to afford a carbon exile, so i will just go with that.

**O63MP1R3** · 08-07-2007, 03:39 PM

I wonder what AP's views are on this one.

**live2skim** · 08-07-2007, 03:39 PM

i don't have enough money to buy either. but my b-day is next month. and I'll probably have enough by then.if not, I don't need one until next summer anyway.i'm goin up to NJ Thursday morning but i'll just have to sit and watch.

**Ammy** · 08-07-2007, 03:40 PM

yeah c'mon AP tell us whatsup.

**Ammy** · 08-07-2007, 03:40 PM

live2skim, where do you live?

**live2skim** · 08-07-2007, 03:41 PM

so do I. but you know he'd probably say exile ftw.I wonder if he's ever ridden a grape before?

Originally Posted by O63MP1R3

I wonder what AP's views are on this one.

**live2skim** · 08-07-2007, 03:42 PM

I live in Virginia

Originally Posted by AmmySkim24

live2skim, where do you live?

**Ammy** · 08-07-2007, 03:43 PM

i bet he has ridden one. just out of curiosity

**live2skim** · 08-07-2007, 03:44 PM

yea, i'd like to find out his input though.

**Ammy** · 08-07-2007, 03:46 PM

yeeeeeeea

**Aaron Peluso** · 08-07-2007, 03:55 PM

Originally Posted by live2skim

but if I were to get a small grape, and it's the same size as an xl exile, will they both have the same amount of float? (of course both would be the same material/resin)

No.

a) They are not the same size
b) they do not have the same shape
c) they do not have the same float