But skates like an 8.25! Birdhouse Skateboards Hale Sour Cat XL Review W Andrew Cannon

THIS BOARD IS AWESOME. If you are looking for a wider board with a short wheel base go get this immediately. For years I have been talking about the benefits of a shorter wheel bases on a bigger board for a more comfortable and frankly, enjoyable, skating experience. Width is not what makes your tricks harder to get around, its the wheelbase. Once you have the wheelbase dialed I would say try a wider board with the same wheelbase and see how it feels.

This Shawn Hale board is great. Symmetrical kicks on the nose and tail at about 22.2 degrees always feel nice to me. The shape wasnt too round and felt very cool with the razor edge on it.

The full setup was very comfortable.
Shawn Hale Sour Cat XL Birdhouse: 9 x 32
Indy 166 Stage 4
Bones X formula 99a double locks
Bones Swiss
Mob Misfits Grip
Indy bolts

*Shawn did get this board sent to me so I could review it and like always, I will never lie in these. I'd rather not put the video up then like about a product being sick. Life is expensive and I dont ever want someone bummed on something they tried because they watched one of my videos. Thanks.


00:00 Intro skating and THE DEETS
02:41 Wet Leg and Warm ups
03:33 Initial thoughts on this monster
04:13 Knocked Loose and a make ARF ARF
05:46 "This shape rules" but can I flip it?
06:02 the first kickflip
07:30 will it switch 3 flip?
09:37 pre ledge check in
09:58 ledge legs activated
12:51 flip in and flip out begins
13:45 FINAL THOUGHTS