A friend found two Media Skateboard decks in the bottom of a sale basket at my local skate shop, brought both and gave me one. While his is a 7.75, mine is a 7.5 and is much nicer to use. It is the nicest board i've ever had to do varial tricks (e.g. 180flip, 360flip or any kind of shove it) but does have problems to kickflip or heelflip. The pop has gone on my deck so its difficult to catch the flips tidily in the air, as you have to really force the board to the flip under your feet. Nevertheless these are good decks and are worth buying if you do not want to waste your money on buying a pro deck.