r/SkateboardSetups

I’m 20M, 6’1, 280, 12.5-13 shoe size, trying to get into skating for the first time, got a 8.25 baker board, 7/8 hardware.

Skated a few sessions finding that my wheels won’t push off very easily while im pushing, unsure if my feet are off or I did my setup incorrectly.

Tightened my trucks quite a bit to the point where Its difficult to push them to the board with a hand, but still finding the board easily shifting from wheel to wheel when I turn.

I understand the board is a little small for my size feet, the people I have irl helping said that would be okay, unsure if I need tighter trucks/harder bushings/ a set of longer hardware w risers??
Any help wanted in comments as well as DMs, just wanna start skating and running into these issues, thank you

EDIT: AS CHEAP AS POSSIBLE, i don’t mind needing to buy a new board but if I can fix this with as much budget in mind will be greatly appreciated

I'm getting back into skateboarding after 15 years. 15 years ago I was wearing 9.5/10.5 US shoes and riding between an 8" to 8.125" board. Now I'm 29, 5'11" and wearing 12 US shoes. The other day I went to a skateboard shop to try getting a feel of the boards widths and 8" feels way to small now, even 8.38" feels a bit small. My fun is doing flip tricks mostly and small easy grinds on manual pads. I wonder if getting an 8.5" will ruin my fun since back then I was able to do high double flips and inward heelflips. Thanks for your help!

I've been trying to make a setup that can do it all. I skate a variety of terrains: crusty DIY, smooth skatepark concrete, metal prefab parks, street, and skatelite/wooden ramps. I find my 99a wheels were a little slow for crust, but my 93a dragons were amazing. They also felt great on slippery indoor parks, but are a little slow. I was considering getting some 97a nano rats or nano cubics, would they be worth it, or is it still slippery? How do the spitfire 97a feel in comparison?