Hunter,
If your gunna get one deck and you've decided on the two makers you've listed above;
I say get a "Crossfire" instead of either of those shapes ![;-)](./images/smilies/icon_wink.gif)
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Because.....you can skate a shorter wheelbase through a tighter course easier than a longer wheelbase through a tigher course. And courses seem to be getting much tighter on both sides of the USA.
Slalom skaters like Luca Giammarco and Brent Kosick do great on short wheelbases on GS courses. So a short wheelbase
can do GS, and do it well. Whereas I think it is harder to punch a longer wheelbase through a tight course especially if the hill has any steepness to it.
Shorter wheelbases are easier to pump, and in my opinion easier to learn to pump on too.
And the Crossfire has a nice full outline for both feet. I know it's outline may seem very basic, but that is the beauty of it IMO. It is just what is needed, nothing more nothing less.
![Image](http://www.daddiesboardshop.com/images/roe-crossfire.gif)