That's exactly how every pintail should be - chopped

I've never seen somebody so excited to shred :D

also makes the deck a bit stiffer in order to do DH/freeride as he did in the video.

pintails are meh. shorter wheel base makes it more manuverable. it looks like a mini wolfshark type deck. 

or he did it for the hell of it.

Can someone please explain to a noob why cut off part of his board?

fwiw, I bought my original used for half price and I love it.

One of my friends made a video for Original, feat. a chopped pintail and an awesome style. Check it!