Glide 1085 is faster and has more glide with 180 tail than sk8 1050 but not as good turns. Glide 905 turns better than the sk8 1050 faster and more glide but where the sk8s win is getting the tips out which the Glide doesn't like. the carve dlab850 turns better than sk8 850 and doesn't matter how much tip comes out but needs decent wave sk8 better for unbroken swell riding