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Do not listen to this man. He pretty much just named all the worst brands possible. Lets go through them:Originally Posted by JuJu
decks: shorty's, element, chocolate, enjoi (7.5 x 30-31 is best size for street)
trucks: krux, tensor, destructo, grind king (leave em a lil loose for carving or tigther for tricks like ollies)
wheels: spitfire...
bearings: speed demon, lucky, black panthers
risers: doh dohs
*dont buy a slick.
Do not listen to this man. He pretty much just named all the worst brands possible. Lets go through them:Originally Posted by JuJu
decks: shorty's, element, chocolate, enjoi (7.5 x 30-31 is best size for street)
trucks: krux, tensor, destructo, grind king (leave em a lil loose for carving or tigther for tricks like ollies)
wheels: spitfire...
bearings: speed demon, lucky, black panthers
risers: doh dohs
*dont buy a slick.
Originally Posted by kojinman
For beginners, like many said before, it doesn't really matter the brand. I would recommend you tighten your trucks, and get slower bearings (abec-3). This will allow you to go slower, and have more stability while learning how to manual, ollie, etc. Hope this helps.
Originally Posted by kojinman
For beginners, like many said before, it doesn't really matter the brand. I would recommend you tighten your trucks, and get slower bearings (abec-3). This will allow you to go slower, and have more stability while learning how to manual, ollie, etc. Hope this helps.
You dont really need to go out and buy new products everytime something goes wrong. Just make adjustments to your board, youre wasting money. The average beginner will not be able to tell the difference between different brands. They wont really understand the specifics that go into a skateboard like deck shape, concave, plys, what type of wood. And trucks with different heights and kingpin lengths and hollowed or unhollowed.Originally Posted by JayeRell
UPDATE: Hey everyone. It's been about 3 weeks that I've been skating and I'm enjoying it.
As for skating...well, I had to grab some new wheels because my stock 54mm were tripping up over everything and they were $10 and wobbly-I need something softer. I copped some Zip Zingers for $38 and that was dumb...I didn't know mm had to do with the height and not width (newbie mistake) so I got wheel bite ALMOST instantly. I am ordering some new BONES ATF for about $20 shipped with the size I have on my board now.
As for riding. It's getting better and I'm still working on basic stuff like just riding and mastering balance. I can do a stationary ollie ok, running starts, kick turns, and had a lil fun practicing a manual the other day. My main concern is balance though because I know personally (at least with my ripstik) that other stuff is like second nature once you get great balance. Thanks again for the help yall and it's been fun.
I'm learnin my style a lil more and I loosened up my trucks a bit, but I might consider just getting some Venture superlite lows altogether. I prefer a low and lightweight board. My board has little pop but I'm ok with that because I want to use it more as a mode of transportation vs. a trick machine and for now I'm not sold on longboards.
You dont really need to go out and buy new products everytime something goes wrong. Just make adjustments to your board, youre wasting money. The average beginner will not be able to tell the difference between different brands. They wont really understand the specifics that go into a skateboard like deck shape, concave, plys, what type of wood. And trucks with different heights and kingpin lengths and hollowed or unhollowed.Originally Posted by JayeRell
UPDATE: Hey everyone. It's been about 3 weeks that I've been skating and I'm enjoying it.
As for skating...well, I had to grab some new wheels because my stock 54mm were tripping up over everything and they were $10 and wobbly-I need something softer. I copped some Zip Zingers for $38 and that was dumb...I didn't know mm had to do with the height and not width (newbie mistake) so I got wheel bite ALMOST instantly. I am ordering some new BONES ATF for about $20 shipped with the size I have on my board now.
As for riding. It's getting better and I'm still working on basic stuff like just riding and mastering balance. I can do a stationary ollie ok, running starts, kick turns, and had a lil fun practicing a manual the other day. My main concern is balance though because I know personally (at least with my ripstik) that other stuff is like second nature once you get great balance. Thanks again for the help yall and it's been fun.
I'm learnin my style a lil more and I loosened up my trucks a bit, but I might consider just getting some Venture superlite lows altogether. I prefer a low and lightweight board. My board has little pop but I'm ok with that because I want to use it more as a mode of transportation vs. a trick machine and for now I'm not sold on longboards.