How fast do you go through decks?

[NitrousX]

Like the title says...How many fast do you go through a deck?

My decks usually last me a month and a half. And I dont stop skating a deck until the grip is pretty smooth and the grip tape is peeling from all directions and it feels like cardboard when I ollie, with bad razor tail and a big chip from the tail is missing.
One of my friends has his board for about 3 months each. I read reveiws on here and people say they last anywhere from 1 to 5 months. Do you guys think its the weight?

Im 6'0 170lbs, hes 5'6 130lbs.

[sk8rnblack]

has nothing to do with weight unless your like 500 pounds. its how much you skate and how hard you skate when i was little i could skate a board for 1 year and it would only have to be replace cuz it was water loged now i skate a board for month max. its all how long and how hard you skate.

[shad0w]

Mine last 3 months if I try really really hard not to scrape to much (if at all) on my kickturns and not land in the middle of my board on accident when doing ledges.

[emericask8ter]

Mine usually last six months basically because all I do is drop in and a bunch of kickflips off stuff.

[Menikmati]

Depends. I've had ones last 5 months, and I've had ones last 15 minutes. My record is breaking 3 decks, in two days.
One off of a 3 set, another off of a 4 set, and the last one off of a bank. That was a sad, sad day.

[Flipstreetskate]

I usually go through a board in a 1-2 month time period.

[Ian_Y]

I've been skating this deck for a month and it's totally shitted

[DarkHawk2-2]

one month is the average.

[ADOLF]

I religiously skate lib tech boards so mine last 3 months on average. This is pretty good considering we have a 5 foot leedge like a block away and a 7 foot lege at the comunity colege that we frequently skate.MMMMMMMMMMMMFIBERGLASSMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

[a z p]

my avg is about 3 weeks to a month, im usually a tail snapper

[PopwarPunk]

2-3 weeks, I snap 'em like nothin'. I must be fat. :(

[stronghold]

me, 9 months and still going.. prob will last me another 9 months.

i don't skate much anymore, plus if i do, it would most likely be small regaining moves instead of doing the next big thing

to those who last a week to a month.. how do you guys manage to constatnly buy new decks?!

[dsc6072]

2-3 weeks, depends on how hard I try.

[360degrees]

2-3 months

[crazy_dave]

1-3 months tops.

[jack_morris]

month at the most

[FIGHT!]

I still have decks I bought in '89 LOL!

[kickflip2005]

i hardly go through decks at all like every 5months

[evilcheese00]

month at the most
Snap. (Oh the pun)

[kickflip2005]

im just wondering wat other people do cause i either play on the computer, edit video footage ot watch skate vids!

[ROCKon]

A month nowadays....

[tensor]

i go through one a month. Thats untill it breaks. If I just go through grip i regrip it not bye a whole new board thats expensive. So one a month.

[Blind Sheppard]

About 2 months but i don't snap them, i just do big ollies out of ramps at the park so they lose pop quickly.

[NitrousX]

It's hard to keep up with the expenses of skating. The shoes, the decks. So many stuff that needs replacment. I gotta save all my money for liek a month.

[spenser]

in summer, one a month at the most. a lot of the time its like 3 weeks or something if i skate enough and have money to get new ones.

[rankz]

Well usually about 6 months, but my current deck last me about a month, I thinks its cos of the big sets I have doing recently. I've got a new one in the post now.

[lambodrifter]

It takes me about a year, only cuz my dad wont buy another deck, even after its totally destroyed

[Flip-4ever]

wow im surprised how fast yu guys go through boards my first board was the cheapest board there and its lasted a year :) and still going but its close to dead

[just_skate_]

I'm on my last of my 5 blank decks, and I still have to order another set, so this one has lasted me a long as time. It has about 4 cracks on the first layer on it. I don't think that if you do big stuff decks break easier, because I did the 8 like 5 times monday and it didn't break. It's all in the way you land (feet over bolts, absorb the shock) that determines how fast boards break. But yeah, doing a 15 foot ledge might break a board.

[skullskater]

it takes a long time for me to go through em like 6 months to a year. i like em kinda old i never can get mine to break either.

[Stonemonkey]

3-4 months a deck.

[DarkHawk2-2]

me, 9 months and still going.. prob will last me another 9 months.

i don't skate much anymore, plus if i do, it would most likely be small regaining moves instead of doing the next big thing

to those who last a week to a month.. how do you guys manage to constatnly buy new decks?!
Its called a job. :-41:

Or rewind back to a week or so when i was unemployed, I have hook-ups at skate shops. They'll sometimes provide me with a free board, or give me one at a reduced price. If that doesnt work, I seek out one of my sponsored friends and bum a board off him. If that doesnt work out, I'll try and ask the parents if they can help me out. If that fails, then I got a couple spares I can use until I can get a fresh board.

what i think is that as you get better, your boards don't last as long. I guess its cuz u have a larger variety of tricks, a larger repertoire of obstacles to skate... just more diversified. And typically, as you get better, you tend to skate harder and more.

[Ramp]