New Board

[Pegasus2]

Heya

I started skating about a month ago, I baught an el cheapo board because if I din't like it then It woudent be a great loss, and if I did decide to take it up Id buy a better board.


Now, Ive been practising my ollie with my board, then used a friendfs and I realised how heavymine was and thus a lot harder to get off the ground.I was able to ollie a fair bit higher with my friends board, it was also a lot easyer to control.

His board is narrower and lighter.

Im going to buy a new board and Im wondering what deck, trucks, wheels, risers and hardware to go for, its got to be light and easy to control, but still a normal length deck.

My previous board was a complete, since I dint really know much, I baught it to get going.

Money available is about £80 - £90

Cheers :)

[Jokers wild]

You cant buy much with 80-90 dollars but i got mine with about $115. I've got a minilogo with lucky risers zero hardware, kreeper trucks, spitfire wheels and speeddemon bearings. It has lasted me about a year and a half and i skate it kinda hard so good luck getting the board!!

[Pegasus2]

I said £90 :D

90.00 GBP = 156.241 USD


So thats 156 Dollars
;)

Thanks foryour reply

[FoosBall Skater]

Ummm, try this setup.


Deck: Popwar, Real, or a blank from blankdecks.com (only 20$ there)
Trucks: Id reccomend Thunder trucks, or destructo
Wheels: Blanks, or maybe autobahns
Bearings: T-sects
hardware: any kind
Grip: Jessup

[DarkstarSkater]

here's what you NEED to get:

Deck: Popwar
Trucks: Thunder, or Venture
Wheels: Autobahn, Ricta, Spitfire, Accel, or Blanks
Bearings: Reds or Speed Demons
Hardware: Any
Griptape: Jessup

Should be about $120 (US Dollars)

[rankz]

I recommend just changing the trucks as they tend to be the heaviest part. Get some venture they are light

[Pegasus2]

I hear Habitat Decks were good?

[offthewallsk8er]

deck: toy machine or consolidated or real
trucks: krux, thunder, or venture are all good
wheels: autobahn, rictas or spitfire
bearings: toy machine t-sects, bones reds or bones swiss
risers: independant or shortys
hardware: shortys silverados

[DarkstarSkater]

I hear Habitat Decks were good?

yeah, you heard right. But I really like Popwar better.

[smurf88]

Deck: Popwar or Alien Workshop
Trucks: Thunder/Venture
Wheels: Bones Street Tech Formula
Bearings: Bones Swiss
Hardware: Any
Griptape: Jessup

This is the best possible board setup ever, in my opinion. It's expensive but definetly worth it. If you're a beginner, riding it is like building a sandcastle with a bulldozer.

[mindgame1]

:cool: hey dude i just brought a complete unabomber setup for £90 and ma mate brought a blueprint complete for £90 you shud visit www.rollersnakes.co.uk and order a catalog cs it has the best deals in it! :-2:

[jpk0106]

get this:

deck:aws,popwar, or flip
trucks:thunders or ventures
wheels:ricta or spitfire
bearings:speed demon abec 7 or t-sects
risers:hat ever you want (you dont really need risers)
hardware:dosent really matter
griptape:jessup

[Jokers wild]

get this:

deck:aws,popwar, or flip
trucks:thunders or ventures
wheels:ricta or spitfire
bearings:speed demon abec 7 or t-sects
risers:hat ever you want (you dont really need risers)
hardware:dosent really matter
griptape:jessup


Go with the flip deck anything else is your choice it's a good set up

[rustyburrito55]

I would have said anything BUT the flip but thwatever works...

[00yzryder]

for the deck part, write down the decks they listed and go to a local sk8 shop and stand on the boards, see which one you "feel" better on whichever you feel most comfortable on get that setup, and as you are new i dont think deck choice atm would make a great difference but all the things listed would work fine

[Ramp]