When you get on a skateboard, having fun and learning new tricks are probably your main aims. But staying safe is still key (especially for newbies). Any sport comes with its fair share of dangers, and skateboarding is no different. Hand and wrist injuries are the most common issues associated with skateboarding. And while they can’t …
It can be scary when your child discovers the joy of wheels. On one hand, it’s wonderful to see them pushing their boundaries, getting braver, and laughing their heads off. Skateboards are exhilarating when they do as they’re told.This doesn’t always happen, of course. A badly timed bit of pressure at the rear of the …
All skateboarding is, is putting ideas into action – Marc JohnsonSkateboarders are a breed unto themselves. They live to skate and they skate to live and everything in between is just day to day ephemera and life’s window dressing. The highs and lows of skating are akin to being catapulted around the Kingda Ka; when …
“Skateboarding doesn’t make you a skateboarder. Not being able to stop skateboarding makes you a skateboarder” – Lance MountainLance Mountain was the first professional skateboarder to vocalize the universal truth that, somewhere deep down inside, all skaters knew, and instinctively know. That no matter what else they’re doing with, and in, their lives, the one thing …
Building your skateboard to your preference is a difficult task. There are so many parts to consider from the deck to the hardware. It might be tempting to skip the research on those smaller, less visible parts like the bushings but you could end up taking some nasty spills if you just bung in whatever …
Wherever it is you’re skating to, chances are that you’re not going to want to go empty-handed. Whether your destination is school, the office, work, or a friend’s house, you’ll probably have something that you need and want, to take with you. If you’re traveling via skateboard though, carrying whatever it is you’re taking with …
When building or upgrading your own board, sourcing quality components can be a hassle. Of all of the components, the bearings you get will have relatively little effect when compared to other parts like the wheels or the board itself. That said, bearings still do have an effect on your finished ride, and if you want …
Even those who are privy to the more technical, mechanical side of skateboarding can suffer from poor buying decisions when finishing off their boards with grip tape.No matter how much you know about trucks or bearings, the relatively simple grip tapes can make or break your experience with a new board.What can go wrong with …
When you’ve mastered the arts of cruising and carving and when you’ve pushed the downhill limits into overdrive, the only parts of the longboarding world left to explore, are freestyle and freeriding. The former is going to help you to learn and master all of the tricks and stunts you’ll require to stay on to …
We’re a strange old species. The things that make us who we are are as varied and numerous as the volume of stars in the night sky.One thing that we all have in common though, is that we develop deep and profound attachments to the most inconsequential and strangest of things.Books, clothes, cars, food, places, …
