How To Choose A Skateboard

Hello, I'm Bryce Campbell, and I'm a sponsored skateboarder of about ten years, maybe a little bit longer. I ride for LCB Surf Snow and Skate which is where we are today because we are going to choose a skateboard. So I'm going to talk to you about a few things you need to know when purchasing maybe a first skateboard, your second, or your third, and how to choose so that you progress with the technical side of the skateboards.

So if we look at some boards, I would advise for a younger person or someone who's just starting off and wanting to get into the more technical side, so that's, that's your flip tricks, your ledge tricks and that, to start off with something a bit smaller so in ratio with your body. So the smaller you are, generally the thinner the board should be. So if we look here, so 7.

5 inch wide board, this is going to allow for the board to flip easier with less pressure applied to it, so more ideal for someone younger or for someone who's got a smaller foot size. Now as you get older, or as you get a bit bigger, your feet get a bit bigger, your legs get stronger, you want to work up to getting something a bit bigger. So we would be looking at getting something like this Girl board here, which is 7.

75 inches wide. The difference between them may seem quite minuscule, but it actually makes quite a big difference. Generally when people find a size that they like they'll stick with that size for the rest of their skateboarding lives.

Eventually ending up at something a bit bigger which is 8.1 inches wide, takes a bit more control to use, something a bit bigger to be able to flip it, but gives you more surface area, more snap or pop in your real technical tricks and bit of a ledge tricks and such. Other key things that can be involved with that is obviously price, brands, and the aesthetics of the board, which is the graphics and that.

I would advise buying into a brand that you follow, or that you like or that you take a liking to, straying away from blank skateboards because they're not as supportive of what the American company boards are or what even say English boards are, so yeah, really looking into companies that you want to support and sticking with them or getting a feel for those companies because money from those boards goes directly to skateboarders who look up to and then supports a circle of skateboarding.