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Skateboarding Ramps

July 20th, 2009

Discover What Skateboard Ramps Is

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Beginners Guide To Skateboard Ramps

Beginners Guide To Skateboard Ramps

Playing skateboarding will be fun, if you doing so many skateboard tricks and maneuver. Then playing with skateboard ramps will be a good choice for you.

Skateboard Ramps is come from a word “ramps”. It is mean two parts that joint together in a slope. So it is will be understandable if a skateboarders using a skateboard ramps to make an extreme maneuver in skateboarding tricks.

There are many skateboard ramps you’ll find in the skateboard shop. Variety from mini ramps that good for the beginner skateboarder to the bigger and more complicated skateboard ramps.

You should to decide if you want to buy it or just build it by yourself. If you have a large area to play skateboard, then there is no obstacles to have many kind or type of skateboard ramps. But if you don’t have it, you can make it by yourself. The things you should to know before build it is the purpose of your build. Because it depends on the character of the skateboard ramp you want.

There is a guide to building skateboard ramps that can save your time and money with a simple step by step. Starting by measure the space in your place including the barrier that might find in your way like an electric pole, the different surface of the ground, a tree, etc. Learn the landscape to discover out the level of your area.

Prepare your tools and material to build your skateboard ramps like the nails and screw, electric saw, drill, glue, etc. Then set up the plywood that measure as you need.

I’ll definitely recommended The Beginner’s Guide to Building Ramps that contain 54 precious pages with simple step by step directions on every feature of building a skateboard ramp from start to finish. There are tons of helpful photos, easy to comprehend full color illustrations with quantity, and over 16 years of ramp construction information packed within.

This simple to pursue direct truly should be the first instrument you own before you even think about building a ramp. The ramp guide will turn you through what it takes to make not just a half pipe, but any dimension or style ramp you had in brains! From a half pipe mini ramp to a full sized half pipe vert ramp, a quarter pipe, launch ramp, spine ramp, fun box, even a skate park.

Get concrete information and thoughtful of:

  • The place you want to build your skateboard ramp or ramps.
  • How to use the tools safely.
  • How to find the best ramp stuff prices in your place
  • What kind of materials you should to buy.
  • How each of your skateboard ramp material is used and why.
  • Understanding how to set up ramp coping correctly
  • How to draw & slice ramp transition templates.
  • The basic ins and outs of framing a ramp
  • What the do’s and dont’s of cover a ramp
  • How to appropriately guard and keep your new ramp.
  • And a lot more!

So, what are you waiting for? Just decide it if you want to buy or make it by your own creativity. Have a nice work..:)

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Skateboard Wheels

July 17th, 2009

Skateboard Wheels Reviews & Tips

By: Admin


If you decide to buy a skateboard, you probably only focusing on the performance of the skateboard. Like color, size, and overall design.  But never ignore the important part of it, the skateboarding wheels.

Skateboard Wheels 70 mm

Skateboard Wheels 70 mm

Skateboard wheels may looks simple below your boards, but it take the responsibility of your boards keep rolling and keeping your feet on your skateboards in the different rough of surfaces. The right chosen of your skateboard wheels will give you more confidence in performance.

Skateboard wheels made of revolutionizing quality rubber-like material called urethanes that help revolutionize the future of skateboarding. It designed in many size and hardness that give an effect in the speed and how smooth you ride on your skateboards. The hardnesses of skateboard wheels measured using a scale called as durometer span from 75a to 99a.

Skateboard wheels using in the street usually made very hard to make it move quickly. Street skateboard wheels are usually very hard, which allows them to slow down quickly. On the other hand, when it wearing in the skate park, usually made from softer urethane.  A modern skateboarding wheel just like wheels on a car and bike are made more comfortable either using in the rough terrains or smooth one.

Skateboard wheels attached to the trucks using hex head axle bolts and ABEC (can be from a different company’s) ball bearings to provide the free-spinning movement of the wheels.

Skateboard Wheels normally build in size 52 to 60 mm. But when choosing skateboard wheels you may accommodated to your body size.  Skateboard Wheels for kids or teenager is highly recommended around 52 to 5 mm. And for adult around 56 to 60 mm. The skateboard wheels for street skateboard type usually sized around 48 to 55 mm. It is smallest than other. For slalom you may choose from 56 to 75 mm.

Skateboard wheels may cost you around $ 10 – $30 for 50mm. And for size 70 mm it may cost you around $25 – $50. You could buy the cheap skateboard wheels by compared it brand by brand but consider your safety is first. Have a happy skateboarding !

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The Most Popular Skateboarding History

July 16th, 2009

Skateboarding History

Skateboarding History

Skateboarding History. If you ever thinking about skateboarding history, you may found that it looks so similar to another sport that has almost the same board. Yup. You’re absolutely right! Skateboarding has the similar looks as surfing. It just has a different place to do. And have the different difficulty, of course.

When we talk about skateboarding history, just never forget to mention about the first skateboard. It is very simple boards on four wheel and the roller skateboard trucks combining with a wooden plank to make similar as skateboarding today. It called as a skater skate. We may found it in very early skateboarding competitions only.

Although it looks faded at the first, once the new skateboard tricks was revival, skateboarding popularity become scattered around the teenager and beginners skateboarders than ever. Now skateboarding become more serious sport and there is a skateboarding culture when they comes with the attribute as a truly skateboarders. They are not need looks like a truly skateboarders.

Since 1975, when the safety gears were founded, skateboarding becomes more accepted by parents who worry for their children who want to try skateboarding that can hurt.

The skateboard companies start to produce whatever they need in this sport. It took place the traditional skateboard made by their own. As you know, now skateboard equipment can be found in every skate shop with variety price, size, and model.

Now, skate parks can be found in every part of city, even in the smallest like European Villages. They could play Indoor as well.

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Skateboarding Shoes : The Ultimate Convenience!

July 14th, 2009

Over several years, skateboarding as we known become to be a serious game- if you don’t want to call it as a sport. Because skateboarding is a very fun activity, especially for teenager.

skateboarding shoes

skateboarding shoes

One thing you must prepare before skateboarding is purchase a pair of skateboarding shoes that can help your performance on doing a skateboard trick as well maintain your stability when riding a skateboard.

You have to choose a skateboarding shoes according to your need. If you just a beginner skateboarders then you can choose the simple one. Choose the one that can make you doing the basics skateboard tricks. Then If you are a pros or a serious skateboarders, then you should to wear a skateboarding shoes that fit to your need on doing a complicated skateboard trick.

You may choose the skateboarding shoes that have a nice style or model. But it have to underline that you must find the size fit for you. Decide what skateboarding shoes company you like. Some people may choose the one from branded label. It has their quality with their brand. But you must be prepare your budget you are want to spend on it.

If you find a branded label skateboarding shoes that cost you must more than your budget, then find it in a different brand that have similarly model with low budget. But remind about the quality of the shoes.

Don’t put your dignity with unqualified shoes. It can cost you more when you’re fall from your skateboard because of your shoes that not appropriate as you need as a skateboarders.

Some people even buy a skateboarding shoes just for a style mode only, they need not to be a truly skateboarders.

Finally before you go to the skate shop to buy skateboarding shoes you have many options to choose. But remember to find the skateboarding shoes that really meet with your need, your budget, your size, and keep on to find that fit with your own. If you’re not in a hurry, just make some little research first. Happy hunting..:)

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How To Skateboard

July 6th, 2009

How To Maintain Your Skateboard

By: Admin

How To Maintain Your Skateboard

How To Maintain Your Skateboard

You can break your skateboard when you use it carelessly. Eventhough it had made  more durable, you can’t do anything you want with them. Because there is a rule to use it. How you do with your skateboard may give an influence to your skateboard life.

Here there are the tips you can do to make your skateboard life longer.

Skateboard Wheels. Your skateboard wheels may receive the beating everytime you perform power sliding. Perform Powerslides make you looks cool but it will give an effect to your skateboard wheels. Especially if you perform on the rough terrains make it losing its shape and grip. Then sooner or later you may need to replace it with the new one.

Skateboard Decks. When you use your shoes soles or the tail of your board, it could be good, unless you excessive heel brake. It can break your skateboard decks. Just put a guard under the kicktail to stop using the heel brake. It can reduce the grind of your skateboard deck, or you may try to use a plastic cap. But you had accepted that it will decrease your ability when doing a skateboard trick.

Another tip to make your skateboard deck life longer is you should not to land with your feet in the middle of the deck. Because it can break the decks in become a half. Keep step above the deck when you land and let the skateboard trucks absorb your weight.

As we know, all skateboarders want to make an improvement in their skateboard tricks. But of course, it will make a scratching in the bottom of the decks. Then your skateboard deck can bended not in your desire. For instance, when you make truckstand spin, truckstand hops, pogo hops, and pogo spin can make your tail becomes a ruin.

Skateboard Bearings and Skateboard Wheels. Periodically cleansing your skateboard bearings and wheels can make it life longer and rolling easily. If you’re not do this, feel free to buy the new one.

That’s all the tips that can make your skateboard extent its life. It’s depend on your decision, indeed.

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