It is best if your skateboard can carry you. This is to have a good skateboarding experience. Skateboards have maximum weights that they can bear. To guide you in purchasing your skateboard, you may read this article about how much weight can a skateboard hold. Let’s start first with som...
Nevertheless, many experts advise that regardless of your weight you should pursue skateboarding if it’s really your interest. You can always find a suitable skateboard to support your physique. Your weight may prevent you from doing certain techniques, but you can still enjoy many other activiti...
Next, we will walk through how to put bearings in skateboard wheels. If you have a skate tool with a bearing popper handy, you can use your bodyweight to press the bearings into the wheels until they seat into place. You can also use your trucks by placing the bearing on the truck, ...
This top portion, rather than following the curve of the bottom deck, is shaped more like a skateboard deck and the only contact points with the bottom deck are found at the attachment points that hold it all together. The attachments points are placed where the tip and tail start their ...
This is considered inferior by many skaters, as it can reduce speed and control. If you don't already know which stance you prefer when learning how to skateboard, see what feels most comfortable. If you're still unsure, pay attention to which foot you use to step forward from a still,...
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My solution was to install a skateboard wheel that slides up and down in a 1x1 piece of steel with a slot milled along it's length. This enables you to slide the skateboard wheel up and down against the chain. You wouldn't think skateboard wheels would hold up, but they work great. ...
GH: I would just say that skateboard judging, it isn't perfect, right? It's not a perfect thing, and I don't know if it will ever be. But, with hard work and with time and with as much dedication that we have towards it, that's what we strive for. I'm a...
Always staying in control can be challenging. This will come over time with carving. Carving is when you turn, or shift your weight on your toes or heel so that the board will let you go right or left. Sometimes you will "catch an edge" where you will fall quickly because the boards...
bearings in this space, the wheel bearings are sealed; have them adjusted or replaced by the skateboard dealer. If you see small ball bearings around the wheel, the wheel is constructed with open bearings, eight balls on each side of each wheel. You can lubricate and adjust these bearings ...