Longboarding

[Paperclip]

Hey does anybody out there like to longboard? I was going to buy my first one real soon and was wondering what kind of dimensions and wheels are ideal or if it even matters?

 

[PimpDaddySkier]

sector 9 baby wheels dont matter just what comes with em are fine...cosmics are sick all round boards but the pintails are superb for crusin

 

[jibvermont]

i have a loaded board, flex 5, its made for like 120lb kids, i like it because its so flexy... i got well i forget what bearings are inthere but i got the best ones.. wheels not a big deal really... but i recommend looking at Loaded longboards.

 

[GotamaBCshredder]

Loadeds are dope I haev a flex 4 and its awesome

 

[Elijah.]

sector 9 pintail its a cruiser for sure but i love it all the same.

 

[eheath]

Longboarding is fun as hell, some good hills here in bozeman.

 

[brianbrphy]

i would recomend the carve stick it is awsome

 

[bhill2.0]

its fun, is loaded like custom?

 

[nkmo.]

Wheels don't matter? are you serious? Your wheel, bearing and truck setup is the most important thing about your board.

 

[Maxfreeride]

yeah my wheels used to be so grippy, but if i take a turn too hard they'll just slip out now

 

[waynewong]

I love my tahoe long board....mt rose highway down the NV side toward reno....long mellow 4-lanes wide

we hit it up early morning in late spring when ever we head down to mammoth from tahoe city...

no traffic, early mornign light and about 8 miles of perfect gradient

 

[Petecanski]

Longboarding is so chillin. I ride a sector 9 pinner and just use plain old factory wheels. I use Pig abec 7 bearings, not too shabby.

 

[Paul-o-Rama]

I have a sector 9 goddess pintail, its fast as fuck

 

[skimack]

yeah right...wheels don't matter, until you're laying over a turn at close to 25 miles per hour and you loose traction in the back and go skipping across the pavement like a ragdoll. Like someone above said, wheels, bearings and trucks are the most important parts of your board, i'm on 80mm abec 11 fly wheels with bones reds bearings and randall trucks. They're dope. The actual deck is just a piece of plywood with some fiberglass in it, unless you're getting a loaded or landyachtz dh race they'll all perform about the same depending on flex, stiffer = more stable, softer = quicker turnier, just like skis.

 

[DunDunDun]

i kinda wanna buy one. id mostly jsut be pushing though. cause we onlyhave like one good hill here in oakwood. and its only like 300 feet maybe. any suggestions??

 

[Dan.]

landyyachtz the Chief and a flexdex slalom 30.

both have siesmic avila 68mm wheels, i have a set of extra softs and medium. 72a and 80a i think. with bone swiss ceramics bearings, and gullwing alpine trucks with marshmallow bushings