Skateboarding

The Nitty Gritty of Skateboard Parts

Skateboarding is a fairly popular sport in Australia, with skaters riding in every skate park and normal park they can find, but do they know how their boards are made and why all of their components work so well. No, I’m not planning on boring you to death by explaining how the board’s wood or metal is shaped, but I will explain what all the components do and how susceptible they are to breaking.

Protective Equipment – The Ideal Way to Improve Safety When…

Fun and healthy, skateboarding is a popular recreational activity, especially among teenagers. However, just like any other sport, skateboarding requires wearing a protective equipment in order to improve safety. When talking protective gear, the basic and most needed types of skateboarding protective equipment are skateboard helmets, knee pads for skating, elbow pads, skateboard gloves, and wrist guards. Deciding what size you need can be difficult, especially if you are new to this, which is why we are here to help you make the right choice.

The Benefits of Having Your Own Skate Rail

Skating is one of the world’s most interesting sports considering how creative and sometimes crazy the tricks and flips the pros pull off. These range from skating onto a ramp until vertical or grinding on a rail while pulling off flips. And seeing as they usually do these perfect tricks in public around a large croud or a special event, where do they prepare and train for these tricks? Why in their own backyard of course. Every professional skater has his own little slice of heaven in his backyard, and this used to be pretty expensive and difficult to…

Skateboarding: Prevent Any Undesirable Incidents with Skate Protective Gear

Talk with any professional skater and they will all agree that quality protective gear is essential. Helmets and mouth guards will protect you from getting a concussion while pads will protect your body from injury. Most skateboarding injuries happen when the skater loses balance and fall on a hard surface. By wearing skate protective gear your chances of getting injured will reduce significantly. The hands and arms are the most common injured body parts, but abrasions on other parts of the body are also common. Stay safe by wearing your skate protective gear anytime you go skateboarding. Helmets This…

Rebels on Wheels Must Know – Skateboard Bearings

Skateboarding started back in the 50s when the surfers from California wanted to skate on the road while the ocean was full with flat and boring waves. Since then skating has remained popular activity among teenagers and young adults, and as the years went by more and more folk want to try it. Whether you are a newbie or more experienced one, you should know that each part of the skateboard is crucial, and to do those hard tricks you will need to own the best skateboard wheels, the best skateboard trucks and the best skateboard bearings. Even though the skateboard…

Finding the Best Skateboard Trucks: Two Things to Consider

Being an everyday skater, doing those super awesome tricks will break or wear down your wheels, and especially the skateboard trucks. These parts are generally the most damaged, and we know that changing them should be done with the greatest care. There are a lot of retailers that offer different sizes and brands, however, to do the best tricks you will need to find the best skateboard trucks the market has to offer. Bellow, we will go in-depth on how to find the best skateboard trucks in Australia. In essence, each skateboard has two trucks, where each one of…

How I Chose the Best Wheels to Upgrade My Childhood…

I remember the first time I went for a ride with my skateboard, like it was yesterday. I was 7 years old and my dad had bought me and my big brother matching skateboards and we couldn’t be more excited about our cool gifts. We immediately went for a ride around the neighbourhood and I remember I had so much fun gliding down the street on my yellow skateboard. I have to admit at first I was really bad at skateboarding and I would often fall trying to do some fun trick, but nothing could discourage me from mastering…

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