Driving on a board - one of the most popular sports which can be engaged at the amateur level and for own pleasure. It also a great way to diversify the leisure, to get new friends, to surprise the girl. And to learn to ride absolutely simply, especially if you know how to choose a skateboard. In many respects depend on a board the equipment and abilities of the athlete. However and to overpay for, allegedly, branded, but in practice not the most qualitative thing, nobody wants. And it is correct as upon purchase it is necessary to pay attention, first of all, not to a logo, and to characteristics of concrete goods.
How to choose a good skateboard?
If the problem what to choose a skateboard, is relevant for you, then, first of all, it is worth avoiding doubtful shops and other "left" outlets. Always there is a risk to run into the Chinese fake or just low-quality goods. If there is an opportunity, then it is worth getting a second-hand board from the professional athlete, but such option is rather from area of a fantasy. And the second-hand skateboard will hardly be in good condition and will serve to you long.
Therefore behind purchase it is necessary to go to specialized sporting goods store. And it is better to choose a board in ready assembly there as to bring together her in parts as professionals do, it is unprofitable and it is difficult. These can be engaged if you decide to be engaged in driving on a skateboard more seriously.
The design of a board includes the following elements: sound board, pendants, wheels. And when choosing suitable model it is necessary to draw close attention to each of them.
Sound board — the main detail of a skateboard, that is that board. It is made of several a layer of plywood, carefully pressed and stuck together among themselves. Most often boards happen 6.7 and 9-layer, in certain cases there can be one more plastic layer - for sliding on a handrail and extreme driving. A front and back part of a sound board have bends. It is very important that quality glue as during intensive operation the board is quickly stratified was used.
If you do not know how to choose the skateboard size, then it must be kept in mind that in length the board can be 80 cm, sometimes it is slightly more or less. Its width usually varies from 19 to 21 cm. The narrow board is suitable for stunt driving, wide — for standard, it is steadier and safe. The board has to spring, be well not too heavy.
To the lower part of a sound board pendants which quality also is of great importance for comfortable and safe driving fasten. It is necessary to give preference to models which have pendants not too heavy, but also not really easy — they break quicker.
The board can have soft and rigid wheels. It is necessary to choose a skateboard at which wheels are almost completely hidden under a sound board, well spring and have the average size.
How to choose a skateboard for beginners?
If you only plan to get up for a board and do not represent at all how it is correct to choose a skateboard, then it is necessary to make a start from the same parameters that are stated above. But in purchase of device for driving for the beginner there are also nuances:
- the sound board surely has to be with konkeyvy — a bend in a front part — and an emery layer above; it does a skateboard to steadier;
- width has to be 20-20.5 cm;
- it is better to buy a board 7-layer — it has an optimum weight for training in driving;
- it is better to choose model with easy pendants;
- wheels the board has to have a little more averages, but not excessively big — about 54 mm in the diameter;
- it is worth choosing wheels with a rigidity indicator 77a or 80a with ABEC5 or ABEC7 bearings.
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