Hey everyone,

I used to skateboard all through my teens, but it's been a while! Now that my [7YO] daughter is interested, I'd love to get back into it and skate with her. Looking for recommendations on a good setup to ease myself back into things (aside from the full body armor I'll be wearing, HA!). Any suggestions on deck size, trucks, wheels, and bearings that would be ideal for someone a bit older but still itching to ride? I'm currently looking at the pre-built stuff on Amazon. Specifically, a Santa Cruz deck [Screaming Hand] 8.6" x 31.95" with Ace Trucks, Snot Wheels & ABEC 5 Bearings.

Thanks for any tips or advice!

Hej fellows! What deck would you choose to complement this truck/wheels combo?

Trucks: Paris v2 180mm Wheels: Orangatang 4Pres 70mm 77a

I enjoy (read practice without necessarily dying):

Careful downhill, carving, surfskating

Thanks!

So I never really learned to skate more than cruising around as a kid. I don't really think I understand the impact of practice (I simply thought you could do it or you couldn't).

Fast forward twenty or so years and I've been getting into both my skating and mountain biking. I finally cleared a small table top on my MTB and then managed my first real ollie and 50/50 (very small ramp, but still, I was making progress and very happy).

I went out yesterday, managed another 50/50. Feeling so good about the idea that my efforts would be getting me somewhere. And then whilst trying to do an exaggerated kick turn, I totally stacked it and broke my rib. I have no idea what happened and why I fell so badly. But I do know its broken.

I feel so angry that I waited until my body is old and fooked to finally get into shit.

I have bought a 3d0 vest and shorts. But is it game over? I feel so down...

Hey guys! I’m from Australia and planning a road trip across the US for my family (me, husband and 2 girls).

My husband is an extreme sports photographer and has been a skater all his life. Going to Woodward West is something he’s always wanted to do, and I want to make that happen.

However - can you just go there to skate if you’re not a kid at one of their camps?

If you have any suggestions for other parks worth hitting up we’re headed through these states:

• California
• Arizona
• New Mexico
• Texas
• Tennessee
• Alabama
• Florida
• Georgia
• The Carolina’s
• Virginia
• New York

We’ll be there during Spring ☺️ Cheers!

I've been teaching my kid to skate, so far just to stay on the board / ride and re-learning the same myself, on my ~25 year old Zero deck that I think is 8.5-8.75". never been a good skater, just enjoyed some cruising and can barely ollie. My "big dream" is to learn a couple of basic tricks and just ride around with my kid every now and then.

Should I consider getting a wider deck? It would seem logical since I want stability and need to fit my big ass feet (US12) on it. I'm not a small guy, 6"1' and 210lbs.

Is something like this or this hard to ollie with, or strictly for cruising? A local shop has these. Can't find any symmetrical wider decks locally, so would need to order one in which case anything from 9" popsicles to 10.5" eggs is available. Really don't need a board for big tricks but wouldn't hurt if I could try and jump.

By the way have enjoyed this sub suddenly showing up in my feed!