No one knows skateboards better than Bud Stratford of Concrete Wave, one of the world's leading skate magazines. We asked him to put together five dream rigs. Here they are.Click here forSkateboards Overview.
Best Street Board (Element Helium)
Element Helium Construction deck, Tensor Mid Trucks, and Ricta Aircore or Ricta Speedband wheels. The cutting edge in New School skating technology, this setup is ideal for technical street riding and the very latest tricks.
Whenever you think of hard-carving, responsive classic longboards, the first board that most people bring to mind is the tried-and-true G&S Fibreflex, even though it's a throwback to skateboarding’s golden years of the late 1970s.
Black Label/Emergency John Lucero Jester deck, same brand Blood Spot wheels, and Independent 169 trucks: this is the gotta-have-it skateboard for everybody over 30 this season.
Sk8Kings Axe, Manx 69mm slalom wheels, Tracker RTX front truck, and Tracker RTS rear truck. The Sk8Kings Axe has a reputation as a winner, with racers such as Richy Carrasco and Lynn Kramer climbing the world rankings on it. It also comes at package price that’ll make champions of all of us.
A Landyachtz Evo deck set up with Randal DH trucks, and Abec 11 Flywheels equals the most potent downhill speed machine available at any price, anywhere. The Evo deck is, at first sight, a rather peculiar platform, with its small, flat ends and low-slung central floor.
Element Helium Construction deck, Tensor Mid Trucks, and Ricta Aircore or Ricta Speedband wheels. The cutting edge in New School skating technology, this setup is ideal for technical street riding and the very latest tricks.
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Whenever you think of hard-carving, responsive classic longboards, the first board that most people bring to mind is the tried-and-true G&S Fibreflex, even though it's a throwback to skateboarding’s golden years of the late 1970s.
Black Label/Emergency John Lucero
Sk8Kings Axe, Manx 69mm slalom wheels, Tracker RTX front truck, and Tracker RTS rear truck. The Sk8Kings Axe has a reputation as a winner, with racers such as Richy Carrasco and Lynn Kramer climbing the world rankings on it. It also comes at package price that’ll make champions of all of us.
A Landyachtz Evo deck set up with Randal DH trucks, and Abec 11 Flywheels equals the most potent downhill speed machine available at any price, anywhere. The Evo deck is, at first sight, a rather peculiar platform, with its small, flat ends and low-slung central floor.