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| jsntarrant |
 Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2012 12:18 am |
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The 12 yr old has expressed an interest in learning freestyle...I know absolutely nothing about what to get him. He's a tall for his age 100 pound kid.
Good brands? Does size matter @ this stage for him?
Any help would be much appreciated
Jason |
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| willymaze20five |
| Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2012 1:47 am |
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| go with some new indy 109's & kevin harris momentum wheels...as for a deck pick up 1 of those reshaped powells on ebay & if he doesnt like that at first try a bigger shape next |
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| Midtown |
| Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2012 3:35 pm |
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| I would recommend going with a SK8KINGS freestyle deck, they use their own molds for decks so that you don't get some freestyle board that was molded in a street concave (they usually have a weird feeling at the nose and kick tail and the concave is wrong for a smaller board when a street mold is used). Now the better freestylers mix old and new tricks so I wouldn't get a short skinny board either unless your going pogo (Yawn). I could recommend my model at SK8KINGS but I would say take a look at the whole lineup to see what he might like. My model is the closest to a regular street board. I prefer using Indy 129 Hollows on my model and the wheels that have been proven time after time are their Freestyle Crown Jewel wheels, the harder ones for use on smooth concrete surfaces and the slightly softer for use on regular asphalt. I hope this info helps. |
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| Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2012 3:35 pm |
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| I would recommend going with a SK8KINGS freestyle deck, they use their own molds for decks so that you don't get some freestyle board that was molded in a street concave (they usually have a weird feeling at the nose and kick tail and the concave is wrong for a smaller board when a street mold is used). Now the better freestylers mix old and new tricks so I wouldn't get a short skinny board either unless your going pogo (Yawn). I could recommend my model at SK8KINGS but I would say take a look at the whole lineup to see what he might like. My model is the closest to a regular street board. I prefer using Indy 129 Hollows on my model and the wheels that have been proven time after time are their Freestyle Crown Jewel wheels, the harder ones for use on smooth concrete surfaces and the slightly softer for use on regular asphalt. I hope this info helps. |
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| jsntarrant |
| Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2012 4:20 pm |
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Thanks for the info gentlemen, much appreciated. Gonna check out sk8kings and I was told small school as well to check out
I'll let ya know how it goes |
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| willymaze20five |
| Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2012 12:31 am |
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everything gary said is the advice that ur looking for  straight from the horse's mouth
whats ups gary hit me up! long time no talk...hope all is good in apple town  |
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| Terrence Maddox |
| Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2013 10:06 pm |
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| I bought a Decomposed Ray Meyer deck and the new Indy 101's (maybe called 109's) and was wondering what is the proper wheel mm for a freestyle wheel? I think it is 55 mm but was thinking of going even a little smaller? |
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| jacbli76 |
| Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 3:49 pm |
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in the 80s it was 57mm
but its really up to you |
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| willymaze20five |
| Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2013 12:45 am |
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like jake said 57mm was the Norm back then ...so its up to you on size
if you paln on doing Freestyle tricks make sure you get a wheel that cover's the wheel Nuts
theres no rule Book .....thats why we Sk8  |
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