Complete skateboard, advice

dirtyohioriver22 · Backside 180 Joined: 13 Mar 2006 Posts: 1705 City: cincy

I'm going to get a new board and I need new everything because my excuse as a board from walmart isnt cutting it, so I decided to get a complete skate off of ebay and was wondering what you guys think, i skate street and want huge pop and a board that flips nice the biggest drop ill be hitting is a 4 set and ill be doing no vert of anykind, i'm 5'9 130 if that matters i geuss i want a smaller deck for flip tricks but idn, ive been looking into: element featherlight deck, girl mariano street pirate deck, darkstar armor light and core trucks, amphetamine bearings, idn what wheels, and shortys for hardware, im looking to spend between 50-70 dollars i have no clue if thats to much or to little, any info would help even what you're skating now

this is just one of the setups ive been looking at,

http://cgi.ebay.com/DARKSTAR-Skateboards-ARMOR-LIGHT-Complete-SKATEBOARD_W0QQitemZ330031549060QQihZ014QQcategoryZ16264QQcmdZViewItem

thanks max

mario c. · Guest

for 50$ it will spank your wal-mart set up. that really is a good deal.

i have a cherrywood POP WAR deck that i like alot.
venture trucks
adoban wheels
china red bearings

dirtyohioriver22 · Backside 180 Joined: 13 Mar 2006 Posts: 1705 City: cincy

so u think the darkstar setup on ebay for 49$ plus 20 is a really good deal, i have no sense of pricing for skates

dirtyohioriver22 · Backside 180 Joined: 13 Mar 2006 Posts: 1705 City: cincy

i think im gonna go with

deck-baker logo
trucks-independent silver
bearings- reds something
wheels- blank gels
hardware-shortys

dirtyohioriver22 · Backside 180 Joined: 13 Mar 2006 Posts: 1705 City: cincy

i remember the bearings bone reds

Slapdown · Kickflip Joined: 20 Apr 2005 Posts: 4240 City: Austin

dirtyohioriver22, If i were you i would go for the deal with the darkstar.

dirtyohioriver22 · Backside 180 Joined: 13 Mar 2006 Posts: 1705 City: cincy

Slapdown, well i can get the exact same deal as my second deck except with a darkstar deck, so my setup would be

deck-darkstar armor light
trucks-independent silver 129
bearings- bones reds
wheels- blank gels
hardware-shortys

what do u think the best deck out there is with the info i gave u

ridehatzic · Posted: Oct 04, 2006 10:32 pm Post subject:

I've got an Almost Haslam, it's sick. It's a little big, but I gots big feets.

CrzyTexan · Frontside 180 Joined: 05 May 2006 Posts: 475

if you want a sick nice board and set up just get a blank board its no different from the others jsut has no graphic onthe bottom... www.blankdecks.com has steep, medium, or low concave styles. Get some reds bearings, krux low trucks, ricta wheels. Smile

thats my suggestion. Don't get a bam helium or featherlight they snap easy... Almost is a good company tho

Slapdown · Kickflip Joined: 20 Apr 2005 Posts: 4240 City: Austin

CrzyTexan pretty much gave you the right advice. Don't give in to pretty pictures.

dirtyohioriver22 · Backside 180 Joined: 13 Mar 2006 Posts: 1705 City: cincy

CrzyTexan, Slapdown, o i know that element sucks i was deffianitely not goin to get one, i was thinkin about gettin a baker or a darkstar but i still dont know yet i might get the blank, all i know for sure is i dont want a board over 7.8 wide and probally indy trucks

TTUFAN24 · Posted: Oct 06, 2006 9:32 am Post subject:

my set up:

deck: blank
trucks: grind king
wheels: white
bearings: roll
hardware: keeps the board together

blanks are the way to go, the cost about half as much. unfortunately they dont have a graphic, so if your a huge dueche bottle and need the new tony hawk, dont get a blank. the 12 year olds at the skatepark will never look up to you.

provin1327 · Posted: Oct 06, 2006 4:40 pm Post subject:

i wouldn't get a darkstar, just go to your local skate shop and ask them. I would advice on getting a think or a blank from your shop. They are nice and cheap. And you can see how u like everything right there.

PIRATE · Kickflip Joined: 11 Jul 2006 Posts: 2651

SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SKATE SHOP !!!!!!!!!!!!

if you buy this online kids in your town will beat your ass for being so lame.... Support your SCENE

wakemitch · Posted: Oct 06, 2006 5:27 pm Post subject:

provin1327 · Posted: Oct 06, 2006 6:19 pm Post subject:

yea they wont beat your ass, but dont buy skate shizzle online, unless its shoes or somthing.

dirtyohioriver22 · Backside 180 Joined: 13 Mar 2006 Posts: 1705 City: cincy

dude PIRATE, there is no local skateshop just giant department stores that sell good skateboards, the kids in the town said the bitches at ollies try to rip u off. and to buy your shizzle on the internet if you can because its cheapr.

i support my local wakeshop tho,
i dont really care about supportin skateboardin , im not gonna go the extra effort to support a shop, if there was one close i would but theres not
that blankdeck websitee is nice ill probally go with that but theres so many blanks i dont know what to get

Jonesie · Backside 180 Joined: 31 Jan 2005 Posts: 811

dirtyohioriver22, where do you live because i know of 3 shops around town..if you can make the loooooooooong journey over Anonymous is the shizzle and Fat Nick will hook you up

provin1327 · Posted: Oct 07, 2006 11:41 am Post subject:

kyle13 · Posted: Oct 08, 2006 9:28 pm Post subject:

I have only heard negative things about darkstar for some reason, just the talk of people at the skateshop I usually go to.

I don't really skate that much but I seem to break my decks every few months so I wouldn't worry about the deck so much.

I have owned zoo york, almost, atm, element, and a ton of blanks from my local shop. There are differences in these boards but they all serve the same purpose. Get one and skate it till it breaks, then buy a new one.

And like everyone said ^
Support your local skateshops.