Extreme Sports

Most skateboarders know all too well that skateboarding can be an expensive sport. Of course, to be able to perform correctly and safely, routine maintenance needs to be done on your skateboard. The maintenance and replacement of parts can become expensive. Luckily, there is a way to save money without sacrificing quality by purchasing your parts online.

Online stores often are able to maintain more affordable prices since they usually have lower operating expenses. By not maintaining a “brick-and-mortar” store, the store lowers overhead, therefore passing the savings on to the customer.

Competition in the online market also helps to keep costs low since most online stores constantly offer promotions and sales in order to keep up with the competition. Online business owners know that customers are searching for the best possible deal so they strive to offer something beyond what their competitors are. Online sites tend to offer great promotions as well. Some send promotions such as discount coupons via email or offers that are only for repeat customers. Signing up for newsletters and promotions from your favorite skateboarding stores could definitely be to your advantage.

Another advantage to shopping online is that you are able to quickly compare prices for skateboard parts between several sites at once. Be sure to account for shipping costs when comparing prices. Shipping costs vary sometimes upwards of $15 or more between sites.

Online stores tend to have wider selections of parts for your skateboard than retail shops as well. There is almost any part available online as well, whereas in retail stores, you are limited to a certain amount of supply. You may even discover parts that you didn’t even know existed by searching different online skateboard websites. There are several sites online who offer unique parts that can help you with the style of your skateboard. Shopping online is a great way to experiment with new aspects of the world of skateboarding.  Read more...

The prices at the gas pumps can really ruin your day. Everyone out there has been affected by them. Therefore, you may be able to consider skateboarding as a great alternate form of transportation though. It really depends on where you need to travel. You will find that more schools including colleges are offering storage space for skateboards. Students can use them to get to classes on time. On large college campuses it can be a great benefit because you may have to walk plenty from one class to the next.

Skateboarding can be fun which will make that commute one you tend to enjoy more. It can also shave off plenty of too time so if you are often pressed to get from Point A to Point B without any time to spare this can give you some breathing room. Office clerks also can use skateboard get to or from work. You will save gas money and you won’t have the repair bills for a vehicle or insurance costs either. If you are saving up for a car, a skateboard as your transportation to and from work can help out for the time being.

Using a skateboard as an alternate form of transportation has other benefits too. You will get plenty of exercise this way which you wouldn’t get in a car. You can also avoid taking the bus or other forms of public transportation. The daily cost of them certainly adds up over the course of time. You also have to travel on their schedule instead of your own. When there are delays or too many people it can increase your stress level.  Read more...

Before going further into the article, let me give you a brief idea about skateboarding. In simple words, skateboarding is the act of riding and performing various tricks by using a skateboard. A person who undertakes this activity is often called as a skateboarder, skater or skate rat! Skateboarding can be a lot of fun, if you know the correct technique of riding and skating on it.

Firstly, select the right skateboard and other protective gears. If you are trying to do tricks in your driveway, elbow pads might be a good idea, but you really only need knee pads if you are skating on a ramp, or trying some pretty crazy tricks. The first step towards learning skateboarding is to get the feel of the skateboard!

The first step is to balance the skateboard. Set the board either in some grass, or on the carpet in your living room, and try standing on it, jumping on it, whatever you want. Try balancing only on the front or back wheels. Stand on the board, move your feet into different positions. There are two kinds of stances to stand on the skateboard: goofy and regular.

Ask a close friend of yours who knows skateboarding to teach you. Ask someone from a local shop or park if you can watch them. Try practicing as much as you can. You can eve watch a video in a slow motion to know more about skateboarding. Don’t get discouraged because you can’t land a trick the first or second try. Just keep your cool and you will eventually get the trick.

Skateboarding is easy to learn and with time and practice, you will become proficient in this activity!

Protect children can be a nature of all the parents. Sometimes we find that our sense of adventure and free spirit we were once well known for is nonexistent at that point in our lives. What happens is that we often view the worst case scenarios and apply them to our children. We love them so much that we end up holding them back instead of encouraging them in certain things.

There is no doubt that skateboarding is considered as a dangerous sport by many parents. We too often hear about kids getting seriously injured in it. However, those that have the right equipment to ride on as well as properly fitting safety equipment are less likely to fall into that category. Sure, they are going to get some minor bumps and bruises but that is common for children no matter what types of activities they take part in. You wouldn’t allow your child to play football without pads and a helmet so make sure they have what they need while skateboarding as well.

Parents should be involved in the decision for their children to skateboard. However, you need to have a very open mind about it instead of immediately letting your fears take control. Find out why they are interested in skateboarding. Are they skateboarding as a temporary hobby or they want to involve in this sports for compete in various types of competition.

Their passion of skateboarding can help children with many things. For example they will be developing skills such as patience and learning the value of practicing when it comes to mastering something that they are interested in. These are skills that can carry over to many areas of their life now and as adults.  Read more...

Skateboards are great to ride and play around on. It is a sport that encompasses speed and skill. There are many different parts to a skateboard such as the deck, the wheels, and the truck, but probably the most important part is the bearings. The bearings allow the wheels to turn freely without friction which is what makes the skateboard travel at high speeds. The speed and precision of control of the board is down to the bearings. But skateboard bearings are very delicate and need to be treated right; here are the top 6 reasons why skateboard bearings fail:

1. Dirt – if dirt gets into the bearing of the skateboard the bearing can not move freely and the dirt causes friction. How can you prevent dirt from attacking your bearings? Clean your bearings every time you use them, this’ll get rid of the chance of dirt from getting into the bearing.
2. Lubrication – not enough lubrication on your bearings creates friction and causes the skateboard to slow down and will eventually break the bearing. On a regular basis take off the bearings to your skateboard and soak them in lubricant.
3. WD40 – the minute people spray their skateboard bearings in WD40 is the same minute they have just ruined their bearings. WD40 may look like a lubricant but it actually gets rid of the grease that is inside of the bearing and causes them to fail.
4. Age – it has been said that bearings should outlive the life of the actual machine but due to other factors of wear and tear this isn’t usually the case. Skateboard bearings do take a lot of pressure on them and they do suffer from wear after long periods of time and so be sure to change this.
5. Wrong Fitting – fitting the bearings to your skateboard perfectly is exceptionally important, a little like Goldilocks they can’t be fitted too tight or too loose they need to be just right. If the bearings are not fitted appropriately they usually vibrate more which causes the ride to be less than smooth.
6. Cheap Bearings – people sometimes think that because the bearings on their skateboard are so small they don’t mater and so when it comes to buying or replacing them they go for the cheapest option. This is a huge mistake, you don’t have to choose the most expensive but go for quality, cheap bearings usually break after a short period of time and never run as fast or smoothly as the more expensive ones.  Read more...