There are many answers on the Internet about how the novice skateboarder chooses skateboard, but as time goes by, more and more skateboard brands appear in various answers, leaving the novice skateboarder with no choice, not knowing which brand is good and which business is trustworthy. Now skateboarding has become an event in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, and skateboarding has also become one of the national sports events for the first time. The country has also selected Olympic athletes through skateboarding competitions in the National Games, and skateboarding fever has also set off in cities all over the country. Skateboarding, a free minority sport, has gradually entered the public's field of vision, and more and more people have devoted themselves to skateboarding.

Before continuing the topic of extreme skateboarding, let's popularize other "skateboards" in the eyes of ordinary people and classify them:

1. Fake skateboard: yo-yo board, a popular foreign product from Korea, also called activity board, is divided into space board and bat board according to its shape. The price of 100-200 is called "bra board" and "hip board", which harms the youth of countless children who want to play skateboarding. The most obvious feature is that there are only two wheels and one board.

2. Plastic small fish plate, also known as "banana board" and "bug board", is barely a member of the skateboarding family. The famous brand "Penny" is priced at 600+, and there are many domestic imitations, and the price is around 100. Because of its beautiful appearance, portability and strong passability, it has won the favor of many skaters. Many people use it as a means of transportation, and the plate is ABS.

Penny board

replica

To tell the truth, for the walking board that can't withstand high-intensity exercise, the genuine fish board is similar to the imitation fish board, but the genuine work is more exquisite and the quality of accessories is better. However, it goes without saying that everyone has different opinions. As far as cost performance is concerned, whoever uses it knows.

3. Wooden fishboards are divided into big fish boards and small fish plate boards according to their size, and they are mainly based on transportation. The surface of the board is maple, bamboo or bamboo+maple, which is monoclinic and attached with sandpaper, so you can do some simple skateboarding actions. The price is around 200, and all major skateboard brands have similar products with many variants, as shown below:

In addition to the well-known professional skateboard brands, there are many toy board brands, because the requirements for action are not very high, so plastic fish boards and toy brands play well.

Both plastic and wooden fishplates are made of polyurethane, and their hardness is between 65a and 78a.

4. Long board

There are roughly three kinds of longboards: dance board, all-around board and downhill board.

At present, longboard is very popular in China market, especially dancing board (DC). Because it is relatively simple to use, it is easy to do some chessboard actions, such as striding, turning around on the chessboard, ghost steps and so on. In all kinds of online dance board videos, girls will step and turn around, make a video, add some music and some special effects, and dance with the longboard goddess ... bringing waves of longboard fever. Characteristics of the dance board: the two ends are slightly inclined, and the length is generally 106cm and 120cm. Materials include pure maple, bamboo-wood combination, mixed stripped fiber and so on. The wheel is also made of polyurethane, and its hardness is between 65a and 78a.

All-around board, all the people who can play so well are awesome, and many of them are transferred from double flip skateboards. The all-around board is called "all-around" because its length is longer than the double flip board, but shorter than the dance board. You can play flat dance, downhill and double somersault, but you need more strength. Features of the all-round board: double-warped, about 100cm in length, and the wheels are also made of polyurethane, but because of playing skills, the hardness is between 100A- 102A.

Downslope board, also called highway board, is a downhill in long board. Generally, downhill slopes are driven by gravity, which means that you must find slopes and mountains to play. There are professional downhill competitions all over the world, and the world record of downhill board downhill has reached 130 km/h. Characteristics of downhill board: The board surface is generally hard, and the materials are maple, bamboo, glass fiber, carbon fiber and metal. , length 80- 150cm, high technology content. The wheels are generally professional downhill wheels with strong grip, and the hardness of the wheels will be adjusted according to different race roads.

The pictures of various longboard types are as follows:

Downhill board:

Dance board:

Fish-shaped long board:

Quick-falling settling plate:

Finally, there is a variant, which is similar to the split skateboard of roller skates-drift board:

None of the above is what I want to say about skateboarding. If you want any of the above skateboards, you don't have to read the following!

Now, get down to business:

The skateboard I want to talk about is a traditional extreme skateboard with two upturned wheels and four wheels. The structure is shown in the following figure:

First of all, the shape is as shown above. If you want to have a real professional four-wheel double-warped extreme skateboard (in order to distinguish the above skateboards, I have to add the attribute of "professional four-wheel double-warped"), the safest way is to go to a local professional skateboard shop or find local skateboarders, who have considerable experience to guide you to choose what brand and how to match it according to your own budget. For a detailed introduction of skateboarding brands, please see my other article: Introduction of world-famous skateboarding brands-Zhihu column.

If there are no skateboarding shops or groups in the local area and you want to buy them online, then find some professional skateboarding shops on Taobao. The question is, how to find a professional skateboarder? Remember the following three principles:

1. Don't search for the best-selling skateboard seller on a treasure, because 99% of them are toy skateboards, so I won't name the specific merchants, and I can't ruin other people's business.

2. According to brand search, search for brand English in a treasure search bar. After the results come out, compare the prices and go directly to the store. Generally speaking, toy boards produced by toy board manufacturers are genuine. Because of industry supervision, they dare not sell under other brands, so they can only sell under their own brands. Otherwise, once they are investigated, they will lose everything.

3. Individual sales prices: the plate price is below 200, the bracket price is below 220, the wheel price is below 100 and the bearing price is below 60. If the whole board price is lower than 450, try not to choose. It's probably fake. There is no denying that some of them are made by manufacturers, but the prices of foreign brands will not be lower than these prices.

The specific reasons are as follows:

The double-warped plate surface is generally 5-7 layers,

High-grade board, Canadian hard stone maple, inferior American maple, and other fibers are also added.

Mid-range panel, Mexican maple, China maple, Northeast maple. However, logging has been banned in China, so it is still imported.

Low-grade boards are very cheap boards. Toy board, now toy board, looks very professional, just like professional board. The wood used is birch, all kinds of plywood, which is off-center, so beginners can't tell it apart.

Bracket: Some toy boards have obvious brackets, which can be seen at a glance. The most convenient thing is to look at the brand logo. Why can't I use a toy board bracket? A good scaffold material is magnesium-aluminum alloy or titanium alloy, and the manufacturing process is gravity casting, which is more expensive. Although the toy brackets look the same, they are all made of iron, zinc alloy and magnesium-aluminum alloy, but the production process is die casting, and the internal structure and hardness are very different from those of professional brackets. In addition, the PU pad used on the bracket is also different.

Bearing: This is mainly reflected in speed. Professional skateboard bearings are specially designed for skateboards, and their accuracy and internal structure are different from those of industrial bearings.

Sandpaper: The surface of the earliest toy board was sandblasted and soon fell out. Now sandpaper has been homogenized, mainly reflected in the brand and pattern. There is no difference between colored sandpaper and transparent sandpaper.

Wheels: This difference is not very big, but the same hardness makes the wheels have greater grip.

The difference between a toy board and a professional board may not be obvious at ordinary times, but when it comes to skills, such as Ollie's various movements on the steps and bars, falling behind is easy to cause the board to break, the bracket to be scrapped, and the bearing steel balls to jump wildly, which is easy to cause life-threatening. Therefore, in order to enjoy skateboarding better and cherish life, please stay away from toy skateboarding. Of course, if you just want to skate on the flat ground, forget it.

The first toy skateboard:

It's easy to tell whether it's single or double.

Now the appearance of toy skateboards is the same as that of professional skateboards, and the sales volume is several times that of professional skateboards. Naturally, it is getting bigger and bigger, and all kinds of beautiful patterns make novices dazzled and excited. I have made great contributions to the popularization of skateboarding. Haha, the purpose of writing this article is not to expose or praise anyone. I just stand in an objective position and hope that the novice skateboarder will not fall into the pit, polish his eyes and play the real skateboard.

At present, the toy skateboard, even if the appearance is true and the pattern is beautiful, is only superficial and has no skateboard soul!

However, I hope that toy skateboard manufacturers can one day make professional skateboards comparable to foreign brands and make a unique skateboard brand in China. Professional skateboard manufacturers can update technology and reduce costs. One day, the price of professional skateboards can compete with toy boards, so that more people can play real skateboards.

Finally, a few personal favorite skateboard brands:

Panel: blind, chocolate, world industry, elements, black market, mini logo.

Scaffolding: thunder, adventure, destruction, eve, independence.

Wheels: bones, fire breathing, mini logo.

Bearing: mini logo, bone

Related interests, domestic brands are not recommended. I hope this article can point out the direction for beginners who have just entered the skateboard pit.

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