Q: okay well my cousin has this cheap skateboard that he bought at like target or something for twenty bucks and i tried doing an ollie on that thing and i couldn’t get higher than a few inches and after a while the bearings broke and the wheels went flying. so has anyone ever been able to do a trick on one of those skateboards without breaking it, and i know its not me because i skate and can do tricks with other skateboards i just cant do anything on those twenty dollar ones.
A: Unfortunately it is possible. you just don’t have the necessary equipment to shred on the cheap skateboards. you see the cheap ones have slippery griptape so you have to counter that with shoes with extra grip. i recommend the nike dunk sb’s. They have extra grip that will help you. To keep the wheels more durable you have to first take out the bearing (as not to ruin them) and soak them in a mixture of equal parts elmers and krazy glue for 2 hours and then wait till they dry. Next put them in a freezer right next to the frozen vegetables and wait one week. It’s important that you wait that long or longer so that the chemicals from the glue can react and adhere and soak into the wheel’s sores. If you do these things you will get much more mileage and shredage out of even the cheapest decks.
No, cuz it's gonna break. Plastic aint all that good either. Tell your cousin some cheap things aint worth it.
References :
March 17th, 2009