Ideas for a first board

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Permalink Reply by Andrew Johns on July 11, 2010 at 23:40

alrite cool thanks, i really wasn't sure which one wanted of the 2. and the first ride i ever had was on the psycho, it's my mates first board he got second hand, and i thought that it was awesome... and we wer going down the smallest hill ever and around a corner. If i love it that much from just doing something as low graded as that, then I'm bloody looking forward to comin to an event in Australia, or even just going down bigger hills! can't wait to get my own board and gear I'll be out and about in no time :D

James said:

I have ridden the emo and I found that it was uncomfortable to ride and generally no good for anything but cruising to the shops. For a start its super narrow and I found it difficult to move my feet around on it. I got an early bomb from hopkin with grizly's and otang 4pres and it has been worth every cent. Its a fantastic board that feels great to bomb on. When I got the board I wasn't sure how serious I was about riding, now I'm out at least twice a week and I'm not sure that would happen if I'd got one of the cheapy decks I'd been looking at. And from what I've seen from people who've gone the cheap option for their first board they usually upgrade after a month or so to something better.

P.S the bomb just looks sexy. That's why I got it over the arfit ;)

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Permalink Reply by jason treloar on July 11, 2010 at 23:48

dude ive got a couple of early boards u can try out before you buy one from hopkin or something
i live in melbourne so whenever ur free we can meet up in the city and ill bring some boards for u to try

Andrew Johns said:

alrite cool thanks, i really wasn't sure which one wanted of the 2. and the first ride i ever had was on the psycho, it's my mates first board he got second hand, and i thought that it was awesome... and we wer going down the smallest hill ever and around a corner. If i love it that much from just doing something as low graded as that, then I'm bloody looking forward to comin to an event in Australia, or even just going down bigger hills! can't wait to get my own board and gear I'll be out and about in no time :D

James said:

I have ridden the emo and I found that it was uncomfortable to ride and generally no good for anything but cruising to the shops. For a start its super narrow and I found it difficult to move my feet around on it. I got an early bomb from hopkin with grizly's and otang 4pres and it has been worth every cent. Its a fantastic board that feels great to bomb on. When I got the board I wasn't sure how serious I was about riding, now I'm out at least twice a week and I'm not sure that would happen if I'd got one of the cheapy decks I'd been looking at. And from what I've seen from people who've gone the cheap option for their first board they usually upgrade after a month or so to something better.

P.S the bomb just looks sexy. That's why I got it over the arfit ;)

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Permalink Reply by Scotty Bomber on July 12, 2010 at 2:32

Yo Andrew. I just got into d/h too. My story: bought cheap generic sportshop pintail complete, kept tackling bigger hills & discovered I loved d/h, bought 2nd hand bits and pieces on the forums and eBay, got myself a complete landyachtz chinook. I love it BUT I would do it differently if I had my chance. I suggest getting out with a crew as much as possible, ask to borrow a board each session, and try everyones board. Nothing helps board purchase decision more than actually riding different decks. This gives you time to save up. Then buy complete from an Aussie shop. It turns out to be the most cost effective AND your supporting the scene. PS you MUST get helmet and pads, factor that in. Coming off will happen, so play smart and safe. 

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Permalink Reply by lewis capellari on July 12, 2010 at 10:00

hey bro i have a home made flat top drop through if ur interested? its 36" and pretty narrow. it goes alright for downhill and you can slide it as easy as any other board but its up 2 u

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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by The Dave on July 12, 2010 at 10:28

I've been doing well over 40 on the Emo without speed wobble issues - at least not board-related issues ;). Sure it's a cheap board but it's perfectly fine to start out on. It bombs, it carves, it slides. 20 bucks for a set of Khiro bushings and some extra wedge risers to adjust the stance and it's a whole different board.
To Andrew Johns, while I'm happy with the Emo I'd suggest getting something second hand or save that extra $150 and get a complete from Hopkin, because chances are you'll want to upgrade soon enough anyway. The narrow width of the Emo is definitely frustrating, though one thing that counts in its favour is that it's pretty light for what it is, which might help if you're a beginner trying to get the hang of throwing the thing around.

charlie harris said:

yea do not buy the psycho board my friend got one and he got speed wobbles going about 35-40kph

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Permalink Reply by Andrew Johns on July 12, 2010 at 12:19

i've been comparing the board shop and hopkin, and the Arift is the board im looking at, it seems to be cheaper on the board shop, so i will probably get it off that :D and yeah i agree what you said about the emo being a fine board to begin with, but i will probably get the Arift anway and use that for as long as i can :D

Dave R said:

I've been doing well over 40 on the Emo without speed wobble issues - at least not board-related issues ;). Sure it's a cheap board but it's perfectly fine to start out on. It bombs, it carves, it slides. 20 bucks for a set of Khiro bushings and some extra wedge risers to adjust the stance and it's a whole different board.
To Andrew Johns, while I'm happy with the Emo I'd suggest getting something second hand or save that extra $150 and get a complete from Hopkin, because chances are you'll want to upgrade soon enough anyway. The narrow width of the Emo is definitely frustrating, though one thing that counts in its favour is that it's pretty light for what it is, which might help if you're a beginner trying to get the hang of throwing the thing around.

charlie harris said:

yea do not buy the psycho board my friend got one and he got speed wobbles going about 35-40kph

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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by charlie harris on July 17, 2010 at 19:40

idk he might have been going faster that was just a guess lol

Dave R said:

I've been doing well over 40 on the Emo without speed wobble issues - at least not board-related issues ;). Sure it's a cheap board but it's perfectly fine to start out on. It bombs, it carves, it slides. 20 bucks for a set of Khiro bushings and some extra wedge risers to adjust the stance and it's a whole different board.
To Andrew Johns, while I'm happy with the Emo I'd suggest getting something second hand or save that extra $150 and get a complete from Hopkin, because chances are you'll want to upgrade soon enough anyway. The narrow width of the Emo is definitely frustrating, though one thing that counts in its favour is that it's pretty light for what it is, which might help if you're a beginner trying to get the hang of throwing the thing around.

charlie harris said:

yea do not buy the psycho board my friend got one and he got speed wobbles going about 35-40kph

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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Fitz on July 20, 2010 at 17:34

Hopkin has an excellent deal going on Early completes.
Early are all Aussie designed and owned. The Oz Team deck was designed by Jezza and myself with the help of Gus generating the CAD profile ( I didn't have it at the time). Austin put the icing on the cake with the funky minimalist graphic.
I get stoked on hearing comments like that. Cheers Jason.

jason treloar said:

ive got the arift and oz team and love both. i prefer the early oz team tho its awesome:)

Andrew Johns said:

cheers, would you recommend any of the boards from early skateboards?

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Permalink Reply by jason treloar on July 20, 2010 at 23:25

no probs. just trying to get the name out there. plus with justin (blind kid i teach to skate) who rides with all early equipment and deck. its a great company and great boards.

Fitz said:

Hopkin has an excellent deal going on Early completes.
Early are all Aussie designed and owned. The Oz Team deck was designed by Jezza and myself with the help of Gus generating the CAD profile ( I didn't have it at the time). Austin put the icing on the cake with the funky minimalist graphic.
I get stoked on hearing comments like that. Cheers Jason.

jason treloar said:

ive got the arift and oz team and love both. i prefer the early oz team tho its awesome:)

Andrew Johns said:

cheers, would you recommend any of the boards from early skateboards?

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