Skateboarding is a good way to exercise and entertain since this sport offers several challenges for skaters to explore their limits. Together with the development of this sport, a lot of skateboarding companies were founded but not many of them produce good products. 

Hence, it is quite easy to pick a cheap and low-quality skateboard instead of getting a good one. As the guide where SkateAdvisors suggested some factors to consider when finding a good skateboard, skateboarders had better buy products from a reliable brand. 

Moreover, you need to determine your needs in this sport. For example, if you are serious about skateboarding and want to pursue a professional career, I strongly recommend you get an excellent skateboard to practice. 

Otherwise, you can choose a cheap skateboard if entertaining is what you are aiming at. In general, through some physical tests, you can easily tell whether a skateboard is good or not. So what are those tests and how you can evaluate the quality of a skateboard, let’s find out in this post? 

BRAND NAME

A high-quality skateboard always has the brand name on it. This is also an effective way to distinguish between a genuine skateboard and a fake product. You can easily look up the information for a specific brand on the internet as well as the signs of a fake product similar to that brand. 

SKATEBOARD TRUCKS

According to the instructions from SkateAdvisors, skateboard trucks are one of the most important parts of a skateboard because it has to withstand the weight of skaters as well as distribute the impact to the skateboard. 

A good truck needs to be sturdy and made of metal; however, the skateboard truck had better be strong but lightweight. A heavy skateboard truck can offer the best sturdiness but skaters can find it extremely hard to turn or perform tricks. When checking the trucks, you have to make sure that all the bushings are made of rubber, not plastic. 

SKATEBOARD DECKS

The easiest way to check the quality of the deck is to stand on it for a while. A good deck should give you a little flex when leaning heel side and toe side. For skaters who do not have enough experience with skateboards, checking the skateboard deck with naked eyes is definitely an impossible challenge. 

In that case, they can rely on the technical specifications provided by the manufacturers or the sellers. Typically, you have to look for the number of plies which means the number of wooden layers that are connected to form the deck. Usually, skateboard decks are made of 7 to 9 layers of wood. 

If these tips are too hard to imagine, I suggest you check out the post about the structure of a skateboard provided by SkateAdvisors on getpocket to fully understand this topic. 

CONCLUSION

There are also many other factors that need considering such as the bearings, the price, etc; however, I think the 3 criteria I mentioned above are the most important ones.