I have a decent amount of experience with traditional skateboarding and want to get into longboarding. I am looking for a symmetrical longboard with kicks, preferably shaped like a standard skateboard.
What do you think would be a good choice? This would be primarily for commute, cruising, and maybe some mellow carving.
Not really looking to do tricks, but after riding my friend’s longboard I immediately missed the kicks for pivoting quickly just getting around.
Update: After looking around some more, I found the Landyachtz Clark which looks a lot like what I’m after: https://landyachtz.com/shop/all/skate/boards/the-clark/
Thank you for all your suggestions, all these boards look awesome! This probably won’t be my last longboard either, so feel free to keep making suggestions.
Plus, someone in the future might find them useful too!
I have been into longboarding off and on for the past few years and I have loved my Maestro Pro from Bustin. I don’t do any dance or tricks, just commuting and cruising. Honestly, I feel like you don’t necessarily even need a symmetrical board if you’re not into tricks though but this one would be a good option if you do want one. If you’re on the fence sign up for their newsletter and wait for a sale. They also make these cool hybrid boards which are pushable but also have electric assist but they’re a bit too pricey for me.
https://bustinboards.com/products/maestro-complete-board
Damn, that does look pretty slick. I was looking at another similar board suggested in [email protected] but from Omen. It has kicks but they’re weird.
I might just have to go to the nearest shop to see how they feel, but in my head I was thinking just a standard shaped board but bigger.
From what I’ve been reading, though these drop through style boards people keep suggesting make better commuters.
Yeah didn’t even think about the drop through trucks. I feel like they are a lot nicer because you ride much closer to the ground. Feels smoother and easier to push long distances with the lower center of gravity. From what I recall, longboards use a reverse kingpin set up compared to the normal kingpin trucks on short boards and that makes them feel looser and more surfy as well but just be aware it is going to feel quite a bit different to a short board. You won’t find yourself having to pivot the board around nearly as much which is nice.
Maybe I just need to accept it, but I’ll really miss being able to take a sharp turn. Maybe I should just stick with skateboards. Time will tell I suppose.
Get a regular deck (maybe slightly wider than you usually skate), some risers and bigger/softer wheels, and see how that feels.
Alternatively there are some ditch skating boards probably a little closer to what you’re thinking about (think Landyachtz sell some).
Longboards feel very different to me in an unpleasant way, opting for the kind wheels more commonly used by filmers was a nice middle ground.
Yeah, I have an oldschool cruiser with risers already but I was looking for something a little longer and with biggerer wheels.
Also, the oldschool board is from the late 80s and is semi-retired. Landyachtz seems to have some interesting offerings.