$25 Cheap VS Expensive $221 Skateboard

Testing a beginner skateboard setup that only cost $25.00 vs a professional skateboard setup that cost $221! Subscribe: bit.ly/subscribezackdowdy
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[@tim.jenkins75]

i just put two boards together for the kids... i used mini logo trucks, wheels and bearings, they came as a pack... and a 7.5 deck enuff deck. i got a second as the graphic was scratched.. truck pack was £40 and the deck was £20... so a decent board for £60 .. it rides really well.... a good middle ground for parents struggling. hope this helps somebody !!!

[@_kuyucuyu_]

Yes! Very helpful. Trying to do this for my son 👍🏻

[@trevordaniels9309]

still riding my spongebob season 3 special edition wit the matchin pads. that shit bussin

[@ZackDowdy]

Haha YES!!

[@MC_795]

My first was a Braille complete about 2 years ago. Now I have a Powell flight deck with ace trucks and spitfire wheels. The first board lasted me about 7 months though!

[@ZackDowdy]

Proper!

[@Kakhi.]

Mint

[@DanCorrigan]

Oh yeah I like this thumbnail more. Good shit big dawg

[@Kakhi.]

Setups cost almost $400 in Australia, it’s actually ridiculous

[@Kakhi.]

@dennis wright I know it’s bullshit ay, an average deck from a local skate shop will usually cost you $120 🤦‍♂️

[@ZackDowdy]

My friend has a shop in Newscastle that I've visited a few times, the prices on skateboards is so wild!

[@antdenzic7977]

Totally agree. I get my mate in the States to buy my boards, it's like $100 to $150 bucks cheaper. Only down side if waiting for it to come.

[@ZackDowdy]

What was your first skateboard setup like?! I had something similar to this $25 board that you can get here: www.beleev.com/collections/skateboards

[@RikRiorik]

My first was a Batman graphiced board with I want to say metal trucks but they might have been plastic. It's hard to see from the pictures. Had a tail block, nose protector and rails. My main memory of it though is that it hardly rolled. No idea where I got it from back in '90 or '91.

[@ZackDowdy]

@@RikRiorik Nose protectors! Those could be fun again haha

[@RikRiorik]

@@ZackDowdy I wouldn’t know what to use them for to be honest. The structural integrity of the center of the board gives out much quicker than any serious chipping of the nose tends to occur.

[@ZackDowdy]

@@RikRiorik Just for messing around like tailbock or maybe some nose skids haha

[@mathisk8life]

Ken Park board, Gullwing trucks , nose bone, risers, tailbone, rails, vision Wheels and Swiss bearings. 1980's set up.

[@Smashmilk]

Always Bought CCS maple blanks when I was a kid I think they use to be 99 bucks complete , those were the days .. they lasted a good while to . They came quickies beating which weren't bad .

[@francis7140]

Thanks for making this video, I've been thinking about wether to get a cheap board or a real one for a while now because real skateboards cost a fortune so this will will help make my mind up 👍👍👍👍

[@antdenzic7977]

Here in Australia we basically pay double what the U.S. prices are. I understand the need to make a profit & I also understand when I'm being bent over & f*%ked

[@bobisbob9876]

My first board was a $50 Darkstar. After a year I ended up getting new wheels and bearings and it was pretty fun to ride but after getting a real board it feels a lot better to ride

[@mygoldfishdrown5178]

I think the idiom " where there is smoke there's fire" works on a basic investigatory level when it comes to these boards. Meaning, if they worked well, that's where the industry would be.

[@justinartcore]

My first board was this $35 Airwalk complete from Big 5. The wheels were super sketchy and had no pop lol. My first legit setup was a 7.5 Darkstar with Silver mids and wheels from Boarders.

[@RodneySloan]

There are two classes of cheap boards: cheap junk and cheap but ridable. If you're not sure how into skating you're going to get, then a cheap skateboard can be a good choice, especially for little kids who might ride it once or only bum-board with it. But it's always better to get the board from an actual skateboard shop, they won't sell cheap junk.

[@BlackMarketHoney]

Above all this proves how good you and Andy are as skateboarders to be able to adapt to poor equipment.

[@benvsreality]

Man, I should have bought a bunch of those bones rails back in the day when they were like 7$ a set. Now that theyr'e "in" again, the markup is like 2x...

[@ZackDowdy]

Haha right?! Market is changing

[@fernandohermosillo3069]

Blanks ftw. Indys or aces. Reds and anything 54mm baby. Grip stays solid black. Hardware? I just stick gum under my trucks and pray.

[@brandonseiler73]

You should try out one of the new heart supply boards just to see the difference between their board and improvements to it that they claim to have made vs a regular crappy Wal-Mart board

[@ramrunsfast]

$20 dollars for rails? Seems a bit much for pieces of plastic that go under the board. I would have just gone for some pig rails for half the price or Enjoi tummy sticks for a quarter of the price and upgrade those Bones Reds to some china 6 balls or Bronson G3s

[@ZackDowdy]

Yeah wanted to try the bones rails, I normally do pig rails.

[@c999sper]

I just buy blank decks bc they're cheap and just about the same quality as 60$ decks (and I paint them so they look cool lol)

[@steveschimka6480]

A blue Banana Board in 1984. Still have it!

[@ThrashinHD]

Gotta step it up to the swiss ceramics. Are they worth the price , no. But they are the fastest bearings I've skated .

[@haleyedwards4253]

Please make a video tutorial for advanced/seasoned skaters on how to look out for beginners/help them/show them tricks/support and normalize accepting beginners

[@haleyedwards4253]

When I was starting out in the early 2000s older kids were stoked on me, an out of place youngin, trying to learn and they helped me learn to drop in and roll off of stuff now days when I see a younger cat trying to learn something like at a park or something they seemed discouraged it seems I'm the only person EVER who is willing to step up introduce myself and help em out and it makes them feel like it's okay to be a beginner

[@haleyedwards4253]

@@heyyou7536 thanks it just wouldn't have became a life long passion if it wasn't for me being accepted with open arms as a beginning stage skater made me feel like as long as I tried I wasn't a poser I've been on it ever since and have four young boys who all skate now it's important we show the new generation the way no gatekeeping bs

[@kevinfletcher2198]

For an extra 30 bucks you could put new wheels and bearings that seems like it will make a huge difference

[@Shredxcam22]

First real board was a josh kalis alien workshop. Fury trucks. Ghetto child wheels. Lucky bearings. Shorty's HDWR. I bought 10 $45-60 completes from skatewhare house to give to kids riding Walmart and junk boards. The almost completes I got with tensor trucks are pretty legit for as cheap as they were.

[@ZackDowdy]

SICK!

[@Shredxcam22]

@@heyyou7536 people have helped me out as a kid so time to pay it forward. I gave a kid a complete and he has rode it non stop since I gave it to him. Super awesome. Anything to keep em riding.

[@juanpaguerrero613]

You should try change just the bearings :)

[@Justgoneforsometime]

Dude, I was about to ask if I was the only one that didn’t like reds

[@mobikesalot1628]

What skate park is this?

[@Daggermouth8k]

oh God, its one of these videos.

[@ZackDowdy]

One that was really fun to make, lol... had to do it.

[@Daggermouth8k]

@@ZackDowdy not fun to watch. i’m a fan but do better Zach. how many times has this video idea been regurgitated

[@ZackDowdy]

@@Daggermouth8k But I had fun making it ;) that's what matters. No offense, I want you to enjoy the content - but first I have to enjoy making it, for myself, not for anyone in specific. Hopefully you enjoy the next video!

[@Antsk8studiosoffical]

bro u look like dahmer

[@tozai7007]

Nah my first board is over a £100

[@aaronkempton8114]

Those boards are so dangerous. Just the fact that thy roll like shit and stop instantly when you land something. If you van actually do something on it. Alone thats dangerous as he'll. I'd rather go to ccs or something like that for my kids first deck or something like that. At least I know it's a little safer than that Wal-Mart crap.

[@waynecartwright9478]

you paid way too much for your setup ??

[@styles3732]

Everything is made china these days anyway. I paid 300 for a Natas Kaupas reissue deck with independent trucks with peralta slime wheels . All this from a skate shop. Now if i went on aliexpress i could have bought all that for half the price. So i think it's WHERE you buy from. And yes it is legit from Alibaba because IT'S MADE in china. Spitfire wheels are 30 bucks on Ali. You go to a skate shop and you will pay alot more.

[@PHeMoX]

It's really just not a good skateboard, at all. People should avoid them entirely. It's a waste of $25 or so. The cheapest real brand complete skateboard is only like $89 or. If anything go with those instead.

[@32srt32]

sorry these amazon board vs regular board videos are cringy! please stay away from this kind of content.