Alright, confession time. I picked one of these up on Craigslist for 40 bucks. A week later after riding a Sector 9 Sand Wedge, I sold the Star Lite to a friend for $40 and bought a Sand Wedge of my own.
It got me started, and I didn't lose a dime on it!
That board is not worth your time, not to mention your money, when reputable retailers who support the stoke by posting on the fish (like Mile High Mark) are selling primo, super-legit, totally dialed-in and ready to ride completes with quality gear for only $40-50 more.
Save your money and get something of quality and worth. Your riding will progress quicker, and you will get laid sooner.
That board is not worth your time, not to mention your money, when reputable retailers who support the stoke by posting on the fish (like Mile High Mark) are selling primo, super-legit, totally dialed-in and ready to ride completes with quality gear for only $40-50 more.
Save your money and get something of quality and worth. Your riding will progress quicker, and you will get laid sooner.
In that case I should buy shinguards too. I learnt in school its important to use protection!
From July 1st- July 15th or until we sell out we are having a sale on the Krown blue dip decks for $8.00 and the Krown "logo" ( natural wood) pintail complete longboards for $25.00. The blue dip decks in stock are in sizes 7.5" and 7.6". If you have any interest or questions you can either email or call at our toll free # 877-337-7656. Thank you, Ryan Dishnow
Whoa whoa, people are getting pretty hateful here.
I have me a Moose, and I, like I suspect like the majority of others who buy a $40 board, did it so I can just get a feel for how longboarding itself feels like.
If you ask me, the stupid person is the one who just goes and spends $200 on a longboard that they don't even know how to push. I mean, someone who buys a crappy board and later upgrades to a nice one can appreciate his new setup so much more (I know, cause I'm really hoping the route at my college gives me a good excuse to blow $200)
After all, equipment's just equipment. Get an educated, open-minded rider and he'll know there's more out there than what he's got in his hands. The same thing goes for any product you'll ever buy.
Most people here who first stepped on there first longboard probably didnt own that longboard.
they tried it, they liked it and bought their own...thats what smart people do.
200$ is still cheap for a good longboard, a great price for a starter.
Oh yeah, definitely most people haven't gotten that board. Especially since Moose is more or less "upcoming" I wouldn't expect a lot of people to have even heard of them.
I'm just saying that I believe the mass majority of people who DO get a Moose board have just done so to try out a longboard. I mean, there's a difference between stepping on a friend's board for an hour or two and having your own board (whether it's cheap or not) to carry around, get bruised on, and take care of.
And maybe $200 is a good price for a starting board, but I still wouldn't spend it on a whim after just trying out a buddy's longboard.
Its a shame that boards like these exist. I understand why they exist, and how these companies are able to sell them, but it is just about catching a trend, and making money for them. They are not trying to "introduce" people to the sport. That might just be a side effect for a very small percentage of the people that are duped into buying such a crappy product.
In every sport there is intro level equipment but this is never really associated with cheap quality like you see in these things. Even the rental ski's at resorts are usually fairly decent ski's from a real manufacturer. They are just at the lower end of the Cost spectrum, not the Quality spectrum. This way the people are introduced on equipment that actually works, and they walk away with a good experience and want to do it again. They dont rent ski's they bought from Dick's sporting goods, because they are a miserable product and the people will get a very false impression of the sport. I think the same goes for Skating. People just dont always know where to look to find that product and they end up getting scammed.
When I am recommending a board to someone interested in longboarding and they ask how much they may be looking at spending, I usually tell them it depends on what they want, but they should get something of quality with a price relative to the type of board (mini, cruiser, carver, dh, etc..) they are looking for. They should expect to spend between $140-$230 for a good complete.
a couple weeks ago at a family party, one of the little kids keeps on bragging to me that one of our uncles bought him a longboard. he knew that me and my buddies all longboard and he was definitely wanting to learn. so he takes it out of the car to show me the board, and it's the rasta 'starlite' board.
Everyone's gotta start somewhere. I received a Krown from a friend of mine, modded it (wheelwells and moving trucks around) until it broke in a turn at 30-something, sending me sliding across two lanes and into a ditch (hooray for double denim and leather). Of course, by that point, I had put new bushings on it (helps a ton) and I was using my friend's Otang InHeats. I learned how to skate on a cheapo board, and eventually how to slide, tuck, etc. etc, and literally rode it into the ground.
Then I got an S9 Pipeline, which has since gotten Grippins and Paris 180s and gone to my ex (spread the stoke!), and I've picked up an NS Heist for commuting/carving and an Evo with Bear Grizzly 1052s and 77a 3dm Avilas.
Everyone's gotta start somewhere. Many just don't make it off the ground once they hit the ground again a few times.
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