Good beginner longboards?

[WolfOnWheels]

I got my friends into longboarding, and now they both want a board of their own.

My first friend is around (I'm guessing) 4'11" and 130lbs and wants a board for carving and a little bit of bombing. He has $300 but really doesn't wanna use it all up on one board. Also, he said he liked boards with shorter wheelbases, not too long.

My other friend is around 5'3" and 125lbs and really liked my Apex 37 so I would assume he would want a board for carving goodness. He doesn't really have a budget so...

Hopefully they'll both be getting boards for Christmas and we can surf the concrete waves together, riding solo just isn't as fun as with friends.

[enrique60033]

For the first one maybe a LY Drop carve bamboo or a NS Heist but with power flex.Wide glider its a nice lil board.

and for the other frien a board with some bennets on it,I have originals and on my opinion Bennets have better feeling while carving and they are not that expensive maybe a never summer Decent with bennets on it