Need a holiday board

[bwalker]

Alright, my parents bought a house in the states, (south georgia) about 45 minutes from jacksonville florida.

I've got a brodie board
(terrible description i know, i was drunk) anyway! thats the board i use back home, and i'm going over to the states for two weeks, i was wanting to buy a board to have over there, judging from the family movies my parents made last year, there's a ton of potential in the roads surrounding the house and heading downtown.

And i have no idea where i'm going to be able to buy a board while over there, i'm looking to spend about $175 approx, a used board would be ideal for me really, something i can slap bones reds in for a quick fix of speed =]

Basically i have no idea where to start looking.

[grimble]

buy something swanky and new online and get it shipped to your swanky new house!

you can get some crazy setups for crazy prices in the states.

also, check the buy and sell on this forum, people seem to sell barely used gear at really low prices.

hope that helps a little.

[Bluetooth]

Bearings mean hardly anything for speed, and to tell you the truth Bones Reds aren't the greatest of bearings.

[bwalker]

i'll probably take my gumballs over, saw some randals cheap cheap, everythings cheap cheap, i mean bones reds (even if you don't rate them) are half price because of the rate. the only thing i'm having trouble on is a deck, cheap deck?

[grimble]

not "cheap" but if you're saving so much go for lonboardlarry.net
send him an email, he'll make you something lovely.
it'll be in the states waiting for you when you are.

otherwise check out the specials on some of the major us retailers.

[bwalker]

what ARE the major US retailers?

[grimble]

well, there are a few adverts on this site (at the bottom of this page ).

milehighskates

gearguys

tailtap

longboardstore

daddiesboardshop

purpleskunk

... and more...

but if you're having it shipped in the us it'd be worth looking at all the brands sites as they sometimes have specials too.

do a search on google. you're bound to find something smashing.

good luck!

[jlmitch]

Look out for sites that require your billing address be identical to your shipping address as a security measure; calling them could help your situation. I second looking through the buy/sell forum.

[bwalker]

Okay, so i kind of went over the top and bought two boards..



$108 for both of them, delivered to my house in georgia.

But now i apparently have a bigger problem...one infamous word

Police

when i wrote the family friend in america who is living in our house over there, she said, the police frown extremely on skate boarders over there and there's no way they'll let me skate on the road, i mean i've been pulled over by the cops over here a few times but i showed them i was just as safe and good on the road as a bicycle and they let me off.

so yeah, how do i cope with the police?