When "good enough" is good enough...

[Mile_High_Mark]

It's no secret that there are a lot of equipment-related threads here on the 'fish. From boards, to trucks, wheels, and even bearings, there are thousands of posts of the "this vs that" variety. And as a retailer, I can tell you that my e-mail inbox gets crammed with quite a few of those types of questions.

People ask, "What's the best board?" Nine times out of ten, it's the board you ride, not the ones you think about. Compared to five years ago, it's pretty hard to buy a "bad" board from a reputable company or dealer. Sure, some may perform a little better than others, but for the majority of people, that minute difference isn't worth agonizing over.

Asking questions and doing research is fine. But when the quest for the best consumes more time than riding a(ny) board, it's gone too far. Better equipment is nice, but actually skating will improve your abilities more than whatever <deck/truck/wheel> is popular on the internet.

Think less, skate more.

[RastamanD]

spot on mark...spot on.

[roflsore]

before i buy something skate-related, I always ask myself, "W.W.K.R.D......"

[TIMORNE]

Think less, skate more.

Well said,simple and to the point.

[Steve D.]

lol W W K R D

[green]

WWKRD hahaha. If that were the case, everyone would be rolling on hellcats and maguns.

[Lee W]

Totally agree. If you're a new rider, you won't really notice ANY difference between new wheels or bearings or bushings except in the circumstances of: clean vs. dirty bearings, you are very heavy/very light and your bushings are not suitable for your body size, or comparing skate/slide wheels to 70-76mm longboard wheels, to 90mm DH wheels.

Once your riding skills have progressed, you should have a pretty good idea what your next choices of gear should be anyways.

[GPymp]

Who Would Keanu Reeves Do?


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Why Tom Cruise Of Course

[Sunshine Blues]

And that is why mark gets so much respect.....

[gregoryniss]

Now hes getting so much business he has to tell everyone on the fish to stop buying stuff so he doesn't have to work 24/7.... oh yeah, i caught you MHM.