Inexpensive Saftety Gear

**Barf** · 11-14-2009 10:15 PM

Originally Posted by Shavarsh

how do I know what size of pro 187's to get?

Pretty sure there's a sizing chart on their website.

**Cann0n** · 11-14-2009 10:45 PM

But on a serious note, the Ian Tilmann Foundation can provide a helmet. Wal-mart has cheap pads.

**DarkMatter** · 01-02-2010 08:06 PM

Originally Posted by Bookworm

the first sentence answered his question. plastic will protect your elbows and knees from getting scraped up when you bail. black velvet slide pucks on your jeans and a big PVC elbow cut up on each elbow, you're protected. problem solved.

How do I know what size PVC pipe to get?
Haha,

**LFP123** · 01-02-2010 08:38 PM

Bell 08 Drop - Wheel World - Culver City and Woodland Hills, California

$70 bell drops but if you put in the coupon code santa than it takes another 20% off which brings the total price down to about $56

**Viebster** · 01-02-2010 09:31 PM

Originally Posted by LFP123

Bell 08 Drop - Wheel World - Culver City and Woodland Hills, California

$70 bell drops but if you put in the coupon code santa than it takes another 20% off which brings the total price down to about $56

Damn, why am I so poor?

**cl8n** · 01-12-2010 11:46 PM

Originally Posted by LFP123

Bell 08 Drop - Wheel World - Culver City and Woodland Hills, California

$70 bell drops but if you put in the coupon code santa than it takes another 20% off which brings the total price down to about $56

are you sure about that?
that its legitimate?
cause damn.

**LANDYACHTZ4theWIN** · 01-13-2010 12:08 AM

i gots a helmet for sale, full face. its quality. cheap. pure win. you should buy it.

**cl8n** · 01-13-2010 12:15 AM

Originally Posted by LANDYACHTZ4theWIN

i gots a helmet for sale, full face. its quality. cheap. pure win. you should buy it.

alright.
it just looks kinda sketchy
but hey, the helmets usually $139, and this is for $70 not counting the "santa" discount.

**LANDYACHTZ4theWIN** · 01-13-2010 12:19 AM

Originally Posted by cl8n

alright.
it just looks kinda sketchy
but hey, the helmets usually $139, and this is for $70 not counting the "santa" discount.

the bell? thats cause its 2 years old now. mines $40 and its safer. and its less than a year old.

**cl8n** · 01-13-2010 12:32 AM

Originally Posted by LANDYACHTZ4theWIN

the bell? thats cause its 2 years old now. mines $40 and its safer. and its less than a year old.

ok. i feel like a dumbass now, cause i didn't see the 08
but wait, so you're saying that the 08 bell drops aren't safe at all?
i'm having a hard time figuring out if they have an 08 or 09 version, or if they just released the bell drop in 08, and havent made any changes since?
sorry bout the noob confusion

**DOJOLOACH** · 06-06-2010 11:25 AM

So if he were going to go with pro tec knee pads, which should he get the parks or streets?

**Bookworm** · 06-06-2010 12:30 PM

Originally Posted by DOJOLOACH

So if he were going to go with pro tec knee pads, which should he get the parks or streets?

where do you expect to use your board? the park or the street?

**DOJOLOACH** · 06-06-2010 12:45 PM

The street, however it seems like the shape of the street pads would interfere with a tuck

**MellowDownEasy** · 06-06-2010 06:02 PM

Originally Posted by SlyTX

Just make your own sliding gloves. Im not sure how to respond about the half finger gravity slide gloves recommendation, No way would I wear gloves without full fingers, but thats totally up to you. One last bit of advice, get the sliding gloves before anything else, youll be using them a lot more.

Don't get the half finger slide gloves. I have the exact same pair from Gravity that I got a few years ago when I first started. Within a week of using them I didn't have any fingerprints on most of my fingers. Not fun.
Definitely just make your own. I had a buddy do it for me, all he did was melt some high-density plastic to my work gloves. They've held up pretty well for the last year.

**ThaDarkness** · 06-06-2010 11:24 PM

Yea dude I made my slide gloves and they work fine look it up I used a cheap pair for my first pair and the fingertips are starting to wear down already but I'm gunna make a new pair soon its pretty easy man

http://www.silverfishlongboarding.co...de-gloves.html

**Incognit05** · 06-13-2010 09:49 PM

I just purchased TWO (my brother and myself) pairs of Fox Axis Knee and elbow pads/guards for $30 including shipping. Coming in at under $5 a pair for knees and $7 a pair for elbows, I'd say these things are the cheapest out there, although I've heard the "hot deals" on Cambria Bicycle Outfitter - We Outfit the world in bicycles, bicycle parts, frame, fork, wheel, build kit, shoes, accessories and more are a scam.. I hope not.

I'll update when these come in, probably next week.

**Spag** · 06-13-2010 10:22 PM

Fox Axis Knee Guards at Cambriabike
Fox Axis Knee Guards at Cambriabike
Fox Axis Elbow Guards 2001 at Cambriabike
Fox Axis Elbow Guards 2001 at Cambriabike

what i use

EDIT:the multiple links are just different listings that offer different sizes

**Harry** · 06-14-2010 12:59 PM

Slide Gloves:
Buy cheap work gloves from your local hardware store ($5 max)
Buy a plastic cutting board from you're local department store/wal-mart/dollar store ($10 max).
-cut the board into palm sized squares
-torch one side of the squares with some kind of butane/hobby torch until its a bit melted
-press it onto the gloves (mark where you want them with a marker first)

Leather Jacket:
Hit up your local thrift store! I got my first one for like $7.

hope this helps