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Summary: When buying a skateboard as a gift, it helps to talk to experienced skateboarders and do research in magazines to discover the latest trends. Buy a skateboard as a gift with tips from a professional skateboarder in this free video on skateboarding.
Simon Bingham is the co-owner of No Comply Skate Shop in Austin, Texas. Bingham has more than 20 years of professional skateboarding experience and has traveled the world to perform in...read more
"How are you doing, this is Simon Bingham, and I'm the owner of No Comply Skate Shop, and I'm going to tell you, how to purchase a skateboard. First thing you want to do, is come down to a local skate shop, or find your local skate shop, and ask if it's owned and operated by a skateboarder, or a experienced skateboarder. And then the next thing you want to do is, ask them if they have some skateboard magazines that you can purchase. And these skateboard magazines have the product section in them, that kind of go over the latest products that are coming out, and the latest trends, and all of that, so that'll help you too, as well as the trans world skateboard video magazine, which really will help you on the latest kids, because that comes out about two times a year, and that will really help you to get your kid the coolest products, so that when they go to school, they'll be the envy of everybody, in which will return in them even loving you more. So, you know, that's about the main thing, you just want to go in and talk to the skate shop owner, and let him know where you're coming from. And that's how you purchase a skateboard as a gift."
eHow Article: How to Buy a Skateboard as a Gift