How to Customize a Skateboard

Video Transcript

"Hello my name is Bill Kaschner we are here at Cream City Skateboard Park and I am going to teach you how to customize your board. Well boards come in many sizes pretty much between seven and a half to eight inches wide is the most popular. Like this board right here, it is a little wider board, it is probably about eight and a quarter. So when you get this wide of a board you want the parts to match up also. With this wide of a board, which is eight and a quarter you would probably want to go with the Indy one thirty-nine, those will fit great. You can even step it up to a one forty-nine if you would like. The choice between wheels pretty much start at fifty millimeters to sixty millimeters. A wider board usually people get a little bit bigger wheel so I would recommend maybe a fifty-four millimeter wheel would be good. You could even step up your game a little bit and go a little bit wider. Here is some fifty-sevens, these will get you rolling real fast. Alright, so we got the we got some trucks here a little bit wider to fit the wider board, we got some bigger wheels these are the fifty-seven millimeter. Bearings also come, in many assortments. Bearings start at about ten dollars they go all the way up to ninety dollars. When you pay ninety dollars for a bearing what you are getting is a smoother faster longer lasting bearing, and it kind of depends on what you are into and what your budget is. For the dedicated skateboarder I always go with the best, so that is what we will do, we will take these puppies right here put them on down, we are customizing right now, we are getting this baby to purr. Alright, last but not least, there is hardware to throw on here. It comes in many assorted colors: blue, pink, purple, green. I like standard black hardware that is what I grew up with and that is what I am going to go with. So we get some of that too. Right here got some hardware, boards, trucks, wheels, bearings , hardware. And that is all you need to put your board together. Many people pick out different different pieces to fit their style of skating. And this is what I like, the bigger stuff. Thanks for watching this is Bill Kaschner from Cream City Skate Park."