Well, I am off the board for a bit. Pulled groin muscle. I’m using some of my free time to declutter and/or get rid of stuff I don’t really need/use anymore. As a function of that, and the recent Madness Episodes, I’m now also stripping down my skate gear to only the stuff I actually need/use. To that end, I will be making a series of posts about “My Essential Skate Gear.” This is the first post in that series.
We start with the most baseline essentials:
(1) My actual skateboards
(2) Tools needed to maintain them
(3) Shoes
My two set-ups (as result of the Madness).
DLX 8.25/14.38 | 144 Forged Hollows | 53mm F4 Spit Classics | Bones Super Swiss 6 | Powell Rib Bones
DLX 8.75/14.62 | 159 Forged Hollows | 54mm F4 Spit Classics | Bones Super Swiss 6 | Powell Rib Bones
Shoes and Tools
Shoes: Vans SK8-HI (usually for transition skating), and Vans Old-Schools (street skating).
Tools: Skate Key, Razor blade, Scissors, and Scraper. The latter three are for putting on grip tape. The scraper (thin metal rod) is actually the screw that in was in my ankle back when I broke my leg (which was later removed).
