Inexpensive skateboard
By markm on Mar 15, 2010 in Help Wanted
Finding myself recently laid off, I have decided to get a start on my midlife crisis by buying a skateboard. Being laid off (need a database person?) I don’t want to spend too much but being a gearhead I know I want something decent to learn with. Where should I go in the Twin Ports to find such a board?
I can’t say anything about price, but if I wanted a skateboard, I’d go to Freestyle.
Damage is a shop in Lincoln Park, about 18th W and Superior St, lakeside.
Get yourself some pads too.
As a geezer/skateboarder myself, I have to ask -- are you looking to rip up the new Wheeler Field skatepark or just looking for some stylish transportation?
An unemployed database guy? What is the world coming to? Seriously.
@Resol, I’m not looking to do any crazy stuff, just stylish transportation and exercise.
@Huitz -- I agree.
In that case I’d consider getting a longboard, which are smoother and faster (great for cruising -- if you want to stay on the ground). Or if you end up getting a freestyle (small f) board get the biggest softest wheels you can find. The poor pavement in Duluth makes a small-wheeled skateboard frustratingly slow.
+1 on big, soft wheels for cruising
I have a skateboard that I haven’t used much. If you are interested email me: jmeghann@gmail.com
Anyone know if capt. Dan is still putting out his Roadkill cruisers?
Longboard for sure.
http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/search/spo?query=longboard&catAbbreviation=spo
In regards to the job thing: http://jobs.metafilter.com/ tends to have a lot of computer/web related jobs openings.. yeah none of it is in Duluth, but sometimes physical location matters less than ability with the interwebz and all.
I realize the overwhelming likelihood is it won’t help at all, but just on the random chance it does.
Oh, and: Duluth Skateboarders GTFO.
Don’t get a longboard. You will look like a kook/fratboy/trustfundster. Unless of coarse, you are one of the above.
I ride a longboard.
I am neither a kook, fratboy or trustfunder, and you’d be hard pressed to mistake me for one.