Kids-Skateboards

ATTENTION!
DEAR "LAYMEN," PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING:
When most people think of "kids' skateboards," they picture a pro-style shape (the "popsicle" shape)—just smaller. We at the SubVert Skate School recommend these boards EXCLUSIVELY for advanced Kids. To make quick progress right from the start, you need a wide stance—without standing on the front kicktail, or "nose."

She manages it thanks to a very wide stance—though one should strictly avoid standing on the front of the lever as well; that would require a longer wheelbase.

For this, you don't need a long nose (the section in front of the front axle), but rather a long wheelbase—meaning a large distance between the axles; this is abbreviated as "WB" in deck specifications, followed by the length in inches.
We have determined the following formula: inseam divided by 1.5 = wheelbase.

See the illustration on the right.

Example: Inseam of 60 cm (24 inches) = 40 cm (16-inch) wheelbase (1 inch = 2.54 cm).

how to measure your inseam (Schrittlänge).

For advanced riders, you can roughly assume a 2:1 ratio—for example, a 76 cm stance width corresponds to a 38 cm (or 15-inch) wheelbase.
This is a rough formula; feel free to allow for a margin of plus or minus one inch. However, it illustrates a key point: small beginners certainly do not need a shorter board than advanced riders—in fact, they often need a longer one. That said, you can save on deck length if the nose (the front lever arm) is short. This allows for options like 30-inch decks with a 16-inch wheelbase, or the B32, which features a 19-inch wheelbase despite an overall length of only 32 Inches.

NEW NEW NEW!! We now offer a wheelbase extension! Initial details here; more information to follow...

We often recommend standard-sized skateboards for young children just starting out: longer and wider means more stability and faster progress. Plus, the board remains usable even if it spends most of its time sitting in a corner and the child doesn't discover a true love for skateboarding until their teenage years. If a young child does progress quickly, you can simply buy a smaller board as a second one; the larger board can be used later or serve as a cruiser (for covering distance) in the meantime.