Kids-Skateboards
ATTENTION!
DEAR "LAYERS", PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING:
Most people understand "kids skateboards" to mean skateboards in a professional shape ("popsicle"), only smaller. At subVert skate school, we recommend these boards to advanced kids ONLY. Because for a quick learning success right at the beginning you need a wide-legged stand without standing on the front lever, the "nose".
Check out Autumn from UK,when she was only 3.5 years old!
She manages to do it because of her extremely wide-legged stance, but you should avoid standing on the lever at the front as much as possible, you need a longer wheelbase for that.
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You don't need a long nose for this, but a long wheelbase, i.e. a large distance between the axles, abbreviated to "WB" in the title of the deck, followed by the length in inches. We found the following formula: stride length divided by 1.5 = wheelbase. Example: Inseam 60cm (24inch) = 40cm (16inch) Wheelbase (1 inch = 2.54cm) how to measure your inseam (Schrittlänge). For advanced riders you can roughly assume a ratio of 2 to 1: e.g. 76cm inseam length -> 38cm or 15inch WB. |
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NEW!!!! We now offer WHEELBASE EXTENSION! First Info here, further Info will follow, but you already find Info when you check out some Kids completes...
We often recommend normal-sized skateboards for starting (small) children: longer + wider = more stability = faster results, and it can still be used if it is left in the corner most of the time and the child only finds true love as a teenager discovered to skateboard. If a small child gets good quickly, you buy a smaller one as a 2nd board, the larger one can be used again later and serve as a cruiser in the meantime (to make the route)
