Ridge Skateboards Big Brother Retro Cruiser Skateboard

This skateboard is just superb. It is clearly extremely well built and very very sturdy. The weight is really heavy, and the product materials seem to be of an exceptional quality. The wheels are really large, wide, and extremely strong, and have excellent manoeuvrability ~ they are made from a very high-grade (very) dense rubber-type material, rather than hard plastic (which the wooden style boards have); these wheels are of a superb quality in comparison. The wheel mounts are big, and so sturdy. They are attached to the board with huge metal bolts, and seem to have a very high quality mechanism, which supports the manoeuvrability of the system. The actual board itself, is made of a very high-grade dense rubber material, which looks as though it will withstand a great deal of long term use. Kids no longer want the huge wooden type skateboards, instead preferring the ‘original style’ which are smaller, slimmer, and have the raised ‘kick lip’ at the rear, which enables the rider to bring the board to a halt, and to perform those tricky moves! This skateboard certainly looks as though it should have cost much more than it did~it almost screams “QUALITY”. This was purchased for a 13 stone, 6’2” 14 year old lad, and is definitely strong and sturdy enough to take his weight, and cope with his skateboarding ‘tricks’. It looks fantastic, and it’s overall quality far outweighs my initial expectations when I purchased it! I’d definitely say, don’t hesitate to buy this skateboard if you are looking for brilliant quality at a reasonable price. Delivery was super speedy, and it was really well packaged. Having said all of that, it is clear from my terms and language, that I am no expert (far far from it in fact), so you must check-out all of the Product Details/Dimensions/Materials etc. yourselves, as I’m merely going on what I can see and feel! But it looks damn good to me. Oh, and one other thing, I haven’t actually tested it (well, my son hasn’t) as it is a gift for Christmas, so of course I can’t comment on the longevity of the performance, parts or product materials. However, if I am able to pop down an addendum in a couple of months time, I will fill you in on how this fabulous-looking skateboard fares after being ‘hammered’ by my lad, okay!

I ordered this skateboard late on Sunday evening and it arrived before my lunch break at work today! (Tuesday) The postage was incredibly quick, the skateboard itself is brilliant, sturdy with enough flex. If your upgrading from a penny board or 22inch size board, this is a lot more like a longboard in the sense that you can carve, take sharp corners and over all have more control of the board, Plus it's great being able to comfortably fit both feet on this! The bearings are great, a few pushes and you cruise away! I would recommend anyone making the upgrade or investing in a board to get around town to pick up one of these, not only do they look great, they are well built, fast, and still so incredibly light compared to your regular skateboard!

Very good board, and it feels great to ride, it turns quickly and sharp. Now the bad points on the front trucks the board is buldged and feels weird if you ride concave skateboards, this might be expected but the plastic scratches and dents very easily and the bushings need replacing because they are too hard and stiff also if you make your trucks too loose they flop around, jiggle and are noisy, this doesn't happen after i replaced the bushings with more expensive ones. All round amazing board for £25 compared to £100 original nickle board

I'd been teetering whether or not to get Penny style board, initially deciding spending around £100 on one would be a potentially huge waste of money as I'm an absolute beginner skater. I had a regular skateboard before, which I'll be honest, was a Robot Wars one from Argos, that I never got on with as a child, it just had no momentum. Anyway, fast-forward to my late teens and I really want to start skating around to places like Uni etc. but wasn't sure whether this plastic cruiser board would be my sort of thing. How wrong I was. This board absolutely brilliant, I've had it for less than a day and I strongly recommend it! I started by loosening the trucks to make it turn a bit easier and off I went; the plastic board is really high quality, even in comparison to the more marketed Penny board, it's not too flexible but then it's not unforgiving on bumps by being too solid. The large wheels on it make it so easy to just push off and gain momentum, and it goes over bumps far easier than said Robot Wars boards. If your'e debating on getting a cheaper but quality built cruiser to skate with, this board will have you slaloming (I know that's not a word but it should be for this) around and have you hooked for more.

Get them one of these! Good, sturdy skateboard that's great for older kids and adults. And if they only use it for 2 days (like my kid) you won't be as annoyed at yourself as if you'd bought the £200 one that they begged you for, promising that they'd 'ride it every day & do any extra jobs around the house to pay for it' ... This one will do just fine.

I have to admit, I haven't been on a skateboard for a good few years so was a bit hesitant to buy one again. But after reading some really great reviews of ridge skateboards, I thought I'd get one and am extremely pleased! It's a very sturdy board and rides really well (even for semi-beginners!). The quality and finish of the board is exceptional, especially for the price. There are lots of colourful skateboards on the market at the moment, and I think this one is rightly so a competitor. The length of the board makes it easier to ride compared to shorted boards, and the top of the deck has just enough grip to even make skateboarding in flipflops doable! Overall a brilliant board!

Really like the board been using it all the time. I would recommend you buy some extra berrings for it because the ones that come are not that great and don't spin for long.

Nickel board style. Sturdy and good fun

E' un prodotto che dura negli anni per la qualità.

Si quieres una penny barata pero que te dure algunos meses o se la vas a regalar a un niño, está esta opción va muy bien. Es un poco resbaladiza si no tienes el calzado adecuado, aunque como le pongas una lija irá bien

My daughter received this board yesterday and I can't get her off it. Nice board for the beginner to intermediate skater.

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È ottimo per iniziare, sia per bambini che adulti. Dichiara una portata massima di 80 kg ma secondo me regge di più. Io sono 85 kg. Mia figlia (10 anni) si trova bene,sta imparando, ed io anche. Rapporto qualità-prezzo buono, è simile (se non identico) al Nickel (Penny board), almeno nella forma (e costa meno della metà). La robustezza è il suo forte. Trucks da allentare al primo utilizzo, troppo duri. Nota negativissima, i cuscinetti. Siglati abec 7, in realtà (almeno nel mio caso), sembrano quasi bloccati, sono sigillati (senza la possibilità di rimuovere il coperchio e lubrificare), in alcuni punti la lamiera di protezione schiacciata, insomma quasi da buttare. Lubrificati con del grasso spray migliorano un po'. Bushings duri, rendono la sterzata difficile, ma non impossibile. Trucks robusti. Niente da dire. Mancanza di spacers ai dadi delle ruote. Ruote abbastanza morbide. Forse c'è sufficiente spazio per poter mettere altre più grandi. Colori disponibili un po'discutibili, ma per il prezzo pagato... Peso abbastanza contenuto. In conclusione, un buon skateboard cruiser per imparare, ma presto sorgerà la necessità di un upgrade.