I actually began writing this review of ripstick boards a couple of years ago. I had only been riding for about 2 years, during which I had gone through at least 4 boards. Even though much may have changed since then, the time has come to share with you my experience with and understanding of boards, from a 6ft, 200+ lb perspective.
I’ll explore the world of boards over several bite sized blogs, point out some of the differences between them, and their various strengths and weaknesses. My hope is that you will benefit from my experiences, instead of reliving them, unnecessarily. – so please, continue to check in.
I bought my first board from Overstock.com, with some leftover credits from a work related rewards program. It was the small red and black board, shown below. It is the board I am riding on in the beginning of “The Beginning” video. At the time, I did not know any better. I thought it was the only size board there was. You know, “Single size fits all” and all.
Then one day whIle I was swerving around Lake Merced, in San Francisco, a car pulled along side of me, a man stopped the car, and ran out to ask me how to ride a ripstick. He then lead me to his trunk and pulled a “DLX” board out. Apparently, he had recently purchased it from a garage sale, without knowing how to ride it.
This was the moment I became aware of how small the board I was riding was. It was as if the gates of heaven had opened and new possibilities presented themselves before me. Suddenly, it all made sense!
Needless to say, I raced to Sports Authority to buy my 1st DLX Rip Stick (by Ripstik)……
(Pic of 2nd DLX I purchased. The 1st one, I angrily took back to Sports Authority, because it broke on my 2nd or 3rd ride – more of that in a future installment of Boards, How I Roll.)
Be sure to continue about Boards with Boards II, a continuation of this post on ripstick boards.
Also, please comment to let me know what you think of the content, and what board(s) you ride!
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