I'm so glad I found this video! I actually just bought that element complete (3rd one from the top on the wall where you grabbed yours from. Hahaha. I'm excited to see how these boards hold up. It's my first skateboard since 1998! 😁 I'm starting back up again at age 37. Thank y'all for testing these for all of us. ❤ YEE!!!!
I bought my first board for 30€. I've been skating for 2 weeks and landed my first ollie and shove-it on it. 💪🏼☺️ For starters, this is totally enough!
back in my day 7.75 and 7.5 boards were the it to skate on...anything bigger than a 8 was wierd..crazy how much things can change in 20 yrs...only skated ventures and blank boards with reds and no risers
when i first started skating i got a zumiez board for like $110 cad, helped me learn my basics,then slowly started upgrading, first it was bearings, bushings after, then spitfire formula fours, a new deck and trucks last, not bad quality for 110 cause i bought a whole new set up and it came up to $270 cad
A lot of things that you’re older people forget these days is that when you wear black clothing, it absorbs light, so make sure to wear white clothing, because it will reflect light and it will keep you feeling cool🪭💨💨
Yea if I wasn't so chunky I would get a 7.75 again like I rode in highschool and middle school. Just gotta drop like 40 pounds and I'd start trying to bust flip tricks again. But mostly cruise around and do fingerflips on my 8.25 with super juice on cruiser wheels Love gliding across the pavement with some solid old school reds
Watched a couple of your guys videos this week and you guys motivated me to get back on my skateboard so yesterday i took my son to the skatepark and i shredded
I have a comparison you guys should do. Home Depot sells Kneepads By a brand called Roberts in the flooring department. They label the product "skateboard Kneepads". They are I believe actually for knee protection while doing construction. You guys should compare them to actual skateboard kneepads like say triple 8.
Im just sarting, I recently got the same one new for 40 Online. Can't wait to see what you think. But i have better ones for when I get use to it. The abec 5s spin better if you take out the spacers.
@@vorpalblades i guess it depends on what youre doing. I mean when I looked st the wheels the spacers were always off center to the bearings and rubbed against the trucks which in turn slow the rotation of the wheels dramatically.
You guys should compare a bunch of boards that are the same price, like 3 50$ boards or 3 100$ boards. Like walmarts best, a skate shops worst and a random ebay board or something.
crazy to see you at newpark mall, got my first complete from the same zumies! I got a blind board w/indi’s, spitfire f4’s, and reds. My girlfriend got a job there for about a month so we got the employees discount on it too, ended out being $110 total
Biggest factor is what you ride over. Smooth concrete like in today's in the video bearings all day long will make the bigest assuming the trucks arent pure awful like todays video.
what is with slamming the venture trucks? i have rode venture for a long time now and have had zero problems with them, but i also like tighter trucks.
I remember snapping a pair of ventures by just ollieing off 4 stair went back to do it again and my trucks were laying 10ft behind me 😂 never road ventures again switched to thunder trucks
ATM is such a throwback; reminds me of all the Superiors, Goodwoods, ATMs, and Mini-Logos I used to skate growing up man. Gotta love the dollar bin wonders! Learned a lot of my first tricks on boards like those; definitely worth the money
Skateboarding made simple volume 10. How to get kicked out of the mall lol. Yeah something about completes having hot garbo bearings. Best bearings i ever saw in a complete was the braille walmart board. The baker one that i gave to a homie in need was a close second. Casper stall is a real trick Gabe!
I won't tolerate this Venture truck slander. As someone who just switched from aces to Venture (I know drastic), they DO turn. Just not the best. Haha. Makes up for it in pinch and board stability.
After hearing the dis track that Bam just released with these wack "rappers", I just wanna say thank you for the quality, wholesome, skateboarding content that you guys put out. I used to think he was the coolest dude alive but now, I feel like he's just a bad influence to the whole skateboarding community. I appreciate everything you guys do. You're an inspiration and a group of legends. Idc if you're pro or not.
Reminds me of the first board I bought 10 years ago was one of the first things I bought when I got my first job, almost looks like a normal board but there's something off about it. Uncanny valley but with a skateboard
The elevator bit made me want a Tony Hawk game that is connected level to level like doom elevators, but while it loads you do flat tricks in the elevator.
@@Adam-M-you clearly haven’t been other places. Things make sense we just have incompetent people who can’t keep standards and don’t have any civic pride. Media cynicism has indoctrinated the new generation to be nihilistic and movies for the last few decades have been tear downs of western fairytales and culture. It’s a perfect storm
My first board that actually had concave in the deck and was bought at a skate shop was £54 and its chipped, cracked and split but it still stands strong to this day and can still give a quality sesh. Its a fracture complete board for those who was wandering
@@crocketgsxr6 wow. thanks for explaining. why are they not putting the price tag of what you need to pay? i mean, what is the advantage? In Germany ( and the rest of europe) there is always two prices on the tags. One with tax and everything included and one that tells you the price per 100g. If you buy a bag of chips 150g for 2 euro its what you pay at the check out. but to help you how much you get for your money there is always a theoretical price of 1.33 euro per 100g. so you can compare what other brands are priced. you will never have an untaxed price anywhere as a consumer.
Oh ive skated that exact board but 8.0 and it wasnt a complete. Its on my wall still. I broke it stomping a double kickflip. Then did an impossible on it with it snapped. Twas not bad. Definitely the trucks and bearings screwed you
We’re so blessed to even have metal truck completes when I started skating 8 years ago I baught a board off Amazon and the trucks snapped off it while I was just pushing 😂 first day I baught it so we’ve come a long way
The best way I can decibel a garbage board is that the deck almost feels like it's hollow, the tricks resist turning until you provide enough then you get wheel bite right right away, and the wheels feel like you are riding on sand
ZUMIEZ is the only skate shop I have near me so I have to go there to get a bunch of things but not my complete cause I got a new brail complete but still I need a local skate shop really bad
**suggestions please!* I just got back into skating after 15 years off. I got my new set up and totally forgot about all the old specs I used to like. I got the Independent Tiago Lemos trucks(nice n clean) but! These things are fricking loose! I have the kingpin cranked so hard the board rests in even on the ground but as soon as I step on it’s so loose my wheels bite every time. How can I fix this? Different trucks? Bushings? Add bushings? Thanks everybody
Was zoomies called flamingos at one point? I'm from the dayton ohio area and in the early 2000s there was a shop called flamingos and that logo was there design
Honestly I got my board at Zumiez (it's my first board and so I'm learning) and I actually had to tighten one of the wheels because it kept turning do to that one wheel being looser than the others
The problem is... the Kingpin issnt Fixed. so it turns with the hangar and so the pivot point issnt a pivot point anymore. caus one fixed rotation axle isnt working proper.
That board is alright lol 😂 I'm 42 and still skating U inspire me to get back out there and try something New I slow the video down so I can see your footing ❤🎉 Love your channel me and my son ❤️😍
my current deck is an ATM tiger deck and it's awesome, the decks are great.. ion about the other things that come with a complete but the deck is definitely solid
I just got a Tony hawk signature series "level 3" lol and both trucks broke first day riding and I am just starting back skating so wasn't doing nothing crazy
Aaron double flip on the elevator was so clean 🔥🔥🔥
I know it’s gonna be a banger when Aaron Takes out his secret rage on cheap boards
ATMs are the best this video was a joke
I'm so glad I found this video! I actually just bought that element complete (3rd one from the top on the wall where you grabbed yours from. Hahaha. I'm excited to see how these boards hold up. It's my first skateboard since 1998! 😁 I'm starting back up again at age 37. Thank y'all for testing these for all of us. ❤ YEE!!!!
I just started back at 34 and it's not as rough as I expected lol keep at it bro
Same i just pick one up for $49.99 🤣👌 i haven't been on a skateboard since 2008 😬
I just turned 39 today(Jan 16th) and wanna get back into it after about 20 years of inactivity. I'm having trouble finding a starter board.
I bought my first board for 30€. I've been skating for 2 weeks and landed my first ollie and shove-it on it. 💪🏼☺️
For starters, this is totally enough!
I can definitely see JD pulling off a 900, he's definitely got the skill, kid is INSANE!
back in my day 7.75 and 7.5 boards were the it to skate on...anything bigger than a 8 was wierd..crazy how much things can change in 20 yrs...only skated ventures and blank boards with reds and no risers
I am sad Aaron did not do a mall grab throw down at the mall with the mall board lol. Sick double flip though.
when i first started skating i got a zumiez board for like $110 cad, helped me learn my basics,then slowly started upgrading, first it was bearings, bushings after, then spitfire formula fours, a new deck and trucks last, not bad quality for 110 cause i bought a whole new set up and it came up to $270 cad
A lot of things that you’re older people forget these days is that when you wear black clothing, it absorbs light, so make sure to wear white clothing, because it will reflect light and it will keep you feeling cool🪭💨💨
It will not keep you feeling cool. Black will just make you feel much hotter
Thanks for the wisdom homie
This is common sense
@@josheakins5137can u read
@@JOEYYFAN13can you? What he said was correct… white clothing won’t make you “feel cooler” black clothing just makes you feel hotter than normal…
My dudes that shot at the end with whole team doing one trick on the board each is honestly a sick way to show you dudes off. Dope video!!!!!
Aaron , has convinced me to set up a 7.75 . It has been kinda fun to skate something smaller like when I was a kid in the 90's.
Yea if I wasn't so chunky I would get a 7.75 again like I rode in highschool and middle school. Just gotta drop like 40 pounds and I'd start trying to bust flip tricks again. But mostly cruise around and do fingerflips on my 8.25 with super juice on cruiser wheels Love gliding across the pavement with some solid old school reds
That element board that you picked up at the skate shop I have that exact same graphic but in tech deck
Watched a couple of your guys videos this week and you guys motivated me to get back on my skateboard so yesterday i took my son to the skatepark and i shredded
I have a comparison you guys should do. Home Depot sells Kneepads By a brand called Roberts in the flooring department. They label the product "skateboard Kneepads". They are I believe actually for knee protection while doing construction. You guys should compare them to actual skateboard kneepads like say triple 8.
Im just sarting, I recently got the same one new for 40 Online. Can't wait to see what you think. But i have better ones for when I get use to it. The abec 5s spin better if you take out the spacers.
Leave the spacers in.
@@vorpalblades i guess it depends on what youre doing. I mean when I looked st the wheels the spacers were always off center to the bearings and rubbed against the trucks which in turn slow the rotation of the wheels dramatically.
You guys should compare a bunch of boards that are the same price, like 3 50$ boards or 3 100$ boards. Like walmarts best, a skate shops worst and a random ebay board or something.
crazy to see you at newpark mall, got my first complete from the same zumies! I got a blind board w/indi’s, spitfire f4’s, and reds. My girlfriend got a job there for about a month so we got the employees discount on it too, ended out being $110 total
Can you do a “hacks” follow up video on your cheapest series. What few items make it decent... Bushings. Bearings. Wheels. 🤙
Biggest factor is what you ride over. Smooth concrete like in today's in the video bearings all day long will make the bigest assuming the trucks arent pure awful like todays video.
what is with slamming the venture trucks? i have rode venture for a long time now and have had zero problems with them, but i also like tighter trucks.
One of the best videos yet. I loved the ending sickest clip
I loved the ending were it was like a skate relay deal.
I remember snapping a pair of ventures by just ollieing off 4 stair went back to do it again and my trucks were laying 10ft behind me 😂 never road ventures again switched to thunder trucks
I used to ride atm, blackout and superiors they were known as bucket boards and uses to be cheap but they definitely raises the prices over the years
Jd's 1 footer and then the surprise Will Cortez cameo ❤❤😍
Gabriel I see you hittin that behind the back filming technique. props
ATM is such a throwback; reminds me of all the Superiors, Goodwoods, ATMs, and Mini-Logos I used to skate growing up man. Gotta love the dollar bin wonders! Learned a lot of my first tricks on boards like those; definitely worth the money
This was a absolute banger, clad to be able to watch y'all going nuts
Is this a lie?
Skateboarding made simple volume 10. How to get kicked out of the mall lol. Yeah something about completes having hot garbo bearings. Best bearings i ever saw in a complete was the braille walmart board. The baker one that i gave to a homie in need was a close second. Casper stall is a real trick Gabe!
You guys should adjust the wheels and the trucks before you start riding it to see if that helps and maybe try to add oil to the bearings
Someone might have bought this and he prolly is happy with it until he sees you absolutely humiliating his board
At the end of the day, the kid might laugh it off and save up for new bushings and bearings and then he'll have a decent beginner board 👍
i love the energy haha love yall
I won't tolerate this Venture truck slander. As someone who just switched from aces to Venture (I know drastic), they DO turn. Just not the best. Haha. Makes up for it in pinch and board stability.
After hearing the dis track that Bam just released with these wack "rappers", I just wanna say thank you for the quality, wholesome, skateboarding content that you guys put out. I used to think he was the coolest dude alive but now, I feel like he's just a bad influence to the whole skateboarding community. I appreciate everything you guys do. You're an inspiration and a group of legends. Idc if you're pro or not.
Reminds me of the first board I bought 10 years ago was one of the first things I bought when I got my first job, almost looks like a normal board but there's something off about it. Uncanny valley but with a skateboard
jd riding the bowl, pops out. then stars having the conversation. what a legend!
The elevator bit made me want a Tony Hawk game that is connected level to level like doom elevators, but while it loads you do flat tricks in the elevator.
i might get a Kyro phoenix deck soon ;) because Aaron is my favorite braille member
It's so weird that you pay taxes at checkout in the US. Here in Brazil it's built into the cost you see on the shelf.
Wish it was like that here😂
@@xqualifi1sometimes I think it's like that on purpose so people get annoyed about taxes.
That would be how it would work if anything in our country made sense.
Brazil also took many more slaves from africa yet America gets all the blame. 300k to America and 8 million to Brazil. Weird world
@@Adam-M-you clearly haven’t been other places. Things make sense we just have incompetent people who can’t keep standards and don’t have any civic pride. Media cynicism has indoctrinated the new generation to be nihilistic and movies for the last few decades have been tear downs of western fairytales and culture. It’s a perfect storm
Aaron is the heart of this channel he needs to be in videos more. Ik he's busy js
I got that same skateboard for my bday a few years back, I loved it 😂😂
1:23 can confirm, ATM's are great, also rode them a lot growing up!
My first board that actually had concave in the deck and was bought at a skate shop was £54 and its chipped, cracked and split but it still stands strong to this day and can still give a quality sesh. Its a fracture complete board for those who was wandering
Guys let’s be honest we all grew up on the cheap board
OK wait do I push normal or does Aaron push goofy?
I skate goofy with right foot forward
@@brailleskateboardingme tò
Two boards up is the Element Magma, which is my first board ($49.99 on sale direct from Element!)
I don't understand how a $99 US board can be bad?
2:40 what do you mean "with tax"? Isn't tax included in the price already? I mean... how do you know how much you have to pay before?
@@crocketgsxr6 wow. thanks for explaining. why are they not putting the price tag of what you need to pay? i mean, what is the advantage? In Germany ( and the rest of europe) there is always two prices on the tags. One with tax and everything included and one that tells you the price per 100g. If you buy a bag of chips 150g for 2 euro its what you pay at the check out. but to help you how much you get for your money there is always a theoretical price of 1.33 euro per 100g. so you can compare what other brands are priced. you will never have an untaxed price anywhere as a consumer.
@@crocketgsxr6 thanks for you insight. very interesting.
I’ve owned way too many ATM decks always in the on sale pile, I believe they had a team in the 90’s.
Oh ive skated that exact board but 8.0 and it wasnt a complete. Its on my wall still. I broke it stomping a double kickflip. Then did an impossible on it with it snapped. Twas not bad. Definitely the trucks and bearings screwed you
I grew up with ATM. They are decent boards. They are always super cheap, but they feel fine.
We’re so blessed to even have metal truck completes when I started skating 8 years ago I baught a board off Amazon and the trucks snapped off it while I was just pushing 😂 first day I baught it so we’ve come a long way
That’s crazy 🤯
Bruh there’s been completes with metal trucks for the past 3 decades. Just consumer error on your behalf buying a cheapo board
you inspired me to start skating, got a toymachine furry monster complete board today
1:08 that arm tho
The best way I can decibel a garbage board is that the deck almost feels like it's hollow, the tricks resist turning until you provide enough then you get wheel bite right right away, and the wheels feel like you are riding on sand
ZUMIEZ is the only skate shop I have near me so I have to go there to get a bunch of things but not my complete cause I got a new brail complete but still I need a local skate shop really bad
**suggestions please!*
I just got back into skating after 15 years off. I got my new set up and totally forgot about all the old specs I used to like. I got the Independent Tiago Lemos trucks(nice n clean) but! These things are fricking loose! I have the kingpin cranked so hard the board rests in even on the ground but as soon as I step on it’s so loose my wheels bite every time. How can I fix this? Different trucks? Bushings? Add bushings? Thanks everybody
Still 100 dang, my first board had to be like that too 😢
Was zoomies called flamingos at one point? I'm from the dayton ohio area and in the early 2000s there was a shop called flamingos and that logo was there design
My buddy rides for ATM and after he got me to try one of their boards I retired it early and bought a Welcome deck.
I would guess the size 8 board is better, looked like more quality somehow :) nice video!
I just got an element board with venture trucks on sale at zumiez for $45
hit em with the hospital flip lol
Why do they say that the casper is not a real trick? It cost me a lot to learn it 😪😪😩😩
Its real its real
HOW IS NO ONE AT THE SKATEPARK LIKE BRO I WOULD TRY TO LIVE THERE IF I COULD ITS SO NICE
Honestly I got my board at Zumiez (it's my first board and so I'm learning) and I actually had to tighten one of the wheels because it kept turning do to that one wheel being looser than the others
You guys should go to plata park in San Jose California
You guys should go thrift shopping again I really liked that episode, I’m a skater that always likes to have a fresh looking outfit on
There's Brail complete Decks at the Olies near me for $19.99 isn't believe it ! At least 100 of em.
Do cheapest complete vs braille complete
The problem is... the Kingpin issnt Fixed. so it turns with the hangar and so the pivot point issnt a pivot point anymore. caus one fixed rotation axle isnt working proper.
You guys’re the best 🥰💥
the way physics works is u have better pop on an elevator going down
That board is alright lol 😂
I'm 42 and still skating
U inspire me to get back out there and try something New I slow the video down so I can see your footing ❤🎉
Love your channel me and my son ❤️😍
Lol that last bit was a fun way to do something if you get bored at a park
my current deck is an ATM tiger deck and it's awesome, the decks are great.. ion about the other things that come with a complete but the deck is definitely solid
Even though that skateboard is a cheap set up it actually idenifies as an expensive Braille complete
We Definitely Need A “Braille VS Revive” Game of Skate
JD Looks So Different Without His Helmet!
Why are all the lights on at the skatepark in the daytime?
Love how they always play skate next to the bowl, if I was there I’d defo fall in 💀
Haha
Be one with the wood and the wood will become one with you.
Sounds wrong mate
I have become one with my wood
4:44
Yknow that was actually my first non Walmart board ever, absolutely perfect in comparison lol
Adult Aaron (serious Aaron) is my favorite he almost focused that board lol
This was my first deck🤧🤧🤧🤧the memory
Please try darkroom skate decks!!
really close to landing my shove it after watching your guys video on it!
I just bought that same palm tree board from zumies but I’m also a beginner
Yo JD learning the AK foot flip but in varial not kickflip
Elevator game of skaterz 🔥 💯
I’m disappointed that there was no mall grabbing in the mall.
Skate what ever you feel comfortable on and you like.
5:43 pink in the front
Stink in the back...
The question is how does it stand up to the rail beginner complete
JD on the 900 grind tho
i think they should try skating a board from the 99 cents store
Aaron challenge you to take the braille team back and you do a warehouse Wednesday. Orrrr just bring em to skate it ❤
What are those purple shoes!!?
How did people not lose it when AK said pink in the front?!
I just got a Tony hawk signature series "level 3" lol and both trucks broke first day riding and I am just starting back skating so wasn't doing nothing crazy
Wow dang
@@brailleskateboarding got stage 11 independent trucks now and broke tail off that board today lol