Surfing Waves

I am planning on buying my first longboard. I'm actually not experienced at all with board sports but i tried a friend's longboard and really liked it. But since i don't know much about the topic, maybe some of you could help me decide which one to get.

I would like a board that's good for cruising around, but when i get better i would like to do some simple slides and small hills with it as well. Not planning on going 60 mph, but it needs to be able to handle a little downhill.

Long story short, looking for a versatile board, thats not too expensive (<200 euros) but it needs to be decent (or good) quality.

I already found some boards myself, but i have no idea if the quality is good. Which one would be the best choice for me..? if the links don't work you can copy them

https://www.sickboards.nl/nl/longboards ... plete.html

https://www.sickboards.nl/nl/longboards ... plete.html

https://www.sickboards.nl/nl/longboards ... plete.html


Thanks for helping me out!!

You know that if you read the site name "Surfing Waves" there might be a hidden clues as to what sort of Longboard we talk about is surfboards! Sure some of the guys skate and most talk is about what sort or board will enhance or help us tune up our surfing!. There may be advice for you but you be better served on a a real skate board long site or forum!

I couldn't find a skate forum when i first looked but maybe i gotta look for it better.. what you're saying makes sense.. But i know about a lot of surfers who skate just as much so i was thinking maybe someone here could help.
Also, i thought that since i put it in "longboarders only", i put it in the right place?
Anyways, thanks for replying!

When you do find a skateboard-ing forum instead of a surfboard-ing forum, it’s okay to refer the cruiser / down hill boards as “longboards”. BUT make sure you don’t refer the “regular” trick boards as “Short boards”. Just looking out for you buddy, since you not hip to all the different terminology yet.

Djoeke99 wrote:I couldn't find a skate forum when i first looked but maybe i gotta look for it better.. what you're saying makes sense.. But i know about a lot of surfers who skate just as much so i was thinking maybe someone here could help.
Also, i thought that since i put it in "longboarders only", i put it in the right place?
Anyways, thanks for replying!

No worries and I knew there would be some help, Waikikikichan comes up,with the goods

waikikikichan wrote:When you do find a skateboard-ing forum instead of a surfboard-ing forum, it’s okay to refer the cruiser / down hill boards as “longboards”. BUT make sure you don’t refer the “regular” trick boards as “Short boards”. Just looking out for you buddy, since you not hip to all the different terminology yet.

You mean whether i know the difference between a skateboard and a longboard?

One of the biggest longboard skate forums was " Silverfish Longboarding" , but suddenly it stop last year. You can search for "Concrete Wave" for another resource. Rumor has it that Silverfish Longboarding closed up because they were getting barraged with too many questions like :
1) Should I get a single or 2+1 set up ?
2) What brand board is good for noseriding ?
3) Is traction pads on a longboard outlawed ?

But I can understand their confusion, with words like WAVE and FISH, they might think it's a surf forum.

Sometimes I wonder how some people can find their way to work.......

Djoeke99 wrote:You mean whether i know the difference between a skateboard and a longboard?

I'm sure you know the difference between a skateboard and a surfboard. But the terminology "LONGBOARD" fits in both disciplines. At the shop I worked at, when a college kid would come in asking " I want to buy a LONGBOARD", we would say "Longboard for the land or Longboard for the ocean ?"

So question for you, if the Down Hill / Cruiser skateboards are called Longboards. What would you ( in your area of the world ) call the twin flip upped tip trick board you do kick flips on ? At the shop we'd referred to them a "Trick boards". The new fangled plastic deck mini 70's retro cruisers we'd call "Penny" boards even though that's actually a brand.

waikikikichan wrote:

Djoeke99 wrote:You mean whether i know the difference between a skateboard and a longboard?

I'm sure you know the difference between a skateboard and a surfboard. But the terminology "LONGBOARD" fits in both disciplines. At the shop I worked at, when a college kid would come in asking " I want to buy a LONGBOARD", we would say "Longboard for the land or Longboard for the ocean ?"

So question for you, if the Down Hill / Cruiser skateboards are called Longboards. What would you ( in your area of the world ) call the twin flip upped tip trick board you do kick flips on ? At the shop we'd referred to them a "Trick boards". The new fangled plastic deck mini 70's retro cruisers we'd call "Penny" boards even though that's actually a brand.

Hahah i didn't realise longboard is also a surf term.. The boards you do kickflips etc with, i call them skateboards.. And then the smaller cruiser boards, i call them penny boards. Yes i know it's a brand but it kind of became a term of the style of board i guess.

Try a forum called “Concrete Wave” and there are quite few skate board and distance skate board forums in Holland And Europe!

jaffa1949 wrote:Try a forum called “Concrete Wave” and there are quite few skate board and distance skate board forums in Holland And Europe!

Thanks! Sorry for being a stupid newbie hahah

That's ok, we have a few similar mistakes every year. But if you want to know which longboard surfboard to buy we can probably help

Its all Ok , much rather help you get rolling and enjoying what you want to do

oldmansurfer wrote:That's ok, we have a few similar mistakes every year. But if you want to know which longboard surfboard to buy we can probably help

Thanks haha.. Surfing seems fun too, maybe I'll take some lessons this summer

It is great you interact about your question and let us know all the posts helped, so many other people just get their answer and leave without thanks.
Thank you
We have quite a strong crew of surfing Hollanders on the forum , if you want to see the fun we have surfing, that hardy crew may help!

jaffa1949 wrote:It is great you interact about your question and let us know all the posts helped, so many other people just get their answer and leave without thanks.
Thank you :D
We have quite a strong crew of surfing Hollanders on the forum , if you want to see the fun we have surfing, that hardy crew may help!

Thanks for letting me know :) how do you know im dutch tho hahah

The all seeing Jaffa, deduces from names and the cosmic surf tarot!

jaffa1949 wrote:The all seeing Jaffa, deduces from names and the cosmic surf tarot! :lol:

Makes sense :) but no one ever guessed my name is dutch before, since it's quite a rare name.. Non-dutchies normally don't recognize it as a dutch name :)

Australia is New Holland orbwas once upon a time, they just couldn't get used to desert sand in Western Australia.