Skateboard Guide

Bearing ratings: Choose skateboard bearings with a high Annular Bearing Engineering Council (ABEC) rating. They are rated using the odd numbers from one to nine in the ABEC scale, where one is the lowest and nine is the highest. Cheap skateboards usually come with unrated bearings that do not ensure excellent performance.

Maintenance advice

Do not skate on dirty or muddy surfaces, as skateboard bearings wear easily and slow down when exposed to too much dirt and water.

Replace rough bearings immediately. Nothing can be done to bring them back to their original form.

Clean your skateboard bearings regularly to keep them in top form.

Types Of Skateboard Decks

Blank skateboard decks

• Blank skateboard decks are plain wooden planks with no prints or graphics on the bottom.
• They usually feature the natural color of wood.
• The grain of the wood can be seen through the lacquer in some models.
• They can have bottoms with colored stain where the wood grain can be seen.
• Most models are painted in one solid color with no designs or graphics.

Graphic skateboard decks

• Graphic skateboard decks are wooden planks designed with colors, graphics, texts, and other creative patterns.
• They usually have screen printed bottoms. Buyers usually pick out the designs they want first before they are printed on the bottom.
• Most models come with a warranty against delamination.