How To Choose Your First Skateboard: Complete

The final option when buying your first skateboard is to go for what’s called a Complete. As the name suggests, it’s a complete set up, with everything you need includes, and already assembled for you.

As such, it can be a really good option for somebody buying their first ever board. Dan agrees. “For somebody that ‘s first getting in to skating, I’d advise getting a complete.”. A lot of the hard work is already done for you, and a complete almost always works out cheaper than buying all of the component parts yourself.

However, seemingly with all things in skateboarding, there’s a balance to be struck. “The reason they’re cheaper is because they have unbranded trucks on them” Dan tells us. “And if you get into skating more, you realise ‘This isn’t a brand that I’ve heard of’ and you might end up buying a branded set anyway.” Then you’ll almost certainly have spent more than you would buying individually.”.