My 3 Favorite Cruiser Boards (After Testing 17 Setups)
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- čas přidán 24. 05. 2024
- Here are my 3 best/favorite cruiser skateboards that I'm using the most (at the moment) after testing a bunch of other setups.
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the dinghy, the only one i have😂
haha that’s a good one to have 😎🔥
Tugboat looks even better for my clown shoes. I'd have to add a little riser to get some 65mm wheels on it. My roads are asphalt.
The tugboat is just so comfy, I can't recommend it enough 👌
I've got the dinghy fender with 70mm hawg supremes. The slightly bigger wheels upgrades the experience so much
I have 2 tugboats, an ultra carve and regular.
The landyachtz ultra carve tugboat is for sure one of my fave mini cruisers! The dinghy was my first ever board, so it holds a special place in my heart, i still love it but after i got my tugboat it really opened up my eyes to all the different/ better possibilitys for mini cruisers. I love the amount of room the tugboat has with out sacrificing compactability or manuverability. I also love the bear gen 6 RKP's. Swapped out the hawgs wheels for some powell snakes tho and it made a world of difference, the snakes are just so good. My other favorite cruisers tho are boards i have hand picked the parts of, and i like them much better then my tugboat, tho the tugboats my favorite complete. I love old school style decks, especialy santa cruz. I have a winkowski and cory o brien reissue deck, and they both work great as cruisers. Old school decks feel great with both RKP or TKP trucks and any wheels really, tho they can get a bit heavy with big wheels. My favorite cruiser wheels so far have to be powell snakes and santa cruz slime balls. Someday i would love to get some of the powell peralta reissue decks, as they look great for cruising, and i hope i can get the comet cruiser someday cuz it looks like so much fun!
Yesss nice! I love the Bear RKps too. Snakes are so solid 🔥 Thanks for sharing!
The dingy and tugboat will always sneak it's way into any skate list 😂😂
Hahah always 😂
I love your content! Keep it coming!!
Thanks means a lot!
Super helpful video and very informative. Going to watch the LanderLA vid again.
Much love bro 😎
The tugboat is such a wonderful cruiser, it's my favorite 👌 but I still enjoy using the 22 and 27 penny boards from time to time
Totally! All three are solid but agreed the tugboat is 🔥🔥
Loaded Ballona set up with dad bods
Awesome. You need some beefy riser pads to avoid wheelbite right?
@@concrete-waves I think it’s 2 quarter inch or a 1/2 inch riser. Loaded has a suggested guide on their site for dad bods recommendations.
Nice selection, all 3 of those are top notch boards and good wheelbase variation! For me, to get the most versatility if I had to choose 3 cruisers, I couldn't.....bare minimum it would have to be 4. My first most factor would similarly be covering the wheebase spectrum the best I could, and each deck would have wheelbase adjustment holes to allow a 2-4" wheelbase adjustment.
So I'd have a Mini cruiser 24" deck that can go from a 13" to 15" wheelbase, a mid size 30" deck with a 18-20" WB, a longboard 42" deck with a 27-31" WB, and finally a 65" deck with a 42-46" WB.
I don't ollie or do tricks, and strictly carve and cruise, but I find I prefer having a mild kicktail on all my boards so that I can lift the nose for quick 180 turns on the rear wheels as well as doing manuals. I've recently discovered 40" kicktail cruiser decks, and the shape I like best is a blank ebay deck that is essentially a 40x9.75 Pintail deck with a little bit wider and rounder kicktail than youur standard pintail. I set it up with a Meraki on the front, 4" hangers, 90mm wheels and its currently my most fun board to ride.
Nice nate! Appreciate you sharing your perspecitve :) I'll check that pintrail deck from ebay
Got a LY raft which is a 9.9 inch wide deck with 130mm bear trucks and 63mm fatty hawgs.
It’s interesting to have such a wide deck with fairly narrow trucks. Maybe not the beginner set up but it’s very carvery and fun. Sadly sprained my ankle recently so I’m out of riding for a while and it completely blows.
Narrow trucks are super fun! I bet that's a fun setup to ride. Hope your ankle heals quick 🙏
Dinghy turbo/Dinghy fender is my favorite because of the 72mm plow kings wheels which is perfect to ride over anything...European streets have lots of cracks, street tiles etc....you can ollie with it, ride over almost every street, the only drawback is that you cant slide with this cruiser
Change those wheels to some 70mm 84a wheels and you'll be sliding, but I'd take the traction for the streets you're describing.
Nice dude! What funkingitup said… harder, smaller wheels will help with sliding but sounds like you got it dialed for your environment
Arbor Oso Legacy. Loved it so much I bought two. One I kept O.G and the other I put Waterborne surfskate adapters. 30inch long, 10inch wide and 16inch WB (longer with the adapters). Old school look and super comfy
I have the Arbor Oso too. Such a solid deck shape 🔥
@@concrete-waves my guy ! You know what's up ! 100% awesome deck !
I love my Landyachtz Dinghy!
Also got the Landyachtz Tugboat set up as surfskate (Waterborne Surf Adapter trucks + Seismic Hot Spot Wheels 66mm 79A duro), sooooo nice :]
Such a great combo! 🔥
The _Comet_ reminded me of my preferred commuting cruiser, an early 70's MPI 28" by 6.5" deck with a rocker. I equipped it with generous space pads and appropriatly narrow _Indy Stage 11's_ with T-hangers to look "in-period" as well as some generic 78a 60mm cruiser wheels - and people back then knew what they were doing, no doubt about that:
I grew up riding popsicle boards and in recent years cruisers and surfskates have become part of my quiver as well - but when I'm not specifically out to ride a miniramp or surfskate and rather need something to commute it's my ride of choice because if your trucks are sufficiently narrow you can actually pump such small boards quite well and I'm not at all surprised anymore that surfers in the 60's and 70's ended up with this particular type of setup because it's dynamic yet stable, a decent distance cruising setup while being aggressive enough to allow for what eventually would lead to skateboarding as we know it (and the idea of skating a bowl with a setup like this made me appreciate the insane leap the Dogtown Crew made for skateboarding as such even more) as well as being insane fun downhill because the narrow trucks and short wheelbase are making it react so quickly - while thanks to its compact size it's not nearly as unwieldy as my 32.5" by 10" surfskate for instance and in fact small enough to just forget it's there when strapped to the backpack, just the perfect "everyday city board" for me.
I love that you came to a very similar conclusion about a very similar board which turned out to be a surprisingly great allrounder - it just shows that it's worth it to challenge one's own preferences
Great points! I’ve been exploring more narrow trucks and it’s been so fun 🔥
@@concrete-waves Thanks! It just occured to me that Swelltech is implementing such an approach with their surfskates as well with a commonly wide back truck and a narrower front truck because this way the wheels have to cover a shorter distance on their curve vector around the kingpin (don't know how to describe it better) in order to achieve the same angle of attack as with a wider truck and hence being more "aggressive".
Could be an interesting experiment to put a standard RKP truck to my back Waterborne adapter and one of my 4" Indy's at the front adapter - maybe it's worth to have a narrow truck laying around in general to experiment with adapter setups..
Ever heard of _Bangfish_ RKP trucks?
These things are utterly over-engineered with a suspension system, adjustable wheelbite stoppers as well as a small lever to switch the kingpin angle between 48°, 50° or 52° with two fingers on the fly.
For their original price they had been a little gimmicky for me, but appearently the project has failed so when a local shop/distributor offered them for a mere 10 bucks a piece I couldn't resist to try them.
I put them at my only suitable deck at the time, a YOW _Snappers_ - and ended up pretty amazed because the weird suspension offeres exactly the right amount of rebound to make it what essencially amounts to an alternative surfskate system, especially with the front truck set to 52° and the back truck to 48°. It's actually a pretty nice product for someone looking for a very carvey board which can get pumped almost if not just as good as some dedicated surfskate systems while being just as stable as a regular DH RKP truck at the same time, pushing just as stable as a regular cruiser/longboard while being as low to the ground as non-surfskate setup.
If _Bangfish_ had come up a little later and marketed differently to take advantage of the surfskate boom rather than marketing towards downhill and freeride riders who are rather conservative in regards of equipment with good reasons not to change the two most reliable established designs (TKP/RKP) for decades when it comes to going downhill with 70mph then _Bangfish_ could still be around and a great place to start with or to be more versatile with a setup.
You can still find _Bangfish_ trucks for 10 bucks/piece online and I can imagine you having quite some fun experimenting - just in case you are interested in trying a curiosity once in a while which these trucks certainly qualify as..
However, I'm overtly enthusiastic and hence way too verbose because I just returned from a great surfskate session and my ND brain gets obsessed with stuff way too quickly.. 😅
Have a great weekend and amazing sessions! 🤜🤛
Not really a cruiser in the traditional sense but Loaded Omakase. Palm graphic, complete in all around package. I've mounted the trucks in the shortest possible wheelbase configuration and I absolutely love the thing. People say it's heavy, and sure - it is in comparison to others but just the other day I've done 20 miles of pushing on it and had no issues whatsoever. It can carve really well (almost surfskate like with the right setup because of that height), it's also stable enough at the same time and if you go a bit fast and need a speed check - you still can. It's tall and can get through anything and drop from any kerb with ease. I love the extra width. It just ticks all my boxes.
Nice! The omakase is so great. I need to ride it more... The deck shape is 🔥
Love my LY Ripple Ridge 2016. 18" Wheelbase with 150mm Paris RKP makes it super nimble, aggressive rocker and concave lock your feet in. I also have a Dinghy, a Comet Cruiser, a Happy Sticky, and a few longboards. I like them all but currently, the Ripple Ridge wins because it feels super safe (non-sketchy) while facilitating effotless fun. Plus it looks great.
Sweet! Just googled it and found one on ebay... now I'm tempted haha
@@concrete-waves 😁 Got mine for 35€ here in Europe and only exchanged wheels and bearings (Snakes and Zealous). If you find a bargain like that, don't think twice!
Good video as always!
IIm currently thinking about what i really want in a cruiser.
The comet for some reason wasn't it.
I currently try the landyachtz Dodger and the Happy Sticky.
Lets see what will be the final verdict :D
thanks michael :) I want to try the landyachtz dodger so bad haha
I’m a Landyachtz ride or die. But I’ve had this Arbor Skateboards photo Collection cruiser for like 10 years and I f-ing love it.
Haa i hear ya! Arbor is solid too 🔥🔥
*Some may say you're an "armchair expert"* 😂
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I like tbe Ballona man, so tempin but I dunno if I have the skill for that wheelbase 😂
I love cruisers!
Lol 😂 It's a punchy one for sure!
For a long time I skated a Z-Flex P.O.P cruiser, and then I had a Globe Chromantic for a while. Haven't skated much since. 🤧
My favorite cruisers is my 87 Powell Cab Bat Dragon reissue with Indy and G Bones or my G&S fiberflex Team rider.
My favorite surf skate is my Yow by far.
Dude sick! I still gotta try the g bones. Love my yow too 😎🙏
@@concrete-waves the Dragon 64mm are designed like the G Bones. Right now I have Dragon 60mm (more like an old rat bone) setup on my Yow.
Could you cover a LDP board?
I would like to learn a little more about them before I make a video. Eventually! Thanks for the suggestion 🙌
Have you heard of the RADIX cruiser from RollingTree? They're like a smaller version of the comet cruiser, check it out!
Never heard of it but I’ll definitely look into. Appreciate that 🙏
I build my own cruiser with a uma landsleds deck, 129 mm paris street trucks and 63mm fatty hawgs. I re-drilled the wheelbase to 16".
Sounds like a great cruiser stefan. Appreciate ya sharing this 🙏
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Powell's Rodriguez snub-nose. Got it on Paris 149tkp and doozies. 30" L, 10" W, 16" WB, wheel-wells.
Dimensions are very similar to Ballona, might have to throw a set of Paris rkp on there and see how it feels.
Whoa just checked the Powell's Rodriguez snub-nose and it looks sick 🔥 Sounds like a great setup
Dinghy!
Tbh, I'm still quite new to skateboarding but I feel so attached to cruiser boards. Been watching lots of videos and I really like the Landyachtz Tugboat. But the point is, it's difficult to get one in Vietnam, and the price is totally out of my league. Which is why I stick to the Yamba 900 of Decathlon, quite affordable and it's okay for me.
P/S: still dream of having a Landyachtz Tugboat 😮💨
drop a full in depth review on the Comet please!!! I've been wanting that board badly for so long now but the shipping cost to Canada plus the cost of the board itself is so much lol I really just need a review to justify myself for pulling the trigger on it
Definitely planning on doing one 🙏
@@concrete-waves ok update I finally caved in and placed an order for one lmao (rip my wallet) but I currently own a dinghy blunt. Would you say the comet provides a upgraded experience compared to the dinghy?
@@balakaeman That's awesome! Yes, I personally enjoy riding my comet much more than the dinghy. All personal preference but I think you'll really enjoy it :)
im looking to buy a board mostly for just transportation but also i would like to learn some tricks - i have some experience on a skateboard and i snowboard - from what ive heard is a cruiser is good for this which one should i get?
I have built my own cruiser board, i cut a normal popsicle skateboard to the same shape as dinghy, i added riser pads and 60mm 78a wheels from a penny board
Nice! I bet that's a fun one to ride 🔥
@@concrete-waves yes it is. I totally love this board.
Ballona ❤
Yesss so solid 🔥
I'm 6'2". On a 30" deck I feel pretty crowded unless the front truck is weirdly mounted forward like it is on something like the Globe Sun City with an 18" wheelbase. For me, something around 33" long, 10" wide, and with a 16-18" wheelbase would give me that room to feel like I dont have to scrunch up, but a small enough wheelbase to carve. It's hard to find a good board like that. They've got the dirt cheap Moose old school decks, but quality seems to be questionable. The Texican guy will make some customs. Alva sells a Metallic Rocker that looks promising. But, I might have to turn to some surfskate boards to get get those sizes. The 33-34" hybrids between cruisers and longboards seems to be one of the least developed markets, and one of the best choices for taller adults.
Ya makes sense. I’ve heard a lot of people talking about texican 🔥 But, yup sounds like surfskate decks would fit what you’re comfortable on. I think it’s less developed because it’s so hard to market them. But I agree, I love the hybrids
I hear you! I’m 6’4 and I ride a Krooked evil Beamer. It’s a little over 10 inch wide and starts at a 16 inch wheelbase. The nice bit is the nose is flat for the first couple inches in front of the front truck mounting holes.
Just this morning, I redrilled it to make an option for 17.25 wheelbase an it’s working for me and my size 13 shoes.
@user-if2zr7rw4x Sweet. I'll check it out. 13 shoe here too.
I just got one of the new Grasp decks (not a complete because I already have the trucks) and it fits your dimensions perfectly. Maybe check out Whitetail Tigershark too.
@@dxsaigon Nice! Grasp trucks are my next purchase i think. Heard so many good things about them
Loaded Coyote! 2x!😉
1. Paris150 RKP
2. Carver CX
Both with Orangatang Love Handles
(17,5" WB 👍)
Nice! Sounds like such a solid setup 🔥 I had my CX on the Coyote for a while and it was a blast to ride
Serious question. Why ALL drop through boards have a narrow neck at the point where the trucks are applied? Is it to provide additional flex?
Fantastic video as always!
I’ve been using the arbor rally as a cruiser board and I really like it. Sometimes i miss having more tail, but i’ve never used the tail too much to be honest
Thanks bro! And nice. I’ve never tried the arbor rally but looks like a cool shape 🔥
That's a pretty unual wheelbase for such a short board. I like that. I love the way a narrow board like that with narrower trucks handles, and lower to the ground is awesome, but a 10" deck is just so comfortable.
Im 6'5 i use arbor longboard to cruise anything shorter than 30inches is a joke to me. May as well try and skate on one foot
Ya I hear ya! I like the challenge of trying shorter setups but agreed that it’s limiting
@@concrete-waves makes me feel like sideshow bob
Z-Flex 27" and 29" I keep coming back to after all the others I got the itch for
Nice. Zephyr is the OG 🔥
@@concrete-waves The 29" Z-flex with wedges out front and back with 66mm Hamboard wheels the black oak veneer (Ruins to Roses) one would be the last board in my quiver if I had a gun to my head. The Oak just lasts like on no other board staving off razor tail even after years of cruising and has kept it from weathering and the subdued classic look just blends in. Trucks are actually great. Hamboards wheels were a total surprise I only bought them as cheapest big wheels when strapped but they might be better than the snakes. They impressed me so I even added 'Sanyo' bearings which were the company site said worked well for their wheels/boards. A touch slower they aren't as slippy over rain, mud, leaf litter and deal with nasty surprises better. I fall / slip out semi regularly on other boards and wheels same lines and routes. Might have started as caution as I had a "cheap" view of the wheels but I have pushed them to my max level and they haven't let me down but knowing the game it is probs just some mental thing.
There is a 'magic' to certain combos that parts and colour match or parts and colour clash in some sort of way or feel that makes it work better for a certain rider I can't put a finger on. Sounds like some skater astrology BS but I swear it. Hell I use other boards, wheels, bearings WAY more but we all have that one set up that speaks to where we at
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I've got the Blazer XL at 36.25" x 9.75" x 21.5" wheelbase. It was my fist hybrid cruiser/longboard and first board ever. Got it for $39.99 shipped to my door. Wicked. The Big Blazer would carver better and allow you to get on the kick, but the Blazer XL is cool too, beacuase it allows an unusally wide stance that is fun. Very good for learning on.
Yeah, Billy - the Comet Cruiser. You already know it is my all-time favorite. (BTW, Ballona is pronounced "Bye-Oh-Nuh").
Hard to beat the comet! Or course I mispronounced it 😂 appreciate you letting me know
the comet cruiser is my absolute favorite. once you get comfortable going a little faster, is sooo nice
~I've got a Loaded Coyote, Landyachtz Dinghy, ✨Comet cruiser✨ and 2 surfskates: a longer carver CX and Original Apex 37 which is super weird and you might actually like it. ik you're pretty into surfskates
Awesome! I actually tried the Original Apex back in the day. My friend bought one and it was crazy. Fun fact - the original trucks were actually made for scooters back in the day and then original used them for their longboards
@@concrete-waves i heard about that! I also heard that Hamboards' trucks were based off of Original's design, a wave cams and everything
I have Arbor Groundswell Sizzler 🤩
You're the second person to mention the sizzler. I gotta look more into that
You don't like Loaded Chinchiller?
Of course i do - but i actually have my electric revel kit on it right now. I still really enjoy the flex of the chinchiller
@@concrete-waves I asked because I'm considering purchasing a Chinchiller or Fathom Caguama. Driving forward, preferring longer rather than shorter distances. Different quality roads.
@@Tomek_K. Fathom feels really easy to push because you're a lot lower (85 mm caguamas seems to be popular choice, people say dad bods are fun but it's rly heavy, i personally have caguamas). The chinchiller does feel nice when it comes to pumping. I love both boards. However if I had to pick a different board with the same features as the fathom, the Pantheon Trip is amazing and has been my go to LDP/commuter
@@nicolenieves389 I'm leaning towards the Chinchiller with 4President 70mm 77A wheels because it's a more universal skateboard. I want to have only one for multiple reasons.
I ride the Lander Rio at the moment
Nice Andreas 🔥 It’s a tiny one but fun
I am using decathlons simple cruiser Yamba 500 and it's give me chill for long riding with flat deck. Also quality/price is really good imho.
Nice 🔥 decathlon has some great prices . I’ll check it out
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Cruiser boards don’t make sense to me. What does a cruiser do that you don’t get on a freestyle, street or long board? I kind of get penny boards because they are small and light weight so you can stick them in a back pack and skate between bus stops or whatever. They’re sort of the Martin Backpacker of skateboards. The cruiser concept just baffles me. The decks just don’t seem different enough to need to exist and in the difference they have they just lose the functionality of their closest counterpart. The smaller ones are like weirdly shaped freestyle decks and the big ones remind me of the fatty shape boards of the 80’s. Why not just go with a freestyle or popsicle deck and set it up for rough pavement or get a full-size long board? Truly interested in responses. I’m not hating and at the end of the day if you like skating a plank of wood on some roller skate wheels that’s awesome. I just find this concept truly baffling.
comet cruiser is the best
Yup! Such a solid cruiser 😍
earthwing
i always thought they were downhill oriented. They have cruisers?
@@concrete-waves my first cruiser was a 33" carbon miniglider but it developed cracks in the wheel wells so now I ride a 32" chaser (fiberglass, no wheel wells)
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