You definitely went way harder on the braille board against the wall than the other board. The last 3 kicks were weak sauce in comparison to smashing the braille
Bought 1 for my daughter for a whopping $20 at local walmart FAR better than any other complete sold at walmart/kmart/target etc. Definitely not as nice as my baker/indy/spitfire setup, but absolutely amazing for a $20 beginner setup
I’ve been thinking about picking up skating again. I priced out a build for $170, but I’m tempted to pick this board to see if I’m really serious about getting back into it.
A note about the bushings, they are replaceable and for a beginner trying to learn trucks, the stuff trucks help prevent wheel bite. I think it's probably the right choice.
Perfectly performed review ..I just got new Indy bushings for about $8 direct from Independent. So if you caught one of these on Sale or Clearance, maybe marked down because "someone" tore the plastic wrap and skated it in Walmart? Say $30 with new bushings. Best deal ever for the money, specifically for parents on a budget and new younger and smaller skaters. My first board was a plastic onefooter banana in 1978, then a 200# Variflex ..then a Mcgill then a Roskopp.. Having a board of this quality from the beginning would have been amazing. Great review 🔨
This is the best most thorough review I’ve seen of this board!! Definitely worth the 50 it’s way better than those standard crappy boards haha id like to see you swap the bushings out and see if that makes a difference with the trucks would be an interesting test!
That was my second thought, my first was , try losening the trucks by quarters not halfs as ive been getting my kiddlet to experiment with the way he likes his trucks and we started off by doing it a quarter turn at a go untill he said go back to the last turn. He is just learing . He is not riding a braile board, he has got 2 of my handmedown decks, well a Frankenstein of bits of my old boards over the years with some new wheels, bearings, grip tape and bushings on one of the borads . One set up for street , the bushing was still good on that one. The other set up for park with good but old loved trucks but the bushings where dead. Got him some med Indies and he likes them. Then my second thought was , swap out the bushing to something of the same ABEC thats new and try that because he may just personally hate the hardness but new ones of another better brand of the same harness may not stick as bad or the same... they all need breaking in and that hardness is just not his vibe. Thats a personal preferences Then to stuck in his already broken in bushings and skate the trucks with the bushing he know he likes that are broken in . Then he can rate the board off that , the 1 mod he needs to make it rideable for him.... unless it needs more after that. 1 thing i would have liked to see him do too was to take off the wheels to see if they put on speed rings and bearing spacers and seen him take the wraping off the board to see if they shrink wrapped just the deck leaving plastic under the all the hardwear or did they bolt everthing on , complety assembled then shrink wrapped it ... plastic under your trucks ... yeah pain in the ass. But 1 thing i just dont remember seeing was the hardware on the top ? Ill go back and look if they grip tape over the hardware? Beginners need to have that visual and i painted 1 of the hex nuts on the top of the decks for son to know the front end from the tail . I know some people like the clean look of grip tape over everything but beginners have to learn foot placement and seeing the hardware is the best way of knowing you are standing over your truck.
i think the hard bushings may have been a conscious decision made by braille, remember its a beginner board and most beginners ride tighter trucks cause its easier to balance
As for the instructions on the street, the idea is that they are beginner boards to learn and practice on not for all purpose street. They say that in their video. They even explained everything in their video and said it's not the best board but it's the best bored that Walmart would allow for the price. And it's holds up I buy these and hand them out to new skaters usually people just learning and they serve well and last but you don't ride them on the street in metropolitan areas because you can get hurt. That's obvious but if you don't put a disclaimer it could lead to a lawsuit cuz people are stupid
The silly instructions are probably necessary legal things that you guys in the US need - after all, you deem it important to tell customers not to put small animals into microwaves and notes on freshly brewed cups - because they might be hot. just sayn
Shoooooooot, I'd skate that if I could get it for sub $20. Just toss the trucks away and it would be legit. Seems much better quality than mini-logo boards, which are basically made out of sawdust. Also, my sk8mafia pro deck basically chipped apart at the nose the first day I started skating it, and I wasn't bashing it into the wall or anything, and my anti-hero did the same so.... a part of durability is definitely dependent on how you skate and how aggressive your style is imo..
i had a 20 dollar walmart board when i was a teen some 20 years ago. the bearings were so terrible that as soon as you kicked off you lost all speed in a second. if it weren't for my older brother buying me non-shit bearings, i probably would have instantly given up. if i had this 50 dollarydoo board, then i would have been over the damn moon.
I've split ply before and filled with epoxy and clamped it in a vice overnight. sanded it down and regripped it and rode it without damage in that spot for another several weeks.
They're at Ollies for $15 now. Bought 2 boards, gave them to my cousins as they're at the age where they're super interested in Skateboarding and these boards are fantastic beginner boards! I don't trust those Walmart boards with plastic trucks whatsoever, but these Braille boards are so much more comfortable and sturdier!
Ive watched Braille videos on and off and thats probably why its in my feed. Didnt know they made a board until today. Glad to see they're making a solid product. Also, the amount of video production you put in your video? I thought I was watching some mega channel with 250k-2m sub. I was actually shocked to see so little views/sub Amazing video work.
to be fair, this is a beginner board. on top of that it is won’t be made out of the same material as if it was a pro board. due to the fact it’s being sold at walmart, anyways it was a good review
Dude. Bowling floors? Can't act surprised or whatever skateboarding on BOWLING floors. Them shits are waxed so much and slippery as fuck without skate dust and condensation lolll that seems like theeeeeee worst skate flooring idea ever. Also, take the bottom washer off the truck for more room to loosen the trucks.
Trust me, I'd rip up those floors in a heart beat if the owner of the building would let me. Working on finding a solution to making the floors a little bit more rough.
Everyone has their own size they skate, it's personal preference, but it's rare these days for anyone with a size 8 shoe or larger to skate anything smaller than an 8.0 deck. Most shops only carry boards smaller than 8.0 in small quantites.
@@ParkSharks used to be really rare seeing an 8 or wider board back in early 2000's. We all skated 7.5s hell I had a santa cruz p2 deck that was 7.4 and I wear UK size 11's.
very good review of the bored but with the trucks you gotta remember this bored aimed towards beginners that won’t be completely comfortable ridding loose trucks.
Like with the plastic, I’m sure a lot of that stuff is required by Walmart Silly, but not under their control and I’m sure even they joke the required stuff
The level from higer to lower is OS780,80S,80AB. The sand of OS780 Griptape is emery, abrasion resistant and skidproof which is high quality Griptape. pasted from google
Looking at your channel and lower views. Bro. Review skate gear. Clearly you have hard data showing it works, why do other things, at least until you find a loyal audience idk
Well bearings usually are the worst on "retail" complete.. I feel so bad for kids who get those boards.. agree with your review.. shot upgrade the bushings and get a better deck if they will be set. Newnan Georgia and Union City Georgia skatepark next check out..
The "user manual" on the board says the nonsense it says for liability purposes. If they include those things with that wording, Braille can't be sued for injuries, which makes sense because they're a company 😂
its an actual maple board though, i remember back in the day, if you bought a skateboard at a toy store you'd end up with this really heavy fishtail shaped piece of wood with some cheap trucks and wheels attached to it, with the big piece of plastic attached to the bottom of the tail, which i guess functioned as some type of break? At least now the ones they sell are actually shaped like skate shop skateboards, i would think out of all the walmart skateboards they have now, the braille ones probably would be the better one out of the bunch.
The grip is just one size crystal and cheaper glue and the wheels are the cheapest wheel they could get that’s still hard enough for skating. I’ve tried one of these and I can see how it could be great to see if you like skating at all and you can learn you Ollie ect and get your own board. the deck itself feels normalish unlike the other walwart boards.
the instructions on the back of the sheet are just for legal liability. they have to put that on there. Braille didn't come up with those guidelines themselves lol
You should add warping and bending to your trick criteria when judging boards from a place well known for producing such results, i used a walmart board in the very beginning and carries the trucks over form it it for 1. they didnt warp that badly and 2. the turnability on them was fair
Some of the floor in there especially the really slippery parts look like they came from an old bowling alley. Those floors are designed to be slippery and have years of wax on them. Probably not the best idea to use those for a skatepark. Or you should sand them down and put something different on them.
3:33 Dude, the literal meaning of the abec rating speed. It determines how fast the bearing is able to spin without breaking. You'll probably never notice the difference when skateboarding, since the raring is ment for things that go way faster than you'll ever roll on a skateboard. But saying it has nothing to do with speed is either a lie or lack of knowledge.
After doing some research on this topic after i did the video, I found out it's a precision rating. So, technically is could be related to speed, but not totally used as a speed rating.
Nope the ABEC rating isn't skate specific it's a rating for the tolerances allowed when machining the ball bearings and races. The higher the rating the better the quality with 9 being the best. After that you get into the ceramic bearings which dissipate heat quicker making them longer lasting.
Good review overall but I always find the wall test so silly. Every board I watch people review splits when the slam it head on full force into a solid wall lol. At the end of the day it's just wood and wood splits. and the plys reinforce the vertical axis of the board mostly, not the horizontal. Unless it's one of those "indestructible" boards, I'd bet most would start splitting or just smash fairly easily. and the control board was not a great comparison, that was like half the force.
Like over all good video and all, but u know the instructions have to be there so idk why u had to go down on those but okay, and also on the wall test wasn't fair at all, u want a lot harder on braille board. Otherwise good review love the vids.
ngl i would love to see a comparison braille walmart board vs decathlon complete board! iam glad someone finally done a in depth review on the board and that it was reviewed as beginner board because clearly this is nothing someone that already can skate would get
I really like how you constantly refer back to it being a Walmart board and obviously if you were a more experienced skater you'd be getting a 'better' set-up being online or local skate shop but the fact anyone can roll up to a walmart, buy the thing and enjoy the skating experience for a decent price point is awesome! love the video and keep up the honest, great and thorough reviews! 🔥👍🏼🛹
You definitely went way harder on the braille board against the wall than the other board. The last 3 kicks were weak sauce in comparison to smashing the braille
That is very true
Low ey he wanted it to be bad being a Walmart board but it was too good
There’s other reviews of people going hard on these boards I’m pretty sure you’re right he was trying harder to break it
@@UTP_ENT that was the point
Also the other board had razor tail so it's not going to split the same way as a brand new un used board
Bought 1 for my daughter for a whopping $20 at local walmart
FAR better than any other complete sold at walmart/kmart/target etc.
Definitely not as nice as my baker/indy/spitfire setup, but
absolutely amazing for a $20 beginner setup
didnt slam the other board nearly as hard as you did with the braille board. You can clearly see you didnt put your full effort
I’ve been thinking about picking up skating again. I priced out a build for $170, but I’m tempted to pick this board to see if I’m really serious about getting back into it.
Element does a good cheap complete I'm in the same boat as you just getting back into it picked up the complete and have no complaints
At 32:26, watch the bottom right corner, background floor. Y'all got a sasquatch on your hands.
the wall test was not of equal force.
the truck kingpin didn't fall out when you dismantle it.
what did the wood look like inside.
A note about the bushings, they are replaceable and for a beginner trying to learn trucks, the stuff trucks help prevent wheel bite. I think it's probably the right choice.
you literally slammed the braile board so much harder
Random ADHD Moment... Anyone else notice the lizard scuttle across at 32:26?
Nothing u did was for beginners tho, to be fair and honest u clearly put it to the test of what a pro board can stand up to
Perfectly performed review ..I just got new Indy bushings for about $8 direct from Independent. So if you caught one of these on Sale or Clearance, maybe marked down because "someone" tore the plastic wrap and skated it in Walmart? Say $30 with new bushings. Best deal ever for the money, specifically for parents on a budget and new younger and smaller skaters. My first board was a plastic onefooter banana in 1978, then a 200# Variflex ..then a Mcgill then a Roskopp.. Having a board of this quality from the beginning would have been amazing. Great review 🔨
I’d agree new bushings, like soft bones bushings would make it a way better board. But hard bushings for the new kids I think it would be a good setup
This is the best most thorough review I’ve seen of this board!! Definitely worth the 50 it’s way better than those standard crappy boards haha id like to see you swap the bushings out and see if that makes a difference with the trucks would be an interesting test!
That was my second thought, my first was , try losening the trucks by quarters not halfs as ive been getting my kiddlet to experiment with the way he likes his trucks and we started off by doing it a quarter turn at a go untill he said go back to the last turn.
He is just learing .
He is not riding a braile board, he has got 2 of my handmedown decks, well a Frankenstein of bits of my old boards over the years with some new wheels, bearings, grip tape and bushings on one of the borads . One set up for street , the bushing was still good on that one.
The other set up for park with good but old loved trucks but the bushings where dead. Got him some med Indies and he likes them.
Then my second thought was , swap out the bushing to something of the same ABEC thats new and try that because he may just personally hate the hardness but new ones of another better brand of the same harness may not stick as bad or the same... they all need breaking in and that hardness is just not his vibe.
Thats a personal preferences
Then to stuck in his already broken in bushings and skate the trucks with the bushing he know he likes that are broken in .
Then he can rate the board off that , the 1 mod he needs to make it rideable for him.... unless it needs more after that.
1 thing i would have liked to see him do too was to take off the wheels to see if they put on speed rings and bearing spacers and seen him take the wraping off the board to see if they shrink wrapped just the deck leaving plastic under the all the hardwear or did they bolt everthing on , complety assembled then shrink wrapped it ... plastic under your trucks ... yeah pain in the ass.
But 1 thing i just dont remember seeing was the hardware on the top ?
Ill go back and look if they grip tape over the hardware?
Beginners need to have that visual and i painted 1 of the hex nuts on the top of the decks for son to know the front end from the tail .
I know some people like the clean look of grip tape over everything but beginners have to learn foot placement and seeing the hardware is the best way of knowing you are standing over your truck.
i think the hard bushings may have been a conscious decision made by braille, remember its a beginner board and most beginners ride tighter trucks cause its easier to balance
True
As for the instructions on the street, the idea is that they are beginner boards to learn and practice on not for all purpose street. They say that in their video. They even explained everything in their video and said it's not the best board but it's the best bored that Walmart would allow for the price. And it's holds up I buy these and hand them out to new skaters usually people just learning and they serve well and last but you don't ride them on the street in metropolitan areas because you can get hurt. That's obvious but if you don't put a disclaimer it could lead to a lawsuit cuz people are stupid
There's not a deck that is going to handle being driven into a brick wall nose-first at full speed. Seems like a pointless test.
Sure was fun though!
you didnt even slam the other board nearly as hard as u did with the braille board
The board isn't 50 anymore btw its mostly 20 to 30 so again, way worth the price for the quality
Well its 50 again
50% of money from sales goes directly to our lord Xenu.
The silly instructions are probably necessary legal things that you guys in the US need - after all, you deem it important to tell customers not to put small animals into microwaves and notes on freshly brewed cups - because they might be hot. just sayn
Shoooooooot, I'd skate that if I could get it for sub $20. Just toss the trucks away and it would be legit. Seems much better quality than mini-logo boards, which are basically made out of sawdust. Also, my sk8mafia pro deck basically chipped apart at the nose the first day I started skating it, and I wasn't bashing it into the wall or anything, and my anti-hero did the same so.... a part of durability is definitely dependent on how you skate and how aggressive your style is imo..
i had a 20 dollar walmart board when i was a teen some 20 years ago. the bearings were so terrible that as soon as you kicked off you lost all speed in a second. if it weren't for my older brother buying me non-shit bearings, i probably would have instantly given up. if i had this 50 dollarydoo board, then i would have been over the damn moon.
The park is looking great man! And great video
Thanks brother! 🤙🤙
"These trucks" excuses
I've split ply before and filled with epoxy and clamped it in a vice overnight. sanded it down and regripped it and rode it without damage in that spot for another several weeks.
They're at Ollies for $15 now. Bought 2 boards, gave them to my cousins as they're at the age where they're super interested in Skateboarding and these boards are fantastic beginner boards! I don't trust those Walmart boards with plastic trucks whatsoever, but these Braille boards are so much more comfortable and sturdier!
Ive watched Braille videos on and off and thats probably why its in my feed. Didnt know they made a board until today.
Glad to see they're making a solid product.
Also, the amount of video production you put in your video? I thought I was watching some mega channel with 250k-2m sub. I was actually shocked to see so little views/sub
Amazing video work.
Dude, you pushed that Braille board way harder than you did the other. Cmon....
Other than that, nice review.
Bushing always stick on new trucks. Those boards are designed to be cheap but affordable and higher quality than Walmart crap
to be fair, this is a beginner board. on top of that it is won’t be made out of the same material as if it was a pro board. due to the fact it’s being sold at walmart, anyways it was a good review
Is that skatepark your in a old bowling alley lol
Dude. Bowling floors? Can't act surprised or whatever skateboarding on BOWLING floors. Them shits are waxed so much and slippery as fuck without skate dust and condensation lolll that seems like theeeeeee worst skate flooring idea ever. Also, take the bottom washer off the truck for more room to loosen the trucks.
Trust me, I'd rip up those floors in a heart beat if the owner of the building would let me. Working on finding a solution to making the floors a little bit more rough.
Really great video and review will be subbing for sure
so whats wrong with a 7.75 board im 33 and ride one dont be lying saying that "size" is for a younger kid
Everyone has their own size they skate, it's personal preference, but it's rare these days for anyone with a size 8 shoe or larger to skate anything smaller than an 8.0 deck. Most shops only carry boards smaller than 8.0 in small quantites.
@@ParkSharks used to be really rare seeing an 8 or wider board back in early 2000's. We all skated 7.5s hell I had a santa cruz p2 deck that was 7.4 and I wear UK size 11's.
I don’t know a single kid that rides smaller then an 8.0 right now. Times have definitely changed.
very good review of the bored but with the trucks you gotta remember this bored aimed towards beginners that won’t be completely comfortable ridding loose trucks.
The trucks look like knockoffs independents lol
I've seen element skateboards at Target!!
Im a bowler and a skateboarder and i Noticed the synthetic bowling lanes for a skatepark 😂😂😂😂😂
We finally ripped em out. They were so slippery lol
There's "50 different ways to stop on a skateboard"??
There's like 3.
Good point. I'd watch a video on the topic " 50 ways to stop on a skateboard "
i havent watched the whole video, but i wanna say that the list you were reading at the beginning, they probably didn't write.
also i really enjoyed the video
@@FlatHeadScrewDriver-d6g they don't even make the boards
Rip stick boxes say don't to tricks on them. Even though they do tricks in the commercial.
I buy these for the bearings lol
Why can’t I find the braille slateboards on the Walmart site
I think they're not on there anymore. Last I checked I couldn't find them either. They might have some in-store though.
Like with the plastic, I’m sure a lot of that stuff is required by Walmart
Silly, but not under their control and I’m sure even they joke the required stuff
Yeah braille did a video trashing the plastic wrap
The level from higer to lower is OS780,80S,80AB. The sand of OS780 Griptape is emery, abrasion resistant and skidproof which is high quality Griptape. pasted from google
I dont think its the decks bro...
a wonder if he liked the trucks
way to compare a cheap board compared to a built board lmao haters at its finest
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If you watch the whole thing, that's exactly the point. lol.
Ive seen zach doelling ollie a 14 on one
These trucks x10000
Looking at your channel and lower views. Bro. Review skate gear. Clearly you have hard data showing it works, why do other things, at least until you find a loyal audience idk
I've definitely been considering this. Thank you for the insight!
mans got skinny jeans on 😂
$15 at Ollies
"not 2 half turns"
Well bearings usually are the worst on "retail" complete.. I feel so bad for kids who get those boards.. agree with your review.. shot upgrade the bushings and get a better deck if they will be set.
Newnan Georgia and Union City Georgia skatepark next check out..
You got paid💀
The sound that’s coming from his necklace though ahahahhaah
Bought that one for my nephew, it feel just like my regular board ($lave, Indy's 144, jessup, dragons)
"Some pretty old Bones Reds, they're probably like a month old..."
Meanwhile I'm riding the same set of Swiss for 24 years.
The "user manual" on the board says the nonsense it says for liability purposes. If they include those things with that wording, Braille can't be sued for injuries, which makes sense because they're a company 😂
its an actual maple board though, i remember back in the day, if you bought a skateboard at a toy store you'd end up with this really heavy fishtail shaped piece of wood with some cheap trucks and wheels attached to it, with the big piece of plastic attached to the bottom of the tail, which i guess functioned as some type of break? At least now the ones they sell are actually shaped like skate shop skateboards, i would think out of all the walmart skateboards they have now, the braille ones probably would be the better one out of the bunch.
The grip is just one size crystal and cheaper glue and the wheels are the cheapest wheel they could get that’s still hard enough for skating. I’ve tried one of these and I can see how it could be great to see if you like skating at all and you can learn you Ollie ect and get your own board. the deck itself feels normalish unlike the other walwart boards.
Remember with new trucks they have new bushings in them and you do have to break your bushings in so they're going to feel tight at first
I slapped some indy hardware. And spitfire wheels. Have had no issues yet.
the instructions on the back of the sheet are just for legal liability. they have to put that on there. Braille didn't come up with those guidelines themselves lol
You should add warping and bending to your trick criteria when judging boards from a place well known for producing such results, i used a walmart board in the very beginning and carries the trucks over form it it for 1. they didnt warp that badly and 2. the turnability on them was fair
He should definitely do the durability test at the very end 🙄
Some of the floor in there especially the really slippery parts look like they came from an old bowling alley. Those floors are designed to be slippery and have years of wax on them. Probably not the best idea to use those for a skatepark. Or you should sand them down and put something different on them.
You are 100% correct. Trying to convince the owner of the building to let me rip up the floors. There's good concrete underneath!
Seen lots of others have no issues maybe get ur game up
giant rip saw !!!
how do you haveonly 2k subs?????
Love how makes the board look so good in the intro while he looks hung over af 😂 respect
great video tho! no hate, Im just dead inside
1:15 that south park board tho
Dem wheels doe,so supple xD
OMG THESE TRUCKS
Damn good review/testing.
Best review for this board
3:33 Dude, the literal meaning of the abec rating speed. It determines how fast the bearing is able to spin without breaking. You'll probably never notice the difference when skateboarding, since the raring is ment for things that go way faster than you'll ever roll on a skateboard. But saying it has nothing to do with speed is either a lie or lack of knowledge.
After doing some research on this topic after i did the video, I found out it's a precision rating. So, technically is could be related to speed, but not totally used as a speed rating.
Nope the ABEC rating isn't skate specific it's a rating for the tolerances allowed when machining the ball bearings and races.
The higher the rating the better the quality with 9 being the best. After that you get into the ceramic bearings which dissipate heat quicker making them longer lasting.
@@chrism4841 I don't think you read the full comment. I literally said the rating is Not ment for skateboarding...
👍👍
what a kickass park
It's the Ramptech skatepark. You should check out their UA-cam channel! I've produced a bunch of content at that park on their channel. 👍👍
Good review overall but I always find the wall test so silly. Every board I watch people review splits when the slam it head on full force into a solid wall lol. At the end of the day it's just wood and wood splits. and the plys reinforce the vertical axis of the board mostly, not the horizontal. Unless it's one of those "indestructible" boards, I'd bet most would start splitting or just smash fairly easily. and the control board was not a great comparison, that was like half the force.
i have a kryptonics longboard from walmart and it rolls great and is really fun to ride around
finally a honest review not a D rider youtuber who jus wants to get braille acceptance ahaha
Like over all good video and all, but u know the instructions have to be there so idk why u had to go down on those but okay, and also on the wall test wasn't fair at all, u want a lot harder on braille board. Otherwise good review love the vids.
Currently 168 in Canada Walmart 🇨🇦 LOL
ngl i would love to see a comparison braille walmart board vs decathlon complete board! iam glad someone finally done a in depth review on the board and that it was reviewed as beginner board because clearly this is nothing someone that already can skate would get
I feel like there was a lot of blaming everything but you in this
I really like how you constantly refer back to it being a Walmart board and obviously if you were a more experienced skater you'd be getting a 'better' set-up being online or local skate shop but the fact anyone can roll up to a walmart, buy the thing and enjoy the skating experience for a decent price point is awesome! love the video and keep up the honest, great and thorough reviews! 🔥👍🏼🛹
Buys an old bowling alley and doesn’t change the floors to skate them 😂
It's concrete now they ripped up the floors