Skateboards for children

What type of skater is this board made for?
We have two types of beginner boards on our website. Skateboard and Cruiser.

This is our collection of beginner skateboards for children aged 3 to 13.

If your young skater wants to learn skateboard tricks like an ollie, or skateboard in their local skatepark, a smaller double kick skateboard, the boards listed here are perfect. It is a smaller version of a pro skateboard. A standard skateboard is 8.25 inch wide, the boards here range from 7.75 to 8.0 inch wide.

A cruiser is a skateboard with longboard wheels. The wheels are large and soft, they are designed to carve and push on driveways, footpaths and roads. Young skaters learn the basics with a cruiser, how to push, carve and stop. This type of board will last a lifetime, it is more like a longboard than a skateboard, skaters love commuting and getting around on them. What they are not good for is at the skatepark or learning traditional skateboard tricks. A mini cruiser will roll fast in the skatepark, carve banks with ease, but dropping into a bowl or ramp it is not suitable.   

Size guide for skateboards
Every child is different and unique. We know 8 year old girls who skate on their dad's wide 8.5 inch skateboard. And young teenagers that are blasting around skateparks on 7.25 inch skateboards designed for kids half their age. Skateboarding is about no rules, but that is a cop out, so here is a guide for the nervous parent that wants to get it right.

Boy or girl 3 to 15 = 7.75 inch skateboard
Boy or girl 15 to 17 years old = 8.0 inch wide skateboard 
Boy or girl 17+ = 8.25 inch wide skateboard 

If you feel your child is larger or smaller for their age, you can drop down a size or go up a size.