All-Terrain Skateboard - Small

Because a skateboard deck flexes and returns thousands of times in its life and then gets landed on hard. Cross-laminated maple veneers - each layer with its grain at an angle to the next - give a deck that springs back rather than taking a set, and that resists the cracking a solid board would develop.

Larger, softer wheels than a street board. Soft wheels absorb surface texture instead of stopping dead on it, which is what lets a board roll over rough tarmac, murram and cracks. A hard street wheel on a Dar pavement is genuinely unrideable.

Broadly, the smaller board is easier to turn and easier for a smaller or lighter rider to control; the larger one is more stable at speed and more comfortable for a bigger rider or longer distances. If it is for a child, smaller. If it is for commuting across a compound or campus, larger.

Check the truck bolts and the axle nuts before the first ride and periodically afterwards - vibration works them loose. Truck tightness is a preference: looser turns more sharply and feels unstable, tighter is more stable and turns less. Start tighter and loosen gradually.

Helmet, wrist guards, knee pads and elbow pads. Wrist injuries are the commonest skateboarding injury because hands go out in a fall. We sell protective sets and helmets separately - ask us.

Keep it dry. Water gets into the deck laminations and into the bearings, and both are permanent damage - a delaminated deck is finished and a rusted bearing never runs smoothly again. Never leave a board out in the rains or ride through puddles, and keep the bearings out of coastal sand.

Smooth, flat and away from traffic - a compound, a campus, a car park at the weekend. Tanzanian road surfaces are broken enough that even an all-terrain board finds them hard work, and the traffic does not expect a skateboard.

Yes. We deliver across Dar es Salaam and send nationwide to Arusha, Moshi, Mwanza, Dodoma, Zanzibar and beyond by courier. Call or WhatsApp us if you need a same-day drop in the city.