Since the beginning of the year, we've been trying to multiply articles about brand collections such as Emerica, Altamont or DC but also articles about products such as the one about skateboarding technologies for 2008.

Today we look at the phenomenon of the moment: the cruiser boards or, Old School boards. Brands often call it "Filming board" because with this kind of skateboard, the director doesn't have to bother about the quality of the ground as most of the time, the wheels are soft and the deck is wide and short for a better control . .
It turns out that many brands are now doing their own

5boro: Brand New York based brand releases a deck that looks like a Krooked's Zip Zinger, wich means very thin. This is the kind of board that you need to set up with slopestyle trucks in order to have a very thin and easy control deck.
The size: 7.6 x 29.5
Available at Nozbone skateshop.

Alien Workshop. Alien started doing cruisers not long ago and they chose to produce them in partnership with the band Dinosaur Jr. It results in purple decks of 44 inches long and the other one of 32, 5 inches. I prefer the one with the square poles.
Disponible sur commande dans un shop parisien (HawaII surf, Nozbone Street Machine ...) Available on order in Parisian shops (HawaII surf, Nozbone Street Machine ...)
Birdhouse, Tony Hawk's brand also produces cruisers but I do find

Skateboard brands have been trying to manufacture stronger and lighetr decks for the past few years! 2008 will be another year of discovery of new technologies and that is precisely what we will see in this article. Almost: The first  über we had tested was a limited model that was nogt aiming toward large retailers, but it is now certified that Almost has developed the über technology for the mass market. Let's see if the decks will be as expensive as in our test. Otherwise, new  Impact Support series with

Speed Metal Bearings are a gift from dam's 2 months ago....thanks bro... He buy that because we never try these ones... (good initiative ;-))... The stuff : - Good packaging, in a metal box which can to be useful as a storage accessories box (bearings,bolts...). But if the box influence the price of the product I prefer a cheap box like on the mini logo (cheapest bearings). - They are well oiled of origin: you will have to wash you the hands direct if you them keys or one will