Gold Cup Banana Board Cruzer

I love everything about this board. I love riding it, I love holding it, I love looking at it! The grip just bites into your shoes and provides a crazy amount of sure-footedness when riding. The Skate City trucks came pretty loose and turned great right out of the box; it makes tight turns seem like no problem, and the carves you can do on this little thing is insane. The addition of a front kick is great if you like doing tricks (I'm more of a straight cruiser myself), although I do have to say that the kicktail is a little short. The wheels are amazing - I just love the fact that they have such a fat lip and are so soft! It makes going over cobblestone and rough pavement smoother than you might think. The only quip I have to say about them is that I wish they were a little bigger (they're 57mm, I'd prefer at least 60), but the sheer width of them more than makes up for it. The only really "bad" thing about this board are (like most, if not all boards) the bearings - they come with ABEC 3 bearings, which are pretty bad, but I switched them out with my old ABEC 7's, and I'm going to replace those with some Magic bearings in a few days. The color choices are pretty bright and colorful, when I saw my blue one in cruiser in person for the first time, I immediately fell in love! Like all plastic skateboards, however, it seems more of a toy than an actual skateboard. This is just preference though, and if you're looking for both a great, fun little cruiser and a sweet fashion accessory, this board is a great option.

This is a really good banana board. Better than penny, stereo and globe board. Just buy it and u will not disappointed.

Worst board ever IMO. Awful at carving. Shame Lance Mountain is behind this one

hello, i recently bought this board because i thought it would be similar to the landyachtz dinghy board. well i was wrong. For 80 dollars i was expecting a little bit more. what i was expecting i dont know exactly but it wasnt this board. it is a good board for kids i would imagine, but im an avid longboarder and shortboarder and i just really didnt like this one. the bushings are very stiff so it doesnt turn very well. the board itself is to small for anyone wearing a size 10 shoe or larger IMO. the kick tail is worthless. the bolt pattern for the trucks do not match neither my dinghy trucks i had from my broken board or my bear trucks as i was just gonna bolt them up and replace the stock trucks it came with, but it would require me to drill out the board and i figured it wasnt worth it. also the bearings are not that great, you could get some bone reds for 10 bucks and i would recommend if you plan to keep the board for the long term. the wheels arent to bad. didnt have much issues going over things but someone mentioned in a review that it goes over chip seal well and i dunno if they were using pee gravel on that guys road or what but these do NOT handle chip seal well.all in all, buy it for your kids, if your an avid rider like myself and over the age of 14 spend the extra 50 bucks and buy a landyachtz dinghy off ebay for 130. way more worth the money.

Fun little board that has better grip than most other plastic boards. The colors are great and really eye catching (got green with yellow wheels). I think that the wider size 57mm wheel makes it more stable as well, even though the trucks are mini. I couldn't tell if I got a lot of flex from the board since I'm pretty light.However, make sure you have a skate tool to loosen the trucks, since they come really tight, and don't allow for carving. Also, the bearings are abec 3 I'm sure, since it's pretty slow. You will find yourself having to push a lot, especially if there are more bumps/rough road where you live. Slow bearings also make it harder to carve since you'll be pushing more. It's also a bummer that other colors are cheaper (why???). Not worth $100 with the abec 3s, they could've at least been abec 5. 3.5 stars because of this.

First, Gold Cup makes a better retro cruiser board than Penny, Stereo, Bantam or any other company that has jumped onto the bandwagon. Skate City trucks are better than the generic "blank" trucks used on other cruisers. Gold Cup Stoke-em's wheels are terrific. The deck has a concentric circle pattern with the circles at different heights - provides superior grip out of the box. My son skated a Penny board and his feet slipped off the board. He wanted a cruiser without grip tape and this is the best and it's from NHS, Inc. Bearings - they're fast. This is the fastest cruiser I've seen / skated. No need to lubricate bearings - it rides great.Skateboarding legend Lance Mountain had a hand in the development of this product. It's better than any other cruiser on the market.

I got this board because it was designed by a true skateboarder (Lance Mountain) that was popular while I was growing up. I figured Lance would never allow his name to be associated with a crap skateboard, even a tiny penny board like this one. Fortunately, I was right this time: this board rides tight and fast, feels good on the road, is perfect for rough terrain (but not with potholes or anything though), and best of all -- the patent-pending "3D" etched plastic grip really works! I've ridden this board with all types of shoes and sandals, and compared to some of the other penny boards I've tried, this one is by far the grippiest and thus most rideable penny board I've tried.

I thought I would pick this up for my daughter and myself, but quickly remembered it's been ages since I've been on a board. This small size is perfect for my daughter that is learning to skateboard. She's gonna be a ripper.

Es gibt viele Minicruiser, die in Betracht kommen, das sind:- Penny Board- Globe Bantam- Globe Bantam S.T.- Banana Boardund die günstigeren Imitate.Davon gefällt mir das Banana Board bei weitem am besten. Das Material ist total in Ordnung. Das Plastik ist weicher, als das von Penny, oder Globe, dafür blättert hier kein Lack ab, das das Plastik komplett gefärbt ist.Das Board ist nicht gebogen, sodass die Federung etwas härter ausfällt, als dein anderen Modellen (mit Ausnahme des Globe Bantam), dafür federn die breiteren Reifen viel mehr kleine Steine und Kanten ab. Insgesamt lässt sich das board besser pushen und rollt genauso glatt, wie die Alternativen.Das Griptape ist überragend. Durch die hervorgehobenen Targets keilen sich die Sohlen regelrecht im Board ein und ein Verrutschen ist ausgeschlossen. Drehen lässt sich der Fuß selbstverständlich noch.Die Achsen sind kleiner, was durch die breiteren Reifen kompensiert wird.Hier wurden ABEC 3 Kugellager verbaut, die aber nicht viel schlechter laufen, als ABEC 7. Wem die dann doch nicht gefallen, kann sie ja fix auswechseln. Anleitungen findet ihr dazu bei YouTube. Meines Erachtens nach kommt das Banana Board am ehesten an das Fahrgefühl eines Longboards.Zuletzt ist das Board hervorragend verarbeitet. Hier wackelt nichts und alles sitzt fest. Die Achsen lassen sich für mehr Kurvenfreiheit weicher stellen.Alle Alternativen sind total ähnlich und unterscheiden sich im Großen nur durch das Design und das Fahrgefühl. Am Ende ist alles Gewöhnungssache. Wer sich jetzt ein Penny Board bestellt, wird nach einiger Zeit mit diesem viel besser zurecht kommen, als jemand, der sich für eine Alternative entscheidet.Ich bin selbst etwas vom Design ausgegangen und habe für mich die Richtige Wahl getroffen.Mein Tip: Fix rüber zu Titus, Planet Sports, o.Ä. und es ausprobieren.