Buy a slalom board. Like 114. Perfect for your weight and for 13-25kt wind condition.

Sails : A big 7.8 and 6.4 and you will be perfect !

Think about a good budget for the fin. A good fin = 50% of the board performance.

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Have fun on the water !

Based on your posts, even with an unlimited budget, you'll be at loss to choose the right equipment with so much gear.

Go for one board geared to 13-20knts and one for 18-25. (Overlap helps with wind change expectations, gusts etc...) 3 sails, 3-4 fins. You'll fill in the gaps when you have more experience and will then have access to newer gear.

Then again for that wind range 2 sails, one board and 2 fins are sufficient if budget is to be considered.

How old r you

You're gonna need a van, too.

I want to do this to but keep ending up at the skatepark instead lol!

Yorely Muffin was the only quad slalom skater i can remember finding the last time I looked on YouTube. Maybe check out some of her videos and see if anything pops up? Here's one to get you started https://youtu.be/kWwzDctsHF8

Failing that, I think you would want something narrow and hard, with a curved edge for slip and maneuverability (like park wheels, actually).

God luck! And please post updates!

I use the indoor luminous wheels (97a) when I practice slalom

If you are aiming to do slalom on par with inline skaters, the road is long.

Narrower, shorter, urethane or vanathane wheels would be ideal. I present some examples of slalom-style quad skating, 1) What I perceive as the normal limit for quad skaters doing slalom, 2) The upper limit of tech + speed if the skater optimizes everything possible.

The aim is to make your movements as tight as possible. If you can achieve tighter movements with softer wheels, go for it. If you can achieve tighter movements by sliding to the new position, use harder ones.

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Yep ! Nuge ripped on that one!

Sierra went huge

Fowler, corey killed it!

The whole team!

Is there really a difference in stability compared to the cruiser? Aren't the trucks the same?

I've never tried taking tkp's up to faster speeds but I'd be scared. I think this deck would be awesome with trucks like Zealous or Rogue Slaloms

Really nice. Haven’t seen much posted about these. With the construction update this year that deck is high in the running for my next board. 

Mellow concave and rocker correct? No w or micro drops? Looks super comfy. 

Really small wheels on that deck

Edit: i didnt mean this in a negative way it just looked funny.

Looks very trickable! Nice deck 😎

Anything Comet is built so strong 💪💪

All the big names get their boards from one of five or six manufacturers, so really- pick a name you've heard of and you can't go wrong. Dwindle is probably the biggest manufacturer out there; they make boards for Almost, Blind, Flip, Santa Cruz, Enjoi, Creature, Darkstar, World Industries, Zero, and quite a few others.

CHOCOLATE Double nose 🤙 I’m cruising one in 8.5 and it shreds. I’m a huge Girl fan too, their decks are super solid. But pretty much any classic brand will work but as a lifelong skateboarder I hone my decks for my specific likings so you’ll have to begin your collection 😊

My vote goes for Chocolate as well. Their decks are premium and you can feel it. Plus I think they have the best & most diverse cuts & stylings. They have a whole page dedicated to the intricacies of each board shape; it REALLY helps when you know what you’re looking for and want something specific. Pretty dope imo.

I assume Girl is the same since the same board manufacturer presses for both, I’ve just never owned or skated one.

If you’ve never skated at all, start with an Anti-Hero that’s 9” or bigger. Absolute boats for you to practice cruising, turning, etc on and get a feel for your balance, plus Anti-Hero is as classic as it gets. Frank Gerwer is a god. Get yourself an Eagle graphic and go fast

Depends on your location. If you have a skateshop anywhere nearby, go there. Supporting your local scene is important! They also mostly have way more knowledge than any random skater on the internet.

If you don't have a local shop, it depends on what country you're from. I'm not from the US, but assuming you are, tactics might be a good shout.

For freeride and slalom it should be a hardboot. Wheels 4x80 mm is preferable, the 3*100 is the biggest alternative. Wheels any bigger will not give you any chance for slalom. Top brands are Rollerblade, Powerslide, FR skates (Seba), also you can look at Flying Eagle, Fila NRK ( only NRK series)and Micro. Probably Roces.

For your budget it will be great to find Powerslide Zoom 100 ore Zoom 80 on discount. Like here

Yea but I see now that they are slightly above your budget. But I love mine. Hardboot is nice and stable.

SC Salba - just love the shape

Grosso

I like em wide so I’d go Heroin

Heroin Nolan 100%

Definitely go in person and get the one that feels the best to your feet. It depends how much nose and concave you want and that is hard to gauge when buying online, and concave can change even from board to board of the same model.

Great board, trucks, wheels and components don’t matter for now while learning. I’d say you did great!

Should be fine. 8.0 is probably decent. If he wants to do vert you might even want to go 8.25

If you're in the Bay area I really recommend buying from an actual shop, should have many options nearby. My go to shop that I love is Orbit in San Leandro

This is perfect. It’ll do everything he will need it to do. 

That is a good board. Make sure you're getting an skate tool so you can tighten hardware or any bolts that will come loose in the future. It can also be a good thing to have since you don't want to carry around 3 wrenches and and an allen and philips key.

>Recommended skates for a Slalom beginner please.
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>Judging by the posts here, I'm sure you all understand that sensation of wanting to start skating, so I'll spare you the inspirational and soul felt monologue.
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>Looking for something in the $200-$300 range that can help me get through the learning phase and ease me into the lifestyle of Slalom and Urban skating.

Are you able to stretch your budget a bit, or is $300 (presumably USD, rather than CAD, AUD, SGD, or any of the myriad other currencies that use the dollar name and symbol) a hard limit?

Even at the low end, purpose-built freestyle/slalom skates are going to be at or slightly above your stated budget (e.g. the all-plastic version of the Seba Trix2, going for ~$300 USD or ~$330 USD (see also, here), depending on the vendor). More commonly, you'd be looking at the ~$450 USD to ~$600 USD range for mid-grade, ~$750 USD to ~$850 for the higher grades, and even as much as ~$1200 USD at the extreme (see here and here).

For your stated budget, you'd generally be limited to freeride/urban skates with rockerable frames, like the Flying Eagle F5S Eclipse, F6S Falcon, and F7 Optimum, or the FR Skates FRX 80, FR3 80, and FR2 80.

To start with, definitely Flying Eagle or FR-X or FR-3. Just make sure you get a model with rockerable frames. Though I would recommend changing the frames later on to a dedicated rockered frame because the rockerable frames are not perfect (but are good to start on).

Edit: I recommend a plastic shell because when starting out you might scrape up your skates a lot. The more expensive slalom skates typically are not very durable, so you can cause some massive damage to them while you learn.

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