The Complete Handbook of Skateboards
A practical reference for professionals, businesses, and serious enthusiasts who need to understand, choose, maintain, and profit from skateboards
by Alumigogo Books
non-fiction
The practical reference for skateboard professionals, retailers, and serious enthusiasts who need real technical knowledge and business-level understanding.
About this book
Skateboards are not toys—they are engineered mechanical assemblies with specific design requirements, material properties, and performance tolerances. This handbook is written for professionals, businesses, and serious hobbyists who need practical knowledge rather than marketing rhetoric.
Cover the complete lifecycle: understand how skateboards actually function, learn which specifications matter and why, make informed choices based on your actual use case (not budget alone), install and maintain equipment correctly, diagnose and repair common problems, and identify real business opportunities in the skateboard industry. Each chapter is grounded in concrete examples and the engineering realities of the product.
Whether you're a shop owner managing inventory, a facility operator maintaining fleet equipment, a competitive skater optimizing performance, or an entrepreneur evaluating the skateboard market, this reference provides the technical foundation and practical frameworks you need to operate at a professional level.
Reader Reviews
Kenneth Perez
★★★★★Kenneth Perez: I bought this expecting a technical deep-dive but the first chapter is solid—it actually explains how trucks work and why wheelbase matters, not just 'pick your style.' My complaint: Chapter 3 on choosing the right board feels generic once you factor in local terrain and riding style, which the book doesn't really address. Still useful reference material overall.
Christopher Wright
★★★★★Christopher Wright: Finally, a skateboard resource written for adults who actually know how to read. Chapter 1 alone—the explanation of how a truck's geometry affects turn response and how that connects to bearing quality—is worth the price. No hype, no filler, just engineering. I've been riding for 20 years and I found concrete information I didn't have before. This is the reference I keep on the workbench.
Joseph Smith
★★★★★Joseph Smith: Running a skateboard rental program for our recreation center, and this handbook cleared up real operational questions: bearing maintenance intervals, how to diagnose why a board feels 'dead,' and how to evaluate durability when buying fleet equipment. My only gripe is the business chapter could use more detail on rental insurance and liability, but otherwise exactly what I needed.
Michelle Wright
★★★★★Michelle Wright: Good technical content on how skateboards function, but I was expecting more on the actual shopping and comparison process. The chapter on choosing a board jumps into specs without enough guidance on how budget constraints should change your priorities, or how to compare across brands when specs look similar. Useful as a reference, but not always as a buyer's guide.
Sandra Garcia
★★★★★Sandra Garcia: Been selling skateboards online for three years and thought I knew the space. This handbook filled in gaps I didn't realize I had—particularly the material science sections in Chapter 2 and the maintenance troubleshooting. The business chapter doesn't cover e-commerce specifically, which would have been helpful, but the technical foundation is solid and I've already recommended it to three retailers I know.