This is the cheapest board on the site with a proper nose on it, and that one fact is most of the argument for spending €79.99 at Crazy Monkey rather than €40 or €50 somewhere else.
The second kicktail changes what the board can do
The Tony Hawk boards in the same price range are either single kick or built for a much smaller rider. A double kicktail means the deck curves up at both ends, and it turns a thing you stand on into a thing you can skate.
Nollies need a nose. Riding fakie and popping out of it needs a nose. Switch stance, which is how everyone eventually learns to skate both ways round, needs a nose. A learner will not touch any of that in month one, but they will in month four, and the board they own will either allow it or it will not. This one does.
The concave is the other part people underestimate. A shaped deck holds your foot in place under the arch, which is what lets you flick the board rather than kicking at it. Flat toy-shop decks do not do this and no amount of practice compensates.
What Globe is and what it is not
Verb is Globe’s budget line. Globe has been in the skate industry since the 1980s, runs a team, and makes boards people actually ride. The shapes filter down. You are not buying a Globe pro model at this money, you are buying a factory complete with a Globe-designed deck on it, and that is still several steps above a brand invented by a sportswear buyer.
Where the cost-cutting shows is in what the listing leaves out. No ply count. No bearing grade. The trucks are described as standard kingpin, which tells you they are generic castings from whichever factory was cheapest that quarter. The 80kg rider limit is a clue about how much material is in them.
Two things that should give you pause
The first is the wheels. 52mm at 99A, the same skatepark specification found on nearly every complete between €40 and €130. Ireland is not a skatepark. Wet chipseal, grit washed out of a hedge, cracked footpath slabs outside a shop, hard wheels handle none of it well and let go without warning on damp ground. Set aside €30 for softer wheels if the board is going to live on the street.
The second is the price you cannot see. Crazy Monkey publishes no delivery cost on the product page, no cost in the basket, and no delivery information page with a figure on it. You find out at checkout. For a €79.99 board that could be the difference between good value and poor value against the €110 Birdhouse from High Rollers, where delivery is a stated €6.50. Ring them or collect from Douglas if you can.
Who should look elsewhere
Anyone over 80kg. The limit is published for a reason and it will be the trucks that go first.
Anyone buying purely on price. The €40 Rocket gives you a wider deck, softer wheels and the same class of trucks for half the money. It has no aftermarket support and worse cast trucks, but if the goal is to find out whether you enjoy skating, it does that job for €40 less.
Anyone who wants the board to last. Another €30 buys the Birdhouse in Canadian maple with a shop behind it and a name that means something on the resale side. If you can stretch, stretch.