Boards and scooters, priced for Ireland
5 written up
A stunt scooter is judged on two numbers before anything else: how much it weighs and how tall the bars are. Get those wrong and the rider will not learn tricks, no matter what you spent. Every scooter here has both numbers listed.
from €183
Chilli Pro
At 3.8kg with a wheel upgrade path to 120mm, this is the scooter for an eight to twelve year old already learning bar spins and tailwhips.
from €230
North
A one-piece deck and chromoly bars make this the most durable scooter on the site, at the cost of 4.6kg and a bar height that only suits taller riders.
from €120
Chilli Pro
An entry-priced stunt scooter with proper HIC compression, built small for a five to nine year old, though the fixed bar leaves no growing room.
from €125
Chilli Pro
The full-size version of the Base S for €5 more, which makes it good value for a nine year old and a costly mistake for anyone shorter.
from €120
Longway
The lightest and shortest-barred scooter here at about 3.7kg, which makes it right for a six to ten year old and wrong for anyone approaching the 75kg rider limit.
Bars should reach somewhere between the waist and the bottom of the ribs. Too tall is the common mistake, usually made to leave growing room, and it makes bar spins close to impossible because the rider cannot get the scooter round.
After that, weight. Under 4kg is roughly the line between learning tailwhips and giving up on them. Every extra kilo is another reason the scooter does not come back round.
Avoid anything that folds or has an adjustable bar. Both are useful on a scooter for getting places and both are failure points at a skatepark, where the wobble is worse than the convenience is worth.