Nick Beaulieu has gone from just another amateur freestyler learning stationary tricks in a shipping container to one of the most progressive and stylish skateboarders in freestyle today. We're incredibly proud to be selling his first ever pro model; made by Moonshine Skateboards, this deck borrows from the shape of the Dan Garb to make a slightly directional double kick with a full tail and tapered nose, perfect for both Nick's crazy ollie trickery and stationary combos.

Specifications:

Length: 29.5"
Width: 7.6"
Wheelbase: 13.5"
Nose/Tail: 5.875"

We recommend a pair of YOYO skid plates or Seismic skid plates to fit this board.

Ace trucks have been something of an open secret for a while; based on the much-loved Stage V Independent geometry, a lot of guys have been putting aside their life-long Iron Cross obsessions to make the switch to Ace and have never looked back. Why? Solid metal, longer-lasting hangers, and a beautiful carve while still stable at speed.

These are the Ace 11, suitable for freestyle and early 2000s style technical street skating. With a 7.25" axle, the Ace 11 is a perfect match for decks like the 7.6" wide Felix Jonsson "Trapper".

The Seismic Focus is the most high-tech freestyle wheel ever made. Featuring Seismic's signature urethane compounds and precision hub, this is the wheel you want when speed and resilience is paramount.

Couple them with the 7-ball Tekton XT bearings for the best possible ride.

A sheet of Mob griptape, installed onto the deck of your choice by one of our skilled Griptape Technicians here at Offset HQ.

These are Seismic's new skid plates, made using some high-grade proprietary compound designed to resist wear, and tested by professional freestylers Tony Gale and Stefan "Lillis" Åkesson. They're slightly grippier than a regular skid plate, so if you find most skids a little too slippery, these are worth looking into.

They're also shaped considerably different to most skids; that curve along the bottom side gives something a little extra to lock onto for caspers, a better point to grab for airwalks and fingerflips, and reduces the overall weight by 5g compared to other skids of a similar size.

We sell them individually because some folks like leaving one end "au naturel", but buy two of these and you'll be saving money in the long term - trust us on that. Each one comes with the necessary hardware to mount it to a deck, but you will need a drill to put them on.

This particular shape works well on the Tony Gale, Lillis Åkesson, and Felix Jonsson boards from Moonshine, the Postcard from Mode Skateboards, and the tail of the Nick Beaulieu deck from Moonshine - but that deck needs a different skid for the nose.

(Don't know how to fit skid plates? Look in the description below for a handy installation guide.)

If you’re sick of cracking decks, constantly find your trucks shifting about on the deck, or all your local streets are a little too rough to push on without rattling your fillings loose, you might want some shock pads.

Once upon a time, it was pretty common for skate stores in the UK to stock rubber risers of one form or another. However, they seem to have fallen out of favour for some reason – possibly because most of them were bloody terrible (they’d mush out the sides of the baseplate, or were so soft they made your setup feel like an unresponsive marshmallow).

Luckily, we’ve fallen onto a cache of Khiro’s shock pads. These things are considerably better made than most cheap shock pads, and may well be the solution to all of life’s problems – as long as life’s problems are limited to vibration and impact damage.

Also, yes – these come as a pair. One pack will be enough for one complete skateboard. You can also pair them with other risers if you fancy building a monster truck but still want to dampen some vibration in there.

We’ve had a few calls for longer bolts lately, so we got these 1.25″ Khiro bolts for tall setups. (We can actually still get Khiro bolts up to 3″ long, so if you’re building yourself a monster truck, get in touch and we’ll help you sort it out.)

These 1.25″ bolts will let you use 9.5mm or 3/8″ risers on most setups or 6mm or 1/4″ risers with a regular 7-ply deck and Paris 108 trucks.

After the success of their first skid plates, Seismic decided to make some new shapes out of the same high-grade proprietary compound. Like the original skids, these last longer and are slightly grippier than regular skid plate material - only now you can use them on directional and single kick boards.

They also keep Seismic's curve along the bottom edge of the skid, giving you something a little extra to lock onto for caspers, a better point to grab for airwalks and fingerflips, and reducing the overall weight by 5g compared to other skids of a similar shape and size. Each one comes with the necessary hardware to mount it to a deck, but you will need a drill to put them on.

This particular shape works well on the nose of the Turi Zoltan deck from Cirus, the Denham Hill, Nick Beaulieu, and Kill Your Idols boards from Moonshine, the Deco and Mike Rogers decks from Mode Skateboards, and the nose of most typical 1980s reissues like the Mullen Chessboard. All of those decks will need a different skid for the other end of the deck, however.

It's also useable on both ends of the Toshiaki Fujii deck from Moonshine, so make sure you pick up two of these if you're planning on using this skid for that deck.

(Don't know how to fit skid plates? Look in the description below for a handy installation guide.)

Synopsis are a bearing brand from Los Angeles that have been making a bit of a buzz on the internet for a while, and we're proud to be the first to stock them in the UK.

These are their standard "Blue Rays" bearings - effectively a Bones Reds equivalent in terms of performance. If you're just looking for a good, sturdy bearing without breaking the bank, these are a good choice.

However, where they really shine is what comes in the box. Every pack of Synopsis Blue Rays bearings includes replacement axle nuts1, a full pack of eight speed washers, bearing spacers (which you really should use!) and, most importantly, a little bottle of bearing lubricant. No matter how thrashed your setup, these will get you rolling smoothly again - and keep you rolling smoothly for a long time.

1: We highly recommend you use an axle rethreader to clean up your axle ends before replacing damaged axle nuts; a heavily damaged axle is just going to strip and ruin the new nuts.