My First Skateboard is a Blast
Hats off to Blast Skates out of Berlin the U.K. for My First Skateboard, an 80’s inspired kids setup that comes in a box with everything you need to assemble, including kid-friendly instructions. The Blast product lineup appears to be a little high end, which they’re decks going for an equivalent of about $87 USD. This kids setup is about $154 USD, and sure, you could find completes for kids at a considerably cheaper price, at least in the US, but what you’re getting here is a fully realized concept that is well executed. It’s an experience that is more than the sum of the parts. Granted, it’s not clear whether a child will enjoy it nearly as much as the adult who gifts it. I love the spot on the top of the deck for writing your name on the board. EDIT: Turns out Blast is in the UK but uses Berlin for shipping to EU due to Brexit making it expensive to ship to the EU.
– Thanks to Matthijs for the tip.
The rest of this post is strictly a photo dump of all the images from the web shop to preserve it in the event they discontinue it. That’s how much I like this.
