The Portable Mini Skateboard Longboard for Commute and Travel V4

This is my second time getting a board from BoardUp and I am probably even more excited about this than I was the first time. I purchased my first one last year around January as my first skateboard ever. It already served me incredibly well and I made so many good memories with the board. Sadly it ended up breaking due to the metal plate in the middle cracking so I had to stop using it. Flash forward a year of me putting off trying to repair the board and I decided to get a new one since I know what not to do. Just finished unboxing it and coming from my first test ride and I was extremely happy to find out that in the past year the company has made numerous changes and improvements to the design and mechanics of the board. It's now sturdier, has a better support plate to keep the board together and handles much better due to being longer. The board is much easier to use out of the box now for all boarders and once again I'm extremely happy with my purchase! Definitely worth the money and a fantastic purchase for yourself as a good commuter board or for someone else as a gift, whether they are a skateboarder or a longboarder

This is one of my favorite purchases! I was looking for some compact, portable last mile solution (to go the gym, and sometimes even work). I looked into a lot of things like foldable bike and other things, then I stumbled upon boardUp. It is one great product, attention to detail and the continuous improvements are just amazing!. This is my first skateboarding experience ever! I love this board the wheels are very soft and quite large so they can easily go over small pebbles and rough surfaces, the trucks are very nice and limber as well, and what blows me away is the amazing folding mechanism, so smoooth, and yet the best part is "IT FITS IN MY BAGPACK" right alongside my macbook! cannot recommend this enough!

Glue sticking out everywhere Rubber stoppers on the hinge are ridiculously oversized I an an extremely experienced rider with a wide variety of boards and this thing is almost unridable it’s such an unstable mess Ad says abec 9 but these are garbage bearings that don’t spin The wheels are junk too I know we all desperately want a good safe folding longboard. Move along, this ain’t it.

I have bought it for commuting and going to the supermarket. The product is awesome, fits in my backpack and has a good flex (similar to some of the flexible Loaded ones I have tried, but for a fraction of the price). It is able to ride in different city terrains and has a good size. I first gave it 3 stars though because after three weeks of use the mechanism to fold stopped working (keeping it locked in the riding position), probably due to a manufacturing problem (some parts were loose and are now missing). I've contacted customer support a week ago, they replied in the same day and sent: replacement parts, a video explaining how to replace them and a $30 partial refund for the trouble. I have fixed it an now I use it every day!

So here are the things you should probably know about this longboard. I've had it for quite a while, three or four months, before actually making my review. First and foremost, the board is rather thin, if you're planning to do like serious hills and stuff, I wouldn't suggest it. (There's a reason why a pricey longboard is like twice as thick as this longboard.) With that out of the way let me talk about other things. Next up, do not jump on this longboard, I'm about 145 pounds, with clothes maybe that makes me like 147 ish. (With my college backpack, maybe another 10-15 pounds?) If I jump on this longboard without the bag, the bottom of the hinges will scrape on the ground. And I don't mean like I'm jumping on it like some kind of trampoline. Just a hippie jump. At some points I've just kind of bounced on it, and I've scraped the hinges. That kinda thing if you're going at a good speed is gonna throw you off the board (Honestly though it sounds like a grave danger, it's not. You have to try to make it scrape in order for it to scrape). And finally, the last thing kinda worth mentioning might be that the squishy black part in the middle seems to kinda come off over time. I would love if Board up sold those pieces separately, cause if you play with them a bit they're gonna come off. If someone loses them, (Probably me) that's going to make me have to buy another board up longboard... Just for that part. That should cover all the grim stuff about it! You, reader, must be sitting here like Oh Jeez, why does this have four stars then? Welp allow me to explain! The stock parts that come with this longboard, are not bad. Like sure, you can get always get better bearings, but they weren't bad either. From the point of view of a longboarder that skates every few days, it's good enough. I actually kinda liked them. Second this board is nice as a cruiser. I mean because of the cushions in the center, it makes riding smooth. (Or smoother than other longboards I've had.) And the wheels are soft to boot. And of course trucks are fine, no problem there. The folding action is totally cool... However don't listen to the instruction manual when it says, to open the longboard, Twirl the board in air, and then drop it... Yeah... I've attempted that a few times, it landed upside down for the most part. It's much easier to just open it without being stylish. If you have a slightly bigger than average backpack this longboard will fit in it. Don't expect to put much else in there. But it'll go in there. In fact I actually just carry a kinda large shopping bag, almost like one of the ones you can buy from a super market, and it fits well! One of the worries maybe, has this board ever folded on me as I skated. Nope! In fact I don't think that's possible, the board folds up the other way around, so essentially, the board would have to push you upward if it tried to close on you. Admittedly this longboard replaced my Globe Longboard. It's just much easier to carry around. I've had quite a few people that ask where did I get it from, or say that it's awesome! That's always a major plus XDD. Now this is a message towards the BoardUp people. I think your board is really great! I love it! I really do! But I wish you gave people a little bit more access to customizing it. I understand that the trucks can't be customized. But maybe there's a way you can do custom decks. Like maybe you can make some kind of agreement with one of those online custom longboard companies, to make decks that people actually want... (No offense. I hate the art on the deck at the moment.) Second, it might help to do like custom Griptape, I think it was on the APEX diamondDrop that you can get like different kinds of Griptape. That would be a great addition to customizing it. Of course custom wheel colors would be cool. I think you would hit a bigger audience if you change the deck to more of a dropdown/drop through look. It looks cooler, and it's more stable or so I've read. I would imagine if you do this, you might need to adjust the hinges in the center, or raise the longboard truck's height. If it's not too much to ask, you might do well selling a separate longboard that has a thicker deck. As it would probably appeal to more down hill longboarders. I think that raps it up for me! Thanks for the great longboard! I love it, and honestly I don't think I even want another longboard.

Sitting here in my local coffee shop thinking how awesome it is to have this board. Wow it is so convienent. I wish I had this board in my college days, it would have been a dream. I took this board to a local skate completion (Exposure in Encinitas) and I got a million questions about it from all the local skaters. They loved it. This board rides like a dream and it is very well made for the price.

I have been using this board for ~6 months and it has been wonderful! The build quality is solid, and the hinge has held up great with daily use. I switched from using a 29" cruiser to this and it was such a good decision. This is so smooth and just as convenient. I highly recommend this board.

bought two and both came with bad bearings that make a clicking sound and didn't spin very well however it is a well made deck

Travel & Fun

i got the beard for collage and it was perfect but then the folding mechanism broke, i ordered a replacement part and got it 6 months later. but now the mechanism has broken again in the same way. its good but only lasts 2ish years