Vandem Longboard Shop News

About six months ago, we got a bit obsessed with reducing the amount of plastic that we ship in all our orders.

Bubble wrap, shrink wrap, packing tape - all plastic. All single use, and all likely to end up in a landfill - or worse, the ocean.

So we set out on a mission to reduce or eliminate single use plastic from the shop and our packaging wherever we could.

• We swapped our packing tape for a paper alternative.
• We stopped using shrink wrap and got creating with DIY cardboard spacers.
• We stopped using plastic document envelopes, and put our delivery notes, invoices...

We're stoked to be stocking this range of minicruiser boards from UK longboard and cruiser brand D-Street!

Since the Penny Mini Skateboard Revolution kicked in a few years ago, there's a lot of boards like this on the market - but we think these are about the best of the bunch.

What makes D-Street boards stand out?

As well as some nice understated graphics and finishes, these boards are set up how we like our mini cruisers - turny!!

The trick to setting up a rad mini cruiser setup is to get the...

When we're talking to a customer in the shop about a pintail, drop through or cruising longboard, we often find ourselves explaining the difference between a cheaper setup and a more expensive setup.

To the untrained eye, there's often very little difference - especially when shopping online.

However, if you come into our shop, get a closer look and stand on a few different setups, it becomes obvious that you get a lot more bang for your buck with higher-priced setups.

There's a lot of differences - better quality wood and finish, faster urethane, faster wheels and bearings - but...

We've just upped our game when it comes to free longboard stuff!

When you order over £100's worth of skate goodies from us, you can choose from either a Free Vandem Tshirt or a Free Sabre Bushing Kit!

Sabre Bushing Kits come with four bushings and four washers - enough for a pair of trucks, or both ends of your board.

We believe that bushings are something that every longboarder should be experimenting with - and now we're giving you the chance to do so, for free!

You can choose from Sabre's SuperCarve (4x cone...

Once upon a time, a customer walked into our shop in Bristol carrying a skateboard board she'd just bought from Sports Direct, who are about a mile away from us in town.

"My board is a bit slow," she said. "What do I have to replace on it to make it faster?"

We of course did what we would do for any customer - we did our best to help her out and had a good look at the board in question.

Wheels and Bearings

According to the Sports Direct website, this board comes with "high quality wheels and...