Buy once. Cry once.

Never skated, always wanted to.

I'm 41 and finally getting a deck. It's surprising how many options there are! Talk about choice overload giving me analysis paralysis. Adding confusion, there is chatter of private equity firms buying out common names then churning out different quality products.

6'0, 205#, US 13 shoe.

Older suburb blacktop streets and sidewalks are where I'm starting. Price isn't the determining factor for a setup. Quality is. Buy local, sure. Now the question isn't only what size board, trucks, wheels, but who still makes lasting quality.

I legit know nothing. TIA!