I see videos of outdoor spots just randomly on the side of the street and stuff, Looks super great, and really fun, but also looks like some spots could destroy your set up. Either because theyre really rocky, dirt getting in your bearings and such, dropping your board, landing on your grip, etc. Kinda is deterring me from trying it. Anyone skate outside much and can lend me some motivation to try it or not depending on botching up your set ups?

You can also buy nolliewheels metal or heavymetal a cheaper board and normal skate grip if you like rinding outside

Dylan is like the king of outdoor spots. He goes through gear pretty quickly though, I think. 
Best to get some oaks, and dedicate a deck to use outdoors, you can always sand it a bit and re-lacquer it when it gets dull.

I did what joe said, but only had one setup, and my oaks died... I would use then occasionally but it's too cold that said, on my old oaks, I did manage to film an entire 6 minute street part, that's lurking somewhere on someone's computer...

Indoor fingerboarding will basically never wear down your setup, so a bit of outdoor riding isn't gonna hurt much.. Of course your wheels can get less smooth and the sides of your deck is probably gonna end up looking horrible.. But that's just a good excuse to buy some more gear

I mostly use my setups both inside and outside. I like it when they get a bit trashed and as Mikkel says - it's a good excuse to buy new gear

Yeah, I fingerboard where evers possible to fingerboard, indoor and out, Just use your normal main set up nothing better than a thrashed deck, dont want your wheels getting thrashed quick get oaks or close up wheels my oaks always take a beating never fail.

i just use my setup outside idc

jus shred yo

Mallory wrote:

i just use my setup outside idc

rebel
I have this one deck (G14.12 to be specific) where the wheels are mis-matched with chinas, one substance, and non-bearing. The tape is shredded in a weird ass way, and since the wheels don't roll smooth at all, it makes almost no difference outside. Not that I do much outside fingerboarding, but when I do, that's my main ride.

If my setup has expensive wheels on it I just switch out to China wheels before I go outside. So it really doesn't matter if you thrash them or lose one.
When the weather is nice and I know I'll be fingerboaring outside a lot I sometimes make a complete outdoor set up that isn't too expensive

Just set up a deck with china wheels and you should be good, its not hard to refinish a deck if the sides get a bit scratched, or just use an old deck that doesnt get used anymore for outside

I just use some Roswells non bearing wheels that henry gave me..
Along with china trucks and a dank deck. Pretty nice setup for outdoors if you ask me.

lol what joe said dedicate one board for outdoor use get some hard wheels and you should be set i usually use flat face os for my outdoor board but now i got oaks to try when it warms up bring wax as well same with a brush so you can clear away any gravel and sand dust stones bring some extra stickers cuz those can always help you make a spot or fix a bbumb up to something

Dylan wrote:

lol what joe said dedicate one board for outdoor use get some hard wheels and you should be set i usually use flat face os for my outdoor board but now i got oaks to try when it warms up bring wax as well same with a brush so you can clear away any gravel and sand dust stones bring some extra stickers cuz those can always help you make a spot or fix a bbumb up to something

Good tips, thanks.

Mallory wrote:

i just use my setup outside idc

woob wrote:

jus shred yo

yeah dude just do it.. doesn't matter what setup you have.

I did a redwolf 35mm review that I posted up specifically because it was for outdoor use and it was dialed and cheap. I am still using it the most. I put chemistry wide trucks and some duel bearing ywheels that had a side to side wobble..The outdoor use actually Made the wobble less noticible. I find the duel bearings hold up to a lot. Some bbrt super silvers are great for outdoor too if ya wanna spend and use oaks. I have foamy greatness and it's not torn up.

I made a cruiser for outdoor ridin with my oaks i like the way the grind marks looks after an outdoor sesh looks super real