Designed by world champion skateboarder Andy Macdonald, Andy Mac Skateboards are extremely high quality at an affordable price. The boards are suitable for beginning skateboard enthusiasts as well as advanced skaters. Manufactured by Skate One Corporation, a leading skateboard builder for 29 years, the Andy Mac Zon Skateboard has been carefully designed and developed using the highest-quality materials and manufacturing equipment.
A Message from Andy Macdonald
Skateboarding has always been, first and for most, about having fun. As a professional, I've always wanted to be able to give back to the sport that has given me so much. One way to do that is to make skateboarding--fun skateboarding--more accessible to more kids. That's the idea behind Andy Mac Skateboards. The age at which kids begin skateboarding has become much younger in the past five years. In most instances, these new skaters are not buying their boards at specialty skate shops. Rather, they get their board where their parents shop--at a discounter, mass merchandiser or a sporting goods chain. Most all skateboards found at these retailers are designed as toys, not sports equipment, meaning the quality and performance is poor, and the experience of using them not fun.
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And I was getting pretty tired of seeing kids have a bad first experience on their new skateboard. "Toy" skateboards are available just about everywhere these days and they cost about twenty bucks. Although they look like true skateboards, they definitely are not. A real skateboard turns when you want it to turn and has wheels that grip and roll smoothly. Traditionally, the only place to find such a product was in a specialty shop, where even a first-time skater must spend more than a hundred dollars for a "complete" board. That’s a lot of money for a new skater or their parent to spend--more than most can afford. That's where my brand comes in.
An Andy Mac complete costs $59.99 and is the perfect entry-level skateboard. These are real boards--the same exact board I ride when I street skate. And I even use a modified version of this board in all my vert competitions! I spent two years developing this board with Powell Skateboards, a company that has been building skateboards for almost thirty years. The idea was that if we can build it good enough for me, it’ll be good enough for any new skater.
I want kids to have an awesome first experience skateboarding and I know my boards can provide that. My hope is that kids all over the world will discover the same fun and enjoyment I get from skateboarding every day.
So enjoy, and please let me know how you like this board. There is truly no other board on the market like it.
Peace,
Andy Macdonald About Andy Macdonald:
- Eight-time World Cup Skateboarding overall points champion
- Eight-time X-Games gold medalist
- Set a Guinness world record for his skateboard ramp jump of nearly 57 feet
- His image was published on a U.S. postage stamp
- Honored by President Bill Clinton at the White House for his participation in The Partnership for a Drug-Free America
Read Andy's update from the road from Boom Boom Huck Jam 2005.
