POSITIV Team Complete Skateboards

POSITIV Team Complete Skateboards

Product Description

Ride the rails and air out like the guys in the POSITIV skateboard team--Rodney Jones, Andy Macdonald, and Carlos De Andrade--with these complete boards. Every POSITIV deck is manufactured to the demanding specifications of Skate One using its proprietary AirLam skateboard presses and birch veneer source. The AirLam process fuses multiple plys of wood together using waterproof glue, sealed against other moisture, and the bottom is coated with an SST slide treatment to improve the length of your slides. Other features include super high-rebound 54mm/99a polyurethane wheels, trucks with high-rebound polyurethane cushions for easy turning, precision double-rubber shielded chromium steel bearings

Andy Macdonald

Rodney Jones

Carlos De Andrade

Sandro Dias

Team

lubricated with Bones Speed Cream, and super sticky grips with a die-cut POSITIV logo. Andy Macdonald

• Deck Shape: 112
• Concave: K12
• Deck Dimensions: 31.75 x 7.75 inches
• Wheelbase: 14 inches
• Nose: 6.875 inches
• Tail: 6.625 inches
• Bottom: Screened
• Wheel Diameter: 54mm
• Hardness: 99a
• Formula: Positiv Super High Rebound
• Core: No
• Surface: Smooth
• Truck Width: 7.63 inches

Rodney Jones:

• Deck Shape: 126
• Concave: K12
• Deck Dimensions: 31.625 x 7.625 inches
• Wheelbase: 13.75 inches
• Nose: 7 inches
• Tail: 6.625 inches
• Bottom: Screened
• Wheel Diameter: 54mm
• Hardness: 99a
• Formula: Positiv Super High Rebound
• Core: No
• Surface: Smooth
• Truck Width: 7.63 inches

Carlos De Andrade:

• Deck Shape: 124
• Concave: K12
• Deck Dimensions: 31.375 x 7.5 inches
• Wheelbase: 13.875 inches
• Nose: 6.75 inches
• Tail: 6.5 inches
• Wheel Diameter: 54mm
• Hardness: 99a
• Formula: Positiv Super High Rebound
• Core: No
• Surface: Smooth
• Truck Width: 7.5 inches

Sandro Dias:

• Deck Shape: 126
• Concave: K12
• Deck Dimensions: 31.625 x 7.625 inches
• Wheelbase: 13.75 inches
• Nose: 7 inches
• Tail: 6.625 inches
• Wheel Diameter: 54mm
• Hardness: 99a
• Formula: Positiv Super High Rebound
• Core: No
• Surface: Smooth
• Truck Width: 7.63 inches

Team:

• Deck Shape: 124
• Concave: K12
• Deck Dimensions: 31.375 x 7.5 inches
• Wheelbase: 13.875 inches
• Nose: 6.75 inches
• Tail: 6.5 inches
• Wheel Diameter: 54mm
• Hardness: 99a
• Formula: Positiv Super High Rebound
• Core: No
• Surface: Smooth
• Truck Width: 7.5 inches

Manufacturer's Warranty
All Skate One manufactured products are warranted against delamination and/or manufacturing defects for the useful life of the skateboard.

Customer Reviews

Well-made and light enough, April 10, 2009

I bought this for my son's 8th birthday. Having been a skater in a previous life, I knew a bit about what I was looking for. It needed to be light enough for his size, have a decent concave, and the bearings needed to be smooth. I was confident about all but the last of these before ordering since I went to the all the all-in-one manufacturers' sites to compare stats. The bearings are fine, thankfully. So far, my son has been happy with the board. It is probably a little heavy for him yet, but he's not far off. Anyway, he's got a few more lessons in balance to learn before he starts doing any tricks. Overall, it's a good skateboard. These all-in-one decks are nothing like the pieces of junk they sold as all-in-one when I was a kid. I do wish they came with rails, but the object of the game is to have the most beaten up looking board, I guess!

I wouldn't recommend this for kids under 8. It is probably a little big. Of course, that would depend on how dexterous your kid is too. For the average kid, 8~9 +, I'd say.

Steaua: Every angle covered Latest News

Steaua: Every angle covered

A much changed Liverpool line-up got their Europa League group stage off to a flying start after a 4-1 win over Steaua Bucharest, and we have nine videos for your entertainment online now.

Steaua under the spotlight

Liverpool get their Europa League group-stage challenge up and running with an Anfield clash against Steaua Bucharest tonight.
It's only the second time the two teams have met in a European tie, with the previous encounter coming in the UEFA Cup during the 2003-04 campaign.

After a 1-1 first-leg draw in Romania, in which Djimi Traore struck his first and only Reds goal, Harry
Kewell settled the tie with the winner in the return leg at Anfield - a game from which Steven Gerrard is the only player who remains at either club that played in that meeting in front of the Kop.

Liverpool did cross swords with Romanian opposition in last season's Europa League competition in the form of Unirea Urziceni, with the Reds progressing 4-1 on aggregate.

Steaua come into the fixture on the back of a 1-0 defeat at Unirea on Saturday, though they are level on points at the top of the Romanian league with two other Bucharest-based clubs - Rapid and Dinamo - on 14 points.

They qualified for the group stage of the competition after seeing off Swiss side Grasshoppers in the play-off round.

After claiming a 1-0 first-leg victory at the Steaua Stadium thanks to Bogdan Stancu's late strike, Steaua lost the return meeting by the same scoreline in Switzerland meaning they required a dramatic 4-3 penalty shoot-out triumph in order to secure their progression.

Liverpool boss Roy Hodgson confirmed on Wednesday he would shuffle his pack for the encounter with the Romanian outfit ahead of the weekend trip to Manchester United.

The Reds are able to select Joe Cole for the contest with the playmaker available again following his domestic suspension.

However, Dirk Kuyt remains sidelined with a shoulder injury while Fabio Aurelio will also again be absent due to injury.

The Militarii are coached by former Tottenham Hotspur striker Ilie Dumitrescu, who spent the 1994-95 season at White Hart Lane after impressing for Romania at the World Cup finals in the USA.

The 41-year-old, who also had a spell at West Ham United, took up the reins last month and believes his side are in for a tough test whoever Hodgson decides to call upon this evening.

He said: "Even if Stevie Gerrard and Torres do not play the other players are important - Joe Cole, David Ngog, Milan Jovanovic all played against Arsenal (on the opening day of the season).

"We are not underestimated, Liverpool have a very important game against Manchester United.

"It will be an important game and we are going to meet a very strong team."

He added: "The best part of my career was here in the Premier League. I know the British mentality and I know Liverpool is a club of tradition.

"We are looking forward to the game. We will try our best but I didn't come here to defend.

"I've come here with a team of young players but I trust in their capacity.

"In my opinion we have a very strong group, a group which could easily be in the Champions League.
Liverpool are favourites in this group, by far."

Steaua are without four players this evening - defenders George Galamaz and Pablo Brandan and strikers Marius Onofras and Marius Bilasco are all ineligible after figuring for Unirea in the Champions League qualifiers.

Roy: Torres has focus (News Update)

Roy Hodgson is confident Fernando Torres will shrug off recent criticism and believes the striker is 100 per cent focused on enjoying a successful season with Liverpool.

The Spain star came under media scrutiny following a low key display in Sunday's goalless draw with Birmingham City but the boss feels the No.9 is ready to bounce back.

"I'm afraid criticism is something he will have to learn to live with," Hodgson told his pre-match press conference.

"We bear strong expectations at this club and everyone is interested in us. We fill newspapers and fill air time. Everything that happens at the club is put under a microscope and that includes player performances.

"Fernando Torres has no problems with that. He's an excellent player and is very much committed and focused on this season. It's very wrong for people to read into his state of mind from watching 90 minutes of football.

"I think you'd have to be some wonder psychologist to do that.

"I can't watch a player and tell you what state of mind he is in."

# Liverpool FC news I Jovanovic's Reds vow

Milan Jovanovic believes Liverpool fans are yet to see the best of him - but the Serbia forward has vowed to do all he can to hit top form.

The 29-year-old produced perhaps his best performance in a Red jersey during Sunday's goalless draw at Birmingham City with an enterprising left-wing display.

Jovanovic feels he is making steady progress as he continues to find his feet in the Barclays Premier League following his arrival from Standard Liege in the summer, though he is adamant he still has much more to offer Roy Hodgson's contingent.

"I am much more positive," he said. "I am always honest. If I am bad, I will admit it and I will not be happy but I am at Liverpool and that means I will always, always give my best for this team.

"I was happy with how I played against Birmingham but I know I can do better. I haven't made an assist or scored a goal but I am trying to turn it around.

"I am disciplined and trying to build an understanding with the other players. I am not in the best form but I feel I am getting better and this is very important.

"I can play better than I have shown so far. I know I can score goals and make assists for this team. I'm sure I can. When it does, I will be the happiest, luckiest man in the world."

Sunday's stalemate in the Midlands left Liverpool in 13th position after collecting five points from their opening four league matches in 2010-11.

However, Jovanovic believes there were positives to be taken from the Birmingham draw and he is convinced he has seen enough to suggest the Reds will soon start to ascend the table.

"It was a difficult game but I think we did well," he reflected. "We controlled things well in some parts but need to improve in other areas. But we need to play with this kind of intensity.

"If we keep the ball and control the match, it will be much easier for us to make chances and we will become more dangerous in attack. Even still, I think it was better than the last two games.

"We played hard, we had discipline and we really tried to be dangerous in attack. It is going to take time because there are a lot of new players.

"But if we can keep getting the ball to Stevie, Liverpool will be much better. I have no doubts that we will climb the table. The Premier League is tough but we are Liverpool. That is what matters.

"We have got to try and win every game and hopefully we can start on Thursday night. It will be difficult but we will be doing our best as always."

Why Raul will be Kop star

New signing Raul Meireles is in contention to make his Liverpool debut at Birmingham City today - but what can we expect from Portugal's World Cup star?
We enlisted the expert view of journalist Luis Pedro Ferreira, a reporter for popular Portugese football website Maisfutebol.pt, to find out more about our new No.4.

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Meireles. Mr Raul Meireles. He was a masseur at Boavista, a well-known club from Oporto.

Those 'weird shirts' - as they were once described - created an impression on Europe during the 90s. The club was finally crowned Portuguese champions in 2001 but then started to fall.

However, as Boavista receded down the tiers, the stock of Mr Meireles's son was rising and rising.

First he conquered the Portuguese league and now he'll try to win over Anfield. Can he do it? I'm confident he will, unless he returns to his former career as an electrician...

Raul Meireles is a product of Boavista's youth system. His father accompanied his career in the early stages, though he never dreamt his son would forge such a successful career in professional football.

While at Boavista's academy, Raul studied and worked as a car electrician. But then he became an U16 European champion with Portugal and with it a career in football opened up ahead of him.

Cars and electricity would have to wait.

First, he was loaned to Desportivo das Aves, where he was known as the star of the team.

His Aves spell in the Portuguese second division lasted two seasons before he rejoined Boavista in 2003-04.

20-plus games later he was transferred to FC Porto. In 2004-05, he was used mainly as a substitute as the Dragons endured one of their worst seasons of the last decade.

But when Dutch coach Co Adriaanse took charge of the team at the end of that season, the former Ajax manager gambled on Meireles. And won.

Adriaanse played with a 3-4-3 system, which is unusual in Portuguese football. Meireles coped with the change in tactical setup even if he was, and perhaps still is, used to playing in a 4-3-3 - the system he has operated in (almost) all his life.

So, is Meireles a defensive or an offensive midfielder? Neither. And both.

Roy Hodgson said earlier this week Raul was an all-round midfield player. He was spot on.

Last season, Liverpool often played with Lucas Leiva and Javier Mascherano as holding central midfielders - but Meireles is different from the pair as he tends to attack a lot more, but is always aware of his defensive duties.

If you were to ask me, I believe he should be deployed a bit further forward in the space between Lucas or Christian Poulsen and Steven Gerrard, allowing him to help the Brazilian defensively while assisting the captain in building up attacks.

Raul is what we call in Portugal a 'transition player'. He is very strong when he gets the ball from the opposition and launches attacks. With one pass, he can get the ball quickly upfront and provide good service for the strikers.

Meireles is a simple footballer, he plays simple. He is not a player with lots of skills or tricks.

He has a good shot from range and covers a lot of grass - one of the reasons he so often appears in the penalty box to score.

Meireles also has a strong mentality and never hides. He played for FC Porto, and mental toughness is a club trademark.

Off the field, Meireles is renowned for being quite a character - with a fondness for tattoos. A warm and friendly guy away from the pitch, but the hardest of workers on it.

Naturally, of course, he will need time to adapt to the Premier League pace. Once he does that, you will find out that he knows all about being in the right place at the right time.

Roy : Why Babel didn't leave LFC

Roy Hodgson admits Liverpool had more than one offer for Ryan Babel in the transfer window.

The Dutchman was even allowed to speak to other clubs - but only on the understanding that a deal was dependent on Liverpool signing another striker.


Hodgson explained: "When there were offers for him we were prepared for him to go down and speak to those clubs, but we made it perfectly clear that other things would have to slot into place for us to be able to allow him to go.

"Those things did not slot into place.

"You've got to remember that for two years here he hasn't had much of a look-in.

"He was brought into the club with a lot of pomp and ceremony after winning the European U21 Championships and was being chased by clubs all over Europe at the time.

"Unfortunately he hasn't fulfilled that potential or had chance to."

Hodgson has been delighted with Babel's application in training over the last few weeks - and has challenged the 23-year-old to now make a go of things in L4.

He said: "I've got to say that I'm more than happy to work with Ryan Babel and it's up to him to convince me. No doubt if he hasn't done that by January he'll have to accept that maybe we'll be in that transfer market for a centre-forward once again, but at least he's got this period of time.

"He's working very hard and is very determined to take this chance he's got."