you need griptape

so when you see a skateboard completed it is differant from one not completed obviusly. one big difference is that there is a sheet of black sandy tape stuff this is called grip tape. you need this to grip on to the board or else you will fall right off. this is a big part because you need the grip tape to grip onto your feet. when you ollie you want good grip tape because your foot needs to bring the board up with it and you can ollie higher which helps you get onto thing like boxes and rails. it is dificult to tell the difference between all the griptapes since there are many different kinds and they are all similar, but they all are different because some have a lot of grip and some don't have as much grip as the others. this is because some people don't want there shoes to be ripped up really fast and some want a lot of grip to do tricks better or they just like some grip tape better than another it all matters about the person. grip tape only causts like 5 dollars at most and you can find it at mostly any skateboarding store. putting on the grip tape is something totally different than anything else you need to get this part perfect i would advise getting someone to help you with this like asking someone at zumiez (it is a skateboarding store). when you put it on it has a peel away thing on the bottom and under that is alot of sticky glue to stick to the board if you get this angled wrong than you need to start over. if you get it corectly then it should form to your board. you need to cut away all the excess griptape left over because it is not the same size as your board and you need to cut it with a razor or something and file it down. then you can see if you like it if you dont then thats too bad because you need to get it removed at a store. when you finally get it on the board correctly then you will probably want to keep it there. so try not to scratch it and keep it out of the rain. if you follow these steps then you will be able to have a board with some awesome griptape.