Skateboarding wrist guards come in three basic designs, offering you three different choices of skateboard protective gear.
- Protective Skate Gloves with Integrated Wrist Guards. These protective skate gloves are a combination of short-finger leather skateboard gloves and integrated skateboarding wrist guards.
- Standard Skateboard Wrist Guards. These skate wrist guards provide similar skateboarding safety protection as the skateboard gloves, but without protecting your fingers.
- "Pure" Skate Wrist Guards. These offer straight wrist protection, with short splints and/or battens that support the wrist. No palm or finger protection offered.
What you need for skateboarding safety is dictated by the aggressiveness of your skateboarding style and desire to learn new tricks and stunts.
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How to Choose: Skateboard Wrist Guards.