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Yeah it will be ok for just cruising around. The Arnie is actually a very good board for pipe riding, and because of that is actually slightly stiffer than many freestyle boards. As for pipe riding you need a board to be a bit on the stiff side so you can carve aross the walls of the pipe. So it will handle better than many Jib/freestyle boards and you could even get away with riding it in powder, Good Luck.

1. Tim Duncan – I'll name just one reason. Before TD, there was no championships.

2. Karl Malone – came very close of being named the greatest PF ever except he never won a title for his resume.

3. Charles Barkley – can you name any other 6'6-6'4 player to collect as much as 30 rebounds in a game? Much less play with the same sprint as a guard, moves like a guard and tons of amount of intentsity? Charles has it all.

4. Bob Pettit – Defined power-forward position. Before him there were just forwards. Pettit's Hawks topped the Celtics with Bill Russell in the NBA Finals in 1958. The only team to do it against them in the finals.

5. Kevin Garnett – Garnett is a sure fire hit, he brings it with him every game. And being named 2004 MVP doesn't hurt either.

6. Elvin Hayes – The Big E was an offensive machine. He could score from anywhere plus rebound and defend.He is the Bullets / Wizards all-time leader in points and blocked shots.

7. Dave DeBusschere – one of the final pieces to the championships for New York in 1970 and 1973. Dave was a strong, smart forward who could shoot with the best of them.

8. Kevin McHale – With the luck of the Irish still lurking in the Boston Garden, Red Auerbach pulled another bold stunt that brought rookie Kevin Mc Hale and "The Chief" Robert Parish to Boston, the result was three NBA championships in the 80's for Boston.

9. Dirk Nowitzki – Best shooting big man ever. Period.

10. Bob McAdoo – former MVP, won the Rookie of the Year Award in 1973, and earned the first of three consecutive NBA scoring titles in only his second season. His 2nd season (1973-74) remains the last time an NBA player has averaged both 30.0 points per game and 15.0 rebounds per game over the course of a season. vital part of the 1982, 1985 Laker chmapionships as the team's sixth man.

11. Dennis Rodman – one of the the game's most cunning, most contoversial and the best athlete (as Phil jackson puts it) in the NBA.

12. Chris Webber – comparable to any in this list but with one chink, he was known to have cold feet in crucial situations.

13. Horace Grant – one of the best complimentary players of all-times, has been in Chicago's first dynasty, Orlando's rise and the Lakers 2000 dynasty.

14. Shawn Kemp – while in Seattle Kemp in my opinion is Top 100 all-time, that is before the Sonics think tanks overused their head and over paid Jim McIlvane, a bloke who never never even made a major impact in the NBA.

15. Buck Williams – one of the toughest, hard-nosed leaders of his era. Like Garnett, he came to play every single night. Buck is the all-time leading scorer and rebounder in New Jersey Nets history and helped the Blazers get to the Finals in 1990.

Hope this helps.