This is perhaps the first review I’ve ever done where I didn’t really test the product myself.  I let my 10-year-old daughter have the honors.  With adequate safety gear and a limited amount of concrete, we had a great time giving the Shred Sled a try! 

To be able to find this review useful, you’ll need to know more about my daughter.  She’s always been active, preferring bikes and skateboards over tea parties and hair-braiding.  Much of that is my fault, I’m sure.  I love that she’s independent and dares to try new things.  When I told her that she would get to try out a review model of The Shred Sled, she acted like I had gifted her a pony – only better.  It barely made it to our house before she had the box torn apart and her helmet on. 

Right away, she made note of what she liked and didn’t like about the Shred Sled: 

Pros: 

• It looked cool… not girly.  She liked that it was shiny and covered with metallic accents.  It was assembled right out of the box (although it is recommended that you check that it is properly tightened up before using it.)
• The wheels were smooth and gave a nice ride on our rugged sidewalk and all the other places she tried to ride it on.
• It could ride on its own momentum.  You didn’t need a ramp or incline to get a good amount of speed going.  (Although, you CAN if you wanted to.  And she did just that.)
• It’s easy to figure out after just a day of never giving up.  She adapted well to trying to balance.  Unlike a skateboard, you lose your balance if you aren’t moving (much like a bicycle.)  To her, this was the selling point of the Shred Sled. 

Cons:

• There were little to no instructions included.  The vague pictorial left a whole lot to the imagination.  She was hoping to see pictures of riders on the Sled.  (We did end up going to www.theshredsled.com to get a better idea of how to ride it.  They had lots of great info there.) 

All in all, this is a really great piece of sporting equipment to have.  Boys and girls old enough to ride a skateboard will enjoy it, and it’s established enough to be ridden by college kids without looking lame.  I did step on the Shred Sled a few days after we got it (and when no one was looking.)  It was much like riding a bicycle, and after a few minutes of freaking out, holding on to the wall, and just letting go – I got the thing to move with me on it. 

Even with my limited success, I think I’ll leave it to the kids to use.  My boys are already looking forward to when they are old enough to Shred.  (I’m just praying they keep their helmets on at all times.)  You can see my daughter after a few hours practicing on the The Shred Sled.  Not surprisingly, she got way better after time.  (Link to video here.)

Learn more about the Shred Sled at www.theshredsled.com 

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