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Snowboarding
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What Are The ideal Conditions For Snowboarding?
Whether you’re an experienced backcountry rider, or a casual rider looking for a fun weekend at a resort, there are always many factors that you want to look into before …
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What Is An Aggressive Snowboard? Stuff You Should Know
If you’re looking for a new snowboard, you might be wondering what all the talk about “aggressive snowboards” is about and whether such a board is for you. Whether you’re …
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A Guide to Freestyle Snowboarding: What You Need to Know
Are you intrigued by freestyle snowboarding? Wondering if this spectacular discipline in which riders are constantly throwing big airs and crazy spins, or jibbing over obstacles like skateboarders, is for …
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Why Snowboarding Is Easier On Your Knees Than Skiing
If you have experience either skiing or snowboarding, you are probably aware that both sports are commonly associated with knee injuries such as anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), lateral collateral ligament …
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Should You Remove The Bindings From Your Snowboard?
Is the question of whether you need to take your bindings off your snowboard when storing it away or when doing a wax job haunting you? So many riders – …
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13 Awesome Ways To Meet People To Snowboard With
While snowboarding is an individual sport where riders hone their own skills, many of us are looking for a friend to go ride with and share the experience and passion …
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Surf Skate
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Flow Skateboards Review: The New Surf Skate On the Block
Flow Surf Skates is a hot newcomer on the surf skateboard market. Flow skateboards, like other surfskates, are designed to emulate the feeling of ocean surfing on concrete through tight …
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New Globe Surf Skate Releases: The Costa, Zuma, Chromantic
Globe is among the world’s largest and best skateboard and longboard manufacturers and distributors. Their longboard and cruiser lineup is impressive, both in number of boards and in quality and …
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Carver Ghostnet 31″: A Surfskate Made From Fishing Nets
Every season, Carver introduces new innovative deck models with original templates and molds. This year, they pushed the boundaries further. Recognizing the limitations of wood deck construction, including restricted compound-curve …
Longboard Carving & pumping
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Arbor Zeppelin Review: A Beautiful Compact City Carver
The Arbor Zeppelin is a beautiful-looking drop-through carving and light freeride longboard designed to be lightweight, quick and responsive for campus and city riding. The Zeppelin is a performance drop-through …
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Z-Flex Skateboards Review: Boards With A Cool Retro Vibe
Z-Flex is a legendary skateboard brand and one of the longest-running skateboarding companies out there. Z-Flex was co-created in Santa Monica in the 1970s by Jay Adams, an iconic skateboarder …
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How to Choose the Best Surf Skateboard: The Complete Guide
Surf skateboards, aka surf skates, are a special kind of beast. Not your normal skateboard, not your longboard, they claim to be the closest thing to surfing on the asphalt. …
Surf / SUP / Wake
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Learning To Surf On A Shortboard: Can It Be Done?
As a beginner, you may be tempted to start learning to surf on a shortboard. Perhaps you have a shortboard hanging around, or you’ve found a well-priced second-hand shortboard online. …
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10 Skateboarding-Inspired Wakesurfing Tricks That Will Blow Your Mind
Wakesurfing has taken a lot of ideas from skateboarding, bringing cool tricks from the street to the water. When you mix surfing with the precise moves from skateboarding, you get …
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Can You Wakesurf Behind A Sea-Doo?
Sea-Doo designs some of the most innovative seated jet skis in the world. While currently discontinued, they also have a selection of jet boats on the market. While a child …
Longboarding Gear
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Best Santa Cruz Skateboards Cruisers – Comparison Guide
Santa Cruz Skateboards is one of the oldest most influential and most prestigious skateboard companies in the world. Founded in 1973 by three surfer friends in Santa Cruz, California, initially …
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Landyachtz Chief Review: An Amazing Pintail Cruiser
I’ve been riding my Landyachtz Chief longboard for months and I’m more and more in love with it, so I thought I’d write a post about it to share my …
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Miller Surfskate: The Other Affordable Street Surfer
Many of you faithful surf skaters have asked me about the Miller surfskate so I decided to write a post about it. Miller Division makes and markets quality surf skateboards …
Longboard Cruising & Commuting
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The Best Longboard For Cruising: My Top 5 Cruiser Choices
As I was leisurely riding along the beach on my favorite pintail the other day, someone stopped me to ask me what makes the best longboard for cruising. I suddenly …
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Loaded Fathom Review: Distance & Commuting (Bracket Setup)
If you’re looking to take your distance skating to a whole new level, a distance platform made for brackets is the way to go. The Loaded Fathom bracket setup is …
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Loaded Poke Review: Why I Love This Cruiser
If you’re wondering why I chose the Loaded Poke for this review, it’s simply because I love this little guy. Defined by its creators as an “urban explorer”, it’s designed …
Beginner Longboarding
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Best Skateboard For 8-Year-Old: What Size, Safety, Price
Recently, my sister mentioned she wanted to get a skateboard for my 8-year old niece. She said many of her friends with kids the same age were also interested in …
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ReVive Skateboards Review: The Web-Born Skate Brand
ReVive Skateboards was founded and is run by Andrew Shrock and Aaron Kyro, two skateboarders from Cincinnati who have become famous in the skateboarding community through Andy Schrock’s uber-popular Youtube …
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How To Fall Off A Longboard Without Hurting Yourself
Last week-end, I was riding my Loaded Poke at a quiet pace on the beach sidewalk, when my wheels hit a bump and I face planted against the sidewalk, cutting …
Dancing & Freestyle
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Loaded Symtail: Pumping & Carving Bliss 2.0 (Feat. Freestyle)
The Symtail is the latest addition to Loaded’s lineup. It’s a beautiful midsize symmetrical shape strongly focused on carving and pumping mixed with some freestyle and dancing capabilities. This topmount …
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Loaded Mata Hari Longboard Review: Dancing & Freestyle 3.0
The Mata Hari is Loaded’s latest freestyle-oriented dancing longboard. It’s a more compact and lightweight board compared to Loaded’s all-time dancing king, the Bhangra. The Mata Hari is a specialized …
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Best Longboard For Tricks: 3 Top Boards For 3 trick styles
Recently, someone asked me if you can do tricks on a longboard. “Tricks” are technical maneuvers you perform on a longboard other than simply rolling. Sure enough, there are always …
