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Snowboarding
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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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Twin vs Directional Snowboard: Which Is Best For You?
Snowboarders of all ages and styles constantly debate whether to go for a twin or directional shape for their next board. The shape of a snowboard plays a fundamental role …
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Yes, Riding Switch On A Directional Snowboard Is Doable
Can you ride switch on a directional snowboard? You probably can but it really depends on your board’s design and your skill level. Directional snowboards are designed to have a …
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Can You Change A Snowboard From Regular To Goofy (or vice versa)?
Can you change a snowboard from regular to goofy (or vice versa)? While snowboarding has many similarities to other board sports, snowboards come with bindings that keep your feet in …
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How Long Do Snowboard Boots Last?
Any seasoned snowboarder will tell you that the key to having a great time on the mountain, is riding in comfortable, good quality boots. While most riders understand they shouldn’t …
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Can Big Guys Snowboard? Defy Gravity
When standing in line for a ski lift, it’s hard not to notice that most skiers and snowboarders are fit and slender in weight. This isn’t to say that larger …
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Surf Skate
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Carver Skateboards Review: The Pioneers Of Surfskate
Carver Skateboards has pioneered the “surfskate” market and to this day, remains a leader in the segment in spite of the growing number of surfskate competing brands. Carver continues to build top-quality …
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Street Surfing Longboard: What Is It and How to Choose One
If you’re looking for a street surfing longboard, chances are your goal is to achieve on concrete a riding feel similar to surfing or snowboarding. Street surfing is becoming increasingly …
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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 …
Longboard Carving & pumping
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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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Loaded Vanguard Review: The Longboard Carving System
Loaded boards are recognized as being among the most high-end longboards out there. Each Loaded model focuses on specific areas of the riding style spectrum. The Vanguard is an essential …
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Best Globe Longboard: 10 Hand Picked Boards Reviewed
Globe is one of the largest skateboard and longboard manufacturers and distributors in the world, and for a reason. The brand’s longboard and cruiser lineup is impressive, both in terms …
Surf / SUP / Wake
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Pickle Fork Boat vs Traditional Bow: Which To Choose?
Choosing a wake or surf boat for your specific family needs is always a challenge. One of the many aspects to decide on is bow style: should you go for …
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How To SUP Surf: Beginner’s Guide To Stand Up Paddle Surfing
Are you a stand-up paddleboarder looking to learn to SUP surf? Surfing waves on a SUP is a very different sport from flatwater SUPing. To surf waves on your SUP, …
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Surf Sunglasses You Can Actually Rip With (Surfer Test)
If you’re a surfer like me, you likely spend hours in the ocean, summer or winter, exposing your eyes to hard sun glare and salty water during long sessions. We …
Longboarding Gear
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Loaded Icarus Review : A Carving & Pumping Machine
If you’re considering the Loaded Icarus, you’re probably looking for a high-quality drop-through longboard with solid flex, primarily for commuting and carving yet versatile enough to let you do some …
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Landyachtz Stratus Review: A Featherweight & See-Through Dancer
The Landyachtz Stratus deserves a review of its own because it’s likely the most lightweight and flexiest dancer on the market. The Stratus is designed to be a flatland dancer …
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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 …
Longboard Cruising & Commuting
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Longboarding In Kansas City: Best Spots And Events
As I was planning a work trip to Kansas City, as usual I thought I’d do a bit of research on where the best longboarding spots are in the area. …
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Longboarding In San Diego: The Best Spots For Longboard Skating
As I was planning a work trip to San Diego, I thought I’d look for some places where I could go longboard skateboarding during my stay there. After some research, …
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Longboarding In The City: 10 Tips That Can Save Your Life
Do you longboard for transportation around the city or commute to work or around campus every day? Besides transport, we city dwellers take to longboarding for leisure and fitness on …
Beginner Longboarding
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Skateboard vs Longboard: An Obvious Choice ?
Trying to decide whether to get a longboard or skateboard? Welcome to the world of hard choices and multiple possibilities. Let’s start with the basics: A skateboard will be shorter, …
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Can You Teach Yourself to Skateboard? The things you need
Skateboarding is considered an extreme sport, albeit certainly one of the most accessible and popular ones. Most people teach themselves to skateboard through practice and watching others. You can learn …
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Pintail vs Cruiser: Which Has The Most Awesome Ride?
A question than comes up a lot is, should I choose a cruiser or a pintail for longboarding. Pintails and cruisers have very distinct shapes and characteristics that make for …
Dancing & Freestyle
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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 …
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Longboard Dancing : a Close Look at Stylish Riding
Alongside the cruising, freeriding, downhill and freestyling longboarding styles, another fascinating discipline has been gaining a lot of traction over the past few years: longboard dancing. Often viewed as an …
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What are the 8 best dancing longboards? [2024 Update]
Longboard dancing is a visual, flowy and skillful discipline that involves fluid cross-stepping and balancing tricks while carving on the board. These stepping tricks are often called “flatland” tricks, different from …
