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Snowboarding
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Are Snowboard Bindings Important? (From Experienced Riders)
Modern snowboard bindings are not only expensive, they are also one of the trickiest items to handpick. You might be wondering just how important bindings really are, and whether you …
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How To Choose The Best Burton Snowboard Bindings
Every rider wants to feel connected to the snow and to their snowboard, and choosing the right binding is the best place to start. Burton products are extremely popular for …
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Snowboarding Without Snow Pants: Yay or Nay?
Any snowboarder will tell you that having the right gear can make or break your riding experience. Spending a day riding with soggy or ice caked pants is no exception …
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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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How To Choose The Best Snowboard for the East Coast
“Ice Coast” is commonly used to refer to the U.S East Coast for snowboarding, and for good reason. A combination of humidity, low elevation, and weather conditions create hardpack and …
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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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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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Surfskate vs Longboard: An Obvious Choice?
Are you trying to decide between a surf skate or a longboard? Whether you’re a newbie or a veteran, this post will help you understand the key difference and which …
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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 …
Longboard Carving & pumping
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Skateboard vs Snowboard: A Hard And Cold Comparison
Is skateboarding similar to snowboarding? These two sports are similar in many ways, and knowing skateboarding can help learning snowboarding and vice-versa. There are also major differences between skateboarding and …
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Best Longboard For Carving
Carving is probably the top skill a longboarder should learn after foot pushing to really feel the rush of longboard riding! While carving as a technique is used in various longboard …
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Loaded Tan Tien Review: The Legendary All-Around Longboard
The Loaded Tan Tien has earned a lot of respect in the longboarding community over the 10 years since the first version was launched. It’s a highly-regarded mid-sized symmetrical drop-through, …
Surf / SUP / Wake
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Can I Learn Surfing On My Own? Not Easy But Can Be Done
If you want to start surfing, you’re probably wondering if you can learn to surf on your own or if you should start with a surf instructor. The answer depends …
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Best Online Surf Training: How OMBE Rocked My Surf Life
I’ve been surfing for a couple decades but in spite of some glorious waves and stories, I must admit I’m a pretty average surfer. This gets confirmed when I see …
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How To Pull A Wakeboard: Essential Boat Driver Skills
The art of wakeboarding is like a tandem dance between the wakeboarders and the boat driver. Being pulled by someone who knows how to drive a boat for wakeboarding is …
Longboarding Gear
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Dusters Longboard Review: California Skate, Surf & Sun
Dusters California makes high-quality longboards and cruisers with a very unique look and feel compared to other brands. Besides creating very functional boards for all types of riding – from …
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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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Arbor Pocket Rocket Review: A Hot & Stashable Mini-Cruiser
The 27″ Arbor Pocket Rocket a super-compact mini-cruiser for zipping around campus or the neighborhood, navigating tight or crowded sidewalks, getting to and from the train station, and carrying all …
Longboard Cruising & Commuting
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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 …
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Skateboarding To Work: Why It Can Be A Great Option
So you’re pondering the thought of getting a skateboard for going to work everyday. You’re wondering if it’s a crazy idea or if skateboarding to your office is a reasonable …
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Longboard LDP: The Complete Guide To Long Distance Pushing
Long-distance longboarding, aka longboard LDP or long-distance pushing and pumping, is a discipline of its own. While cruising and downhill are the first styles that come to mind for longboarding, …
Beginner Longboarding
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Short Longboards: Why They’re Great – And How to Choose One
Longboards come in all kinds of sizes. The term “short longboard” may sound like an oxymoron, but short longboards are a very capable and functional type of longboards. Why would …
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Best Longboard For Beginner – Know Your Riding Style [2023]
As a beginner longboarder, you may have a hard choosing a first longboard. There are so many brands and models, and so many factors to take into account. This post …
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Best Longboard For Dog Pulling: 4 Compelling Options
Getting pulled on a longboard by a dog is awesome fun for both the longboarder and the dog, but you need to have the right equipment for it, including the …
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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Loaded Bhangra V2 review: Still The Top Dancing Longboard
Why do so many riders agree the Loaded Bhangra is still one of the very best dancing longboards on the market, even 10 years after its first launch? For many …
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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 …
