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Snowboarding
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Longboarding vs Snowboarding: Are They Similar?
How easy is it to snowboard for a longboarder? To longboard for a snowboarder? How different are these two awesome sports? Snowboarding and longboarding are very similar for riding stance …
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Powder Board Size: Should You Ride A Wide Board For Pow?
Powder days are one of snowboarding’s greatest joys, but riding deep powder takes the right gear. There’s so many different pow boards it can be intimidating. Most proficient riders recommend …
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Are park snowboards good for powder?
A fresh dump of snow just covered your resort last night. You’re eager to get out there and shred that fresh powder… the only problem is that you opted for …
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Can A Beginner Ride An Advanced Snowboard?
If you’re a newer snowboarder looking to buy a snowboard, you may be tempted to choose a board based on brand, looks, or graphics. You may also have found a …
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Can You Stretch Tight Snowboard Boots? Don’t Dump Them Yet!
Comfortable snowboard boots are arguably the most important gear a rider should own. Brand new snowboarding boots should fit very tightly without constricting the blood flow in your feet. Buying …
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4 Top Snowboards For The Halfpipe: Clean Lines, Speed, Pop
Picking out a good snowboard is always dependent on your style of riding and competency level as well as your weight and height. You may need a different snowboard depending …
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Surf Skate
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Slide Skateboard Review: The Affordable Quality Surfskate
If you’re new to surf skating and looking to pick your first surf skate, you’ve probably heard of the Slide skateboards. While Slide is not as publicized as other surf skate …
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Surfeeling Surf Skateboards: The Hot Brazilian Surfskate
Surfeeling is a newer member of the growing family of surf skateboards on the market – street surf-style cruiser skateboards that let you slash on concrete with an ocean surfboard …
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Longboarding Uphill: How To Do It
As longboarders, we enjoy cruising and pushing on flat ground or carving down milder or steeper hills. However, most riders come across some uphill sections during their longboard commutes or …
Longboard Carving & pumping
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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 …
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Skateboard Surf Adapter: Turn Your Board Into A Surfskate
If you’re an ocean surfer – or would like to become one, a skateboard surf adapter can make your existing skateboard, longboard, or cruiser ride a lot like a surfboard …
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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 …
Surf / SUP / Wake
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Can Skateboarding Improve Your Surfing? (Beyond The Obvious)
Wondering if and how skateboarding will make you a better surfer? A skateboard or surf skate is a fantastic tool for improving your surfing. It allows you to learn good …
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Choosing The Best Wakeboard/Surf Boats for Saltwater
When wakeboarding and wakesurfing in pure saltwater or in an ocean inlet of brackish water, the salty water can have lasting negative effects on your boat. While most wake boats …
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Wakesurfing vs Surfing: How Do These Awesome Sports Compare?
Wondering how ocean surfing and wakesurfing behind a boat compare, and if the skills from one translate to the other? If so, you’ve come to the right place. In case …
Longboarding Gear
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Loaded Chinchiller Review: Compact & Flexy – Carve & Pump
Looking for something new and chill to ride effortlessly to work or around town? Something fun that carves great and that you can pump, carve, flip, and even ride mellow …
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Landyachtz Dinghy Skateboard Review: What Riders Say About It
If you’re out there looking for a compact longboard skateboard for cruising and moving around, the Landyachtz Dinghy cruiser board is definitely worth considering. It has been around for over …
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Orangatang Wheels Review: Top Longboard Wheels Out There?
It’s no secret Orangatang wheels are among the best longboarding wheels out there, being part of the Loaded Boards high-quality product ecosystem. The Orangatang wheel lineup is quite extensive though, …
Longboard Cruising & Commuting
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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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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 …
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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 …
Beginner Longboarding
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Longboarding In College: A Useful Guide
More and more college students use a longboard to get around campus. Longboarding lets you get to class or to the library much faster than walking, and makes you much …
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6 Best Longboards For Teenager: The Right Board For Your Kid
So you have a teenager kid and you’re trying to decide on a longboard for him/her. For the purpose of this article, I’ll make the assumption that your kid is …
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How to Carry a Longboard
Why a post about how to carry a longboard ? If you’ve been longboarding for a while, you’ve probably been faced with this question. A longboard can be quite bulky …
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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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 …
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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 …
