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Snowboarding
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Should You Wear Back Protection For Snowboarding?
Whether you’re a newbie or a proficient rider, the possibility of spinal injury when snowboarding has probably crossed your mind. When boarding, there’s always a chance you might catch an …
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Union vs Burton Snowboard Bindings: Battle Of The Titans
If you’re looking into snowboard bindings, you’ll inevitably come across the two big names, Union and Burton. Both are well-known in the snowboarding world for their quality and features. Union …
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Best Snowboard for Speed: Which Board To Choose For Bombing?
If you enjoy bombing down groomers on your rails, you may be wondering what type of snowboard works best for fast riding. Fast and aggressive boards typically have a cambered …
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Should You Wear A Helmet Snowboarding?
Whether to wear a helmet or not is a very old debate in the snowboarding community. In the past, snowboarders wearing a helmet were often frowned upon and regarded as …
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Are Old Snowboards Any Good? Why They Can Offer Great Value
Snowboarding can be an expensive sport, and for those boarding only a few weeks each year or for children who are still growing, buying brand new equipment isn’t necessarily the …
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What’s A Party Board (Snowboard)? Everything You Need to Know
A party board is a board that lets you have fun all over the mountain. It aims to serve as a one-quiver solution for playing on many types of snow …
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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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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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Surfskate Survey Results: What Surfskaters Are Saying
Here are all the results from the survey including individual comments! Note: if you hadn’t yet, take the survey and add your brick here.
Longboard Carving & pumping
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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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Slalom Skateboarding: Complete Guide (Technique, Gear, Events)
Slalom skateboarding is a type of downhill skateboarding that involves skaters weaving through cones set up at varying distances apart. The skater typically pumps to generate, increase or maintain speed, …
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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 …
Surf / SUP / Wake
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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 …
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5 Best Wake & Surf Boats Under $100K: Why These Are So Good
If you have $100K to spend on a new surf and/or wakeboard boat, there are certainly many options available to you, but finding the boat in that budget that has …
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Best Moomba Boat For Wakeboarding and Wakesurfing
Moomba is owned and built by Skier’s Choice, a privately held company from Maryville Tennessee which also owns and manufactures the Supra performance wakeboard and waterski towboats. Moomba boats are …
Longboarding Gear
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Blind Skateboards Review: The Legend Lives On
Blind Skateboards is a renowned brand and a skateboard industry pioneer created in 1989 by Mark Gonzales under the ownership of World Industries, Steve Rocco’s distribution company. In the late …
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Landyachtz ATV Review: Shred Hard, Cruise Soft
If you’re a street skater who commonly cruises across town on your street deck, or if you’re a longboarder looking to hone your street tricks skills, then you need to …
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Sector 9 Highline Shine 34.5″: A Hot Pintail For The Beach (2022)
The Sector 9 Highline Shine is a gorgeous, sun-drenched, surf-inspired “near pintail” shape – tail is a bit wider than a true pintail with a small kick – for cruising …
Longboard Cruising & Commuting
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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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Longboarding In NYC: Where To Skate In The Big Apple
For my next trip to New York, I plan on taking my longboard with me so I can go cruising, exploring, and bombing the great bike routes and hills the …
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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. …
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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Skateboarding At Night: Why and How
Many skateboarders ride at night, and for good reasons. You may choose to go skateboarding after dark because that’s when you have the most free time, because the streets and …
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How to Stop on a Longboard : Survival Guide
If you’re new to longboarding, choosing the right longboard to start with was probably your first concern. Next priority? How to stop on your longboard and avoid crashing and hurting …
Dancing & Freestyle
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Choosing The Best Longboard For Freestyle: Everything You Should Know
Longboard freestyle is a broad – and sometimes blurry – riding style encompassing different riding styles. Street skating and flip tricks, technical sliding, bowl and skatepark riding, longboard dancing, all …
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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 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 …
