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Snowboarding
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Snowboard Travel: Bring Your Own Board or Rent From Resort?
Are you getting ready for an awesome snowboarding trip? Before you hit the mountain, you have a big decision to make: should you bring your own snowboard or rent one …
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Is My Snowboard Too Long? Here’s How You Know
The length of your snowboard matters. If your board is on the smaller side, it’s easier to make turns and spin in the air. It’s more nimble and can be …
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Do You Need A Backpack For Snowboarding? (Many Think So)
As a snowboarder, you’ve likely noticed many riders with backpacks on the slopes, especially at resorts. You might wonder why they do this. After all, snowboarding is all about freedom …
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Snowboarding Over 40: Too Old To Ride?
Snowboarding has a reputation for being a youth sport because of its association with the skate / surf culture. While it is true that most riders are under 30, there …
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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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Linking Turns vs Carving vs Skidding In Snowboarding
As a snowboarder, chances are you’ve engaged in one of these unending arguments about whether you are (or should be carving), simply linking your turns, or skidding. There’s a lot …
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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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What Is The Best Surfskate For Cruising And Commuting?
Looking to spice up your cruising sessions with some surf-style carving and pumping, but wondering if you can really cruise on a surf skate? If (like me) your definition of …
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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 …
Longboard Carving & pumping
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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. …
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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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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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Best Sunglasses For Wakeboarding You Can Safely Ride With
The debate is on: should we wear sunglasses when wakeboarding? And if so, what are the best sunglasses out there for our favorite action watersport? As a big watersports enthusiast, …
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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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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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Landyachtz Tugboat review
The Tugboat mini-cruiser is designed for daily urban commuting and nimble transportation around the neighborhood or a college campus. It’s also a cool technical board riders can do a lot …
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Pantheon Ember Review: A Tiny Distance Commuter Longboard
When it comes to commuter longboards, most people think of big, comfortable, low riding drop-throughs with big trucks and wheels that you can push on painlessly for hours. Or, for …
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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 …
Longboard Cruising & Commuting
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Globe Blazer Review: A Stylish & Durable Mini-Cruiser
Globe has long made high-quality longboards and cruisers, and the Blazer is one of its most well-liked and sought-after skateboards. The Globe Blazer is one of those great little cruisers …
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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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How to Choose The Best Longboard for Commuting
Many skaters are fanatic about riding their longboard to work every day, commonly traveling distances of a couple of miles to over 10 miles each way. You may be excited …
Beginner Longboarding
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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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How To Skateboard At Home
Are you considering skating inside due to bad weather or quarantine? Whether you’re just starting out or have extensive skating experience, this post will provide some juicy tips on how …
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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 …
Dancing & Freestyle
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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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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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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 …
