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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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Struggling With Toe Side Turns Snowboarding?
Toe side turns can be incredibly frustrating when you’re learning to snowboard. Unlike heelside, which allows you to see where you’re going, toeside forces you to look backwards over your …
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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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Salomon Huck Knife vs Assassin: Which To Choose?
Salomon’s Huck Knife and Assassin snowboards are two of the brand’s most acclaimed all-mountain freestyle snowboards. The Huck Knife is an intermediate freestyle board for those looking to improve their …
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Ride Superpig vs Lib Tech T.Rice Orca Snowboard Smackdown
The Ride Superpig and Lib Tech Orca have a few technical similarities. Both are all-mountain directional boards with a medium to stiff flex. They have wide noses and shorter lengths …
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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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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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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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Carver New Zapp Series Mini Surf Skates
Carver has released a new line of surf skates called the Zapp Series Minis, specifically designed for kids and lighter riders. Carver’s new mini series has been designed to fit …
Longboard Carving & pumping
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Best Sector 9 Longboards: Comparison Guide [2023]
Based in San Diego California, Sector 9 Longboards has been in the market for nearly 30 years and has established itself as one of the largest quality longboarding companies in …
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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, …
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What is Carving on a Longboard? A Closer Look at Street Surfing
You may have stopped in the street to watch these guys or gals moving on their longboards in a fluid and flowy ride, maintaining rhythm and speed without their foot …
Surf / SUP / Wake
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Learning To Surf On A Shortboard: Can It Be Done?
As a beginner, you may be tempted to start learning to surf on a shortboard. Perhaps you have a shortboard hanging around, or you’ve found a well-priced second-hand shortboard online. …
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Is Surfing Harder Than Skateboarding? Yes It Is, Here’s Why
There have always been ongoing debates in the board sports community about which of surfing and skateboarding is more challenging. Skateboarding was created initially as a means to cross train …
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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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[REDIR] Best Sector 9 Longboards: In Depth Comparison Guide [2023]
Based in San Diego California, Sector 9 Longboards has been in the market for nearly 30 years and has established itself as one of the largest quality longboarding companies in …
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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 Tesseract Review: The Ultimate Freeride & Downhill Longboard
Quite a few longboarders have long been dreaming of owning a Loaded Tesseract, and that’s for a reason. Like other longboards in the Loaded lineup, the Tesseract is an astonishing …
Longboard Cruising & Commuting
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Longboarding In Houston: Best Places To Skate In Bayou City
For my next trip to Houston, I once again decided to research some good places I could go longboarding there. Houston has few hills and a lot of bad pavement, …
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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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Sector 9 Lookout Review: What Is This Longboard So Popular? [2021 update]
As a longboarder, experienced or new, you’re probably aware that Sector 9 is among the most popular and best regarded longboard brands throughout the world. Such widespread reputation is what …
Beginner Longboarding
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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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How to Choose the Right Longboard for Me : A Simple Guide
Are you struggling to choose the right longboard skateboard for you ? Feeling lost in the dense jungle of longboard options available on the market ? Getting dizzy looking at …
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How Much Do Longboards Cost? A Helpful Price Guide
How much should you spend on a longboard? If you’re asking this question, you may be a beginner looking to buy your first longboard. You can get a longboard 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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What is Freestyle Longboarding ? Tips for Beginners
Freestyle longboarding is the most acrobatic, “stunty” of longboard riding styles, with constant board flipping and spinning tricks. It’s the closest to traditional street skateboarding, although freestyle longboarding has a …
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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 …
