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Snowboarding
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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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Should You Listen To Music While Snowboarding?
Nowadays everyone seems to be listening to music while riding on the mountain. Some people are opposed to riding with music, sometimes comparing it to texting while driving. Should you …
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How Long Does A Snowboard Last? The Durability Hard Facts
As an extreme sport, snowboarding takes an inevitable toll on one’s equipment. If you are in the market for your own equipment or feel like your current snowboard has lost …
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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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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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10 Awesome Tips for Snowboard Travel (From Seasoned Riders)
Flying off to Japan or the Swiss Alps on a snowboard trip for the first time? You can make your trip as good as it gets – and avoid a …
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Surf Skate
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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 …
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Best Carver Skateboards (The Real Brand!) Comparison Guide
Last updated 07/2023 Carver Skateboards has pioneered the surfskate since 1996 and is still the most iconic surfskate brand out there. Carver is the first name that usually comes to …
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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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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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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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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 …
Surf / SUP / Wake
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Are Egg Surfboards Good For Beginners?
Learning how to surf is difficult. That’s why it’s essential to start on a board that makes it easier to learn the fundamentals. Egg surfboards are one of the best …
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How Do Surfers Not Hit Each Other?
Considering the ever increasing crowds of surfers at popular surf spots each year, surfers running into each other is a relatively rare occurrence. How do surfers avoid hitting each others …
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Best Wake / Surf Boat for Rough Water
Many lakes get choppy water from boats and wind. Large flowage lakes can get really rough for wakesurfing in the afternoons due to wind swell – Lake Powel and Lake …
Longboarding Gear
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Loaded Ballona Review: Sweetest Mini Cruiser For Everyone
The Ballona is Loaded’s take on the mini-cruiser for inner city and sidewalk commuting. Somewhat rectangular shaped, with a wide aspect, this little shredder really makes you want to jump …
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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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Magneto Longboard Review: 10 Longboards Of Astounding Value
Magneto is a newer, up-and-coming brand in the longboarding industry. Based in Carlsbad, California – where the history of skateboarding started. The Magneto tradename was bought back from a UK …
Longboard Cruising & Commuting
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Arbor Dropcruiser Review: A Stylish Mid-Size Commuter
A while back I saw someone cruising on an Arbor Dropcruiser longboard, I was really impressed by how fluid and comfortable the ride seemed to be, so I decided to …
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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. …
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Landyachtz Chief Review: An Amazing Pintail Cruiser
I’ve been riding my Landyachtz Chief longboard for months and I’m more and more in love with it, so I thought I’d write a post about it to share my …
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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Is Longboarding Hard ? You’re On For a Surprise
Many people are attracted to longboarding because it feels so great being able to surf on land, be it for commuting or for more intense activities like carving or speed …
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How To Fall Off A Longboard Without Hurting Yourself
Last week-end, I was riding my Loaded Poke at a quiet pace on the beach sidewalk, when my wheels hit a bump and I face planted against the sidewalk, cutting …
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 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 …
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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 …
