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Snowboarding
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RCR, CRC, FRF, CFC… Which Snowboard Profile To Choose?
The shape of a snowboard’s bottom is called its profile. There are numerous profiles including Rocker-Camber-Rocker (RCR), Camber-Rocker-Camber (CRC), Flat-Rocker-Flat (FRF), Camber-Flat-Camber (CFC), and traditional camber. Traditional camber boards have …
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Are snowboard boots supposed to hurt?
Feeling pain while wearing snowboard boots indicates something isn’t right. A properly fitting boot should be the same size as your foot, feel snug, and feel very comfortable while riding. …
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Can You Ride An Unwaxed Snowboard?
The topic of waxing your snowboard is somewhat of a religion thing, some riders feel it’s a must while others don’t really care. You may have heard riders say you …
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Can You Wash Snowboard Boot Liners?
After a long day on the mountain, the last thing you want to think of is looking after your snowboard boots. However, without correct cleaning and drying, your snowboard boots …
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How Long Does it Take to Learn Snowboarding? (With Data)
Many factors affect how long it will take a newbie to learn snowboarding. Depending on your skills, fitness, and whether you take snowboard lessons or learn with friends, Learning basic …
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How To Overcome Your Fear Of Speed Snowboarding
As a learning (or progressing) snowboarder, fear of speed may be hindering your progression. If you’re like I was when I first started, you may feel paralyzed by that apprehension …
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Surf Skate
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Swelltech Surfskate Review: The Ultimate Surf Trainer [2023 update]
Swelltech’s surfskates are special longboards specifically designed for surfers. They provide one of the closest experience to wave surfing in the market. Surfers widely vet the Swelltech surfskates and consider …
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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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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 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 Pumping: the Alternative Riding Style
You may not hear about longboard pumping all that often, yet it’s a hot and ongoing topic among those longboarders who’ve discovered it. Longboard pumpers are just as passionate about …
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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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Best Sunglasses For Watersports (Not Regular Shades!)
If you surf, kitesurf or wing foil, paddle board, kayak, wakeboard, wakesurf, or waterski, chances are you’re exposed to nasty sun rays, salt water spraying, and sun glare for hours. …
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How To Choose The Best Wakeboard For Cable Park
If you’re a newer wakeboarder, or one who usually rides behind a boat, there are important wakeboard gear differences to consider when choosing gear for the cable park. A good …
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What Is The Best Nautique Boat For Surfing And Wakeboarding?
Nautique is renowned for the high quality and craftsmanship of the boats they make and for their great performance for wakeboarding and wakesurfing. People looking for a first surf boat …
Longboarding Gear
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Longboard Truck Placement: How Should I Mount My Trucks?
If you need to assemble a longboard, mount new trucks onto a deck, or even order replacement trucks, you need to figure out truck placement. How do you know if …
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6 Best Drop-Down Longboards: Low, Fast & Stable Rides
Drop-down aka drop deck longboards have a special shape that makes the section of the deck where you stand on (aka the standing foot platform) closer to the ground than …
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Lib Tech 7′ Pick Up Stick 7’0: A Mid-Sized Surfboard for Versatile Wave Domination
The Lib Tech Pickup Stick 7’0″ is a versatile wave-catching machine designed to fill that crucial gap between shortboard and longboard. The Pickup Stick has a lot to offer for …
Longboard Cruising & Commuting
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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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Average Skateboard Speed: How Fast Do We Ride?
If you’re considering riding a skateboard for your next trip across town or for your daily commute, you may wonder what kind of speed you can achieve on a skateboard. …
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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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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 …
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How to Make Your Longboard Faster : 5 Actions You Can Take
We longboarders are always looking for ways to make our longboard faster. Many of us often feel there are things slowing us down as we cruise, carve, freestyle, dance, 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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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 Tarab II Review: Lofti’s Dream Dancer Reloaded
Longboard dancing is a fantastic discipline that combines carving, board walking, and elements of freestyle. The Loaded Tarab is one of the best dancer boards out there, a high-performance board …
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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 …
