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Snowboarding
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Should You Lean Forward Or Back Snowboarding? [Answered]
Newer snowboarders often feel confused about whether they need to be leaning forward or back when riding. Going down a slope can be scary and a natural behavior for newbies …
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Burton Flight Attendant vs Custom: Battle Of The Greats
Burton’s Flight Attendant and Custom series are key snowboards in the directional all-mountain category. The Flight Attendant verges towards the freeride side of the spectrum, while the Customs are more …
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The Snowboarding Culture: From Rebels To Global Tribe
Snowboarders are special animals who chase the perfect snow conditions, travel around the world to exotic snow spots, flood to high-energy parties and contests blasting high-voltage techno or hip hop …
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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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Twin vs Directional Snowboard: Which Is Best For You?
Snowboarders of all ages and styles constantly debate whether to go for a twin or directional shape for their next board. The shape of a snowboard plays a fundamental role …
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Why Snowboarding Is Easier On Your Knees Than Skiing
If you have experience either skiing or snowboarding, you are probably aware that both sports are commonly associated with knee injuries such as anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), lateral collateral ligament …
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Surf Skate
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Best Santa Cruz Skateboards Surf Skates (Carver Collab)
Santa Cruz Skateboards has released a line of surf skate cruisers in collaboration with Carver. This is an awesome alliance between two of the biggest names in skateboarding! The Santa …
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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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Surfskate vs Carver: The Ultimate Showdown!
Trying to choose between a Swelltech Surfskate and a Carver for your next surf skateboard? Like so many other riders, you’re facing a tough choice! While Carver is the undisputed …
Longboard Carving & pumping
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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 …
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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 …
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Skateboard Pump Track: Everything You Need To Know
Over the last few years, skateboard pump tracks, a new kind of skatepark course, have emerged and are attracting increasing numbers of skateboarders and longboarders everywhere in the world. A …
Surf / SUP / Wake
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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 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 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, …
Longboarding Gear
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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 …
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How To Choose The Best Sliding Longboard Setup
Longboard sliding is probably one of the trickiest skills to learn for a longboarder. Many riders slide either to control speed or as part of their riding style. What are …
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Best Globe Longboard: 10 Hand Picked Boards Reviewed
Globe is one of the largest skateboard and longboard manufacturers and distributors in the world, and for a reason. The brand’s longboard and cruiser lineup is impressive, both in terms …
Longboard Cruising & Commuting
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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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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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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 …
Beginner Longboarding
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Pintail vs Cruiser: Which Has The Most Awesome Ride?
A question than comes up a lot is, should I choose a cruiser or a pintail for longboarding. Pintails and cruisers have very distinct shapes and characteristics that make for …
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SkateXS Review: Top Quality Skateboards For Kids Aged 5 to 12
Choosing a skateboard for a young kid is no easy task, especially for non-skateboarding parents. Most options on the market are either toy/cheap skateboards or real skateboards that are too …
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Best Longboard For Beginner – Know Your Riding Style [2023]
As a beginner longboarder, you may have a hard choosing a first longboard. There are so many brands and models, and so many factors to take into account. This post …
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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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 …
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Loaded Tarab Review: The Ultimate Dancing Machine (replaced by Tarab II article)
Longboard dancing is an awesome discipline that’s all the rage these days, particularly in Asia and Europe, and quickly picking up in the US. The Loaded Tarab (Amazon page) is considered …
