Board News
Snowboarding
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Getting Over The Fear Of Terrain Park: Real Rider Tips
So your dream is to hit the terrain park and slide some metal and hit some jumps, However, you find yourself hindered by fear. That park slope looks super steep, …
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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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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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Can Big Guys Snowboard? Defy Gravity
When standing in line for a ski lift, it’s hard not to notice that most skiers and snowboarders are fit and slender in weight. This isn’t to say that larger …
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Arbor Whiskey vs Element: Which To Choose?
Arbor’s Whiskey and Element snowboards are some of their best priced all-mountain freestyle boards. Both boards are directional twins with a medium flex and will set you back $450. The …
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Cold Feet Snowboarding: How To Stop Suffering
When you’re out snowboarding, do you often find your feet, especially your toes, getting really cold? It’s a common problem among snowboarders. Many snowboarders experience this, even when the weather …
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Surf Skate
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Surf Skate Trucks: The Complete Guide (updated 2023)
If surfskating the streets is your goal, there are quite a few surf skate truck systems out there to choose from. While getting a complete surfskate is definitely an option, …
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Street Surfing Longboard: What Is It and How to Choose One
If you’re looking for a street surfing longboard, chances are your goal is to achieve on concrete a riding feel similar to surfing or snowboarding. Street surfing is becoming increasingly …
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Surfskate vs Longboard: An Obvious Choice?
Are you trying to decide between a surf skate or a longboard? Whether you’re a newbie or a veteran, this post will help you understand the key difference and which …
Longboard Carving & pumping
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Loaded Vanguard Review: The Longboard Carving System
Loaded boards are recognized as being among the most high-end longboards out there. Each Loaded model focuses on specific areas of the riding style spectrum. The Vanguard is an essential …
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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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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 …
Surf / SUP / Wake
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10 Skateboarding-Inspired Wakesurfing Tricks That Will Blow Your Mind
Wakesurfing has taken a lot of ideas from skateboarding, bringing cool tricks from the street to the water. When you mix surfing with the precise moves from skateboarding, you get …
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Lib Tech Surf: Super Fast & Fun Small Wave Shredder
The Lost Freak Flag Bean Bag surfboard is a radical flat round small wave design based on maximum surface area for lift, stability and unbridled speed in tiny surf. This …
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Is Wakeboarding Hard? Not If You Do It The Right Way!
Newbies and water skiers often ask how hard wakeboarding is. Like in all board/action sports, the learning curve is different for each person, depending on their previous experience, age and …
Longboarding Gear
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Loaded Carver Bolsa Review: Best Freestyle Surfskate Ever?
If you haven’t noticed, here at Ridingboards we’re huge fans of both Loaded and Carver. Imagine our stoke when Loaded approached us with the new Bolsa surfskate, result of a …
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New Landyachz The Clark 40.2″: Do-It-All Full-Size Hybrid
Clark Patrick, the pro skater behind The Clark, aimed to create a pro-model that mirrors his versatile skate style – capable of handling everything from downhill bombing to street skating …
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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 …
Longboard Cruising & Commuting
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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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Long Distance Longboarding: Getting Started with Travel Skating
You may have heard the term “long-distance pushing”, “long-distance pumping”, or just “LDP” before. These are part of the overall long-distance longboarding riding style, another fascinating, athletic, and sometimes extreme branch …
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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 …
Beginner Longboarding
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Skateboard vs Longboard: An Obvious Choice ?
Trying to decide whether to get a longboard or skateboard? Welcome to the world of hard choices and multiple possibilities. Let’s start with the basics: A skateboard will be shorter, …
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Skateboard or Longboard : Which Should you Choose ?
If you’re interested in starting to skate, one of the first questions you may have is : should I go for a skateboard or longboard, a very commonly asked and …
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Best Skateboard For 8-Year-Old: What Size, Safety, Price
Recently, my sister mentioned she wanted to get a skateboard for my 8-year old niece. She said many of her friends with kids the same age were also interested in …
Dancing & Freestyle
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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 …
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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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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 …
