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Snowboarding
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A Guide to Freestyle Snowboarding: What You Need to Know
Are you intrigued by freestyle snowboarding? Wondering if this spectacular discipline in which riders are constantly throwing big airs and crazy spins, or jibbing over obstacles like skateboarders, is for …
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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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Longboarding vs Snowboarding: Are They Similar?
How easy is it to snowboard for a longboarder? To longboard for a snowboarder? How different are these two awesome sports? Snowboarding and longboarding are very similar for riding stance …
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Snowboarding Over 40: Too Old To Ride?
Snowboarding has a reputation for being a youth sport because of its association with the skate / surf culture. While it is true that most riders are under 30, there …
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Building Your Snowboard Quiver: Goals and Strategies
As a committed snowboarder, choosing the set of snowboards you have and updating it over time can be a complex topic. Everyone has a different vision of what a snowboard …
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Different Size Feet? Here’s How To Choose Snowboard Boots
Many riders have one foot longer than the other. Some have a half size difference between the two feet, some a full size, and some even a size and a …
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Surf Skate
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Choosing The Best Surfskate: Everything You Need To Know
Surfskates are amazing skateboards for carving, pumping, slashing in back alleys, banked driveways, drainage ditches, bowls and ramps. Carver Skateboards, YOW Surf, Swelltech, Smoothstar, Hamboards, Slide are some the top …
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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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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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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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Best Wake Shaper For Mastercraft Boat
Not all Mastercraft boats are created equal with regards to the quality of the wakesuring wave it can produce, including with the right setup. Owners of older boats, e.g. early …
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Best Surf Sunglasses You Can Actually Rip With (Surfer Test)
If you’re a surfer like me, chances are you spend hours in the ocean, summer or winter, exposing your eyes to hard sun glare and salty water during long sessions. …
Longboarding Gear
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Best Longboard For Heavier Riders: A Few Good Choices
As a heavier person, you may look for a great way to get outside, have fun, and lose weight doing so. Longboarding is no doubt one of the best activities …
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Best Landyachtz Longboard By Riding Style [2023-2024]
Most riders agree that Landyachtz ranks among the top longboard brands on the planet. With roots in hardcore longboard racing, they’ve always been on a mission to make top-quality boards …
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Loaded Chinchiller Review: Compact & Flexy – Carve & Pump
Looking for something new and chill to ride effortlessly to work or around town? Something fun that carves great and that you can pump, carve, flip, and even ride mellow …
Longboard Cruising & Commuting
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Best Longboard For Flat Land: Awesome Rides Without Slopes
If you’re a longboarder stuck in an area with no slopes, don’t despair, all is not lost. Flat land riding offers lots of great longboarding opportunities. The big question is, …
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How To Choose The Best Cruiser Longboard: A Helpful Guide
You may have noticed the term “cruiser” is used to designate all sorts of skateboards and longboards these days – sometimes it seems like everything is a cruiser. In reality, …
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Cruiser Skateboards: What Are They Good For?
Cruiser skateboards make an excellent choice for beginners and long-time skateboarders. Their compact surfboard-like shape, surfy trucks, and larger soft wheels make a great combination for providing you with a …
Beginner Longboarding
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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 …
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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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Choosing The Best Double Drop Longboard: Low Ride Galore
There is a lot of confusion among newer longboarders with regard to so-called double-drop longboards and what they’re good for. I also get asked how to choose a double-drop longboard. …
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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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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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 …
