Freeride

If you’re a serious snowboarder, at some point, you’ve at least toyed with the idea of extending the stoke all year by getting a longboard for off-season cross-training. You may …

Santa Cruz Skateboards is one of the oldest, most influential, and most prestigious skateboard companies in the world. Founded in 1973 by three surfer friends in Santa Cruz, California, initially …

Longboard freeride involves riding down hills at controlled speeds while mixing fast carving, technical slides, and switch riding. There are many types of freeride styles, and the line between freeride …

If you like going fast on your longboard, you need to learn how to speed check. A speed check is a small slide, typically only a few degrees, for the …

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 …

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. …

A few weeks ago, I once again decide to make a work trip coincide with a longboarding experience, so I started researching places for longboarding in Los Angeles. L.A. is …

San Francisco is a great city for longboard skateboarding, with plenty of good places for flatland cruising and freeride/downhill skating. Newcomers, however, often have a hard time finding out about …

As I was planning a work trip to San Diego, I thought I’d look for some places where I could go longboard skateboarding during my stay there. After some research, …

The Landyachtz Switchblade has been around for over a decade, yet it remains a highly regarded longboard for freeride and fast downhill riding, as well as for comfortable all-around transportation. …