Techniques

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 …

Getting started with longboarding doesn’t have to be a daunting prospect if you follow the right learning steps in the right order.  Many riders take to the hills straight away …

If you’ve recently gotten into longboarding, you may be intrigued about this downhill longboard discipline everyone is talking about when the subject of longboarding comes up. If you’re an extreme …

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 …

A fundamental aspect of learning how to longboard is your stance.  That is, how you stand on your board. Stance refers not only to the way you place your feet …

Powersliding is one of the coolest and most important moves you’ll learn on your longboard.  To me, learning how to powerslide has been a major goal from the start, even …

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 …

Longboarding is an awesome way to move around, much faster than walking.  Longboards are typically faster than skateboards due to their larger wheelbase (distance between trucks) and bigger wheels. Just how …

Many people are attracted to longboarding because it feels so great being able to surf on land, be it for commuting or for more intense activities like carving or speed …

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 …