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 hurting yourself when riding at any...
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13 Essential Longboarding Tips for Beginners
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 without even knowing the basics. ...
Downhill Longboarding : The Adrenaline Lifestyle
If you’ve recently gotten into longboarding, you may be intrigued about this downhill thing everyone is talking about when the subject of longboarding comes up. If you’re an extreme sports kind of person...
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 artsy...
What is a Longboard Stance ?
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 on your longboard, but also the way you position the rest of...
How to Powerslide on a Longboard
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 though I must admit it looked quite scary...
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...
How Fast Can You Go on a Longboard ?
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 fast can you...
Is Longboarding Hard ? A Common Beginner Question
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 riding downhill. A question that comes up very...
What is Carving on a Longboard ? A Closer Look at Street Surfing
You may have stopped to watch these guys and gals moving on their longboards in a fluid and flowy ride, maintaining rhythm and speed without their foot even touching ground for pushing, looking like their mind is out in...
