Advanced Longboarding

Advanced Longboarding
By Marcello Chua

Long-boarding, the smoothest way to learn a new sport, work your muscles, and build quick goals for your self to help relax yourself in a fun, painless way.

Try standing on a skateboard first to get the feel of balance, try it in a private area first before you take it to the streets. This may take some time, but it is worth it.

It requires descent speed. 5mph to 15mph is just fine. The soft wheel can grip well, so don't feel intimidated by the hard, loud noise of a regular skateboard.

Let's start off with buying a long-board.

Since your just starting, we recommend a Star-lite Long-board. They are high quality, and start at a relaxing price of just $30. But beware, once you break it, it's time to buy a much higher quality long-board.

Long-boards are like large skateboards. They provide wider trucks (The specialized Axles), Soft Polyurethane wheels, very smooth rolling Bearings (mechanical inner ball wheel for extra roll), and a longer and wider deck (Skateboard). They are about 6" longer than regular skateboards.

Let's get into the concept of Carving with a long-board.

Carving is a wide long turn with ease, and flow. The force getting you into the turn is why it is soothing. The force pulls through you, and delivers a cool feeling. When you link carves to the way your body goes, it starts getting fun. It's basically long turns put in together. It is best done on

Start off on flat, or a small long slope, give it a good push, and off you go. When turning, you are going to lean with the board the way you want to turn, after holding the turn a good amount of time (2-4 seconds) Transition your body leaning the other direction into the same angle and time to get the right feel.

Now you learned to carve.

I will have a new article tomorrow on the fun of long-boarding. But the next will be more Adv. accelerating you into the next step of long-boarding.

If you think you've learned enough and your ready to get advanced. My Advanced Long-boarding article will be in next week.

Believe me, it can get dirty. Hint (Speed and control, we seriously mean speed and control)

Date of Article: 9/3/08

My common names are Marcello, SundaySoldier, Skate_Mate, and SS45. If you see those names, it may be my article.

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