How To Do Easy Techniques Of Longboarding

Longboarding, a sport where fitness and intensity goes hand in hand. It gained popularity in late 1950s and was crafted to satirize surfing on concrete surfaces. Longboards are like skateboards but are archetypally wider and longer.

How To Do Easy Techniques Of Longboarding

Every best longboards has diverse dimensions reliant upon your body shape and style. Usually, a board is 100 cms long. Quite comfortable and stable to ride, longboards pick up greater speeds easily. Due to the added weight, it becomes a bit impractical to use skateboard tricks for longboarding. So I have jotted down some longboarding tricks, in particular. Here is the goldmine of techniques:

Foot Braking:

One foot is located on the road and other foot is used to maintain balance in foot braking. The same technique works well if you want to place your foot on the sidewalk. Often, boarders use foot braking to stop the board or slow it down while riding.

Drifting:

Most commonly used in downhill racing, it is a technique to decrease the speed of board around a turn. It is actually cumbrous to slow down the speed mid-turn because boards lose grip. Have fun while riding and use this technique to control the speed which is otherwise too constricted to make while racing.

Carving:

While roving at higher speeds, the technique of carving works great. Usually, in downhill boarding, the boarder ploys his board in S shaped curves to dawdle down. A series of curves is followed, sloping left then right and slowly taking control of the speed as you head towards downhill.

Air Braking:

A technique where boarders stand upright on the boards while keeping their arms stretched out. This way the boarder gets complete control over wind confrontation and the board’ speed tumbles down bit by bit. Although it’s a perfect method to slow down the speed, it cannot be used as a braking method. Since air braking is an idyllic approach for higher speeds, it is often used by the boarders.

Slide Braking:

This one is my favourite. I love downhill riding and use slide braking to stop the board. Let me explain how this technique works. You need to quickly turn the board to stop it, make sure to turn it sideways to control the sliding and the board will automatically come to a halt. Practice makes a man perfect so try slide braking from either the front or the back. For added stability, you can even stop the board by locating your hands on the ground. I would suggest wearing riding gloves or else you will get your hands badly bruised up.

Board walking:

As the name suggests, the rider moves his feet up and down the board deck. To your surprise, this technique basically comes in use for longer boards. Depending upon your boarding level, you can try twisting, turning and jumping on the board to add zest and zing in your voyage.

So guys hook it up and try these easy-to-do techniques of longboarding. Stay tuned for more tips and tricks of boarding. Have a good day!!

Tom Chandler
 

"When your hands hit the floor, they get cut up. When mine hit the floor, they slide with ease"

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