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#1 ·
I really got into snowboarding this season, after riding for 3 years n as the season is about to end I'm thnking bout getting a skateboard. Do they connect? Do u guys think I'll like it as much?
 
#2 ·
Absolutely yes and also no not at all.

Let me explain haha.

Your going sideways and using some of the same muscle groups so it can help you stay in shape for snowboarding. If you skate bowls and transition it can have some similarities but mostly skateboarding is about tricks, slides and whatnot. It does not simulate snowboarding in any way. It can help you with balance and make you better in the longrun than say, playing baseball for the summer but realistically your going to be like whoa thats totally different when you get on a skateboard, and then when you get back on a snowboard your gonna say the same.

Longboarding shares a little more with snowbaording because often you can have a wider stance and get big carves and skidded carves that feel a lot more like snowboarding than anything you will get on a skateboard but it takes time to get that down. I do all three regularily myself and enjoy different aspects from each with slight overlap but all three are very different at the same time.

I say try it though. If you do a lot of rails and boxes on a snowboard the balance aspect from these tricks will cross over from skating to snoawboarding and the ollie will also cross over from skating to snowboarding, the rest is quite different.
 
#3 ·
I guess it depends on what kind of skating you do. For me skating a lot in Sept and Oct helps prepare me for snowboarding. It's strengthens and conditions the legs, improves balance, and simulates a lot of the tricks I do on a snowboard. I would say getting on a heavy skate routine just before the season is the best prep you can get.

And boardslides are the exact same feeling. If you can boardslide something on a skateboard, you can boardslide it on a snowboard with ease. I'd recommend it.
 
#6 ·
We starting skating after our third season snowboarding.

I will say that some aspects of skateboarding will totally translate and cross over to snowboarding.
If you do park/pipe, skating half-pipe, bowls, transitions, and carving cement bowls in the summer will cross over to half-pipe snowboarding.
The balance from street skating crosses over to ollieing and doing boxes and rails on a snowboard.

For me, I saw a big difference in my snowboarding after my first season skateboarding during the summer. I was able to do or at least try to do things I was not able to do before on a snowboard. My riding was more fluid and even though I had not snowboarded for months, it felt as if I never stopped.

We did not like longboarding.

But we really like skateboarding the summer. It's fun. Skateboarding is very challenging and remember that when you fall you are going to slam on cement.

However, when spring starts, the snow starts to melt, and the ski resorts close, we look forward to skateboarding. This actually reminds me that I probably need new bearings...
 
#10 · (Edited)
Damn!!! This shit looks Sweet!!! Is this a new "Fad" or Gimmick" or something or are these boards & that type of riding legit???? I was thinking of trying wake boarding this summer, (...and I still might.) but with one of these boards I wouldn't need a lake, a boat, a rich friend etc. etc.!!! :laugh: Just a slope & tennis shoes!! :D


(...maybe some elbow, knee, and ass crash pads would be prudent as well!) :laugh:
 
#15 ·
Here's what I got from one of my Googley searches on the interwebz!

Freebord | Official Website | Freebord news, events, community & product info

I DEFINITELY gotta research this shit summore!!! I wuz already starting to feel a bit of "Post Season" depression cuz we got a closing date for our "local's"!! :( (...less than 2 weeks!!!) :blink: :eek:hmy:
After that, it's a minimum 4 hour drive for shitty (...and expensive!) snow!! :RantExplode:

Anyone here that has any experience with these boards & riding them,.. PLEASE chime in! I want to know more about this!!!
 
#16 ·
@chomps - I do not own one personally nor have I tried one but I have a friend who lives out west who has ridden them and he's told me about them...

Apparently there is a very steep learning curve with freebord's. It's a matter of gauging the pressure with the third wheel, which is essentially mounted to a device similar to that of a wheel on a shopping cart. It oscillates as you turn.

Obviously these things are for downhill only - it would be difficult to push one of these things with the binding clip things permanently attached to the deck.

I was all about these things for awhile but never bit the bullet - didn't have the cash nor am I in an area conducive to that type of activity. I feel like you would need a long, open, minimally trafficked stretch of road to really get the most out of these things.

$0.02
 
#26 ·
Since Calgary is the land of neverending dry pavement....standby for results. Using one of my old longboards and a few castorwheels with inline skate wheels/berrings i will have one up and running after midterms...a crude demo to give it a whirl.
 
#27 ·
I don't think it's so much of a "does the design work" question, but more of a "terrain availability/convenience" question. I know I can find a hill, but how many runs am I willing do to on a descent hill when I have to walk back up. My main reason for grabbing either board is to get my switch riding locked in for next season. Freeboarding is very intriguing to me because the edge awareness mimics snowboarding, but...
 
#32 ·
OK,.. thanks! At least I won't get spanked for "Not Using the Search Function first!"
(...even tho I deserve to be!) :rolleyes:
 
#34 ·
I skate in the off season and love it. It's (obviously) not a perfect replica of snowboarding, but it's close enough for me. I've been getting into long distance skating over the past few summers, and its helped with cardio a TON. For myself, I don't freeboard since I have very little terrain here that will allow for that, but with longboarding, I have a lot of versatility with various disciplines. I can go fast if I want, travel long distances, wiggle around cones, etc.
 
#35 ·
I don't skate much anymore but I ride a Ripstick with my kids during the off season. The turning mechanics for Ripstick is similar to snowboarding. Only bad thing with Ripstick is only way to stop is to bail. It can get little dangerous going fast.

One plus is, I can ride it around the house easier than a skake board.
 
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