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Archive for September, 2009.
It happens to snowboarders every year. The snow comes and they go out and have fun carving the slopes until the season ends. Then they put their snowboards away and wait for the snow to come. This year, break from the norm and keep your snowboarding skills fresh by checking out one of these snowboard simulating boards.
The first board, called the flowboard probably has more wheels on it than any other board currently in existence. Normal skateboard trucks only allow the rider to make up to 25 degree turns.
The amount of wheels it has, and it’s truck-less design, allows the flowboard to carve up to 45 degree turns. That is a lot sharper when compared to the wide 25 degree turning capability of a traditional skateboard. For carving down paved roads, the flowboard is an excellent choice.
The t-board, made by Tierney Rides is that many snowboarders use to train with over the summer. The t-board has only two wheels that are on caster trucks. The design of the t-board makes it ride like a snowboard does when it is on its edge in snow.
The last board that I’ll talk about is called the freebord. While the other two boards simulate the feel of carving on a snowboard, the freebord simulates both the feeling of sliding and carving in snowboarding.
There are four wheels that extend outside of the freebord that simulate a snowboard’s edge. With the edge you can effectively keep your speed under control, as well as stop just like you would on a snowboard. To reproduce the sliding experience in snowboarding, the freebord has two wheels located underneath it. With those wheels underneath it, you can drift into a switch stance when riding down a road.
All the above boards simulate in some way the riding experience in snowboarding. By riding one of these boards in the off season, you don’t have to get stale because there isn’t any snow.
Ride a flowboard, t-board, or a freebord and get a taste of snowboarding without paying for a lift ticket, or having any snow around. Pick a paved hill and ride on!
To find out about other unique boards you can entertain yourself with in the off season, visit ActionIsle, a site full of extreme toys, alternative boards, and all things fun!
When it comes to snowboards, there are essentially several different kinds that are available on the market today. Usually a standard snowboard has a length of about 140-165cm and a width of 24-27 cm. The length enables you to have a different position on the board and the width will help to accommodate people who have larger or smaller feet. As an example, a person who has a size thirteen snowboard boot may not be able to fit on the 24cm width board. The width will have to be adjusted to fit the boot. Now, several differing types of boards have hit the market. A shorter, narrower board has came out, which was deliberately designed for kids and kids, but now they are being used as exhibition boards for riders to perform specific types of tricks and stunts. So, even adults are using these boards for certain purposes.
relying on what kind of snowboarding you are planning on doing will help to figure out what kind of snowboard you will desire to buy . A freestyle snowboard has a deep cut in it that will allow you to make quick, tight turns. It is usually shorter in length than other kinds of snowboards and the flex of the board is usually soft to moderate. All of these features allow the rider to make those quick, tight turns that they want to make.
A freeride snowboard is for the riders who love to make long, fast runs in different sorts of snow. The flex with a freeride board is mostly moderate to stiff. The snowboard itself is usually longer than other sorts of boards. It also has a semi-directional shape. Then there are the racing or Alpine boards. These are actually becoming really popular in the ECU sector of the sport and they are designed for courses that are manufactured by machine and groomed with a machine. The boards are long and have a directional shape ; also they are narrow and rigid.
All-mountain snowboards combine the features of both the freestyle and the freeride boards making this board somewhat in between them. Clearly, it may be employed for the different terrains. It has a directional shape with directional or twin flex to the board.
Park or Jib ( Rails ) is for snowboarders who want a wider stance or the facility to switch riding styles. The board itself is short but still flexible. It comes in twin shape with a twin flex.
As discussed earlier, the kind of snowboard that you need to purchase depends on the riding and the style of snowboarding that you would like to do. If you’d like to have different options that trying the All-Mountain snowboard may be or best option ; howeverwho says you only can have one board? If you can’t decide on one style of riding or on one kind of terrain, then buy a board for each. You’ll be able to find bags that let you carry more than one board with you, so this is going to be the most suitable option for you. http://snowboardingzone.org/
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