Learn About Longboarding!
What is longboarding? Longboarding is the sport/hobby of riding a long skateboard. Skateboarding evolved from surfing and became popular in the 70’s. The sport rose and fell in popularity until the mid 90’s, when it gained popularity and has been going strong ever since. Skateboarding itself was the most popular until the mid 2000’s, when longboarding finally started to make a huge scene.
Today, you can find four types of riding styles: transportation (cruising), slolam, freeride, and downhill. Longboards are excellent modes of transportation. Transportation longboards can be found in a variety of shapes and sizes. Slolam is the discipline of weaving in and out of obstacles. Freeride longboarding is riding with a focus on tricks, slides, and grabs. Downhill/bombing is the most extreme version of longboarding where riders go down long hills at the fastest speeds possible.
This site is dedicated to make longboarding easy to understand for beginners. We hope the information you find will help you choose the best longboard for your riding style and educate you on how to get started!
If you are a beginner who is just looking at getting into longboarding, check out our Beginner Longboarding Tips page to see what you will need to do to get started.
If you are looking for more information on longboard safety gear and longboard parts, read our Longboard Gear Guide.
AWESOME THANK YOU FOR THIS. WEB SITE!! I AM 40 YEARS OLD AND GOING TO BUY MY THIRST LONGBOARD FOR DOWNHILL FREERIDING!!!THIS WEEK 3APRIL 2013
hello my names fiona im 13 and ride a penny baord and looking to now try out a long board i have up to £150 to spend and i want a longboard
i dont know what thought … drop down or drop through board
all i want is to cruse , do a thew easy good looking tricks and your page is really good for longboards and i want to buy one from it but i dont know what is the best for me.and if you could give me any other info about trucks wheels anything i should know i wannnt to learn so please teach me xxx
becuase your a huge company i was hoping you would have an insight into this and might be able to help me.
your page has already been a big help
thank you
love fiona
Thank you for the useful sight. I am just getting into longboarding.
Great guide. I’m about to be 50, in great shape, was a champ in the 80’s and want to try these new trends of my favorite sport. Thanks!! I am ready to buy my first!!