Anyone else ride Longboards

[MIGZ]

I figured I would ask, Its just as much fun as riding a cruisers.

 

[socal_jack]

Take `em out on the smaller days

 

[Philphine]

like a skateboard?

i keep considering it. i've got some nice wheels and trucks on an old water ski i made years and years back but, all i used it for is moving heavy things around the house. now the ski is cracked, so i'm thinking about looking for a cheap 36-40" board to put them on and maybe leave in my truck.

 

[Bloodyknuckles]

Ever since I got old (when did that happen?) I've switched from shortboards to longboards. I also ride longboard skateboards when the waves are flat.

 

[expjawa]

OK, so someone will have to explain this to me. What's the draw, what's the appeal, what's the point? What exactly do you do with one of these? I'm curious because I've never been exposed to them.

 

[socal_jack]

Good practice for flat days, you can do practically anything on land that you can in the water

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FDBM1JZ9mM&feature=related

OK, so someone will have to explain this to me. What's the draw, what's the appeal, what's the point? What exactly do you do with one of these? I'm curious because I've never been exposed to them.

 

[Vipon]

My kid rides one to work everyday, he's 20 years old.

Kinda want one myself now :lol:

 

[expjawa]

Good practice for flat days, you can do practically anything on land that you can in the water

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FDBM1JZ9mM&feature=related

Interesting. FWIW, the only water around here is a lake, so there's no surfing scene. But I still see kids riding longboards down the side walks. I had a skateboard when I was a kid (I might still somewhere), but aside from just coasting down the hill while standing on it, it never really did much for me. I almost always went back to preferring to ride a bike...

 

[Philphine]

i went back and forth over the years bettween bikes, skateboards and rollerskates. still have most all of my old skateboard stuff, but it's probaly the thing i've been way from longest. i figure a longboard in the truck might make good emergency vehicle, or maybe something to pull out when i can't park close to something.

editic from a "show your skate stuff" on a roller skate forum i lurk on off and on

the blue indy truck with the red kryptos is on the water ski i want to replace with a long board

 

[socal_jack]

Check out these for a carving long deck with pneumatic tires from a company up in Carlsbad. For awhile they had off-road tires haven't seen them for awhile though

http://www.carveusa.com/product_carveboard.php

 

[c.p.odom]

I will never be old enough to have to ride a longboard. We do own two (8'0" & 9'0") as well as two longboard skateboards (Hobie Fiberflex).

 

[Bloodyknuckles]

I will never be old enough to have to ride a longboard. We do own two (8'0" & 9'0") as well as two longboard skateboards (Hobie Fiberflex).

I still ride my shortboard and funshape, but we seem to be flat more than ever, so the longboard gets in the water most. Surfing and skateboarding has always been a great way stay in shape, but as I've gotten older my size has increased and reflexes slowed. I used to be very good at both, but now I've regressed to almost kook level. :?

 

[socal_jack]

Sounds like you're stuck in the past, it's got nothing to do with age, in the words of Kelly Slater, "Ride everything!" Use the right equipment for the conditions, or even mix it up. I own/ride everything from 6'4" to 10'6" they're all fun!

I will never be old enough to have to ride a longboard. We do own two (8'0" & 9'0") as well as two longboard skateboards (Hobie Fiberflex).

 

[c.p.odom]

Stuck in the past? Boy you don't know the half of it.
Life long Kneeboarder! (not the only one on this site either)

 

[socal_jack]

There's a local kid(well not so much a kid anymore) Ryan Burch and some of his buddies starting a beyond retro movement, surfing raw, square, foam blanks. Funny to see some of the stuff he takes out, the rat rods of surfboards big chunky fins slovenly glued on a hacked off board stuff like that, if there are fins at all.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Trm1elGdoMM

 

[Beachside]

If the waves are good, I ride a shortboard, but seeing that I live in Florida, my longboard gets plenty of action.

 

[c.p.odom]

Socal_Jack, there is a kid in Encinitas named Jack that films these guys, not you is it?
And Beachside, you know I know what you ride.

 

[ozzmonaut]

I used to ride longboards back in about 89, then I took it up for a bit in 94. Surfed a little too down in FL. I too have a water ski I outfitted with roller skate trucks and wheels about 12 yrs ago. They go great on long hills. I still use it on a long hill here in town we call rollercoaster road.