3 Ways To Snowboard in Summer
This year, don’t let the off season make you stale. Just because it has come doesn’t mean you have to let your snowboarding skills go to waste. In this article you will find three kinds of boards that are made to carve and ride like a snowboard. Many snowboarders use any one of these boards to keep their skills fresh in the off season.
Traditional four wheeled skateboards can only make up to 25 degree turns. The snowboard simulating flowboard, with all it’s 17 wheels, can make much sharper 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 of these boards simulate in some way the thrill and experience of snowboarding. Don’t let the lack of snow, or even the cost of lift tickets keep you from having fun.
With the flowboard, t-board, or the freebord you can experience the thrill of snowboarding in the off season and snowboard all year round.
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