Monday, 3 October 2016

Longboard Skateboards And Its Various Uses

By Paul Watson


Long boarding is one type of a unique sport of riding on long boards. It may be used for racing competitions in down hills where in most expert riders would 50 miles per hour in speed. Longboards may vary in many different shapes and sizes unlike the usual skateboards. And also, it has more traction, durability, and stability because of its large size of wheels and has a lower durometers of the wheels. Most longboards have trucks or axles which have some geometric parameters like skateboards have.

There are many different ways for which these equipment are used. One very common use is transportation and for traveling. Longboard skateboards come into different shapes like short hybrid type, wide cruisers, or long. Its truck is loose to have a turn which is sharper. A kick tail becomes so much especially when cornering on sidewalks and lifting the front part in curbs.

Free rides is another use for this. In Escondido, CA, free riding may involve different type of tricks such as early grabs. This is done through grabbing the board on one side and thrusting upwards to airlift in medium speed. The decks are usually produced symmetrically and are produced with kick tails on both sides, allowing tech slides. Decks for free rides are mostly similar to down hill boards.

Third is long boarding in down hills. This involves the riding with the fastest speed a person can do in down hills, bit it is important to be in control. There may be possibilities that the speed exceeds 80 miles in an hour. For the beginners, they often have the problem for speed wobbles but those who already are advanced and professionals are already experts in controlling and relaxing their muscles. The six categories of decks are micro drop, flush mount, drop thru, drop deck, topmount, and double top.

These types of decks have become very popular in the past years but have fell due to its unresponsiveness. Majority of downhill longboards are made from wood. Other materials utilized for its construction include baltic birch, bamboo, maple, aluminum, carbon nano tubes, and carbon fiber. Downhill and free ride boards may be similar. Their only difference is that downhill boards are directional and free ride boards are symmetrical in its front and back.

Most longboarders use reverse kingpin trucks or RKT. The purpose of these is to handle the speed easily and to hold the traction better. Torsion trucks and cam trucks are also used. Trucks for downhills are categorized in either cast truck or precision truck.]

Another useful purpose of these is when dancing. Dancing involves different kinds of tricks such as spinning and also walking. This has been originated in surfing especially for board walking. The typical size for dancing boards is 45 inches in length and 12 inches in width.

Fifth purpose is when cruising. Cruisers may be useful because of the ability to turn better. These types have similarities with skateboards if talking about the length. The mini longboards are ideal for commuting due to its size.

And lastly, these are used when traveling in long distances. Any type of skateboard may also be utilized in long distances but the decks are made lower than the regular ones. Lower decks would help in increasing the stability and makes pushing and foot brakes easier.




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