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.
Tierney Rides makes a simple yet effective snowboard simulating board called the t-board. It is a simple design that has only two wheels set on caster trucks. Carving on a t-board feels similar to how a snowboard feels when it is on an edge in the snow.
The last board that simulates snowboarding is called the freebord. This board simulates both the sliding and the carving experience in snowboarding.
Extending out past the deck of the freebord are 4 wheels (two on each side) that are there to simulate the edge of a snowboard. This "edge" lets you control your speed like you would on a snowboard, and even come to a stop as you would on a snowboard. On the bottom of the freebord are two wheels that allow it to drift and slide, so while you are bombing down a hill you can slide into a switch stance.
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.
With the flowboard, t-board, or the freebord you can experience the thrill of snowboarding in the off season and snowboard all year round.
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.
Tierney Rides makes a simple yet effective snowboard simulating board called the t-board. It is a simple design that has only two wheels set on caster trucks. Carving on a t-board feels similar to how a snowboard feels when it is on an edge in the snow.
The last board that simulates snowboarding is called the freebord. This board simulates both the sliding and the carving experience in snowboarding.
Extending out past the deck of the freebord are 4 wheels (two on each side) that are there to simulate the edge of a snowboard. This "edge" lets you control your speed like you would on a snowboard, and even come to a stop as you would on a snowboard. On the bottom of the freebord are two wheels that allow it to drift and slide, so while you are bombing down a hill you can slide into a switch stance.
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.
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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