Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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saxabar, may going windsurfing again...........
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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You are not the only one .......I have two longboards....
Gordon Smith Flexi and a very wide hybrid thing.....
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i cant skateboard for toffee, but my hubby has a lovely longboard and he's deserate to get me doing it, so you never know i may join the ranks of the longboarders
only trouble here is finding somewhere suitably flat to learn on!
for me summer activities is mountainbiking (but i dont do up!)
and climbing, where obviously i do do up!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Flat???
Nooooo....... hills is what you need......
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not when you cant do it!
and we dont have hills here, just big mountains!
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snowangel, It really is easier than you'd think. I went out for the 1st time on Saturday morning and it is just like boarding. The only thing I found a bit tricky was making sure my leading foot was exactly in the middle of the board so I could carve on both 'edges'. And then there's stopping I didn't have the danglies to slide (skid 90 degrees) and stop so I opted for big turns to slow down and put my foot down. Honda Kitty, how do you stop at speed?
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I make sure I can see as far as I can stop in.
I usually go to places with big wide paths - have a couple of cracking car parks and open parks in Guildford.
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Longboard? That a long Skateboard? Or a mountain Board type jobby thingy?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Or there's the stubby version like mine:
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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i have tried before.
i find the instability of it throws my confidence totally.
never know, have a mending ankle injury at the mo but i may just have to have another go one day
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saxabar, Where do you use yours... know any good locations? that's half the reason I don't get mine out more.
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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yep, i'm a longboarder.......but my board only works in the sea or in the river severn (bore riding)
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Poster: A snowHead
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sequoiaboard wrote: |
yep, i'm a longboarder.......but my board only works in the sea or in the river severn (bore riding) |
Did some bloke not ride a wave for about 40miles along an estuary or something recently?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Anyone here have a mountain board?
I've just bought one to play with on the Downs or on the beach with my kite!
Took it out yesterday but didn't get anywhere near it as I realised my new 3.5m kite is much more of a beast than my old 2.5... but thats another story as i was dragged along the ground face first!!!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I have no idea how to control the damn thing! But I'm going to give it a bloody good go!...
I think initially I want to stay on the flat... but at least when i do graduate to a slope it should help my boarding
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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You can stop by putting in a big heel side turn, you have to really crouch down but not lean back too much, or you can get mountain boards with a brake on one wheel. If your using it with a kite just swoop the kite in the oposite direction!
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anyone tried a freeboard ? they are suposed to be more like snowboards.
http://www.freebord.com/
my gf nearly bought one, but they are rubbish if you don't have a hill.
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