I finally got out and did some long boarding today. I wasn’t out for too long but it was still a lot of fun. I am still pretty out of shape from sitting on my butt all fall and winter because of my bad back, so I couldn’t really board that long. I also managed to get a huge blood blister on the bottom of my foot, which is sweet. I just have to keep it up and build a callus on that spot.
I went boarding with my new friend Doug Kazdban. Since I don’t own a long board yet, he was kind enough to let me use one of his. We went out to this long parking lot on the NMU campus and just rode around it. Normally we would go out to a hill, but Doug broke his collar bone awhile back and his arm is still in a sling so we have to keep it light. Right now I am really just learning how to ride a long board effectively, since I have never ridden one before. I did learn how to do this thing called pumping today. It is when you do quick turns with the front of your board that turns the potential energy in your legs into kinetic energy in the board. It is extremely helpful when you want to ride for a long time without kicking.
I also got to ride some of his slalom boards. These boards are much shorter and have looser trucks in order to make them easier to ride while dodging between cones. They aren’t as smooth as standard long boards, but they are much easier to control. When I was riding them it kinda felt like I was on a snowboard. It was really easy to do some quick carving like you do while going down a ski hill.
Click here to see some slalom longboarding.
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