Safety Longboarding tips for Beginners

So when you arrive at a new spot and you are new to the sport, stoked as hell, you probably just roll down the hill with reckless abandon. Well, you may think that this is rad, but safety is your number one priority, not only your own, but for others too. There are

Stretch before you Shred

This is a very important, yet often an overlooked and forgotten routine by skaters. Most amateur longboarders, like me, often take stretching for granted and go on skating without doing it, not knowing that we are adding more risk of injuring ourselves to an already risky sport.I learned the importance of stretching and warm-up exercises the hard way. Last November, I tore my ACL while playing ultimate Frisbee. Although my injury was not caused directly by longboarding

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Crazy stalefish grab sit down slide.

Sliding, a technique used by skaters that is initiated by breaking wheel traction and at the same time maintaining control over the board then re-initiating traction to efficiently reduce speed when entering tight corners or for emergency braking. Well, others do it for maximum style and steez depending on the situation.