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slablizard
Jun 22, 2009, 7:54 PM
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FOrget longboarding..this is like snowboarding on pavement. Awesome.
You ride on the center caster wheels and slide on the outside regular longboard wheels, exacltly like a snowboard.
10 hours so far, carving and sliding like on snow...loving it.
It's not as tricky as I thought...if you think snowboarding instead of skateboarding.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98-RhKZwJG4
Just sharing the stoke!
(This post was edited by slablizard on Jun 22, 2009, 9:37 PM)
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hafilax
Jun 22, 2009, 9:45 PM
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You're going to go through a lot of wheels.
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slablizard
Jun 22, 2009, 10:05 PM
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Stock ones are supposed to last about a year...depending on how much you ride.
BUT you can stop drifting like a snowboard.
Wich is pretty cool
Bellizziiii? Get your board out and that other device and let's go up Kirkwood.
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fxgranite
Jun 22, 2009, 11:44 PM
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Went through this same sorta thing with windsurfing.
Basically just take a longbaord deck and add a sail and straps.
Its all good till you fall. Then you realize that pavement is a little less forgiving than water.
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slablizard
Jun 23, 2009, 5:16 PM
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Pads and helmet do help.
The main difference with a FreeBord is that you can actually stop...reducing accidents dramatically ;)
there are amazing videos about mountainboards and kites. Of course I prefer snow....but until this winter...
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fxgranite
Jun 23, 2009, 8:21 PM
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how fast does it stop?
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slablizard
Jun 23, 2009, 8:36 PM
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lol...it depends how fast you were going? 
you can control speed by bleeding part of it at every turn...drifting one set of wheels ( back or toe) and put the board at 90deg respect to the slope until it stops.
http://www.freebord.com/...owthread.php?t=13790
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fxgranite
Jun 23, 2009, 8:46 PM
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heh I guess I was wondering in comparison to a snowboard, if you needed to stop NOW, would it be faster or slower.
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slablizard
Jun 23, 2009, 9:10 PM
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As on a snowboard it depends on speed and type of snow...or ice...on the FB it depends on speed and steepness of the hill, and type of pavement for sure...
watch the video...worth a million words :)
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