23 articles on "boarding"

Skateboarding In The Eighties To The Present

Skateboarding traces its roots to the seventies but it really reached the peak of its popularity in the mid-eighties to the present when major skateboard manufacturers propelled it to new heights. First, they started with half-pipe and vert ramp skat...

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Skateboarding In The Eighties To The Present

Skateboarding has come a long way since it first gained mainstream popularity in the 1980s, thanks in part to movies like Thrashin' and Back to the Future. Skateboarding was no longer just a pastime for surfers; it had become a bona fide cultural mov...

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Big Air Equals Big Thrills With This New Extreme Water Sport

Big Air Equals Big Thrills With This New Extreme Water Sport by: Captain Jeff Hoxtell Kiteboarding or kitesurfing, if you don't already know, is like snowboarding on water. This, behind a boat, is called wakeboarding. OK, now forget the boa...

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Skateboarding Lifestyle

For a lot of people, skateboarding is merely a sport. This is especially the case to those who never really were into skateboarding, or merely watched competitions on TV. Meanwhile, gearheads, which is a slang term for skateboarding enthusiasts, take...

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Snowboarding Isn’t Just For Kids Anymore

Snowboarding Isn’t Just For Kids Anymore by: Lauren Traub Teton Pain and injury avoidance techniques for snowboarding are invaluable but not well known. If you know how, you can avoid the two biggest mistakes that first time snowboarders make....

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A look at the intriguing History of Snowboarding

A look at the intriguing History of Snowboarding  by: Keith Kingston It has taken almost forty years for snowboarding to be recognized as a major sport that is followed and participated in by hundreds of thousands of people worldwide. Humanityâ€...

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Alpine Snowboarding

Alpine Snowboarding by: Jakob Jelling Alpine snowboarding is for those of you who are a little more extreme about speed than most. Alpine snowboarding encompasses more than just speed. Other areas often included are racing and extreme carving. ...

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Snowboarding Boots

Snowboarding Boots by: Jakob Jelling The key to comfort on the hill. The boots that you wear when snowboarding will make a huge difference with your ability to control your snowboard and your comfort on the hill. You will quickly find that cold,...

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How A Piece Of Wood Changed World History

How A Piece Of Wood Changed World History by: Jakob Jelling Many times someone doing something a little different and having his or her ideas catch on has changed history. The pasteurizing of milk to prevent spoiling and contamination is a perfe...

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Fabulous Fun... Snowboarding for Women or men!

Fabulous Fun... Snowboarding for Women (or men!)Why don’t more women over the age of 30 take up snowboarding? It is Fabulous Fun! Perhaps you haven’t tried it because you have heard that you will fall down a lot when learning. True. But it is po...

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