Streetboarding Explained
What the rider can do 
- Learning to jump is easy.
- Carve turns like snowboarders.
- Jump like snowboards thanks to the binding system.
- The board is light and maneuverable in the air, much more so than mountain boards
- Any slide or grind done on skateboards is possible but is easier thanks to the
wider grinding and surface area.
- Thanks to being strapped in trick progression rate is fast, new riders can jump
right away without having to learn to Ollie.
- As riders advance they soon learn grinds and 360s.
- Average riders do tricks like 360s down steps, smith grinds and even 540s in
mini ramp.
- Advanced riders are doing handrails over 20 steps and up to 35 steps. Rodeo
flips and even switch rodeos on ramps.
- The freestyle level is catching up with snowboarding already with 1080s and
backside rodeos.
- Streetboarders are now starting to combine flips and grinds with backflips
being done into and out of grinds. Even rodeo 5050s in half pipe.
- Streetboarding uses the tricks of skateboarding and snowboarding and links
them together. Tricks never done before in any board sport are being done
and the possibilities are only just starting to be seen.
Why Streetboarding?
- It’s a fun and addictive sport: thanks to the latest board designs riders are
inventing unique tricks.
- It can be ridden on any urban terrain: Flat ground, ramps / skateparks, drop
offs, handrails or down hills.
- People can use the board for whatever aspect of the sport interests them most.
- The feeling of riding the flat ground or going down hill, grinds, jumps or
freeriding combining all aspects of the sport.
- It’s proven to be a great cross trainer for snowboarding improving the rider’s
technique and balance in the summer months.
- Streetboarders beginning snowboarding learn faster than skateboarders or
surfers because the sports as so alike.
- The board will also appeal to those who like board sports or who just want to
do something different.
Movement and feeling
- Simply moving the board along is fun and addictive.
- A rider moving along looks like a snowboarder doing turns on a hill.
- When pushing into these turns the special axle system forces the board
forwards.
- The system means the rider never needs to step off the board to move
forward.
- Because of this the rider can strap into bindings and stay permanently
attached to the board.
- Speeds of 20 Mph are possible on the flat and the board can even be powered
up hill.
- Stopping is also done by simply turning the board sideways so the rider can
stop instantly.
- It is easy for the rider to control speed on a hill by carving like a
snowboarder.
- Falls are not a problem as the rider learns to roll naturally.
- Once the technique is learnt the rider has total control over the speed and
direction the board is traveling in.
- The feeling of riding along is a very fluid and satisfying sensation requiring
only a small effort.
- Being strapped in gives the rider a feeling of being at one with the board.
