New here? Why not check out the pages on different street surfing boards; The Wave Board, The Ripstik, The ESS Board, The OBoard, The Exboard, The Blade Board or The T-Board.
Gizmodo & Core77 have both recently run stories on the new Soularc skateboard. Instead of regurgitating that check out those posts and the video below.
Does anyone remember the snakeboard? This was, back in the day, the original street surfing board. Two platforms which moved independently. It was invented in 1989 by James Fisher and Oliver Macleod Smith but when they sold their company back in the late 90’s the company that bought it stopped production.
Check out the video below to see the original snakeboard
Anyway, following on from this a new type of board was created called the Street Board; from Anderson Streetboards USA.
The Street Board now involved a skateboard split into three decks, with the rider bound to the board. The boards have quickly caught on and offer a much more aggressive alternative to the Wave Board and the Ripstik (at least until the Ripstik G becomes widely available).
Interested in picking on up? Check out the range at Extreme Pie.
Thanks for Jamie Nowman for the heads up and suggestion for this post.
Firstly apologies for the slow updates guys, I’ve been really busy lately and haven’t given this place much attention. Don’t forget you can add backlinks to any related websites and we have a number of subscription options available. Oh, and don’t forget the Ripstik race.
RazorX recently introduced a new board to the Ripstik line of products aimed at the more experienced and aggressive street surfer - The Ripstik G.
The “G” stands for grind and as you can imagine the bar in the middle is now made of aircraft-grade aluminum tubing to allow grinding in the same way as you might with a skateboard or the much forgotten snakeboard.
On first impressions I have to say that this now puts the Ripstik above the waveboard and other competitors for the sheer amoutn of possibilities this will open up.
The board appears to be currently available only in the United States through Amazon, Walmart, eBay etc. I cannot wait for this to come out in the UK later this year so I can get my hands on one!!
So far I’ve tried to cover a multiude of different boards on this blog. I’ve come accross a couple this week that I have absolutely no information on so it would be good if you could get in touch if you have any experience of these.
WhipTide
I found this on Amazon.com but it doesn’t appear to be on Amazon.co.uk. From what I can see it just looks like a bigger, clumsy version of The Wave / Ripstik.
Hurricane Board
I found this while researching the WhipTide and it essentially looks the same as the WhipTide.
Has anyone tried either of these boards?
The T-Board is a street surfing board created by Tierney Rides (owned by brothers Kurt and Tyler). The T-Board has two caster trucks on the front and rear, whilst maintaining a normal skateboard design. I guess the design falls somewhat between that of The OBoard and the popular street surfing boards of The Wave and The Ripstik.
The promotion video below shows you some of the excellent carving techniques which can be mimiced using the T-Board as well as the using street surfing tricks such as kickfips and ollies.
There are currently four different models of T-Board which are available. They feature a combination of 41″ Snowboard decks (for aggressive downhill carving or longboard - style cruising) & 38″ Street t-deck (Suited for mellow hills, freestyle riding or aggressive slalom) and rubber wheels (for downhill) or urethane wheels (for flatland/freestyle and light downhill/slalom riding). All T-Boards are currently available from Extreme Pie.
T-Boards 38inch Rubber Indy T Board
T-Boards 38inch Urethane T Board
T-Boards 41inch Indy T Board
T-Boards 41inch Urethane T Board
This is a good video by the guy who invented the Blade Board which gives you a good background on the differences for those of you who are interested in this subject.
The RazorX Ripstik has been awarded Outdoor Toy of the Year by the Toy Industry Association (TIA) during the T.O.T.Y (Toy of the Year) Awards Ceremony. This is a US based award but shows how popular the board has been in the United States over the last year.
I expect we’ll see similar success in the United Kingdom over the next year with The Wave Board.
This video gives a really good outline of what street surfing is all about, focusing on The Wave Board. This was originally aired on Swept Away TV.
There’s a very basic tutorial in here on how to get started riding the wave. There’s currently loads of excellent videos out there on Youtube and other sites which I intend to public here categorise for you readers.
I’ve added a small snippet about The Blade Board as they’re is currently limited information available on this - if anyone has one of these and can provide better detailed specifications please leave a comment here.
