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.
There is a Ripstik race due to take place on September 7th 2008. Further details can be located via Bone Bodies or Facebook.
I’ve recently made a few changes to the site which have bought in some new visitors – adding Entrecard and Blogrush. You can now also subscribe via e-mail, MyBlogLog and RSS
Also if anyone is looking for a bit of exposure for their blog/website I’ve now got a link exchange running so feel free to add your links or get in contact if you run a shop or another website which may be of interest to readers here! You can email me directly or leave a comment.
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
Kinson Primary School look like they had a good day learning how to street surf in aid of sport relief day!
I’m getting a lot of visits from people coming for info on the different boards and tricks but no feedback.. what do you want to see on this site?
Place the board on the floor and put your front foot in the centre of the front platform. If you’re left footed place your right foot on the front, if your right footed place your left foot on the front. Make sure the board is level with the ground with your front foot, give a gentle push with the back foot and then place this in the centre of the of the rear platform. If you’ve been surfing, snowboarding or skateboarding before this will seem very instictive and familar to you.
You should now be moving off a gentle speed (or have fell over a few times and have repeated these steps!). Next you should start twisting from side to side with your knees slightly bent. Imagine there is a pole coming up from the centre of the board (on the torsion bar) through the middle of your body. You should now be making an S shaped motion and moving in the correct direction.
Keep your eyes in the direction you are travelling and keep it up! If you want to change direction lean into the turn slightly and push the boards gently in opposite directions.
Check out these two videos which will illustrate this to you.
How to ride the RazorX Ripstik
How To Ride The Wave Board
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.
The boards pages have now been updated and include full details of The Wave Board, The ESS Board, The Wave Ripple, The Ripstick, The OBoard & The Exboard.
Welcome to Street Surfers!
The idea of this page is to track the growing online community of those interested in street surfing and casterboards including; The Wave Board, RazorX’s Ripstick, The OBoard, The Exboard and The Blade Board.
New to the whole sport? Why not check out the the about page for some information on street surfing to get you started or check our some of the other posts!
