RE: 💃🕺🏻Learn to Longboard Dance! 💃🕺🏻 First LB Dance Lesson on Steemit!
Hey Darell,
Your longboard dancing video tutorial was really great . Thanks!
(and also Thx @Curie for bringing your post and you to my attention!).
My board took me for a ride this morning under the winter sun. The ride was real nice, and I tried your dance move. Needless to say I wasn't too successful lol: I felt I didn't have enough place on the board. I was quite impressed by the length of yours. Mine is 41 Inch, is it enough for a beginner like me to perform the move (1 year practice, no figures, just enjoying rides from A to B)?
And oh, may I ask you another question? shoes: roads or tracks are not always smooth, and often paved here. I get all the vibrations in my support foot which forces me to stop to rest. Tried extra soles in my shoes. didn't work. Would you have any you advice on shoes I should purchase that could damper for my feet the vibrations of the LB on paved tracks?
In late spring, the longboard community in my area wakes up. I can't wait to go touring like I did last year after one of my students made me try her longboard (I had never put my foot on a skate before, when I tried it, it was like love at first sight). I made a little video about it:
Greeting from a Longboarder in The Netherlands !
Wow, you guys got a big group. I've heard longboarding is huge there, i heard they held a few longboard dance contests out there not long ago.
You can buy risers for the longboard trucks that absorb some of the vibration. They are little rubber pads that go between the truck and the board. Wheel choice is also important, hard wheels roll a bit easier if you're on a smooth road, but soft wheels make those rough roads a lot easier to handle. Boards with flex to them are also great for rough roads, like the one im riding which is made of bamboo.
I've also heard of a few trucks with a form of suspension being made recently, but have not tried them myself yet. Admittedly i am road picky, so i choose my route based on the smooth roads available, rather than just the shortest distance.
Thanks for that little video, so happy to run into a fellow rider already on here.