the rebirth

by **TicTac** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 2:58 pm

rich r wrote:So it comes down to things like; will the 14 year old buy the $50 board shorts because he saw some hot moves of a shortboarder, or because he saw a longboarder floating a huge air on a 20 foot wave? You get more flash from a shortboarder ripping apart a chest-high wave than Greg Knoll dropping into Pipe at 30 feet.

Excellent illustration! And it is so true! Even though I favor shortboarding I have preferred to watching longboarding since shortboarders ripping apart small waves doesn't really appeal to me that much! My whole perception to longboarding has changed.

If this SW meet hits off then im going to have to pinch somebodies longboard for a quick go if possible lol sounds like great fun

by **bluesnowcone** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 3:55 pm

when you realy know how to surf, i think watching longboarding is alot better than watching shortboarding, when i first surfed i thought it was amazing with all that spray and the snappyness, but then i saw some people longboarding and it just seemed alot more like surfing, its hard to explain

by **TicTac** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 4:01 pm

bluesnowcone wrote:when you realy know how to surf, i think watching longboarding is alot better than watching shortboarding, when i first surfed i thought it was amazing with all that spray and the snappyness, but then i saw some people longboarding and it just seemed alot more like surfing, its hard to explain

I know what you mean blue, I feel the same way about it. Theres a lot of finesse in longboarding and it seems quite chilled and laid back! Im sure a longboarder could explain it much better!

by **Otter** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 3:37 am

I was thinking those remarks about wives, kids and mortgages weren't as accurate as they could have been... Guess I was thinking about my own crowd. Glad to know that the younger kids are into Longboarding as well, keep the stoke, keep the tradition!

by **bluesnowcone** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 8:48 am

Otter wrote: keep the tradition!

i recon that surfing started with longboarding, and its probably gunu end up with longboarding

by **Dec** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 9:42 am

Well..surely surfing started with some random local kids on pieces of trees bodyboarding? Eventually one stood up...

And I hope it doesn't end!

by **bluesnowcone** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 7:40 pm

it were some polinesians used to go from island to island paddling on big bits of wood, oneday one probably decided to paddle in to a wave

by **Otter** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 2:10 am

I would agree, it probably started out as a progression from a mode of travel to a mode of sport. Someone probably got real tired from paddling between islands and said, "shoot, maybe I can catch this wave and won't have to paddle so far..." So he/she did and probably had a good time doing it. That is basically how it got started in my view. The rest is history...

by **isaluteyou** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 8:14 am

bluesnowcone wrote:
Otter wrote: keep the tradition!

i recon that surfing started with longboarding, and its probably gunu end up with longboarding

Nah don't agree at all. Shortboarding is a different breed. Different ride. Its nice o have a quiver to do both depending on the surf :wink:

by **Otter** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 7:28 pm

isaluteyou,
No argument here, whatever floats your board works for me!

by **bluesnowcone** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 1:57 pm

isaluteyou wrote:
bluesnowcone wrote:
Otter wrote: keep the tradition!

i recon that surfing started with longboarding, and its probably gunu end up with longboarding

Nah don't agree at all. Shortboarding is a different breed. Different ride. Its nice o have a quiver to do both depending on the surf

youve got me there, i must admit iv got a shortboard in my quiver for when it gets to steep