Skateboarding

by **Surf_Nymph** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 7:35 am

How much do you think skateboarding helps you with surfing because ive just bought a secondhand skateboard to muck around on.

by **Broosta** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 11:34 am

Loads

I learnt how to do floaters from bench sliding on my skateboard.
Its the reason skateboarding was invented - to practice surfing on land.

by **sup3rc0w** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 5:02 pm

Nothing at all for me personally, but its nice pretending that your surfing while you ride

by **tomcat360** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 4:52 pm

if you get a longboard with some big soft wheels, and some wide turny trucks it will help. that's what got me skating, now I am making custom decks.

by **Surf_Nymph** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 7:32 am

thanks dudes is that really true about why skateboarding was invented for practicing surfing on land or is it just what you want to claim.

by **tomcat360** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 1:02 pm

go watch dogtown, it explains it pretty well (so I've heard, haven't seen it yet)

by **cherry** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 7:21 pm

I've heard that skateboarding helps a lot with surfing, it's good practice the only thing is the falls are harder (ow, obviously!!)