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 With longboarding you can feel the same rush as snowboarding according to Jai Yee. Longboards are more stable at high speeds and have softer wheels for better grip. Trucks that are attached to the bottom are used for turning rather than grinding on rails as opposed to a skateboard. Jai Yee quoted that when you are carving down a parking garage it feels like snowboarding. Longboarding has been a small part of skateboarding in the 60's until the early 90's where it started to get popular. Longboarding has been described as a sub culture within a subculture quoted Micheal Brooke who is the author of Concrete Wave: "History of Skateboarding". In the 90's skateboarders left the park and hit the streets shredding their longboards. Companies later explored the type of board making and started using carbon fiber, fiber glass and exotic wood like bamboo. They took it to the next step and started experimenting on trucks. They enhanced the turning capabilities and enabled longboarders to fine tune their trucks according to riding preferences. This created the diiferent styles of longboarding. Among the types of longboarding styles a dancer is for skaters who practice fancy footwork as they ride. Downhill boards are designed for high speeds and sliders who like to drift (slow down) by using their feet to kick out the board and back. Slalom is a type of longboard that is used for quick turning. Longboard prices vary from $150 to $300 depending on what type of material your longboard is made with.    


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