longboarding
Riding elongated skateboards
Longboarding is riding a longboard—a skateboard with a longer, wider deck designed for cruising, downhill racing, or carving rather than tricks.
The extended platform provides more stability at high speeds and smoother rides over rough surfaces: She takes up longboarding to commute across campus.
Longboarders often distinguish themselves from skateboarders, emphasizing flow and speed over technical flip tricks.
Ship's flat surface
- trucksHeavy cargo vehicles
- wheelsCircular rotation devices
- bearingsAwareness of one's position
- bushingsCylindrical interface liners
risers · hardware · concave · kicktail · pintail · bamboo · maple · flex
Moving smoothly across surface
- heelsideBoard edge at heels
- checkOrder to pay
- scrubbingCleaning by rubbing hard
- thaneFeudal lord of Scotland
gloves · pucks · carving · controlled · technical · switch · fakie
Move with effortless continuity
- carvingShaping by cutting away
- flowUnbroken forward movement
- pushingApplying force to move
- coastingMoving without active effort
sidewalk · boardwalk · pavement · scenic · leisure · breeze · commuting · footbrake
Rate of motion
- velocityDirected rate of motion
- tuckFold into concealment
- aerodynamicsPhysics of air motion
- gravityMutual mass attraction
steep · acceleration · momentum · slide · drift · racing · helmet · leathers
Rhythmic bodily motion
- tricksDeceptive acts or techniques
- manualWritten instructions for use
- cross-stepSideways step with overlap
- pirouetteBallet turn on one foot
kickflip · ollie · pivot · spinning · footwork · flip · creative · expression
Regular work-home travel
- trafficMovement along routes
- pedestriansPeople traveling on foot
- crosswalkMarked street-crossing zone
- sidewalkPaved pedestrian pathway
intersection · curb · pavement · cityscape · downtown · campus · shortcut · portability
Resistance to displacement
- equilibriumState of balance
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- stanceStanding posture or viewpoint
- postureBody position, alignment
proprioception · control · precision · leaning · tilting · flexibility · concentration
deck
Ship's flat surface
bushings · risers · hardware · concave · kicktail · pintail · bamboo · maple · flex · kingpin
sliding
Moving smoothly across surface
thane · gloves · pucks · carving · controlled · technical · switch · fakie
glide
Move with effortless continuity
coasting · sidewalk · boardwalk · pavement · scenic · leisure · breeze · commuting · footbrake · mellow
speed
Rate of motion
- velocityDirected rate of motion
- tuckFold into concealment
- aerodynamicsPhysics of air motion
gravity · steep · acceleration · momentum · slide · drift · racing · helmet · leathers · gloves
dancing
Rhythmic bodily motion
- tricksDeceptive acts or techniques
- manualWritten instructions for use
- cross-stepSideways step with overlap
pirouette · kickflip · ollie · pivot · spinning · footwork · flip · creative · expression · flow
commuting
Regular work-home travel
- trafficMovement along routes
- pedestriansPeople traveling on foot
- crosswalkMarked street-crossing zone
sidewalk · intersection · curb · pavement · cityscape · downtown · campus · shortcut · portability · nimble
stability
Resistance to displacement
- equilibriumState of balance
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- stanceStanding posture or viewpoint
posture · proprioception · control · precision · leaning · tilting · flexibility · concentration
- human-powered transportcycling, biking, walking, running, rowing
- Wheeled Sportsroller skating, rollerblading, inline skating, BMX, scootering
- Surfingsurfboards, surfboard, shortboards, shortboard, foam boards
- boardsportssnowboarding, wakeboarding, kiteboarding, sandboarding, snowboard
- downhill sportsdownhill skiing, downhill biking, luge, bobsled, skeleton
- extreme sportsbungee jumping, skydiving, wingsuit flying, cliff diving, free solo
longboardingstanding still
Absence of motion
walking · sitting idle · driving · sitting · cycling
longboardingstanding still
Absence of motion
sitting · sedentary · stationary · immobility · resting
riding, surfing, cruising, skateboard, skateboards, skateboarding, skateboarded, skateboarder, freestyling