When to surf with a longboard?
Posted by JEFF NEWELL
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One of the best feelings in the world is longboarding with friends. Longboard sessions are usually "chill" and "relaxed" ( unless you are a charger ). Learning to longboard is much easier than learning on a shortboard… The reason being is the surface area; on a longboard, you have about 40% more surface to find your balance on because of its size, stability and float ability. Normally used on smaller waves, you get to catch much more of them and far behind the shoartboarders so you have a longer time on the wave. At the end of the day with all those...