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Monday, January 31, 2011 4:47 PM
This is why I love Longboarding.

Q: When did you start Longboarding?
A: In mid-August 2010. I start trying on Sector 9's, my old mate's Longboard.

Q: What made you try on Longboarding? Why do you pick up the sport? Compared to bicycles, roller skates and skatebords.
A: I find it exciting compared to bicycles, skates, etc... because Longboarding is far much more challenging than the others and portable. Besides downhill, carving, sliding, it also have speed that practically can bring me anywhere. You can't get your mountain bikes in the train. With Longboard, is like all in one with a little bit of pros and cons.

Q: How long have you tried Longboarding?
A: I started to try in October 2010 (My friend's Longboard) until I got my own Longboard in November 2010. 1 month?
Or 4 months (till present, January)

Q: How different is Longboard compared to it's cousin, skating?
A: Longboard may not have many stunts than skateboarding, but it dominates the speed it produces than skateboards. More luxurious and stable, easy to control. Skateboards have their own skate parks to try out stunts, flipping boards over and over while Longboard, it involves nature. They're suitable in straight roads, hills and less effort to be done especially going downhill. Longboard is far more extreme than skating due to it's maximum speed (83mph or 134km/h) which is faster than average traveling motorists. At this stage, full anticipate is required, We might get our bodies slide on tarmac. Skateboards are much more cheaper and easy to handle, they are lighter than most common Longboards, they give extra amazing attention to public with their stunts and skills. On the other hand, Longboard is mostly sliding on the ground without any flips especially in high speed. It may not be seen on the streets, Longboarders have to go to a proper terrain to fully make use the capabilities of Longbaords. Furthermore, Longboard takes a longer time to have basics skills, such as Foot Brakes, sliding to stop (emergency brake) and also, it requires you to have the skill to throw ourselves when anything happened, you don't want to roll and kiss the tarmac every oscillation. Safety gear is a must for this sport if you tend to make amends in skills and knowledge in the future.

Q: How did you pick up the sport? Was it through a friend?
A: My friends have been playing it decades ago while I just sit and walk, stunned by their speeds. I find it uninteresting as it is just straights and no stunts, though they're might be a little but it is not that eye catching. I thought skateboard would be much more fun. Until a few weeks later, more of my friend bought them and try them out. I wonder why. I also try on it if they were off to the nearest Teh Tarik. It is still not that fun. I'm obsessed and try to figure out why are they Longboarders exists? I got home and watch YouTube, I even Wiki it. It slowly help me to understand the tradition of this sport and miraculously, I eventually bought one for myself. So I would say I pick this sport through my friend with a little help of my research. xD

Q: Has Longboarding change your life?
A: So far as beginner as I Longboard for less than 6 months, Longboard has change my routine with my friends, we now don't slack at ONE place and spend the time talking nonsense. We actually travel a lot. From the start we cruise from block to block, street to street and now, town to town. We explore places that a Longboard would go fine. Mostly on hills. Recently, me and my other three friends went to Pepys Road, the place where Lt. Adnan fought Yamashita in February, we walk up and eventually visit the war memorial at Bukit Chandu, which is Singapore's darkest year. We learnt a lot. We eventually spent most of our time reading histories, walking through parks than Longboarding. Until we have nothing else to do, home is our next thing that came in mind, so we sped downhill until we reach the lower banks. Phewh, that's tiring. We don't even have to paddle, we foot brake. Damn I new shoes. So far, we have never done this before.

Q: What do you think of Longboarding? What is it to you?
A: It is a new medium to gain our bonds among friends, we share common passion and exchange traits. It is a life changing to me in terms of adventures with sports. Longboard has become one priority in my life. It is my new companion when I'm lonely and stress. It helped me a lot. I started to feel healthy already, oh please.

Q: Has Longboard improved your lifestyle? How? In terms of health?
A: I regain my regular sleeping hours after movies trough out the night. So I technically have a sufficient sleeping hours in ante-meridium (A.M). As all the day I did is full with physical work and perspire until fatigue. It is kinda healthy I bet, I burn my fats at last. Well not until I stop smoking.

Q: On the scale of 1 to 10. How do you rate Longboarding overall.
A: I must say 8/10. Longboard is very risky and it is the one of the extreme sports, it is related to snowboard just with wheels contacting with tarmac. Well, if safety is always kept in mind, it should be okay but no guarantee. Anything can happened. Have the extra caution and know your route when skating at high speed.

Q: Do you think Singapore would be supportive of the sport?
A: With constant officials organising events, Singapore would support this sport as it is one of the extreme sport, Singapore could provide every membership a HELLMET. OHHYEAH. xD

Questions are base on Singapore Speed Movement administrator with the aid of a student doing his school project which affect his final year. I choose to share this also to my fellow readers to have a picture in Longboarding. Safety to be advised. Respect our sport, value our lives.



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