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What is streetboarding?

A Streetboard is a four wheeled platform used for the activity of Streetboarding, it is propelled by moving your feet in and out in conjunction with the shoulders. The rider of a streetboard stands with one foot on each footplate, the feet are usually fixed to the board using foot-straps, and by moving his/her feet in and out in conjunction with the shoulders - the rider is able to propell the board in any direction using only his/her body weight. This transfer of energy is called non-holonomic locomotion. The board moves in a motion similar to that of a snake, hence the sports original name of snakeboarding.

Streetboarders about Streetboarding

Istvan Molnar (Hungary): "For me, streetboarding is just doing something unusual. I found myself having much fun while skating so i kept it going and going, and for now it became the only thing where i can really express myself."

Kai Hammen (Germany): "For me is Streetboarding not just a sport, for me it's a lifestyle. After about 12 years on my board i love to ride different spots and meet people around the world."

Brinton Gundersen (United States): "Streetboarding to me is the freedom to ride anything. The board is a part of me, and I love the feeling of the control that it gives me.
It's precision at it's best. Streetboarding is a daily mind clearing life changing experience. Incredible."

Pipo Grosso (Argentina): "Streetboarding is my passion!!! It joins many board sports experiences in the skateboarding terrain. I also skateboard, snow and surf but the feeling of streetboarding lets me experience boarding with different new options, I can do tricks that with a other boardsports I would not even dream of."

Thomas Trefzer (Switzerland): "For me, streetboarding is the perfect opportunity to meet friends, to do sports and just have fun! You should not be afraid to risk a slam, because only the ones who gets back on their feet will make progress."

Jay Nowman (United Kingdom): "Streetboarding for me is escapism. I love spending hours crawling the streets, skating spots whilst the rest of the world rushes by you, getting on with their mundane lives. It takes you out of the daily grind. It gives me a buzz like nothing else from the adrenaline rushes of hitting a rail and the pure excitement of finding a new street spot to the warm comradery felt when with your peers, nothing else compares."