Brian Bishop teaches how to create your own Slide gloves for longboarding

If you've been meaning to create your own Slide gloves for Longboarding, here's one that fully covers it. Time to design and get crackin'

*Video from Original Longboards's How To Youtube channel.

Best Longboards: Arbor Longboards

The first time I visited the website of Arbor Longboards,  I was dumbfounded by the designs as well as the classic shapes of the  boards. If I were given the chance to choose a board for each skill category, these are my personal picks.

 

Starting off with the Pin Koa, designed by artist Blaine Fontana. best for Slalom riding using the classic Koa wood that was used by the Hawaiians in building their 1st surfboards. history and evolution in one board is all I can say.

Unleash your inner speed freak with the Assault GT! I'm really a sucker for simple vector designs that seems to hold it's own stance. Stamped into this symmetrical shaped board which is great of high-speed drifting you don't have to brag anymore.

 

With the Hybrid Bamboo longboard designed by one of my favorite graffiti artists Dave Kinsey. Both sides of the boards is one eye candy to beat. Best for flat ground skate park action this board will definitely be in my wish list.

The GB Sizzler Koa, designed by Jimiyo. This shape reminds me of one of the boards that was used in the movie Lords of Dogtown. Definitely best at those quick carves on tight pocket turns. Just the sight of it while your on it makes you look badass.

To cap the series, the Cross Step. Designed by Rick Rietveld. Bringing surfing to land giving you the chance to perform this nose riding tricks you've been wanting to try after watching the 1966 surfing documentary/movie Endless Summer.

 

Best Longboards: Original Longboards videos

I've been enjoying these mini series from Original Longboards's youtube channel. The amount of inspiration from watching these videos will make you dash thru town and get your own Original Longboard. I'll let you be the judge.

Best Longboards: Original Longboards

Imagine yourself lying on your 8 foot longboard while you try to balance everything with the help of your knees and feet and You  paddle your way through the oncoming whitewater. After sometime, you see this nice swell coming your way. You decide to ride it!

You paddle with all your might as the salt water gets into your eyes and mouth, finally you feel and hear the wave from under your Longboard giving your the cue to stand up.  Then there is this intense feeling that you have once again conquered nature.

One can never forget the feeling of being stoked from the 1st time you caught your  first wave in a surfboard. You long to experience it after time goes by. And being in a country that has no access to surf you'll try to get the next best thing.

Last week I managed to scour the city hall area of Singapore just to look for longboards. A few searches from google lead me to Peninsula Shopping centre where two shops are currently selling Longboards. 

Walking in the streets from my office under the drizzling rain,  I managed to locate this shop in the basement level of the building called Interstate Longboards.

Surprisingly, they have the Original Longboards brand. From what I recall, they have the Apex 37, The 37 Pintail as well as the Pintail 40,  and a Malakai 40.  

So there I was,  ecstatic by the selection in front of me. Holding each one with both hands as I think of the ways and places I'll be using it. The owner of the shop even mentioned that he already sold 3 longboards for the day and that Original Longboards is one great board to start with. 

I am thinking in the lines of just getting an Apex 37 (2011) or a Pintail 37.

Here's a brief description of the two boards:

The Original Longboard: Pintail 37. Excellent design, it looks like a surfboard on wheels and the graphic is a classic. It appears to be the perfect board for a Longboard beginner like me. but there's another option that will surely make me think twice.

The Original Longboard:  Apex 37 (2011 design), The brand talks about advanced Forged Carbon technology built into these decks for strength and stability, and from what I experienced, it's really lightweight. The total selling point is the design and graphics of the whole thing. You wont mind mounting this Longboard on your wall and stare for hours on end.

These two Original Longboards have the same distinct qualities, one is a classic. The other, an innovation. Both boards are high performance boards, and can be used for Carving and Cruising (which is actually the reason I wanted to get one).

 Which one will you choose?

  

On the prowl for the best Longboards

The range of the best longboards will be reviewed here. The list starts with Original Skateboards which I'll happen to check out this afternoon.