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Castorboarding


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Have any of you done any Castorboarding?

 

Castorboards are like skateboards, but completely different. They are really two boards connected by a spring-loaded torsion bar. Instead of having four wheels on trucks, it has one castor(makes you wonder where the name came from, eh?) on each board. So, it looks like a two wheeled skateboard with shopping cart wheels. I thought it would be really hard to use and would seriously injure me, but it was pretty easy. Once I got on(that's really the hardest part), it was pretty easy. I've never snowboarded or skateboarded, but I hear that it is more similar to snowboarding than skateboarding. I have a Ripstik. The only other brand I know of is the Wave.

 

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It's kinda obvious where it comes from, isn't it? Casters are indicated in the diagram.
I didn't pick out the picture until after I wrote the text :P

 

Sounds like fun.
It is. Too bad I live in New York and it will start snowing soon.:-(
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I've waveboarded before, it's a lot of fun. Instead of pushing your feet against the ground like you do on a skateboard you propel yourself by moving your feet back and forward. You kind of stay on it instead of setting yourself up so you can ride around indoors.

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