Freestlye & Free-ride Hybrid Boards

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Freestlye Free-ride "Hybrid" Boards
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• The terms 'freestyle' and free-ride' boards are
  often used interchangeable, however at
  EarthCruzerz we treat them as different styles.
  They are similar and have some overlap
  characteristics between them, but we
  differentiate between the two by their respective
  high speed uses.

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Freestyle Boards 

• The White Rhino, is a great example of a
  'freestyle' board. Just like the White Rhino,
  most freestyle boards are made up of a more
  forgiving material, such as bamboo.?.

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• It is a board that offers both a drop through or
  top mount truck setup, allowing for riders to be
  low to the ground for more stability at medium
  speed cruising, or allows for a higher setup to
  create a greater fulcrum point between nose/ tail
  form the ground for more pop involved in
  technical tricks.

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• On that note, a freestyle board, usually has both
  a nose and tail and is usually non-directional,
  to provide a rider to string together trick
  combinations without having to worry about
  reverting back to the front, but rather continue
  riding since there is no difference in a
  non-directional board. With most modern day
  designs for freestyle boards, having a slender
  nose and tail along with drop though truck
  mounting options, there is usually ample empty
  space alongside both the nose and tail.. This
  space  creates large wheel cut outs. These wheel
  cut outs allow for for sharp turns and greater
  maneuverability, which is a great characteristic o
  f a freestyle board.

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Free-ride Boards

• Just like 'freestyle boards' a 'free-ride' board
  usually have large wheel cut outs to allow for
  sharp turns and greater maneuverability. Boards
  are also setup to be ridden either way
  (non-directional). They also usually come
  equipped with drop-through trucks in order to
  provide a lower board for more stability, since
  free-riding consists of everything from tricks to
  sliding and downhill.

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• This is where the main difference between
  'freestyle' and free-ride boards lay, in
  the downhill abilities. Free-ride boards
  are usually comprised of a harder more stable
  wood, usually maple which makes them able
  to tackle the full spectrum of riding,
  from tricks to downhill, just like our 'WIld
  Thang'.     

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•  Boards may have some kind of concave to offer
  better beveled edges for tricks that involve
  board flips and also may contain a raised center
  spine down the length of the board with a slight
  drop in the board where feet go (refereed to as
  gas pedals) and help 'lock' feet into place in
  order to be able to help control the sliding
  action. ?

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