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The Wave (board)

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This article is a specific type of Caster Board. See Caster Board for general information.
The bottom of a wave board

A waveboard' or wave board'or hi-tide is similar to a skateboard, but built on a riding system called a caster board. The board rides on two independently pivoting platforms, each with a one-wheel caster. Thus, each wheel is able to rotate 360°. The platforms are connected by a torsion bar that allows them to pivot about the X–axis. The wave board is a skateboard, snowboard, and a surfboard all in one.

Movement

Riding a waveboard is also known as street surfing. It can be distinguished from most other boards by its method of propulsion — the rider swivels his back foot forwards and backwards, or moves the whole board in a transverse wave motion or in a S motion. This type of propulsion is also used by snakeboards (whose two platforms pivot about the Y axis), although the dynamics are different. This form of propulsion allows the user to move uphill as well as downhill without taking your foot off the board like what you do on the skateboard. The Street Surfer is the first company to make wave boards.

Turning with a waveboard differs from the conventional turning method on a skateboard; the rider must flex the front of the board in the direction they wish to turn. To make a sharper turn, the rider must flex the back of the board in the opposite direction as well as flexing the front of the board to the direction desired.

Inventor The waveboard was originally invented a Korean man. This man named it the snakeboard or the S-board. Then an American company asked the Korean man for his idea and the company switched the name from snakeboard to waveboard or the ripstick.



Although tricks are much more difficult to perform on a wave board than other boards (ex. skateboard), these tricks are common to see done by experts and professionals.

*180 and 360

  • Pop-Shove it
  • Nose manual
  • Manual
  • Ollie
  • nollie
  • Tail Spin
  • Tail Spin Indy
  • Tail Spin Indy Flip
  • Sideways Manual
  • Tail Spin Nose Grab
  • Kickflip
  • Heelflip
  • nose grab
  • Tindy Double Corque
  • Nose Casper Spin
  • Acid Drop
  • Hang Ten
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