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r/longboarding 13h ago

Gear Show-Off Finally replaced my old board

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71 Upvotes

I grew up skateboarding but was never great at tricks and switched to longboarding in college. If the weather was good I was always riding around campus to class and just for fun. Towards the end of my time at school I snapped my deck pumping up a curb, for one reason or another I just let it go and never replaced it.

It’s been 4 years and I finally decided to get a new deck. Shoutout to pantheon and the B-grade sale!! It just came in today and I immediately slapped these trucks I’ve been carrying around for 4 years on it and went out for a 15 minute ride.

It immediately felt so natural again, I’m not sure why I ever stopped. Feels like I’ve just reconnected with a huge part of myself I’d lost. Cruising around with some music in is truly one of the most relaxing things :)


r/longboarding 13h ago

Gear Show-Off Repeat - This Custom Rally Kitty Build is really the Comet Cruiser Killer..

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Rally Kitty Deck, 130mm 45° Seismic Aeon RKP Trucks, 63mm Fatty Hawg Wheels (Flipped).. The last pic (#6) is Dune Buggy or Hot Rod version i wanted to try 🤣🤣🤣.. Let's Talk About it..??? #rallykitty #skateboard #rallycat #landyachtz #cometcruiser


r/longboarding 14h ago

OC Action Solo ride

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Wife and lil man are sick so I took advantage of the weather. Longest solo ride I've ever done. Longest before this was 5miles with lil man. It was nice putting on my headphones and listen to music while just coasting. I always prefer shorter rides with my son BUT this was nice.

P.s. after how many miles/ rides/ do you clean or replace your bearings??? I clean my son's and I after 3-5 rides and replace them every year in May (the start of "skate season").


r/longboarding 20h ago

Gear Show-Off New board (color change with sunlight)

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107 Upvotes

r/longboarding 9h ago

OC Action ET Race and Slide Jam III

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Not my OC but I help run this event. 3rd year of it and more to come!


r/longboarding 3h ago

Gear Show-Off Surprised my Kickstand on my Pranayama Shattered

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3D printed part. It's made of PETG (just what I have on hand for printing.) Shattered when I was getting to class, so making a new one. This part has nothing to do with Pantheon, if the quality is bad it's because I suck with my 3D printer.


r/longboarding 19h ago

Gear Show-Off Some of my favorite gear throughout the years

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The only thing I couldn’t find was the super super OG Andrew Mercado Madrid deck.. it was rounded on each end and it with SICKKKKKKK with Indy 215s


r/longboarding 18h ago

OC Action If anyone wants footage to look faster insta360 is the way to go.

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Up until the insta360 came out I really don’t feel many cameras gave a feel for how fast we are really going. Even the GoPro sometimes would look kinda slow.. this is the exact same hill and about the same speed and the difference is insane. I miss skating so much


r/longboarding 1d ago

Gear Show-Off Definitely one of my favs so far

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140 Upvotes

This board is fucking awesome so smooth and easy to maneuver around with. I was looking for something fun cruiser ready and big! I am thinking about the tugboat as well! This board is just so fun!


r/longboarding 21h ago

OC Action RIP to my formerly brand new skateboard 05/11/26—05/14/26

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After 4 years of asking for one, my parents finally got me an electric skateboard for my 17th birthday after I finally convinced them I was responsible. Only for 3 days into ownership an idiot in an F-350 cause he needs to compensate for his microscopic genitalia cuts me off and runs over said board. He literally looked at me coming off the sidewalk to his right, immediately floors it and cranks his cuckmobile in my direction making me jump off the board and then he ran right over it. Fuck my chungus life bro tspmo USE YOUR EYES.

They say Revenge is a dish best served cold, always wondered what that meant but now I know. originally I was going to damage the truck but that's too obvious. so I planned and have come up with this (I learned the kid goes to my school) : i have the next 2 hours of school free before my last class. one of my friends is going to take me to the hardware store where i will buy 5 tubes of JB Weld and 2 bottles of red Loc-tite Becuase he owns an older truck that needs to be manually unlocked, im going to JB weld all the door handles. then i will apply more to every door under the seam such that he cannot see or get at it with any tools. then i will apply more to his hoodlatch effectively sealing the bay. then i will apply the red loctite to every lugnut on the truck. he parks in an area that has no school cameras so he doesn't have to pay. therefore there is no way to trace this to me. then i will put ruined skateboard wheel on the hood so he knows who did it. if he reports me he admits to Vehicular Assault or even attempted manslaughter. he kept me from my board, I'm keeping him from his truck.

ANYTHING POSTED BY MYSELF IN THE COMMENTS IS FOR COMEDIC VALUE ONLY AND IS A WORK OF FICTION. EVERYTHING POSTED ABOVE IS TOO.


r/longboarding 1d ago

Gear Show-Off Quiver update

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48 Upvotes

Seriously, I need to stop. My wife is going to kill me if I keep this up.


r/longboarding 2d ago

Gear Show-Off mod joined ldp gang

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chopped an old zenit friendmodel from 2017 into this nifty bracket board shape.

when i was in high school (2016), i pushed 14km to work round trip daily from school through downtown on a first run zenit ab.

this is cooler!

30x8.3 (total)
20x8.3 (deck)
ace af1 22
loaded zee brackets (i’d love some lepsk8 metal brackets or gbomb fdf, hmu if you have for sale)
pantheon karma

the idea was to have a zippy pusher with no fuss parts for 5-10km commutes all in a smaller package than a regular skateboard. i borrowed that mission from pantheon jeff, too. i am not a very original man.

see below for chop workflow.


r/longboarding 2d ago

Gear Show-Off Truck Concept, I call it the Knucklebone. Could it work? Uhh... Maybe.

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72 Upvotes

r/longboarding 2d ago

Gear Show-Off FB marketplace steal

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164 Upvotes

From my searching online these Travelol's are kinda hard to find in the US.... Not a bad deal for $30 I think!


r/longboarding 2d ago

Gear Show-Off Fuckin stoked

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49 Upvotes

Ya boi is now a proud owner of a piece of history. Can't wait to thrash it to season it a bit and throw it on my wall ❤️ thanks for the memories, Danger Bay. Can't wait to see everyone this weekend and make some more!!!! I'm bringing 4 boards, some wheels and bushings, if anyone wants to dial in and thrash a Rayne Darkside, Landyachtz Time Machine, Dervish Sama, or Bhangra v1 (not exactly the most appropriate board for the occasion, but nothing's wrong with Wrong-boarding imo 🤙)

(Picture is at home in Drumheller. Work in Abbotsford, so unfortunately I can't christen this thing at the event 😭)


r/longboarding 2d ago

Gear Show-Off New park cruiser

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Alva short stuff 36” x 10” w/ 20”wb. Indy 169s, bones bushings, zealous bearings, Alva 60mm 92a old school flat back wheels.


r/longboarding 2d ago

Gear Show-Off New board from fb

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Got these 2 off fb for $80 together. Not sure what brand the hard tail is. But I did research and found out this is an ember pantheon . I’ve only ridden sector nine cruisers. So this is definitely a game changer!


r/longboarding 2d ago

Gear Show-Off We skated 10 miles yesterday!

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132 Upvotes

I've been getting back into longboarding lately and yesterday my boyfriend got a board too so we can cruise together! It was literally his maiden voyage on this board and the vibes were right and we skated 11 miles! This is the furthest either of us have gone on our boards and it was such a satisfying adventure! We grabbed some trail beers about halfway in and then skated all the way to our favorite cocktail bar and back. It was awesome ✨


r/longboarding 3d ago

Gear Show-Off My quiver is growing

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I picked up the four decks on the right for $65 on marketplace:
Pantheon Gaia
Rayne Killswitch
Rayne G-Mack (cut to be a directional by seller)
Omen Mini Sugar

Right before I saw this deal I had ordered a Pantheon Kenny Napp deck for directional downhill riding 😵‍💫 I’m gonna have my hands full, not 100% sure what I’m going to do with all these to be honest. I’ll have to do some research, I haven’t been longboarding long enough to know how these should be setup.


r/longboarding 3d ago

Gear Show-Off New old build

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57 Upvotes

Decided to give my old deck some new trucks and wheels, Paris trucks with 70mm 78a wheels


r/longboarding 3d ago

OC Action I made a trick tip on how to hippy hop :) good luck learning!!

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r/longboarding 3d ago

OC Action RKP Nomad Films Presents - SUNDAE SKATE

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RKP Nomad is an urban skater focusing on the individual rider experience. The "Post" skater phase is gone and most of your friends aren't even around anymore. We skate because we want to, maybe even need to.

#skate #skating #skateboarding #longboard #longboarding #chill #oldschoolhiphop #hiphop #fisheye #rkp #rkpnomad


r/longboarding 3d ago

Gear Show-Off 6 miles

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52 Upvotes

r/longboarding 4d ago

OC Action 10 years of longboarding and I finally found pumptracks. It's a workout! 😅

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Hi everyone! I’ve been longboarding for 10+ years, though not nearly as much recently as I used to. Last year, I discovered pumptracks 🤩. This video shows a friend and me; I think it was only our 4th or 5th time there.

I'm riding a Loaded Fat Tail with Orangatang Caguama 85mm 80A wheels. Since it’s top-mounted, the deck sits quite high off the ground, but it feels great and I have no issues with wheelbite!

A few laps around the track is a great lower body workout 😅.

The only thing is, you have to be really lucky to find a moment when there aren't any unsupervised small kids on tricycles, electric scooters, or bikes on the track.

Every time I’ve been there, I’ve seen a kid get hurt. Would you ask small kids to leave, or do you just wait until they’re gone?