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February 1, 2012

Ask a Freebord Pro: Edge Control

Rider Question: Hey, I just fell really hard! šŸ™ My problem is that when Iā€™m going over a certain speed, the change from edge to edge is really aggressive. Can anyone give me advice on how to control my board when going very fast? I have 2 set-ups, one with…
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January 30, 2012

Murgo Makes News

Newly anointed Freebord Pro Team Rider, Tyler Murgo, is making a splash in his hometown with inclusions in two of his local newspapers, East Bay RI and Bristol Phoenix. Both stories announced Murgo's appointment to the 2012 Freebord Pro Team. You may also remember a previous article written about Murgo's…
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January 26, 2012

Pro Freeborder Places at Skullcandy TransAM

Freeborder Lauren Longfield and Pro Freeborder Richie Verost both placed in the Skullcandy TransAM snowboard comp at Mountain Creek, New Jersey, last weekend. Richie took third place in the men's division and Lauren took first place in the women's division. Nice work, guys! Check out the full recap (including a…
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January 20, 2012

Freebord Friday Giveaway

Congrats to the 2012 Pro Team! We wanted to tie in this week's contest with the new Team Introduction video and see if you guys can guess how many views it will get over the weekend. The video just went live this afternoon, so all you gotta do is guess…
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January 20, 2012

Announcing the Freebord 2012 Pro Team

Thank you to everyone who submitted for the 2012 Freebord Pro Team! The submissions were great and we had a lot of ripping riders to choose from, which made our decisions very tough. This year's team is an unbelievable mix of riders that feature old and new faces from across…
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January 19, 2012

Freebord Featured in Smorgasboarder Magazine

Big props to the guys at Smorgasboarder Magazine in Australia for writing a great feature about Freebord. These guys really did their research and took the time to learn how to ride our boards, which definitely showed up in their article. Thanks, Mark! Check out Smorgasboarder's latest issue at www.smorgasboarder.com.au…
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January 17, 2012

More Love for the 2011 BSV Winners!

Back in early January, the Calaveras Enterprise did a story about Darren Baca and Adam Stanton winning the 2011 Freebord Best Submitted Video Contest. Last week, another Sonora, CA local paper, the Union Democrat, wrote a little follow up piece about the BSV-winning duo. Nice work again, guys! Check out…
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January 10, 2012

Show Some Love 4ST

As many of you have already seen, we've created a campaign to promote helmet use among riders of all kinds called Wear a Helmet 4ST. We've gotten a ton of riders to take the 4ST pledge to wear their helmets and have sent 4ST decals all over the world. It's…
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January 4, 2012

2012 Pro Team

Thanks to everyone who submitted for the 2012 Freebord Pro Team! We've received a lot of great submissions and will be watching everyone's videos over the next few weeks. From what we've seen already we definitely have our work cut out for us this year! Good luck to everyone who…
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January 3, 2012

Freebord in the News

Darren Baca, one-half of the 2011 BSV winning team, got some press this week in his local newspaper, the Calaveras Enterprise. The story features Baca and Adam Stanton, the rider from their BSV video "Home," and talks about the work that went into the shoot and Baca's production company, Real…
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December 30, 2011

What’s Your Favorite Video From 2011?

Consistently putting out great videos is very important to us at Freebord and we wanted to take a moment to say thanks to everyone in the community and on the pro team who helped make 2011 a great year for videos. Help us make 2012 an even better year by…
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December 29, 2011

Team Subs Due Saturday

Think you got what it takes to be on the Freebord Pro Team? You've got a few more days to prove it! Put together your best 2 minute reel and send it to [email protected] by Saturday, December 31, 2011 to be considered. Hereā€™s how it works: Put together a 2…
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December 19, 2011

Freebord made me pee a little

Our videos get picked up on blogs quite a bit these days. But this blog, HireTheStache.Com, has written quite possibly the best description of the Freeboard A-team in Austria: The Out-of-Towners we have ever seen. "The amount of pee that came out of my body while watching this is unhealthy…
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December 15, 2011

Blowing Up!

Arnaud Blin's video "Southern Alps Session" has been blowing up the blogosphere with appearances on a bunch of blogs across the U.S. Ever since hitting the front video page of Reddit earlier this week, his video has over 180,000 views and has appeared on the likes of Viddler.com, TheChive.com and…
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December 14, 2011

Freeborders in the News

Props to Tyler Murgo (US) and Owen Carless (AU) who were featured in their local newspapers this week. The Campbelltown Macarthur Advertiser hit Owen up for a story on freebording in Campbelltown where, "people visit Campbelltown from all over Sydney to use the long, steep, smooth hills with no traffic…
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December 7, 2011

Freebord in Sports Illustrated Kids

Sports Illustrated Kids featured Freebord in their latest Gotta Get It Guide holiday gift guide. We're stoked about the coverage in a national magazine but pretty disappointed in the weak description: "By combining a skateboard and a caster board, this setup allows you to carve turns in a new way."…
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November 22, 2011

Pro Team Submissions

Just a reminder that Pro Team submissions are due by December 31, 2011. Put together your best 2 minute reel and send it to [email protected] to be considered. Hereā€™s how it works: Put together a 2 minute edited highlight reel that shows us what you got (make sure you highlight…