Long distance skateboard pumping
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Long distance skateboard pumping is a technique that allows longboard skateboarders to go on distance excursions much the same way one would travel across town on a bicycle, without ever touching foot to ground. It is also referred to as "LDP."
Longboard-skateboard technology has rapidly advanced since the 1970s, and along with those changes is a new breed of distance-pumping skateboarder. LDP sessions can be casual 5- to 10- mile pump cruises on flat bike / rollerblading trails, or a 26-mile all-out marathon, where a gyrating, pumping motion is the primary means for moving the skateboard forward.
Learning to pump is easiest with loose, tight-turning skateboard trucks. Although it is possible to pump with any truck, stiffer more conventional shortboard trucks take much more skill and effort. Trucks with a tight turning radius include Bennet, Original, Revenge, and Seismic.
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- how to pump — Pumping tutorial written by Daniel Gesmer (inventor of the Seismic Truck), posted on Silverfish longboarding.
- ncdsa Northern California Downhill Skateboarding Association — Pumping forum.
- pavedwave — Non-stop distance longboard pumping.
- SkateFurther — Long Distance Skateboarding.
