Few racing sports are as raw as downhill longboarding. Charging down a steep asphalt road on a piece of wood (sometimes carbon fiber) and two pairs of small wheels, usually without protective leather clothing, is as hardcore as it gets.
Can you imagine riding a steep asphalt road on a wooden board with no brakes, no protective leather suit and no fear? And can you imagine it all filmed with a GoPro Fusion?
Few racing sports are as raw as downhill longboarding. Charging down a steep asphalt road on a piece of wood (sometimes carbon fibre) and two pairs of small wheels, usually without protective leather clothing, is as hardcore as it gets.
How fast can you go without touching the ground?
What does a longboard against the cold, hard pavement truly sound like? Well, grab your headphones and crank the volume! Watch and listen as Erik Lundberg takes you on a ride down the highest point in the Santa Catalina Mountains.
Four kilometres at 85kph, 18 hairpins, and a 14 percent gradient. Oh, and no hands down allowed. While most of us would likely eat $h!t at the first turn, the risk of going down a gnarly stretch of asphalt like 'Bear's Guts' in Osilica, Slovenia, did...
Red Bull No Paws Down is longboarding with a twist – and plenty of action and crashes along the way. The Slovenian track is steep, the roads super fast, and the catch? You CAN'T use your hands to slide, making for a super technical race. Take a look ...
As fatigue sets in and the battle for leaderboard points wages on, day 5 and 6 of the Ultimate Waterman takes the athletes to Raglan for the longboard and stand-up paddle endurance events. New Zealand local Daniel Kereopa, and Hawaiian phenom Kai Len...
--Click the CC button for captions-- We follow Diego Alemparte as he competes with some of the best downhill longboarders in Latin America at the Red Bull Big Drop.
