Boardsports Archives - ToursMaps.com ® http://toursmaps.com/tag/boardsports Mon, 19 Nov 2018 14:50:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 Santa Monica Private Surf Lesson Los Angeles http://toursmaps.com/santa-monica-private-surf-lesson-los-angeles.html http://toursmaps.com/santa-monica-private-surf-lesson-los-angeles.html#respond Sun, 18 Nov 2018 12:09:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=266602 California is renowned for its surf culture, and today, I get to hit the waves too with a private surf lesson. So, longboarding is all about swagger. Shoo. Yeah. Think step-by-step when you’re standing up, rather than full picture. So, Jackson, my surf instructor, just gave me all the tools that I need to start hitting the waves. I learned how to stand on the board, how to get up on the board. We learned about the nose, the tail, the stringer, some safety moves in case I come flying off, which I definitely will, but at least I feel

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]]> http://toursmaps.com/santa-monica-private-surf-lesson-los-angeles.html/feed 0 Sandboarding Experience in Ica Peru http://toursmaps.com/sandboarding-experience-in-ica-peru.html http://toursmaps.com/sandboarding-experience-in-ica-peru.html#respond Sat, 17 Nov 2018 05:42:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=266587 It looks like I’m going skiing, and I am, but as you can see, I’m not bundled up. That’s because I’m going skiing in a desert. On the sand dunes south of Lima. Let’s have some fun. So this shop is like any ski shop you’d see at a mountain. You get yourself geared up, you get yourself sized up, and you can choose between a snowboard or skis. You gotta earn these turns. Hike up this hill. Makes the downhill feel a lot better. Wee! Yeah, baby! So we’ve done the practice runs, we’re all feeling pretty good. Now

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]]> http://toursmaps.com/sandboarding-experience-in-ica-peru.html/feed 0 Top 10 surfing destinations in Asia Pacific http://toursmaps.com/top-10-surfing-destinations-in-asia-pacific.html http://toursmaps.com/top-10-surfing-destinations-in-asia-pacific.html#respond Tue, 13 Nov 2018 22:57:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=264774 Dreams and Debts After an epic few weeks of surf exploration, stuck anchors, dumb jokes, and wily sharks, Ryan and Taylor head off on a cargo ship for their next surfing quest. For a sweet, solo week before the film crew arrives, I dissolve happily into the sparse archipelago of palms, coral, lagoon, and sky. Just gazing at this remote ocean wilderness soothes me. I surf a dying swell with local kids on old beat-up boards in the morning. When the tide changes, I drift with the current into the pass, flying over schools of fish and the colorful coral

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