Flowboard updates the skateboard for next-gen extreme sports

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The mid-90s brought a popularity level of skateboarding into our culture, that no other extreme sport ever could. A mixture of more X-Games coverage and the fun-level of the Tony Hawk Skateboarding games, skaters are now a still a standard clique of high schools and burnouts. The Flowboard is the next-gen update of the Skateboard.

With 7 wheels on each truck, balancing becomes more difficult and new grinding methods are created. Which equals, bingo, more crap for skaters to master. They also look pretty bad ass too. Do you think the Flowboard will ever see the popularity of Skateboards? We’ll have to see if some Flowboarders arise from the ashes of culture. — Andrew Dobrow

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by JoeyNovember 4, 2007   12:15pm

Flowboards are the WORST IDEA EVER
They completely ruin what skateboarding is about
Skateboarding is about style and how YOU want to skate
Flowboards limit you to what will basically bacome slalom skating
Get rid of them, and let the skaters carry on

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by HonzeDecember 3, 2007   9:44am

Worst idea ever, my cousin has one, broke in 2 weeks

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by DUKEApril 13, 2008   12:00pm

thats really retarted i hate whoever invented flowboards.

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by rogue statusApril 15, 2008   12:40pm

flow boards suck really bad skateboarding is a culture and flow boards ruin it!!!

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by Andrew DobrowApril 16, 2008   6:27am

@rogue status I doubt the flowboard will have a huge impact on skating culture. Just sayin.

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by Josh TimreckMay 12, 2008   12:33pm

Well honestly these things are intense i watched a kid roll around the park and pop up into a 50-50 with that thing and its not that easy!! Plus he can tre’-flip and all kinds of crap!!! but there pretty much gay!!!

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