SHORTCUT TO LONGBOARDING E-BOOK
By Lee Ryan 2007

Lee Ryan is nine times British Longboarding Champion and has been on the world tour for ten years, so he’s in a pretty solid position to write this guide.
“Any half decent surfer can surf a longboard, but whether they can neatly cross-step up the board and hang five or not, will determine whether than can actually ride a longboard the way it should be ridden.” Ryan is passionate about longboarding and it really shows.

The book covers everything you would expect, from the very basic stuff through etiquette, fitness, board choice and a super-comprehensive manoeuvres section. He covers surfing big waves, aerials and log-only moves like the helicopter. There’s lots of information which is really useful for whatever board type you ride.

There are plenty of photos to illustrate his points as well as tips and quotes from pros like Joel Tudor scattered about. For example, to illustrate how soft rails suck water under and create lift, he uses the practical example of the back of a teaspoon under running tap water. Try It!

It’s hard to get the balance between over-explaining and just skimming the surface, but here it’s just right. It’s no lightweight, there are 102 pages in all, and no filler. The book comes with three PowerPoint presentations to explain in step by step detail noseriding, layback snaps and the backhand re-entry. This is one of the advantages of the electronic format, and Ryan is also up dating with new content, presentations and even video clips, all for free.

I think £18 is quite a lot to pay for an E-book, but it is very comprehensive and geared specifically towards the longboarder. If you are a logger you wants to improve you should take a good look at this. If not, buy it for someone else and have a sneaky read yourself.

Reviewed By Kat Dawes

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