Parts of a Longboard

Deck

Trucks

Bushings

(orange part)

Wheels/Bearings

(bearings)



And those are the parts of the longboard.

Slides

Longboarding isn't just about cruising. Longboarding also consists of slides & downhill racing.But what is a "slide"? A slide is a brake  in which the skater quickly turns his/her board sideways into a controlled slide, to stop.

• You can do a slide if you need to suddenly stop your board (especially when going downhill) or you can do it just for fun since it makes for some cool tricks.  To perform a slide, you must You can also 

slide backside or frontside.  Types of longboard slides are: 

Toe slide

Heel slide

Coleman slide

Standup slide

Surrender slide

Pendulum toe slide

 

(coleman slide)