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Tired of Riding? Try Hangboarding.

By Adam ⋅ March 28, 2007 ⋅ Email this post Email this post ⋅ Print this post Print this post ⋅ Post a comment

(Found via the Barriere Star Journal): Soooo someone, somewhere once thought, “I wonder how we can combine snowboarding, mountain biking and hang gliding into one device? And thus ‘hangboarding‘ was probably born. From what I can tell, riders are suspended atop a board equipped with handlebars and brakes, allowing riders to shoot down hills headfirst. Does it sound slightly dangerous? Yes. Does it look like fun? Hell yeah. The big question is: where can these be used? I imagine most ski hills have yet to see one.

Check out the demo video below. There’s also a flickr pool for hangboarding photos.

Discussion

3 comments for “Tired of Riding? Try Hangboarding.”

  1. haha that looks fun enough to try, too complex to be adopted i think, that dude didnt look so great hitting that jump, i try not to absorb things with my torso/back

    Posted by Anonymous | March 28, 2007, 1:15 pm

  2. Hey, I’m with the HangBoard Snoflight folks. Thanks for mentioning us! I know it looks dangerous, but we’ve done 1500 runs so far, on all kinds of terrain, with no injuries. It’s a blast! Very different than snowboarding or skiing, so those green and blue runs are fun again. It’s a good upper body workout, too.
    Sorry to hear about your ACL injury. We’ve had a few people demo with old injuries or other knee problems, and they say the HangBoard is really low stress on the knees.

    Posted by Anonymous | April 4, 2007, 4:30 pm

  3. That may be the whackest thing I’ve ever seen… And to think that they waste heli footage and powder on that? Wow!!! I’m speachless… I think I’d rather take up skiing.

    Posted by liv2ride.wordpress.com | October 18, 2007, 5:28 pm

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