Thanks for setting up longboarding on Lemmy! I thought it would be nice to make a thread about LDP (long distance pushing/pumping) and I thought I’d post a few links for anyone interested in the idea of travelling long distances on their board.

Please feel free to add more links in the replies, it’s quite a niche type of skating so there’s not loads of content out there, but once you start looking there’s some good stuff!

Some explanation videos:

• What is distance skateboarding: https://youtu.be/J2pS7j0s1R8
• This is LDP | Distance Skateboarding in Europe: https://youtu.be/MtrPCav5KYg

From the Skate IDSA, the Skate International Distance and Supercross Association:

• Website: https://theidsa.org/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theIDSA
• Instagram: https://instagram.com/theidsa
• Strava group: https://strava.app.link/sruRmnqC2Bb
• Push, ultraskate (24hr race) documentary: https://youtu.be/Pm1_DTNMKqo

Other groups:

• Distance skating worldwide Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/429473203919081/
• Long distance skateboarding Strava group: https://strava.app.link/mpTWgltC2Bb

Skaters:

• Paul Kent: https://skaterpaul.com/
• Blue Ridge Project: https://linktr.ee/blueridgeproject?fbclid=PAAaZzwlj8bhg_jd3lFP5OOBAg61hLAzBO7zb7fqARaEW_QYXGbmtM0MBu5Eg

Podcasts:

• Skating in circles (a very new podcast): https://youtube.com/@skating.in.circles?feature=share8
• LDP cast (no new episodes but the ones that exist are good!): https://instagram.com/ldpcast?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Companies (just a few):

• https://www.gbomblongboards.com/
• https://pantheonboards.com/
• https://loadedboards.com/
• https://www.orangatangwheels.com/collections/ldp
• https://boawheels.com/
• https://seismicskate.com/
• https://www.dtskate.com/
• http://www.bennetttruks.com/