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It’s been a while, but I had an article about the Freebord “skateboard” that honestly, while riding it, seems to share more with a snowboard than a skateboard. Even though I was a huge skateboard fanatic growing up, the years have seen me shift to more snowboarding - it didn’t hurt as much if I fall.

FreeBord Freebording: not quite skateboarding and not exactly snowboarding. With a totally unique rider-driven design, Freebord gives you the look of a street deck and the feeling of carving a mountain. Using four outer wheels to simulate a snowboard edge and 360° rotating wheels in the middle of the board to initiate slides in any direction, the feeling is just like bombing down a mountain.

OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE - San Francisco, CA, July 22, 2008 – Freebord Manufacturing announced today the availability of its next generation truck. Building on a tradition of rider driven design, the new trucks enhance Freebord’s unique ride, bringing the feeling and control of snowboarding to the street.

You can this Freebord for about $210 to $340. It is something like a snowboard for street with outside wheels that act just like the edges of a snowboard and its center wheels will act like the petex base. So how do you stop? Just edge in and slide to a stop, like how you do on snow.