Lee Ryan has produced a world class work on longboarding that equals anything yet written about learning to surf and especially learning to ride a longboard. The title says it all, because as we all know it’s easy enough to learn, but it can take years to master the art of longboarding.
As a nine times British Champion who has lived and surfed throughout the world, Lee has long paid his dues and now resides in New Zealand. Lee has put all of his knowledge and experience to work to offer up a holistic look at longboard surfing overall, and a manual for improvement at all levels.
There’s a breakdown of each manoeuvre into their finite steps, with tips from the likes of Josh Constable, Jye Byrnes and Taylor Jensen, including of course all the essential manoeuvres like walking, nose-riding and cutbacks, etc. There’s also a reasonably comprehensive guide to etiquette, fitness training, design principles of boards and fins, along with a host of background surfing information.
A Shortcut to Longboarding is presented in an e-Book format; that is it is down loaded over the internet onto your home computer and then you can save it to your computer’s C Drive. If you wish you can of course print off a hard copy and make your own book.
At 103 pages and loaded with great colour photos it would be a bit of a toll on your printer and add a few bucks to the cost. The high quality accompanying photos feature great surfers in great waves, but some readers may find the almost constant ASTL logo overprinting a bit annoying.
At only $AUD43.17 it takes about 5-10 mins to download depending on you broadband connection. In 15 minutes you’re already learning of a few new tricks. There’s plenty there that will keep you reading for a while and lots worth going back to if you’re serious about improving your surfing.
Getting hold of an eBook is a lot quicker than a trip to the bookshop, but as Lee says he is looking at a short run release of a full colour, glossy, book version, that will include a CD version and we’d all look forward to that too. Also more interactive sequences are in the wings along with video clips – these are up-gradable and will come free of charge. All up it’s most impressive.
A Shortcut to Longboarding screams Chrissy present for keen grommets and crusty old salts alike!
Rating: 9/10
For more information visit the website here: http: //www.shortcuttolongboarding.com
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