Travel Tips: How to Keep Your Snowboards and Skis Safe

For any passionate snowboarder, traveling across the country or abroad to experience the best snowboarding and skiing destinations in the world is a rite of passage. Many people don't live in places with mountains and great conditions, which is a major stumbling block for the adrenaline junkies out there.  An increasing number of people are heading cross country or abroad for the ideal snow experience.

X Games Los Angeles: Preview, Schedule and Farewell

By Andrew Sachs

Summer X Games 19 takes its final spin around Los Angeles from August 1-4; beginning in 2014, the summer games' U.S. stop will be moving to Austin, Texas.  LA has hosted the X Games for 11 consecutive summers, and has seen plenty of memorable moments: from 2003, when Ryan Sheckler became the youngest gold medalist ever at age 13, to 2012, where Jamie Bestwick 6-peated in BMX vert.

  

Skateboarding Exhibits at the Everhart Museum Featuring StoreYourBoard Skateboard Racks

By Andrew Sachs
Want to check out two of the coolest exhibits in the history of museums?  Beginning August 2, the Everhart Museum of Natural History, Science and Art in Scranton, PA will feature "Sidewalk Surfing: the Art & Culture of Skateboarding" along with "(Skateboard) Decked Out: Community Art."  The Exhibits obviously feature lots of skateboards/decks and when the Museum needed racks to store and display it all, they turned to StoreYourBoard and our large supply of racks perfect for the job.  

Garage Storage: Bike Rack, Wakeboard Rack and Ski Rack ($19.99 each)

This picture from Trevor, a fan of ours from Charlotte, North Carolina, is the way we at StoreYourBoard love to see a garage organized: (1) bike hanging from the ceiling, (2) wakeboard racked on the wall, and (3) skis and snowboard racked right next to the wakeboard.  Believe it or not, each of the three racks in this picture is only $19.99...

1. The ceiling bike rack hoist cannot be any simpler for bike storage - get your bike up and out of the way in your garage (up to 12 feet!) but still easily accessible.  For $19.99...
2. The wakeboard rack is so minimalist you barely even notice it; all you see is your wakeboard ready for your next glassy session.  Installs in minutes and once again, $19.99.
3. The ski rack can hold your skis, your poles, and a snowboard on top for good measure (or a skateboard).  All for < $20...

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Summer X Games Moving to Austin, Texas from 2014-2018

By Andrew Sachs
The Summer X Games are headed to Austin, Texas from 2014 through 2018, replacing Los Angeles as the U.S.'s stop on the X games' annual summer world tour.  Austin beat out Chicago, Detroit and Charlotte for the rights to host the games for the next 4 years.  Los Angeles's reign of 11 years (!) hosting the X Games will end on August 4th, when the X Games close out in LA.

Surf Trip Travel: Disadvantages to Traveling with Surfboards

By Andrew Sachs
The age old question for a surf trip is – should I pack my surfboard or rent one when I get there? It’s an age old question because traveling with your surfboard can be so expensive and such a huge hassle that sometimes it ends up being more trouble than it’s worth.  We've discussed the potential advantages here, so let's take a look at the disadvantages.  If you have a bad experience traveling with your board, it can go bad in a hurry: you may end up with no surfboard, a dinged surfboard, or fees that cost as much as a new surfboard!

New Surfboard Stand | Vertical Surf Rack

By Andrew Sachs
We've got a new surfboard stand on StoreYourBoard (in addition to our other surfboard stands) that provides another great option for storing and displaying your surfboard in your apartment, house, garage, shed, deck - or wherever you store your board.  The stand is a premium option with a nice wood finish that looks great.  And it does not require any mounting, so it is apartment/rental property friendly.

Surf Display Rack | StoreYourBoard.com Customer Photo

Here's another StoreYourBoard.com customer photo, this time of one of our surf racks in action, racked wide to hold a longboard. 



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Beginner Snowboard Tips, Tricks and Advice | Beginning Snowboarding

Snowboarding is insanely cool and a lot of fun when you get the hang of it. However it’s also harder than it looks, and a lot of those who try it give up after a year. This is usually because they don’t take the time to master the basics and get impatient.

Here are the most basic basics of snowboarding, including everything you need to know before you start out.

photo: Creative Commons

Hurricane Season in the Atlantic | Surfing Hurricane Waves

By Andrew Sachs
Hurricanes: anyone that lives near the coast has felt first-hand the devastating impact that hurricanes can have on an area.  Flooding, power outages, damage to buildings, trees down, roads washed out, new inlets created and much more destruction results.  It is important to take hurricanes seriously, plan for them, and seek shelter when appropriate.

Sandy, OCMD (photo: Nick Denny)

Wakeboard Racks | Garage Storage and Display Racks | Customer Photos

Check out these photos from one of our best customers - Matt in Knoxville, Tennessee.  Taking advantage of our wakeboard racks for storage and display to really make his garage look awesome.  All while saving space and keeping his wakeboards protected.  Grab a couple wake racks for yourself today.  

Happy 4th of July from StoreYourBoard.com

Happy 4th of July from StoreYourBoard.com!  

We hope that you are enjoying the holiday with your friends and family and also enjoying your favorite outdoor activities - wakeboarding, surfing, stand up paddle boarding, skateboarding, biking, kayaking, or whatever it is.  

We are fortunate to have the opportunity to be in Cape Hatteras on the Outer Banks of North Carolina for the holiday and we snapped this picture at the Cape Hatteras lighthouse.  U-S-A! 



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Learning to Longboard Skateboard | The Hard Way

I grew up spending my summers in Bethany Beach, DE. A perfect little beach town in Sussex County... pretty sleepy in the winter and bustling in the summer. It's also the hometown to some seriously talented surfers, skaters, and all around athletes...These boys and girls can rip. Like my friend Dave.  Dave taught me to longboard many a summer ago. I fell in love instantly and envisioned myself submitting an audition tape for "True Life I want to be a Professional Skater" Remember that show? So good.