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Buying guide for the best dance longboards

It is not uncommon for longboarders to get confused when choosing a board for freestyle and dancing.

There are currently too many brands and models and too many parameters to consider.

Luckily, you don't have to beat yourself up about this because we've put together a detailed guide that lays out everything you need to know about choosing a longboard for dancing.

The deck is one of the main components of a longboard.

Some features of the deck to consider:

• Size

When choosing the size of the dance board, the rule is simple: the bigger the better.

The Biggers deck provides more leg room for easy tricks.

Typically longboards for dancers are oversized somewhere between 42″-50″ in length and 9″+ wide.

Dancers can opt for larger deck sizes for greater stability and a smoother ride.

• bend

A specialized dance board does not require too much rigidity or flexibility. Instead, you want one in the middle - a good balance of flex and stability.

However, we recommend that dancers follow the manufacturer's recommendations. Also, consider your weight and choose the most suitable board.

• Shape

The best dance longboards should have a soft, concave shape that will allow you to plant your feet while dancing.

So you don't have to worry about losing your balance when doing tricks. The design allows you to jump, spin and land comfortably without losing a second or losing your balance.

Some concaves are also quite low, allowing you to push with minimal effort. This gives you extra support while dancing.

However, it's always a good idea to experiment with different forms to find one that's more user-friendly and one that isn't.

• Construction

Longboards are available in a variety of construction styles, from maple to carbon fiber.

The choice of materials will determine the flexibility and performance of your board.

For example, maple, bamboo and birch are the most commonly used dance board materials.

Bamboo, in particular with a fiberglass composite layer, is preferred because it is more flexible and durable than other materials.

Once you've decided on the right deck for your needs, it's time to move on to the wheels.

Some wheels are more suitable for dancing than others.

As a rule, dance wheels are smaller, usually in the range of 65-70 mm, to help you speed up.

Wheel Shape: Choose round over square because round provides more fluidity and consistent speed for easy freeride slides or tricks.

Finally, their hardness. Many dancers don't like to spin the wheels too hard or too soft to dance. My wheel hardness range is 78A to 86A.

For trucks, pairs of 180 mm at an angle of 45-50 degrees are most often chosen.

Of course, you can always go with other trucks in different angles and sizes, as long as they meet the requirements of stability and responsiveness.

A: For longboarding, choose from 9. 5 inches wide. This gives you more room to move comfortably.

If you want to freestyle, choose a deck over 9 inches wide.

A: The level of flexibility depends on personal preference.

However, many dancers prefer a softer curve because it allows them to cut deeper and stand without losing control.

On the other hand, stiffer boards don't bounce as much and are less likely to throw you off balance when doing tricks.

A: Although dancing is a highly skilled discipline that does not require speed, you can fall while spinning and twisting. So it's always good to have helmets and knee pads.

Wrapping Up: Our Pick

Our Winner of the Day Bhangra V2 is loaded.

V2 meets all the requirements of the best dance longboards. It offers the perfect platform for dancers to hone and experiment with their skills.

First, it has a large platform, so dancers are less likely to lose their balance when performing tricks.

It also features a slim concave design, allowing users to have a secure footing while still providing more control, ideal for beginners.

The board can withstand impact because the bamboo soundboard is less likely to chip or warp. At the same time, the material provides a sufficient level of flexibility for better performance without being too "bouncy".

Vogue as dance - from pop, dip and spin to vogue femme classic house beats. At the very beginning of its development, it was a dance that consisted entirely of posing - posing (from the English pose - pose). Then the ability to quickly change poses to the music came to the fore: very expressive, bright, bewitching. People competed in this skill: artistically change poses, similar to photos of models from glossy magazines, to the music. That is why the name vogue took root for the nascent dance style.

An important component in vogue is fashion. This style began to develop during the great popularity of top models, during the heyday of large fashion houses - Gucci, Versace - and this high, expensive fashion for the rich greatly influenced the formation of dance. For example, in the runway category (English - catwalk) - you need to show the ability to beautifully walk the catwalk like a top model. There are many categories related to fashion design, with the ability to dress fashionably. For example, in best dressed (English - the best clothes) it is important to choose the coolest outfit. In the category labels (English - label) they compete in the number of expensive branded clothes put on (and picked up). The person actually comes out, turns the clothes inside out and shows the tags to the judges.

Gradually, posing begins to become more complex and evolve. This is how “pop, dip and spin” (English stop, go to the ground and spin) appears - a new form of vogue, named for the three main elements performed. In an effort to be more complex and more interesting, in a desire to surprise others, people began to add movement and dynamic movements between poses. Thus, a dance appears (in our usual sense), also based on poses, under the same house beats. Also in voga, in its inception, there were hard, strong movements from martial arts, since films about martial arts were popular at the same time, and military elements, such as marches.

As higher and secondary education becomes more accessible, as the popularity of sports grows, people with good dance and acrobatic training appear. They began to add tricks, complex dance and acrobatic elements to their exits (in voga, it would be more correct to say: performances, performances). The style is becoming more complicated, people are trying to bring something new, to surprise. Dancers who did not have such education and skills were invited to perform in a separate category so that everyone would have the same chance of winning. Thus, the category performance with gymnastics (English performance with gymnastics) appeared. Over time, these categories - pop, dip and spin and performance with gymnastics - became known as the old way (the old way of voguing) and the new way (the new way), respectively. Now in the USA there are very few of those who dance the old way and new way, the most popular category at the moment is vogue femme (eng. female - female, feminine). Interestingly, these categories (old way and new way) have been revived in Russia and Europe.

Vogue began to develop in Russia in 2008-2010. It all started with master classes by visiting wog masters from the States - Benny Ninja and Archie Burnett. They showed exactly the old way and the new way, so Vogue came to our country not in the most modern form at that time, but in its original form. That is why these categories are quite widespread in our country, in contrast to the United States. Vogue femme appeared in Russia a little later, and it needed time to "swing" to become the most popular category. There are also non-dance categories in American vogue culture, which we mentioned above: labels, best dressed, runway. This is a kind of “charisma battle”: the one who knows how to present himself, convey emotions, and make the viewer look at himself wins more often. In vogue, such things as the ability to show oneself, delivery, performance, expression are of great importance, often more than the technique of movements.

Balls

Vogue is almost the only modern battle style where costume and appearance matter. At balls, most often put forward requirements for clothing, indispensable for execution. If it is announced that the image of a Catwoman is required, then you need to come in the costume of a character, and not an abstract cat. If the color of the ball is red, then everyone comes in red. If the requirements are not met, then the participant will be chop (English chop - chop), that is, they will be disqualified.

Select (selection before the competition itself) in Vogue is called "tens". This name has been fixed since the time when the judges had tablets and gave points to the participants. Accordingly, the highest score - dozens - meant and now means the passage to the next round of the competition. Now there are no scoreboards, instead the judges show ten fingers.

In Russia, Vogue began with dance categories, not with culture in general. From the very beginning there was no division into categories, everyone just danced “vog”: all the ways that they knew at that time were mixed up. And just after the arrival of Benny Ninja and Archie Burnett old way and new way - that's all people knew. Now we understand that these are different ways to dance, and they should not be mixed, separate categories are allocated for each of them. Of course, over time, the style developed in our country, dancers appeared who began to specialize separately in each category, the first of which were old way, new way, runway and vogue femme. Then more and more categories came from the USA, and already at the moment more than 20 categories can be entered at balls in Russia. The balls themselves can go longer than 12 hours: there are many participants, many categories. Unlike Russia, balls are often held in the States, almost every Saturday, and only at night. In our country, large balls that strive to get closer to the American standard also take place at night.

Vogue – a dance of self-expression

Why is this original American dance that emerged from American club culture so attractive in Russia? First of all, for the reason that vogue is a dance about self-expression. Vogue accepts very different people into its ranks. A person can have any figure and appearance, arbitrarily strange, behave strangely - this is welcomed in vog culture, so many unusual people gathered in the circle of vogers. In our country, this style takes the form of almost art. Many Russian dancers make performances, shoot videos in vogue style. For example, House of Bonchinche, the famous and first Russian vogue house, is doing something new and different from traditional, classical balls and parties: more than the dance itself, wog-based performances.

Secondly, vogue is attractive because it helps to believe in oneself, liberates, teaches to believe in one's own strength. It takes a lot of confidence to go to balls. In fact, the vog culture is quite tough, they don’t let anyone relax in it (by analogy with real life, which is often not kind and soft). For example, there is such a thing as a shade (shade - English shadow), which means to cast a shadow, to show with gestures that you do not like your opponent. At the same time, there is an important no touching rule (without touching), which was formed for the safety of all participants. The most interesting thing is that after the ball, after the battle itself, despite all the shades thrown at the opponent, the participants can hug in a friendly way and part with pleasant emotions.

An important question that worries many: is there a place for children in Vogue? In the country of origin of this culture, children do not dance vogue. In the USA, this is primarily a culture, moreover, a club culture, an adult one is a closed party. Vogue came to Russia and European countries first of all as a dance, and only then as a culture. We dance it in dance classes, we teach movements; in New York and other cities and states, this is very rare. Based on the fact that in Russia vogue is a dance, children also dance it, and many parents support their desire. In this case, the group should have a competent teacher who will tell what the child can dance and what not.

Vogue is a wide and versatile style, and many who want to express themselves, present themselves, can find their place. If a person likes to dress beautifully and fashionably, he goes into the best dressed or label category, if he likes to walk the catwalk, runway is for him. Those who want to show a good figure and face - the body and face category is created for this. Almost everyone can find themselves in vogue.

Home in vogue culture

Home is a dancing family with father, mother and children. Parents - father and mother - are the founders of the house and they in due time come up with a name for the new family. By the way, the names of vogue houses are usually the names of famous fashion houses - brands. For example, House of St. Laurent, The House of Margiela, House of Balenciaga, House of Mizrahi are haute couture houses.

Today, few new houses are built, mostly they are all very old - from the 80s, 90s. One of the most famous new homes is House of Amazon by its founder Leiomy Maldonado. All wog dancers dream, strive to get into the house, it is honorable and prestigious. Usually parents notice someone at home, for example, at a ball or see him dancing on the net and invite him to the house if they like him.

About statuses

Once a year in New York there is a ball where a person can be awarded one of the statuses, this happens by a common decision of the most influential American houses. One of these statuses is Legendary (legendary), it is given to dancers who have made a great contribution to vog culture, who have won a lot at balls, won a lot of

trophies and have some unique style that has influenced other dancers. The next and higher status in importance is Iconic or Icon (icon). Awarded after many years to those who also made a great contribution to culture, organized balls, very popular. The next and highest is the Hall of fame. There are other statuses that are not so officially assigned. Statement (statement) - for dancers who brightly declared themselves at the ball, Star (star) - for those who have won a lot and may soon become a legend.

Statuses are awarded exclusively in the USA, only in New York. In other countries, including Russia, statuses are not awarded, because now in the world we see a trend towards the unification of all vog scenes. The stage is the place where vogue culture develops. For example, New York is the largest and main stage; Paris is perhaps the second most important, then Russian and other countries. If the scene wants to relate to culture, then it has no right to award its own separate statuses. At a minimum, such a phenomenon would be controversial: many dancers are in American houses, but will award status in their own country on their own. This is wrong, besides, at the moment there is a desire for convergence of all scenes.

In addition to statuses, in the US and this year in Russia, awards are given once a year. For example, best New Way of the year, best Old Way of the year, best Butch Queen Vogue Fem of the year, best Womens Performance of the year. There may also be awards such as best house of the year, best father, mother of the year. Awards are given for achievements, for significant accomplishments.

About alternative scenes

There are two alternative vog scenes: Major scene, or Original scene (major scene, or main scene) and Kiki scene (kiki scene). How did the division happen? When vogue reached a large scale, its own party was formed, where people who usually judge and those who usually win stood out. Under these conditions, it was difficult for beginners to compete and pass even "tens", going out at the same balls with experienced dancers and winners of many victories. These newcomers are fed up with the fact that the same judges sit in the chairs and vote for the same ones.

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