The Surfari Inline Board extends the search for the perfect ride onto land. It prefers a performance location where the limits of expression can be explored, such as grass parks, golf courses, dirt trails and especially roads. Most urban locations with a hill will be suitable. It can do rougher terrain but, like surfing onshore days, more exciting rides can be enjoyed at a more perfect location.

The Surfari delivers an unparalelled surf like experience on land. It is built for sheer performance and an exhilerating, adventurous ride. It has maximum ground clearance for going over obstacles and giving you the ability lay the board right over in the carve, at any speed!

Most of all, it's about fun. The ride is so intuitive that you soon become one with the board as your means to expression. You are riding a balance point where forces align, and you can play with those forces at will.

Always ride with safety gear on. As a minimum you should wear wrist guards, elbow and knee pads and a helmet. Body armour and goggles are highly recommended. Ride within your limits. Check the trail or road before you do it so you know what is coming and where the obstacles are. On roads, obey the road rules, stick to your lane especially on blind corners, indicate your intentions with hand signals.

With the elimination of disparity in the ride, the Surfari board offers the greatest level of control in the ride. It can do any speed without getting speed wobbles or forcing you to ride in a way to correct them. It will take any corner and leave extra carving ability in case you meet an obstacle on the way round. The wheels will traverse almost any terrain. And if you need to, the brakes will pull you up stop in no time.

Things to remember when first starting out.

It is best to learn on a hill. Concrete is smoother and lets you get up to speed more easily. Grass is easier psychologically.

The board is self balancing once moving. All you have to learn is to stand on it. Keep centred down the middle of the board and keep the deck flat, and you will go straight. Do not look at or worry about the wheel - it does what it has to to keep you balanced. Let it run a bit and get up a bit of speed.

Turning is initiated by leaning into the corner. Lock your ankles and don't use any heel - toe action. Make sure you and the board move as one.

Riding is easy - skating is hard. The easiest way to learn is to hold onto something, say a tree or person, stand on the board and get centred, then push yourself off with your arms.

If you think of it as a lowered, stretched bicycle you will realise how stable it must be and that no unusual talent or balance ability is required to learn it. No one thinks you are talented if you can ride a bike because anyone can.

The Surfari truly rewards good carving technique with stunning performance! Correct carving technique should be practiced from the beginning stages of learning and will help you to progress rapidly as well as improving your prowess in other board sports. The "Swiss Method" of carving, which is taught in most snowboarding schools, is the preferred method, adapted slightly for inline boarding.

1. The Basic Carve.

Your stance should be slightly side on the the direction of travel with your head looking over your forward shoulder, arms should be by your side. The basic carve can be broken down to a few important elements.

• Rotation, and
• Lean

First you rotate at the waist so your top half is then moving in the desired direction. Then

Lean yourself and the board to swing it around to the new direction.

2. The Advanced Carve.

For far greater carving performance, once the basic carve is mastered, the advanced carve can allow you to literally throw the board into a totally new trajectory. This can be broken down to

• Rotation
• Lean
• The Push / Pull Method.

You should have your centre of gravity lowered as you approach the turn. Again rotate your body to the desired direction. With this turn I find it helpful to twist hard at the waist and throw your leading arm in the direction you want to turn. This will forcefully throw the front of the board in that direction.

You should simultaneously start leaning to steer into the turn.

Next pump with your legs, as if you are pushing the board away with your legs or standing up. Do not heel - toe. This will throw the wheel out further and add energy to the turn, and enable you to just whip it around. Push through the turn then lower your centre of gravity again by pulling the board to you or crouching. You can then set up for the next turn.

With practice this will provide you with an extremely dynamic ride, and can be practiced at all speed ranges.

Counter rotation is bad technique and will ultimately limit progression.

The Surfari has been optimised for performance. As such it is fun for cruising and is nice and manueverable. With low rolling resistance it holds it's momentum well and pushing is kept to a minimum. Good carving technique, even at skating speeds, can be used to keep speed up by pushing into your carves and accelerating through them, and will allow you to exploit variations in the terrain. However the deck height can make long distant skating a bit of a workout.