Twin Tipped Longboards are symmetrical or asymmetrical longboards with ‘tips’ for the nose and tail.
The tips are created by large cutouts on the longboard deck. The cutouts prevent ‘wheel bite’ that occurs where significant leaning’s involved.
As a Longboarder leans into the deck to execute a turn, drift or slide, the underside of the board can touch the wheel. This is known as wheel bite.
Wheel Bite is eliminated with twin tipped longboards. The cutouts prevent the bite from occurring. The shape of the deck makes it impossible.
Twin Tipped Longboards can be drop-through, drop-deck, or top-mounted.
Twin Tipped Drop Through Longboards
Twin Tipped Drop Through Longboards are highly versatile and suited to most riding styles, including cruising, freeride, downhill and commuting.
The decks have square cutouts where the trucks fit through, bringing them closer to the ground.
They are stable with a mid centre of gravity lower than top-mounted decks but higher than dropdown making them good all-rounders.
Twin Tipped Drop Down Longboards
Twin Tipped Drop Down Longboards are shaped, so the deck sits below the trucks.
The dropdown design makes the decks extremely stable even at the highest speeds and gives the feet somewhere to push against.
As such, dropdowns are favoured by free riders and downhill racers who can remain stable and lean hard without the dreaded wheel bite.
Twin Tipped Drop Downs are also good for beginners as they are so stable and forgiving of mistakes. Also, commuters the low design makes them easy to push with less fatigue when skating long distances.
Twin Tipped Top Mount Longboards
Twin Tipped Top Mount Longboards are for carvers and cruisers who want the sharpest turns and carves.
The best of both worlds is the top-mounted trucks providing better leverage and sharper turning, while twin tip cutouts prevent wheel bite.