ISSA - International Slalom Skateboarding Association

So I decide to join some new swanky health club (The Sports Club La).

It doesn't take too long to notice that there is a plethora of attractive women taking the yoga classes. So I think- hey...I could use some stretching ...why not.

I start realizing that many of the yoga "poses" are actually familiar.

"Downward facing dog"- is the beginning of a wipeout on your hands.

"Upward facing dog" is the end of a wipe out on your hands with wrist guards or slide gloves.

"The bent over stork" (I can't really think of the name of it) is one footed slalom in a tuck.

"Warrior 1"
"Warrior 2"
"Sun Salute"
are Dan Gesmer from 4 wheels down.

"Childs Pose" is Tommy Ryan kneeboarding at Signal Hill.

We do this bend sideways thing. I don't know what it is called- but I'll call it "Jani's Pose"

Not bad stuff for learning to hold a tuck in Slalom cross.

Yed, I have a Voodoo board and I tried JD's at the G2. They are quite good and any one of them will likely help in certain areas of balance and muscle delelopment and toning.

Make sure you use a helmet if decide to try it on your hands, it's a little tougher then on your feet but doable.

When there isn’t enough time to set up cones or the weather is no good, I grab my balance board as a fun way of getting a workout. Not to mention the extra rehab it gives my worn out knees.

My suggestion is to get The Original Indo Board. I’ve tried John Dillon’s Vew-Do Board; it is cool but too small for me and a bit hard to wire. I’m not sure but the Reebok Core Board looks kind of cheesy like an infomercial product. At first thought, a homemade balance boards seem to be a no brainer until you calculate the cost in material and time to build your own balance board, might as well buy an Original Indo Board at $99.95 for an unpainted one or $109.95 for a painted one.

By the way, Hunter Joslin, the Indo Board developer, supports the slalom scene. He was the starter at the first Morro Bay Slalom Championships. Throw your business his way for an Indo Board and join the likes of surfing greats such as the Slater brothers, Christian Fletcher, and a number of skateboarders incude Biker Shurlock. It also is cool that Indo Board is a central FL company.

In the future, I’ll have to post up some responses on how to learn and get the most use out of an Indo Board.

On a rainy weekend the Washington Post weekend section appropriately had great article on cross training equipment this Friday.

It appears balance boards are the new trend in fitness clubs.

The article talks about the old school Indo board. http://www.indoboard.com

The Vew-Do board. http://www.vew-do.com

And the Reebok Core Board. http://www.reebok.com

The Core board looks to be the best trainer for getting those sexy Vlad slalom muscles. The Reebok website says they are currently sold out.

They haven't put the article on the Post website yet, but I wouldn't be surprised if it ends up there later this week.