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Slalom Skateboarding, made popular in the mid-1970's, has roots in slalom skiing where skiers must move quickly around gates placed along a downhill course... 
Time to solve one of the mysteries of longboarding: what are angled risers and what they do. 
Some of this is pretty basic stuff--but this is Longboarding 101 after all. These are a few diagrams illustrating the parts of a longboard and of longboard trucks and their names. 
