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GRAVITY HYPER-CARVE
SURF THE STREETS
This is the Cadillac of skateboards. Wide trucks and big. soft wheels pro vide for a liquid smooth ride-even over the broken asphalt and cobble stone of our Brooklyn testing grounds. This 47-inch board goes where others don't and does so in style. Experience the joy of glide and hit some hills. For transitions and skateparks. ramps and whatnot. check out the 42-inch Mini-Carve. Makes you feel groovy all over. Gravity 61 9-259-1344; $139.99.-Michael Cervieri
FREERIDE SENORITA LOVE JOY
A 37-incher with the feeling of a longboard but the turning capability of a shortboard. She paints picture perfect turns while flowing beautifully in rhythm with the curves of the earth. The birch wood has just enough give to let you hold a carve. Riding her is like making love. Freeride's name, logo, colors and slogan ("measuring suc cess by freedom") captures the essence of soul skating. La Senorita changed my life. Freeride 562-598-7822, www.freerideskale.com; $145.-lra Rosen
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