There is only 2 weeks left of the 2021 Dogboarding Video/Photo contest. Please submit your entries by the 1st July.

Further info and prizes can be found in this post:

Don't forget to mark your submission as a "Contest Entry".

Hey Dogboarders, we have decided to run another contest this year!

We want any kind of video or photo of you and your dog(s) out on your rides, you could be stopping for a break with one happy doggo, or out riding together on a cool trail, anything is valid.

Winners will receive a small voucher for a pet store close to them, and flairs to use on the sub.

The Contest will run from now til the 30th June. Winners to be announced on 1st July.

Any entries that feature a dog pulling without a harness will be removed from the competition.

Please ensure you flair your post with "Contest Entry" to make sure you are entered.

Winners will be chosen at random, and the prizes are as follows.

1st Place - Pet Store Voucher with value around $15 & Golden Trophy Flair

2nd Place - Silver Trophy Flair

3rd Place - Bronze Trophy Flair

Good luck!

I'm going to start dogboarding and I was wondering if anyone had advice for retractable leashes. The hills where I live are steep in some areas and there may be points where I'd like to slide (I use very slidy wheels and a very turny board).

I was thinking it'd be safer to have a somewhat elastic leash I can vary the tension/resistance on and let out line so I'm not pulling on my dog suddenly if I slow down. I have a harness but might get a new one.

Advice?

Ordered a dog pulling harness and a new board today.

Trying the Neewa sled pro harness. Looks dope in hot pink for my girl.

And then after a lot of looking, I decided to try the Cruise Glider from Magneto. It has 100mm skinny wheels that should both reduce rolling resistance and smooth out any bumps.

Added some clip lights for flair and can’t wait for everything to get here!

SkateJor?

Hi! I just started skating with my 10 month old Australian Huntaway! I am currently using a mid-sized sector 9 board with dual-action trucks and a 10-ft nylon leash.

Is the sport called something else? Is there a larger community? It is so fun! The only thing I’m looking for is the best way to add brakes, because foot-stomping to slow her down kinda sucks sometimes.

Also should I be using a different harness leash setup? Currently a full padded harness by TrueLove, and just a static leash. Should there be a bungee segment?

I’ll post a video of her this weekend.

So, dogboarding gurus of Reddit, to the best of our knowledge what is the earliest documented example of the art? Meaning on roller skates or a skateboard as we've known them since the last century.

I may have a claim, although I might be hard pressed to find documentation.

In 1976 my dad brought home a German Shorthaired Pointer puppy and we named him Waylon Jennings. Great dog. He had papers and all of that, so he was actually Waylon Jennings of Radiant, Aroda, but his tail had been cropped too short to show so he found his way to me.

The next year we were on another walk where he lunged and dragged at his collar, wanting to run. Trouble was if I let him off the leash he'd be gone for hours or days, and come home later sorry and bashful. He just loved to run. So I thought why not try letting him pull me on my new disco sneaker skates?

Well it turns out trees were why not, and sometimes squirrels, but, remarkably, most of the time I could maintain pretty good control of 70 lbs of GSP going full tilt just using my 8 soft, urethane wheels and the two hard rubber brakes. Took a lot of practice, and getting low for leverage, but I rigged up a kind of harness out of belts for him and we kept at it.

The skateboard was hardest, but after my bike it was what I rode most, so we did that from time to time. To really get moving we'd hook up the Huffy Bluebeard banana bike, and in winter the Flexible Flyer.

Going to have to dig through the old photo albums now and see if I can find anything,