Sector 9 long boards are the best of the best long boards. Long boards are like skateboards but twice the size of a skateboard and the tires are bigger and the bearings will take u twice as far on one push then a normal skateboard. Sector 9 is personally my favorite long board brand. I have a Hawaii version of their boards and I ride it everyday down and around my neighborhood.
The story of the Nineball starts in La Jolla, California in a backyard in 1993. At the time the house consisted of a bunch of good friends, a half pipe, pool table, ping pong table and shaping room all just across the street from some nice smooth hills down to the reefs. Being that the house had all these fine features, it became quite the hangout spot.
One of their friends from Hawaii who used to call people “nineballs” all the time in a friendly razzing sort of way, called up on the phone one day to see what was going on at the house. Of course they were all “studying” so he got the answering machine and said “Whats going on over there at Sector 9?” which to him and us meant a house full of nineballs. At the same time one of the house favorite hill cruisers, a snowboard-turned-skateboard, was stolen from North bird in La Jolla and a couple replacement boards were almost finished and just needed the finishing touches of a logo. The message on the machine was heard and the name not only had a nice ring to it but seemed fitting as well so it stuck.
There are competitions everywhere in Hawaii and in places with sloping hills. Many people that ride long boards take good care of them and that means you have to clean the bearings and tires as well as keeping up with board care. To all the riders out in the world make sure you keep riding and relaxing and maybe you’ll make a world wide company selling boards all over the world.
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