Fans of extreme board sports have such a concept as Triple Threat, that is, Triple Impact. This is the name for a busy day when you manage to ride three boards at once – a snowboard, a skateboard and a surf. Of course, this is a very rare and hard-to-get pleasure, because many factors must come together here. First of all, geography: in order to visit both the mountains and the ocean in one day, you need to find a place where the ski resort is slightly removed from the coast; ideally less than three hours away. Secondly, the weather must work out: you need snow in the mountains, and waves on the ocean. With a skateboard, things are simpler – on the way from the mountains to the waves, you can stop in the city and ride along the streets or at a skate park. Well, of course, the athlete must be able to ride all three boards.
There are not many places in the world where such an ambitious plan can be implemented, today we will tell you about five of them.
Chile
Those who did well in school may intuitively assume that the most geographically suitable country for a triple trick is Chile, since it just occupies a narrow strip of land between the Andes and the Pacific Ocean. Indeed, in the central part of the country there is the city of Santiago, which is ideal for implementing the plan. The nearest ski resort is called La Parva and is only an hour and a half away. You can go snowboarding in the powder even closer, but you need a snowmobile for this. In Santiago itself there is an excellent skate park, and in the opposite direction from the mountains, in the same one and a half hour drive, there is the ocean with numerous surf spots along the entire coast – from San Antonio to Algarrobo.
Australia
Thredbo ski resort, one of the most popular in Australia, is located in the state of New South Wales. More than fifty trails of varying difficulty levels and high-speed lifts operate from July to October, during the winter months of the Southern Hemisphere. The nearest settlement on the Pacific coast is the city of Eden, the road to it takes just under three hours. Surfers ride on the city beach from April to October, and within the city there is a small but good skatepark with bright night lighting.
USA
California is the place where surfing culture reached its peak and began its victorious march around the world, but not everyone knows that there are also ski resorts in the northern part of the state. True, they are not located so close to the coast – the journey takes a little more than four hours. You can start the day with surfing in San Francisco, where the spot is located right at the foot of the Golden Gate Bridge, and then head to the Lake Tahoe Ski resort on the shores of Lake Tahoe. A stop for a skateboard in the city of Sacramento will just break up the long journey.
New Zealand
New Zealand is located on two islands: the North, mostly hilly, and the South, with high mountains, two dozen of which exceed 3,000 meters in height. As for surfing, the east coast, open to the Pacific Ocean, is suitable for surfing. The shortest route from the ski resort to the surf spot here is about 40 kilometers and connects Mt Lyford Alpine Resort and the Kaikoura beach. You can go skateboarding within the city, but downhill is much more popular here – longboarding on highways and serpentine roads; Once a year in the suburbs of Kaikoura, the Kaikoura Longboard Festival is held – one of the largest festivals in the country.
Russia
Although there have been no documented precedents yet, it is theoretically possible to implement a plan for triple skating in one day without even going abroad. Despite the fact that the Black Sea is not an ocean at all, wind waves do occur here, although rarely. The road from the Hosta Rica surf spot to Krasnaya Polyana takes no more than an hour and a half, and as for a board with wheels, there are several skate parks in Sochi, the newest of which is less than a year old. In addition, the longboard movement is actively developing here and training camps are held with the best Russian riders.
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