Let's check what are the new trends of exercise and sports socializing in the urban environment and which outdoor sports have been pulled from mothballs and are still very popular.
Spring is the time for recreation, which fits even better in society. Here are the latest trends in exercise and sports socializing with us.
"Skating" is forever
Skateboarding or "skating" originates from California, where surfers wanted to surf even when there were no waves. In the 50s of the last century, the first skateboards were made for "surfing on the sidewalks", as skateboarding was initially called, which impressed many. The subcultural movement soon took over city streets in other parts of the world, and "skating" remains one of the most popular urban sports to this day. As every year, we will be taught the basics and further tricks of skateboarding in the "skating" school Urban Roof, in April they will be in Skatepark Rog new "skating" courses for girls have started, which you can sign up for now (skejt.tecaji@gmail.com), and this spring we can also look forward to quite a few "skate" inspired events, which will be spent in the spirit of socializing and sports and parties. On April 25, it will be in Novi Mesto Crisis meeting #4, on the same day, the traditional will take place in Maribor The march of old fighters, and on May 23, the "skaters" will hang out in Ljubljana. You can find out more about individual events at The Pendreks Web site.
The most "green" transport
A longboard is a longer skateboard that, instead of jumping over objects and performing various tricks, is used for racing, downhill, slalom, freeride, carving or as a means of transportation through city streets. Additional protective equipment is recommended for riding on longer and more manageable skateboards, as "longboarders" during lively twisting and skilful descents on steep turns with movements and touches of the ground illustrate surfing on waves, from which the sport itself also developed. Even in Slovenia, "longboarding" is becoming more and more popular, in addition to the courses, which are perfect for anyone who would like to learn about the sport in good company, from July 27 to August 9 in Osilnica ob Kolpa there is also KnK Longboard Camp. On the website www.longboard.si let's just check if "longboarding" will become our sport this spring and summer.
Homage to great cycling races
Urban cycling trends are constantly changing. Not so long ago, parallel to the rise of couriers on bicycles, we could follow "alleycat races", and among the "commuters" we could admire brightly colored minimalist bicycles with a fixed transmission, also called "fixies". The new trends in urban cycling could be described as classic and retro, but at the same time still simple and minimalistic. In its own way, this style also affects more sport-oriented road cyclists, with "custom" and "hand-made" bicycle frames becoming popular, while material trends are returning to iron. In cycling, we are also seeing an increase in light travel bikes intended for short weekend trips, which can also be completed by camping in nature. All of the above can be obtained, tested and personalized in Bicycle boutique at Celovška 50 in Ljubljana, where the two collectives live and design a user-friendly bicycle Pici Bici and Retro Rats. If you would like to experience professional cycling in a creative way, take part in one of the races The Classic Experience. The TCE project began as a tribute to the famous one-day cycling races, also known as the great cycling monuments. In the cycling world, there are the big three: the Tour de France, the Giro de Italia and the Vuelta. Big names in cycling respect them, professional teams have them marked on their calendars. Slovenian enthusiasts also put them on their calendars, who ride their road and cyclocross bikes on the day of the classics and ride their own version, the route of which they try to get as close as possible to the original, thus conjuring up the atmosphere of a professional peloton.
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Pilates with a view
Surfing is a modern form of recreation combined with the social discovery of nature. Wide boards, specially designed for sliding on river arms, lakes or calm seas, offer stability and enable training that strengthens our body in every way. In pleasant company, you can Bananaway we walk along the Ljubljanica, which on one side shows us an exuberant, dynamic, urban face, and on the other side completely wild, almost untouched nature. “Bananaway sup trip” starts with an introductory diving course, with which the friendly instructors slowly put us on our feet, and is therefore also suitable for complete beginners. Group dinners are also arranged at To Standuppaddler, where they organize sup events, sup trips and sup camp in Premantura. In the spring, they invite us to Sup fitness & yoga, a perfect combination of yoga, body balance, pilates and other exercises, which is performed on the soup, and thus represents the perfect combination for spending spring days in the embrace of unspoiled nature. It will take care of adrenaline junkies Starboard S-adventure challenge, at which on April 18 we will be able to row a kayak or a SUP in recreational and competitive categories on routes of various lengths along the Bay of Piran.
