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Carve Your Destiny:
The Freestyle Original board brings the beauty of movement and athleticism to you. Express your ride style with smooth controlled turns, graceful momentum transfers or pure powerful ambition. Either take it slow and steady or fire up your muscles and set yourself apart.
Find Your Comfort Zone:
Our most popular board size fits a variety of ride stances and is comfortable for upper exercises. Transitions between moves are easy and let you master new skills without overtiring your legs. A great medium board that is fast, fun and strength challenging at the same time. With a large rail space there is plenty of room for 2 balls or half balls for full body moves.
The Freestyle Original features a steel rail system that allows you to create 16 different types of boards. A perfect balance board for learning skill progression. Create your own unique combo that suits your needs. Add Balls and Half Balls for your training. Features a steel rail system you can attach Resistance Bands or a BOSU to expand your exercise routine.
6.5" Medium Ball:
Provides the best combo of board tilt and ride space. Keeping you off the ground for big flowing turns and upper body coordination. This ball rides very graceful and lets you hang for stability or will respond to your every move.
5" Small Balls:
Perfect when creating the double pivot. Place both balls under the board to practice full body move and one foot balance. Place the 5" ball with the 8.5" Half Ball and create a single pivot board.
8.5" Half Balls:
Perfect sizes for plenty of movement for your rocker and wobble board. Place one or two Half Balls under the board for complex upper body moves while stimulating your balance. Combine the 5" Ball inside the 8.5" Half Ball to make the Thrasher or Rock and Roll combos. Combine the 6.5" Ball inside the 8.5" Half Ball to create the Big Drop combo. These are great for unpredictable moves or partner drills.
6.5" Half Balls:
These smaller Half Balls are great for beginners or those recovering from injury who need less board tilt. Combine the 3" Mini Ball inside the 6.5" Half Ball to make the Thrasher or Rock and Roll combos. Combine the 6.5" Ball inside the 8.5" Half Ball to create the Big Drop combo. These are great for unpredictable moves or partner drills.
Resistance Band System:
This Original board features a steel rail system that anchors the Resistance Bands System. Perfect for adding greater body awareness and posture control as the bands pull you down toward the board. Use the handles and foot straps to take any exercise move and expand the challenge.
BOSU Strap System:
Place your board on the BOSU and secure it with our strap system. The unique movement is gentle and feels like floating on water. Great for movement sequences from quadruped to full standing, landing jump progressions or partner drills.
Elysia's Notes:
This is my favorite board to ride, get into deep squat and board grab positions and save some leg fatigue for an extended ride session. I love the 6.5" balls for a double pivot board and all around ride. I will use the 8.5" ball when I want work on fine tuning my board movements with a little less ball speed. The Freestyle Original and 6.5" ball is the combo we most often use at trade shows because it fits most riders and they get a better feel for all the motion
Si Boards are built for ultimate exercise versatility, skill progression and to be your everlasting balance board system. With unique design features of our Half Balls, Resistance Bands and Original boards you will create a truly functional exercise program.
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1. Rocker Board: 2 Half Balls
Place Half Balls flat side up for faster tilt. Using two creates a Rocker Board that tilts in 2 directions - Left and Right for example. The farther the Half Balls are from one another, the more stable the surface. You can place them very close together for more challenge. This is great for holding a position and rocking the board left and right to activate your muscle coordination.
2. Wobble Board: 1 Half Ball
Place 1 Half Ball under your board and it will tilt in all directions and allow you to twist the board. Place in the center for an equal weight distribution. Place to the side and you will activate the side directly over the Half Ball. This is great for developing strength on one side if it is weaker or unable to function the same after an injury.
3. Single Pivot Board: 1 Half Ball and 1 Ball
Place 1 Half Ball under the left side of the board and 1 Ball under the right side of the board. The left side will tilt front to back and the right side will pivot or slide forward and backward. A great progression to learning how to activate hip rotation on a moving board on one side of your body.
Best set up: 3" Ball and 6.5" Half Ball or 5" Ball and 8.5" Half Ball
4. Double Pivot Board: 2 Balls
Use 2 of the same sized ball under your board to activate each side in rotation. Placing the Balls close is more difficult. You will get multi-direction motion without the extreme tilting from left to right feet. A perfect combo for advanced skills like surf pop-up, quadruped, deep squats and adding difficult upper body battle rope exercises while maintaining balance.
5. Multi-Direction Board: 1 Ball
The heart of the Si Board is riding on 1 Ball for a multi-direction platform. The freedom to move left/right, front/back, twist, diagonal, clockwise/counterclock and 360 spins all at the same time. This is the most advanced balance board skill to learn fine motor skill and full body awareness.
6. Rock and Roll: Small Ball inside of Half Ball x 2
Placing a small Ball inside the Half Ball creates two moving surfaces. The small Ball rolls around inside of the Half Ball. The Half Ball is placed flat side up and creates a rocking or wobble motion. Four moving surfaces that keep you level and don't allow the board to roll to extremes. You feel all surfaces continuously knock into each other abruptly. Perfect for deep stance endurance simulating rough water and windy conditions.
Use these combos:
7. Thrasher: Small Ball inside of Half Ball x 1
Placing a small Ball inside the Half Ball creates two moving surfaces. The small Ball rolls around inside of the Half Ball. The Half Ball is placed flat side up and creates a rocking or wobble motion. Two moving surfaces that give you extreme tilts in all direction with slight board rolling. Perfect for holding your push-up position against an opponent and a narrow squat with very quick foot reactions.
Use these combos:
8. Ball Big Drop: Medium Ball fixed tight inside a large Half Ball
Wedge a Ball inside the Half Ball so that the two parts do not move. You have two different sized balance points and this gets you up high off the ground. You will teeter/hover around and just as the Half Ball gets to the edge you will feel a fast drop to the ground. Reaction to this feels like a sudden drop and being able to control landing on you sport board.
Use these combos:
Add Resistance for Greater Body Awareness:
Mastering your Si Board on the Balls and Half Balls is a big challenge. Now it's time to add resistance and fight the downward forces towards the board. Anchor the straps anywhere along the steel rail, attach the resistance band and then add the handles or foot straps. You can have resistance from any angle and keep your body guessing what's next. This stimulates more posture awareness and strength to keep your position.
Combo With Your Sports Equipment:
Make it more sport specific by strapping your sports equipment to the end our resistance band. Imagine a tennis racquet, baseball bat, steel mace or kettlebell in your hands being pulled downward toward the board. Then keep your position with the added balance challenge of any of the 8 board set-ups mentioned above. Sounds like one awesome exercise!
Gentle Movement Flow and Landing Your Jumps:
Sometimes you need a more forgiving balance board compared to our very responsive Balls and Half Balls. Strap your Si Board to a BOSU to get the sensation of floating on air. Movement flow is easier and more fluid. Perfect for partner drills, going from horizontal to vertical exercises, beginners learning balance and advanced athletes adding jumps and other equipment.
Use A Burst Resistance Stability Ball:
You can also add a burst resistance Stability Ball under the board and strap it in. We use a 55 cm that is deflated 1/4. This is a very advanced set-up when standing or jumping on the board. This is a great skill progression for learning push-ups, dips or bridges.
Please note:
Use a BOSU and burst resistant Stability Ball in good condition. Check for defects or damage before using and follow all safety guidelines. We are not responsible for damage to your exercise equipment or injury. Exercise within your skill level, with a spotter and safety equipment.
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Riders 3' to 4':
Riders 4' to 5'4":
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Are your balance boards good for building ankle strength for basketball players? I know they would do a whole lot more, but I’m just wondering about ankles specifically. What size combo would you recommend for a 6’ teenage boy?
Ankle strength- that can be a broad question. When I think of building back and ankle from injury or doing injury prevention exercises there are a few key areas I address. Physical strength to move the ankle through a range of motion against resistance-these would be band exercises. Wrap the band around the foot and move the foot and ankle through left and right, up and down, diagonal and alphabet patterns. After you gain the strength from these exercises, you need to learn how to get those muscles to fire to maintain balance and good joint position. This is where weight bearing exercises comes in. Then I put the athlete on one foot on the flat ground and make them balance. I progress them with ball throws and trying to knock them over. Then I progress to jumps in all directions with a balance hold once they land- this is great for basketball players. I also incorporate balance boards- trying to maintain balance on a moving surface helps initiate core control, posture, pelvic awareness and lower body strength. And when you look at the fine details of being able to balance on a board, a lot of it comes from the feet and ankles. When the board is moving around, I keep my upper body very stable and it’s my ankles and feet that are doing the fine tuning. I will have the athlete move the board in all directions to incorporate concentric strength and movement coordination at the same time. And I will have the athlete stay steady and react to the board and activate eccentric strength. At times I put a weight on the edge of the board to gain more resistance and increase strength of the foot and ankle. So the answer is two fold. The balance board will help coordinate and activate the strength in your lower body. But you must also build up strength doing some non weight bearing, jumping and resisted exercises. The balance board ties it all together and will help with overall sports performance because you have better reactions and core control. And since it all stems from your feet, you are strengthening your ankles and feet. Now, in cases of somebody with a chronic unstable ankle, there is only so much we can do with specific tape, rehab, bracing and treatment. Sometimes when the ligaments are too far gone and rehab exercises are exhausted and you are really active, sometimes the ankle will still give out. The supporting ligaments just aren’t there, but balance training does help tremendously. I’ve used our balance boards all soccer season with players and the non-contact ankle injuries were low or none. But when you have contact and somebody slams into your ankle, there isn’t much you can do. With basketball, I always saw injuries from the agility turning and tight rebound spaces where you land on somebodies foot. A balance board will help train for these situations. Especially when you are have youth athletes who are still growing and gaining strength- they just don’t know how to properly activate and control their bodies. The injury might still occur but the extent of it is lessened and recovery is faster. A 6′ teenage player would do great on two board sizes. The Freestyle medium board will get you into a nice comfortable squat position but will have a tighter lunge stance. This is a great board for general training. If you think they are still growing, you might want to consider the Commando board. The larger size allows for a wider deep squat to simulate a defense stance, a comfortable lunge position to simulate running and agility moves, a comfortable push up for rebounding strength, and a greater surface area for changing your stances. I would suggest a half ball to be able to do complex moves with basketball drills while on a wobble board. Go into a lunge position and practice dribbling skills. Get into a free throw stance and practice the motion. Stand on one foot with the hands in the air to simulate rebounding and landing. Riding on a board and ball combo will help with agility and being able to move side to side. It will also help train core stability and muscle activation when a defender is trying to block you or contact you.