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Handheld Surfboard Designs

Clean the Sky - Positive Eco Trends & Breakthroughs

The Slyde Handboards Allow You to Surf On Your Hands

— September 20, 2014 — Lifestyle
Enhancing ordinary surfboarding with more experiential qualities, the Slyde Handboard offers users the chance to attach mini surfboards to their hands for balance and doing tricks.

While surfing takes a lot of skill and technique, hitting the water with your hands often causes you to lose all balance and wipe out. The Slyde Handboards however, are here to make tricks and surfing the open ocean much easier and convenient. Designed as a miniature surfboard design that can efficiency attach to the palm of your hands, these creative designs allow surfers to glide along waves without the incumbent fear of wiping out.

Helping to make the surfing experience much more user-friendly, these handboards will definitely make cruising around those rough waves a lot more fun and entertaining.
Trend Themes
1. Handboard Surfing - The trend of using innovative handboard designs to enhance the surfing experience.
2. Experiential Surfing - The trend of creating more interactive and engaging surfing experiences with new surfboard designs.
3. Miniature Surfing Gadgets - The trend of developing smaller, more convenient surfing gadgets that enhance the overall ride.
Industry Implications
1. Sporting Goods - The sporting goods industry can innovate and create a new market of surfing enthusiasts by investing in new technologies and gadgets to take the sport to the next level.
2. Outdoor Adventure - The outdoor adventure market can explore new ways to enhance the surfing experience by developing more innovative surfing products and gear.
3. Tourism - The tourism industry can tap into the growing trend of experiential surfing by offering packages and destinations for surfers looking for a new and exciting adventure.
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