[Explanation] This summer, the popularity of land surfing on Chinese social media has continued to rise, and more and more young people have joined the sport.
Recently, the reporter saw in a square in Liuzhou City, Guangxi, dozens of young people stepped on "land surfboards", shuttled back and forth in the square, and staged a land surfing sport.
[Explanation] Land surfboards are referred to as "Lu Chong", which is one of the types of skateboards. It is named after the design of the twisting front bridge to simulate the feeling of surfing at sea.
Different from the traditional skateboard, Lu Chong relies on the core to exert force, and switches the center of gravity of the body through the coordinated swing of the waist, hips, legs and knees, thus driving the Lu Chong board forward.
[Explanation] Lu Chong's cool sports form and low learning threshold have made many beginners rate it as a "newcomer-friendly" sports.
In the past two years, affected by the epidemic, the number of cross-regional mobile people has decreased. As a "replacement" for surfing at sea, Lu Chong sports quietly "out of the circle" among young and middle-aged groups.
[Concurrent] Lu Chong sports coach Chen Yu
(Lu Chong) This is also a tool to release pressure.
Basically, all age groups can skate, and the threshold is not high.
In fact, skateboarding is a relatively low-risk sport. As long as you have a safe field, a correct sliding action, and a professional guidance, it will be ok.
[Explanation] Today, Lu Chong sports is sought after by many young people, not only because the skaters can feel the excitement and freshness like surfing during the sliding process, but also widely socialize during the exercise process, which enhances the fun of the exercise.
Fans of Lu Chong communicated with each other and learned from each other by forming WeChat groups.
[Concurrent] Lu Chong sports coach Chen Yu
There are more than 100 people in the Lu Chong group now, but some of them have not joined the (chat) group. There may be about 200 people in Liuzhou. It is still developing, and then it may continue to (develop).
We (players) are all teachers, teachers in various training industries, or doctors, nurses, and police. In fact, there are all of them.
[Explanation] With the rapid development of Internet live broadcasting, many Lu Chong fans took pictures and videos during the exercise and posted them on the circle of friends and video platforms to make more new friends.
These videos have attracted the attention of many extreme sports enthusiasts across China.
[Concurrent] Lu Chong's self-media creator Liu Yuqin
New media now has a huge scope of expansion, and everyone can play, whether young (people), or older people, they are all playing, I want to use new media richer platforms to bring this movement (Lu Chong) Spread the word and show everyone Lu Chong's charm.
[Explanation] According to reports, skateboarding has increased by more than 6 million participants in China in the past two years, and the age is also tending to be younger.
Up to now, there are more than 200 skateboarding standard venues nationwide, nearly 400 skateboard clubs, and tens of millions of skateboard enthusiasts.
[Explanation] According to Lu Chong fans, the current price of a Lu Chong board is about 1,500-3,000 yuan. As the main force in the outdoor sports and consumer market, young people have more diversified outdoor social needs and a broad consumer market. In addition to Lu Chong, niche hobbies such as camping, cycling, and Frisbee are gradually developing into mass industries.
Liu Juncong and Wei Guozheng reported from Liuzhou, Guangxi
Responsible editor: [Li Ji]