Porto LongTail with Ball
Maximum Thrills & Minimal Form
Designed for portability – Loved by boardsporters!
Our Porto LongTail Board was developed to be our portable travel Board, but it’s so much more. Neat in shape and half the weight of our Flagship CoolBoards, it slips into travel bags with ease, yet packs the luxuries of its bigger siblings.
But as neat as the PortoLT is, it’s got a Safety ring as big as our Large Board! Paired with the Small Standard Speed Ball it gives the ability to make massive moves, yet keeps you closer to the floor, inspiring confidence. This is the Board the tricksters love – Pop-shove-its – game on!
Being thinner the PortoLT has a little flex to it – adding to the boardsports vibe. And all the exercises are just as effective – so there’s no excuse to skip your sliding planks while away from home – keeping your beach body nipped and tucked perfectly.
A great CoolBoard set-up for travellers and funsters alike!
Board; 60 x 33 x 2cm, 1.7kgs. Ball; 10cm, 0.67kgs. 120kgs max.
More details below…
Christmas Delivery
- UK – Tuesday 11.30am 23rd Dec, delivered 24th
- Rest of the World – please email / call
- Please read details to avoid disappointment
Christmas Delivery
- UK – Monday 23rd Dec 9am
- USA & Canada – Friday 20th Dec 4am EST (UTC -5)
- Rest of the World – please email / call
- Please read details to avoid disappointment
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The portable 3D balance & core trainer
The worlds best balance board goes portable – unique, fun and highly beneficial 3d movement, kept safe by the ring – beautifully engineered lightweight board with a little flex and DuraSoft top for comfortable balance – smooth rounded edges for comfortable exercising.
Porto LongTail
The Porto LongTail was designed to be the neat traveling CoolBoard – but what came out is so much more! Yes, you can slip it into your weekend bag, slip it out at the beach bar or in your hotel room, and have a nice gentle balance. But being so light and neat, what the PortoLT loves is to be taken by the horns and flicked around, it’s the most chuckable balance board there is. The safety ring is roughly the same size as the Large CoolBoard allowing big bold moves if you choose.
For a surfer’s analogy to compare it with the other CoolBoards, the PortoLT is the shortboard, the CoolBoard the longboard. Or you could say it’s the little kid brother, still getting the high grades during the day, but rebelling at night!
60 x 33 x 1.8cms, 1.7kgs. Recommended max weight: 100kgs
Ball
Gorgeous, silky, addictive movement… ‘feels like a hoverboard’ is a common comment. There is just nothing like the joyous movement of this Ball, you’ve got to try it to believe it.
The Small Standard Speed Ball (100mm 0.67kgs) is great for portability, half the weight of the Medium Ball it slips into bag more easily, and is great for a more confidence inspiring ride thanks to keeping you closer to the floor. Standard Speed – just right to get you going easily enough, whilst offering a challenge that will keep you coming back for more, for years, the Goldilocks speed.
PLEASE NOTE: Our Balls are the oft unsung hero of CoolBoard, the key to making a board on a ball work for everyday people, or work full stop, and we are the only people on the planet to get this vital element right. Too hard and the movement is too fast for most mortals. Too soft and it simply stops acting as a ball, making a pointless compromised wobble board.
This is why we developed our unique range of Balls, they are key to CoolBoard’s function, and it’s why we stopped supplying the severely compromised, inconsistent and annoying inflatable balls.
Expensive to make, alas there is no ‘off the shelf’ alternative, but they are ready to give you smiles and benefits everyday. No pump, no pop, no misshape, just hop on and smile.
Suitable for ‘up for it’ 10 – 80 year olds. Also available as Board & Disc for a gentle start, or Board, Ball & Disc for both.
Other sizes and speeds of Ball are available as accessories, so you can add to your balance arsenal in the future.
Is it fun?
Yes, very! It’s simply impossible to explain in words, there is something unique and highly addictive about the movement of a good board on a good ball. Whether you ride it gently or more dynamically, its in another league compared with roller or stationary balance boards. It even makes exercises far more engaging.
Is it beneficial?
Oh yes! This is the beauty of true 3d movement. So many more muscles will be firing away to control that movement, so it really strengthens up stabilising muscles around joints, targets the core, and if you really want, hits those obliques with a sliding plank!
Is it Difficult?
This all depends on how you approach it, and the PortoLT takes slightly more getting used to compared to the CoolBoard. Still, with instruction and a good support we have had 80 year old grandmothers up and happily balancing away within 10 minutes. Any balance trainer will require you to learn new skills, it’s the challenge that improves us. Yes, it’s a little shock to begin with, but unlike many balance trainers, it’s a lot of fun and very beneficial, so it’s well worth the effort, and it will keep you coming back for more for years to come.
Construction
PortoLT note: Designed to be portable, the PortoLT is thinner and therefore less strong. It is more than strong enough for general use up to 100kgs, but if you repeatedly land big tricks it might not last forever. Send me some videos of you landing big tricks and I might give you a replacement for free…
Not just for Christmas, and definitely not for the cupboard! We believe in producing products that will not only last a lifetime, but will keep getting used and keep looking enticing. This makes any product a joy to own, more economical over the years, and saves the planet.
Your Board is engineered, by hand in our workshop in Bristol, UK, from high quality birch ply – one of the strongest plys there is – to a very high standard. It is then finished with 4 coats of durable lacquer. Finally the DuraSoft is added. You will notice the graphics and logo run right through the DuraSoft, so there’s no printing to rub off and look scabby.
Yes, it all costs a bit more, but we would rather you still love your CoolBoard in 5 or 15 years’ time.
product details
Portable Balance Platform
Sleek design will slip into most hold and trip bags
DuraSoft – non-abrasive for barefoot or shoes
18mm thick quality Birch Ply handmade in UK
60 x 32.5 x 1.8cm, 1.7kgs
For Ball use – use with caution if shoe size 6 or under
Ball – 3D balance nirvana
The secret to effective balance & core training is unrestricted movement. Forget the roller and join the 3D (r)evolution
Years to develop and expensive to manufacture – the only Balls to balance on!
Use on a soft / squidgy surface (carpet / exercise mat) to slow the movement while you get used to it.
Different size and speed Balls are available as accessories so you can add to your package in the future.
Core Workout & Instructions
Quick to learn with our fully illustrated instructions
Exercises – not just for standing – CoolBoard will give your Core and Joint Stabilisers the best workout possible – the magic of 3D movement!
Perform Better, live longer, be happier
…OH MY!!!! i have been teaching board sports for years now, I’ve tried every balance board ever made, they are all okay but nothing comes close to the coolboard…
SUP Instructor
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