Sixth grade students at Garden City Middle School help each other get going on a Wave board. Students at Garden City Middle School recently had a chance to try a new "street surfing" technique called Wave boarding at a special workshop scheduled during physical education class.

A skateboard-like device, the Wave board requires riders to combine techniques used in snowboarding, skateboarding, and surfing. Unlike a traditional skateboard, the Wave board has front and rear flexible panels that are controlled by a spring-oriented torsion board. In addition each of the board's two wheels can rotate 360 degrees. The rider propels the board by twisting the hips and shoulders back and forth in an s-shaped motion.

"The students have enjoyed using the Wave boards," Middle School Physical Education Teacher Wendy Logue said. "The boards incorporate all aspects of our physical education program, but with a new twist."

Most students are up and rolling in no time. Garden City Middle School students with the Wave boards they tried out last month.