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Weekend
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On 5/17/2002
Michael
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Matt: do the Brixton thing. I cant make it, but good luck in Switzerland. Clingfilm will be there. They are going to love your boards. Did you pack brown socks?
Everyone else: Crystal Palace Sunday? I'll be bringing returning hero Martin Drayton, and he wants to skate. We'll set up some courses, and in honour of Clingfilm being in Switzerland we will set courses that everyone can make...not just him!
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lush in London
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On 5/16/2002 jonathan
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Matt hop on Victoria line, head for Brixton. Pop into Brix Cycles and ride the sk8prk next door...ask for me or mog
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hotels
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On 5/16/2002
Paul K
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Chris,
Also there is the Holiday Inn Express by the Dartford River crossing (south side), plus the Travellodge in Bexleyheath.
both about £40 a room.
for extra wonga there is the Marriot in Bexleyheath.
All of these about 20mins from Brands by car
Paul K
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Brands Hatch accommodation
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On 5/16/2002 Clingfilm
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I have check two hotels in Tonbridge.
There is a good Premier Lodge at £49 per room with a good tudor pub next to it. For more info go to:
www.premierlodge.com
There is also a tudor Inn at £78 for a single room and Twimns for £49 per person.
These I can easily take you to the circuit. There are cheaper in Tunbridge Wells if needed.
There is also a camp site in Tonbridge if you want to camp.
Saturday Night
If there are enough people who want to come to Tonbridge I will arrange a good Pub, although the Premier Lodge on is very good, and does food. If not I will check out pubs in Eynsford and around Brands.
Let me know what you want to do.
Chris
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RE: lights needed
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On 5/16/2002
Paul T-C
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If you look on ebay someone is auctioning off a light in the shape of a raiser pad.
So they do exist, but I havn't seen any over here (UK).
Paul.
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Kent Hill Carvers
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On 5/16/2002
Tom
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Any time on weekends, anywhere, will drive for good hills,
Know of any that are free of cars?
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LONDON, FRIDAY AFTERNOON SKATE
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On 5/16/2002
Mat (lush)
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Anyone in London up for a skate this Friday afternoon?...I will have a few hours to kill down there. I am bringing a selection of Lush boards as I am off to Switzerland racing, so you could get to see the Spooky Evo, Kisiwa, S10 (prototype) and my custom boarderX race board.
I'll be getting into the coach station in Victoria for about 3pm and I will have about 3 hours free.
Any offers? Email me let me know...but be quick!
mob: 0794 114 2827
Mat.
email: mat@lushlongboards.com
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night runs------lights needed
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On 5/15/2002
matt
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ive made a bracket for my board that will hold a small torch but there are floors in my idea,
does anyone know if you can buy such a thing.
I NEED LIGHTS!
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longboarders in dorset?
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On 5/15/2002
matt
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are there any longers in dorset?
email me if you want to skate.
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Kent
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On 5/15/2002 Clingfilm
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I am in Tonbridge. I'll come out sometime for a cruise. How legal does it have to be, do you want a night shoot.
Let me know where and when.
Chris
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Hill Carvers in Kent?
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On 5/14/2002
Tom
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Are there any keen hill carvers / bombers in Kent in the Sevenoaks - Maidstone areas? I've been riding hills & searching for good deserted roads with my 10yr old son for ages and we've never yet seen anyone else out on a longboard??
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Media coverage
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On 5/13/2002 Clingfilm
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The Kent Messanger should be sending photographers to Brands and Mercury FM may want an interview, or will list the event on the day.
Chris
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Street Surf Cross Switzerland
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On 5/13/2002
Mike
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Hi Folks
just to reminde you next week -end
www.streetsurfcross.ch
www.streetsurfcross.ch
www.streetsurfcross.ch
the weather looks superb and the asphalt will be hot !
We from the OC look forwart to see many of you guys here in Switzerland. Riders from Germany, Austria, France, UK and the USA are already listed to compete against the finest Swiss riders.
Mike @ Summit
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sport war
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On 5/12/2002 longy
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chris its all true and i wish we could have had you up here when it was all going down....alas poor mikey was all by himself one dark night when tired of chasing hoolies around town decided to aggravate yours truly...the next round of the battle is to try and get a skatepark nearer to the town center as "warped" is currently nestled amongst industrial units and an area even a shaolin master like me would think twice about skating through yet alone a six stone grom....the council have worked a well tricky move here and to all intents and purposes feel vilified...i'm going to see how much support i can get and go trouble the council again.
mike
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Protest
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On 5/12/2002 Clingfilm
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All public servants love an easy life and not having to question their policies. If you kick up enough stink they will bend over. Watch out what they do as they are sneeky.
Petitions, regular phone calls, e-terrorism and publicity drive them mad. However you may not have the public on your side, but if they do not complain they are considered to agree.
Shoping centres and the like are private property and are not subject to by-laws, on civil ons. Here the owner has to take you to court and the police have to have permission of the owner to enter. They can only really arrest you for damage or disterbing the peace, note it only has to be the peace of the police. If anyone is arrested make constant calls from concerned friends about the welfare of their friend, jam the lines, their'll soon let them out, also go to the person in charge of the police station at that moment, not the arresting officer.
You always have the right to protest and this could be over night. Use travellers laws to protect you. Have a camp out overnight, get the press along. Invite everyone you know, we are always up to close aroad for a free skate.
If you have legal insurance take the council to court over civil liberties and a clarification in the law about what exactly a skateboard is. On private land it is considered thhe same as a pram or a buggy, hence it is difficult to stop you except for another offence.
Good luck and kick arse
Chris
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fuzz
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On 5/12/2002 chris (lush)
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here they are generally really good (cos they've got far more important things to get on with in Sheffield). We all ride with lights and helmets, and usually late at night, on the road. During the day it's not so good, understandably. We get more hassle from crazy car driver vigilantes and taxi drivers. It's a funny mix, some people give lifts and some swear and swerve at you.
All drunk people jump in front of you.
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wolvo
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On 5/12/2002 longy
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i agree chris and it was done about 4-5 years ago when the subject of a new bye law came into the public realm....blah blah blah we got a skatepark out of it with government,police,private cash building warped skatepark...all power to them and us the letter writing does work as does phoning councillors every day (and late at night) etc.....then they sneakily approved the byelaw in closed session about 10.30 at night just weeks after the park had opened, then da police started getting really heavy on anybody skating around the town center.just up the road in telford shropshire the police are the friendliest dudes as are most other areas (big up to the cumbrian penrith police who gave longy and co several lifts back up a gnarly hill in summer 2000)but around here eeeeek.
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Galway Ireland
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On 5/12/2002
Mick Zimmerman
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Hey,
I was wondering if there are any skate shops in Galway Ireland or close to it. Also if there are any good spots to skate in there. O and one final question what is the pigs (Garda as know in Ireland) view on skateboarding - do they take you board away if your skating give you a ticket or something.- thanks, I am going to ireland for 4 weeks this summer and i wanted to figure out if it was worth bringing my longboard.
Thanks ,
-Mick
MZimmerman@McDonogh.org
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North Wales UK
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On 5/12/2002
woody
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:)
Sales in Wales...
www.creationlongboards.co.uk
l8rs, woody:)
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Sheffield Signs
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On 5/12/2002 Mat
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On a nice warm sunny day we should take a long sheet of plastic, from a builders merchants, and place it near that sign, cover it in water and washing up liquid...then wearing only speedos...slide to our hearts content, it doesnt mention anything about that being naughty!
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Protest
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On 5/12/2002 Clingfilm
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It is easy to things about prohibitation, but let me give you some ideas to add to your fun.
First write a letter, one for all should do, like the statistics below and send it to all of the following, but make sure everyone knows that others have been CC:
All councilors, with prority to leasure ones.
Your MP
The head of the police and hospitals
Local radio and TV
Place a copy of the letter under every sign.
Then the fun starts. When the letter has been sent, whenever you and your friends have a spare five minutes, phone a few of them up, at random and see what they are doing about it. Eventially you will get a few quotes of support. Then you send another letter to all parties again quoting them. This embarass the ones you have quotes from and force them to defend their statements.
If you want intense fun then go to a council meeting or MP meetings and raise a question.
Then organise a demonstration and block off all of the roads with your friends for the day.
This may not get you anywhere, but it will make them think about trying it twice.
The only thing authorities dislike is bad publicity. If you do that then they soon change. Keep it high profile and have a demonstration everytime you want to skate a road.
Good luck
Chris
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wheels in wolvo
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On 5/12/2002 longy
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hey and another thing about dis subject last year 14 people were injured in our town center by motorised shopping scooters, 2 by wheelchairs, 8 were injured by delivery trucks in pedestrian only areas, 21 by slipping on discarded food from takeaways and fast food outlets,34 injured by wet floors and unsafe pathways, there were 3,182 serious assaults involving drunkeness,6 people were viciously pecked by pigeons,9 people had to have hospital treatment following incidents where they fell over or into something while talking on a mobile phone, 11 cyclists including one fatality using cycle lanes.....guess what? nobody was injured by fly away skateboards and no skaters required treatment by west midlands ambulance services because of skating related injuries and yet we are the only users of the city center that have a bye law all to ourselves.
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badness
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On 5/11/2002 longy
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hey hank they owed me man...
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Competitions
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On 5/11/2002 UKSSA
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I have updated the site to include information on Brands. It may change but it gives you all a better idea.
qube2.lcp.linst.ac.uk/skate
Chris
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robbery
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On 5/11/2002 hank
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bad bad boy
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