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RBBS
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On 8/18/2004 GBMII
wrote in from
United States
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I'm in hard.
I'd love to be able to actually participate in a banked slalom event. One question though - is is gonna be a wigglefest???? That seems to be essential to anything that has the word "slalom" attached to it.
Keep it open, keep it fast. Just making the course should take precedence over our urge for survival.... guts=glory
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RBBS
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On 8/18/2004
Paul
wrote in from
United States
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K-Lee, I've got 50 3dm cones. Count me and the kid in.
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RBBS
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On 8/18/2004
K-LEE
wrote in from
United States
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GBMII, you should know better than that. You pulled it off at Indian School, imagine how much easier it would be at Rio Bravo. Guess I'LL have to do it. Is anyone opposed to the stopwatch method? Hey Joe, can I borrow your timer? I have about 40 cones to play with, anyone got some to add to the mix? I'll start setting a course this week.
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Rio Bravo??
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On 8/17/2004 GBMII in Albuq
wrote in from
United States
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I didn't think Joe was welcome back at Rio Bravo....
I know Cody isn't......
Se ya in Breck.
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Rio Bravo Banked Slalom
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On 8/16/2004
-JC-
wrote in from
United States
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Kaylee; Say it again, louder, I don't think Joe was listening. ;-)
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uk ditches
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On 8/16/2004 jonnyx
wrote in from
United Kingdom
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http://www.multimap.com/map/photo.cgi?client=public&X=321000&Y=469000&width=700&height=410&gride=320212.025721378&gridn=468847.152535481&srec=0&coordsys=gb&db=freegaz&pc=&zm=0&scale=10000&multimap.x=427&multimap.y=277
just to the north of the large body of water is another pool, shaped like a truncated triangle. to the west (in the missing point of the triangle) is a large, steeply banked reservoir which you can see as light coloured concrete.
access is difficult, you have to come down the railway lines from the east and approach from the south. many spiky railings await you. i havnt skated this place for at least 10 years. it may well be a bust, especially if BNFL still leave their atomic waste flasks lying around the railway sidings. i remember skating there and looking at the brats from the estate hammering on the flasks valves with bricks, but in the current climate they will probably have security (i hope).
dont know if its still there, but there was some truly ancient skate graffiti one one of the banks too.
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U.K. Ditches
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On 8/16/2004 Tom W.
wrote in from
United Kingdom
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U.K. Riders - Any banks or ditches near you?
I've ridden the one at Milton Keynes - need to find more, any suggestions? Any wierd shaped concrete is good!
Tom W.
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Re: Ditch in Portsmouth
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On 8/14/2004
David "davmo" Morris
wrote in from
United States
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A ridable ditch in Portsmouth. Cool. I live in Norfolk so if you ever need anyone else to ride with I know me and two other locals that would ride. Drop me an email and let me know more.
Dave
davmo@aol.com
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Ditch in Portsmouth, Virginia...
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On 8/10/2004
Ryan 'VA'
wrote in from
United States
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I found a ditch in Portsmouth, behind a job site I was working at. 3-5ft tall mellow walls that roll into a smooth, flush 3ft or so transistion, surface looks smooth, i didn't get a good luck but the transistions probably need to be sweeped and the weeds on the outside growing in need to be clipped... This ditch should stay fairly dry year 'round, after these past two weeks of bad weather, and that little bit of that rain we got from the hurricane that hit Carolina...she was bone dry. I am going to go ride her soon, as soon as one of my friends can feel my stoke and make that trip to skate it. If you want to ride it, or want directions...drop me an email. SkateLongboards@yahoo.com
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Rio Bravo
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On 8/10/2004 Andy
wrote in from
United States
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Rio Bravo is a pretty nice ditch. I've only ridden it once and it had a lot of dirt at the bottom
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Rio Bravo
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On 8/10/2004
K-LEE
wrote in from
United States
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Rio Bravo ditch is one of my new favorites. It isn't all that tall or deep, but it's smooth and the transitions are pretty nice. The best thing I like about it is that it's on a pitch and is very pumpable for speed. In my opinion, Rio Bravo ditch would be the ideal place for a tight banked slalom race, the opposite of what we run at the Bear. Small and tight, but not slow and boring. Anyone got pics?
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AREA 51
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On 8/9/2004 ERIC 31
wrote in from
United States
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We could possibly talk about a beer bribe. I should make a application for directions to this site. We dont want any Groms blowing it out. It be somthing like Name/age/location/# of years been sk8ing!
HEY, I'M GOOD FOR A BEER BRIBE. WHAT KIND ARE YOU DRINKING? AT 38 YEARS OLD, I DON'T HANG WITH ANY GROMS AND THEY WOULDN'T WANT TO SKATE A DITCH ANYWAY. JUST ME AND A COUPLE OTHER 30 SOMETHING SKATERS WHO KNOW HOW TO KEEP THINGS ON THE DOWN LOW. X THIRTY ONE X AT YAHOO DOT COM
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Rio Bravo
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On 8/9/2004
Lowrie
wrote in from
United States
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Ramos said it was good, haven't made it out there myself.
yet....
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Rio Bravo
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On 8/9/2004 Chris
wrote in from
United States
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Has anyone been up to Rio Bravo lately? I was driving down I25 and it looks like that ditch goes almost all the way up Rio Bravo hill now. Has anyone skated it?
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ditches and banks
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On 8/9/2004
dknife
wrote in from
United States
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Got ditch? I live in humbolt county and wanna skate email me.
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JC
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On 8/4/2004
Lowrie
wrote in from
United States
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thanks, I had no idea he did that, but I found out while in Cali. Yup, pretty fancy footbordin
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Hey Lowrie!
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On 8/3/2004
-JC-
wrote in from
United States
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Lookin' good, you long-haired asphaltplayground poster child!
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tampa ditches
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On 8/2/2004
tony
wrote in from
United States
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mike, yes, especially the clearwater ditch.
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Ditches in Tampa
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On 8/2/2004 Mike Manzi
wrote in from
United States
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Hey Tony, any of those you mentioned in Tampa good for carving on a longboard? I was thinking of something that would have banks on both sides for a fair distance, although I know FL ain't NM
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ditches??
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On 8/1/2004
Calvin
wrote in from
Canada
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I need to know if there are any cool ditches in Southern Ontario Canada??
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bank of k-mart
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On 8/1/2004
tony
wrote in from
United States
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off of waters ave. in tampa, super long banked wall on side of k-mart, plus a real fun hill in the parking lot. i actually had 3 bored cops run a radar on me and some friends here. clocked us doing 38mph, no kidding. plus a nice hill on florida ave. in front of the store. late night or early morning for that one. heavy traffic otherwise.
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florida ditches
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On 8/1/2004
tony
wrote in from
United States
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fowler ave. ditches in tampa. u.s. 301 ditches in riverview. clearwater/palm harbor ditch off of u.s. 19. just a few i like to skate.
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Thanks to the NM crew
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On 7/30/2004
snoball
wrote in from
United States
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Apologies to the webmasters but I didn't really know where else to put this and since it's mainly to the NM crew...you know, where all the great ditches are...and most excellent people too..:
Kaylee & Nyah, JC & Sherry, Rob & Michelle, Lowrie, Sharon...I just recieved the sympathy card sent and signed by you all and I appreciate your gesture and well wishes so much. The recent
loss of my father has been very difficult and I miss him terribly, but I am so happy we were able to come out there. He was/is the light of my life, my hero, and I'm very proud to be able to say he is my father. Your thoughts are particulary meaningful since you met him and he, you. He was very impressed by each of you and if I mentioned some event coming up he would ask me to convey the message,"I already know they'll have fun so tell them watch their damned headbones!" ;-)
Thanks so much again NM crew, I appreciate it greatly.
ooo
xxx
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Yo Karl! Go to the parks & pools forum and read my post
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On 7/26/2004
John Dillon, Team Fun
wrote in from
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see the parks & pool forum...it's on! Come join us sept 18th!
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Lansdowne= Re-openning
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On 7/26/2004
Karl Peck / i_r_taz
wrote in from
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Need help!
Someone needed to run some contests.
Sept 18th
John you still in???
You are needed!
Please call and let me know.
I know your a busy guy, but please call.
Anyone else who can or wants to help
please email me. Let's not forget that the
local rec dudes may have screwed the place up
a little but this isn't about that.
This is about the kids!!!!
We'll fix the problems later!
peace all!
Karl
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