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KINGS
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On 11/19/2002
MATCH
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Hey Jeff!
I was with Ryan at Vans this weekend - I was videoing the slalom comp. We'd be totally down to meet up on Saturday. Give us a time and we'll be there.
http://teamknown.tripod.com
PEACE-LOVE
-MATCH-
KNOWN east.coast.longboarding
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Kings Ditch
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On 11/19/2002
Jeff McDermott
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Lets get a session out there this weekend. Its like 5 minutes from my house. Save some crete for some good grinding. I met Ryan? at the banked slalom race. Lets carve it up.
Jeff McDermott
ENERGYSKATES.COM
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Kings Ditch
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On 11/19/2002
Johnny B
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PLEASE don't mess up those lips of the Kings Ditch!!! or do so much to that ditch, that you turn it into a bust.
If you want to slide on steel, go to a plywood park. Otherwise pump harder & go faster and enjoy the feel/sound of 'crete on aluminum.
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Ditches man, Ditches
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On 11/19/2002
Dave
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yo your guys ditch looks pretty fun,
you should come down to king of prussia and ride the dustbowl it is a very fun ditch, probably the best in PA. email me for directions if you want to come rip it! peace
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A-TOWN ditches
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On 11/19/2002
MATCH
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Hey Dave,
On the KNOWN page we have a few videos from a ditch in Allentown. Go to KINGS DITCH CLIPS in the VIDEOS section and check it out for yourself. It's a fun ditch, we're cleaning it up this week adding extensions and new rails, etc. Here is the link - KNOWN east.coast.longboarding
PEACE-LOVE
-MATCH-
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ditches in PA
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On 11/19/2002
Dave
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how are those ditches in allentown?
are they worth the trip from KoP?
anyone have pictures?
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cabbage
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On 11/18/2002
Nick
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cabbage can u hook me up with some pictures of arbutus to?
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Allentown, PA
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On 11/18/2002
Match
wrote in from
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Yo everyone! Vans was rad - good skatin' with everyone. Jordan, if you are looking to skate in Allentown, lemme know. I skate with team KNOWN and two of us go to school in Allentown. We skate a pretty nice ditch up here all the time, so lemme know if you want to session or need direx.
Also, everyone check out the video sections of the team KNOWN page. We have up some VANS clips from Saturday. http://teamknown.tripod.com/videos.htm
PEACE-LOVE
-MATCH-
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stuff
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On 11/18/2002 cabbage
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Eric B I'll send ya photos..
Jordan the ditch's are in Allentown PA, ask the Reading Crew for directions.
sk8 fast or die,
Cabbage
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Deer Park Water Ditch (DPW Ditch) in Springfield, VA
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On 11/17/2002 lbk
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Has anyone got the low down on this ditch in Springfield, VA? A picture of Perry and Kelly shooting the brush in the ditch can be found on Jay Wescott’s skate photo web page? The ditch is behind the Deer Park water building. From what I have been told it's long; however it needs possibly a chainsaw to clear out thorns and trees.
Jay Wescott Photography
http://www.jaywestcott.com/
Ditch photo is the 3rd one down on
http://www.jaywestcott.com/morephotos.html
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Maryland ditches
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On 11/16/2002
Jordan
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i went to vans for the vintage/longboard day.
some old school guy was saying something about a ditch he just cleaned up that was close to Gaithersburg.any one know about this? (Hey Cabbage do you know anything about this one?)
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Arbutus once again
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On 11/16/2002
Eric B
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I was just wondering if anyone here has some pics of the legendary Arbutus Ditch they could scan and post here for me. I would love to check them out! Thanks.
Eric
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toronto banks
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On 11/15/2002
jerry
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I actually skated the Loblaws banks last Sunday (10th) in the rain. Very smooth, steep at one end, mellower at the other. Very nice. I saw the school banks but didn't skate them. You kinda have to ride UP to hit them. Thanks for the pictures, robc.
Jerry
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toronto banks
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On 11/14/2002 robc
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Here's a couple pix of the banks I mentioned several posts ago: Pape ave public school is the one with the S9 deck, (it's actually Pape and Riverdale, not whatever street I said)
The Loblaws bank is the far away one. I haven't actually skated that one, yet. Maybe they'll ask to see your President's Choice bank card....
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Surfrider Foundation Banked Slalom Race
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On 11/14/2002
John Dillon
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The list is getting longer folks.....but there's still room for more...so come on down to Vans-Woodbridge, just south of Wash,DC to the 3rd Annual Vintage & Longboard Day...register to display your old & long sk8 stuff, and register on the contest forum to let us know if you can volunteer, just sk8,race &/or set up a display...all sk8ing will b indoors.....let the fun begin!Thanks in advance to all our sponsors and to Vans for providing the venue!!!Fun is guaranteed!!!!
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Getting snaked
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On 11/13/2002 Lenny
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When I DO make it to a park, I don't get snaked that much. I suggest being 6'2" and close to 300 lbs and looking "mean" would help. LOL
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Arbutus & Riverdale
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On 11/12/2002 lbk
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What's up with Arbutus? Back in the day, Arbutus was my ditch of choice because it was much steeper and faster than Riverdale. Frankly, the last time I skated Arbutus; it was harder to skate than Riverdale. But if I lived near Arbutus, I would fix that place up right.
Here is how:
1) Cut back the overgrowth foliage slightly down to the right if you are looking at the interstate highway. This would be similar to the original skating surface.
2) Cut back the overgrowth foliage about 150 feet up to the left. There is some cool drop offs that would be created doing that
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3) Get a bunch of chicken wire and sack-crete and fix up the transitions. I wouldn’t touch the drop offs because that is where the run off is going under the ditch.
4) Get metal edges such as an I-beam, angle iron, pipe, etc. along with some bricks and parking blocks. Next I would cement them into the top edge of the ditch. I would get creative and make some death box edges, rails for tail slides/nose blunts, and so forth.
Too bad I don’t live near Baltimore anymore. But if you got some real guts, I got big plans to make the Alexandria full pipes skateable.
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Team Knowns - new vid
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On 11/12/2002
Mick
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waldork
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On 11/11/2002 Cabbage
wrote in from
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that sucks, yeah see Maryland kids that have never had that type of park, know nothing on how to flow with others. see that nice line you had, happened to cross Johnny's path who has been sk8ing the same handrail for the whole session. I mean if thats what Johnny is into cool, but Johnny needs to learn. Time will change that and speaking of time, try to get there weekday early afternoon.
Let me know your next MD session..are you hitting Vans next sat?
sk8 till u die,
cabbage
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wadork
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On 11/11/2002
Dave
wrote in from
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yes I did make the trip down to waldorf as well. The park was pretty cool but there were alot of stupid kids there, I went on a weekend so this didn't help the situation any. It just seemed like these kids had never been to a skatepark before. I got snaked more in one run than I did on the whole rest of the trip combined.
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Arbutus Ditch
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On 11/11/2002 Cabbage
wrote in from
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yeah Dave the place is a killer, my back hates the place.Not as happen as it was in say 85-89...did you sk8 the new charles county park in waldork?
cabbage
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maryland ditches
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On 11/11/2002
Dave
wrote in from
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went ot maryland this past weekend for a road trip and it was very fun. Riverdale is one of the coolest ditches I've ever skated, and arbutus was definately the worst. Lansdowne was fun but I forgot my longboard.
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pot spring
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On 11/10/2002 Nick
wrote in from
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saturday i had the privilege or pleasure or honor (whatever you want to call it) of skating with cabbage great guy he showed us stuff i had never dreamed of and let us ride his boards and gave us stickers it was a great time i just wanted to thank cabbage from the p-spring locals (Will Mick and Nick)
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REF: OLD SCHOOL VISION RIPPER BOARD
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On 11/9/2002
John Dillon
wrote in from
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YO: Owner of this board on last post....What's it worth? Put together that board and some other old school stuff and display it at the 3rd Annual Vintage & Longboard Day next week(11/16) and register w/us on the event forum and you sk8 for free all day! Now that's a bargain!! That's 6 free sesssions worth...? U do the math!! Or come & sk8 that board & it costs u just $5/session....still a bargain! Come support the Surfrider Foundation's day of fun at Vans-Woodbridge, just south of Wash,DC. Thank-you Vans for providing the rad venue and for your support of this great event! Don't be square, be there!
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VISION
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On 11/7/2002
Will
wrote in from
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i have vision ripper old skool board if anyone knows if its worth anything e-mail me
-will NorrisLx@comcast.net
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