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Love my Bozi Longboards
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On 8/24/2003 Sharon
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Thank you soooooooo much Bozi for your generous outflows!!!
Had a blast with Pam and her Dad!!! I really love carving my favorite ditch (Indian School) with visitors from outta' town. My Bozi Bomber rides super smooth over all these New Mexico ditches!!! So stoked to set-up my new 36"!!!!
Aching to Race and missing my slalom family.
(sniffle...sniffle...) Sharon
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Bozi's in NM
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On 8/23/2003
Bozi Boards
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JC, Im glad you got there, I know Pam was glad to see you there.
The Black & red Bomber you rode is the final proto for the new ones about to be out , except the new run will be shortened an inch & be a bit stiffer.
Got a call from Pam, she sounded like she had done 10 days worth of places & riding in the last few days.
Kaylee,Nyah, Sharon & Palmer, thank you guys for taking care of things & showing her & her Pop around & comin together.
You guys all kill it & apparently Palmer is completely insane (something about a steep ditch dumping down a steep steep incline into a 5 foot pipe......)
Sounds like there been plenty of video taken, & hopefully there will finally be some decent Ditch stuff going on disc in the future.
I want now more then ever to get out there sometime, sound like the skaters town hands down.
Thanks Guys/Girls, Bozi
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Bozi in NM !
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On 8/23/2003
-JC-
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Well, not only did I see the tall woman and the red-n-black Bozi's (as well as three others), I got to ride that new pup. Mmmm-mmmm, concave. And faaaast! Those Avila's stuck so nice in Indian School, and the Trackers were super stable. Kind of a wierd transition after the R-II's, but I think that would go away after some getting used to...
Right on, Jeff, thanks for sending the test rigs out. Glad I was there to sample them.
K-Lee, Palmer, Lowrie, CW... thanks for the guidance, and the new (to me & Pam) locations. 4 Hills was a hoot.
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4 HILLS
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On 8/22/2003
PALMER
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YEAH 4 HILLS ROCKED
PALMER
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Pamela
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On 8/22/2003 GBMII
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We missed you last nite. Downhill with a tailwind at 4 hills...
You picked a great time to be here. It's gonna be an epic weekend.
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zzzzz huh?
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On 8/21/2003 SC
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jus woke up it"s midnight>>>ostingfrom clunky ser interface osrry skating tomorrow with klee and hopefully sharon as well>>>maek it here sat bro" bords back together and gear ready to go>>>breakfast_skate_tomorrow wow this thing sucks :-) HI JEFF!! having probs with retrieving cell phone msgs>>call hotel if you need meor cell if i have it on me i"ll answer it k knows hotel # CHEERS!!!
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ABQ Saturday
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On 8/21/2003 -JC-
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Pamela, 55 pounds of board-bag, (and jet lag) landed.
I'm out for Friday, but I'll be in Burque Saturday one way or the other.
Palmer, got a fuel-pump for me? ;-)
All I can say is TAKE A LOT OF FRIKKIN" PICTURES!
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ditches outside of la
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On 8/21/2003
gregy
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so check it out i am the kook who mentioned a map. sorry. but if anyone knows about the ditch in altadina by the swimming pool. or the one in monrovia by baseline hook a fiender up. i am sick of bronson. and need new things to skate. give a dog a bone....
lates skates
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NM ditches,Boziheads,say hi
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On 8/21/2003
Bozi Boards
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My shiney new Team Member, Pamala Tally will be in Albq, NM this weekend getting the ditch tour with Kaylee & Sharon, also Palmers kindly offered to jump in.
If anyone spots them, theyll be filming a bit, please say hi, get on film, Give Pam a warm welcome.
First one to spot Her & the new Black Mad BomberII gets a tee. Like "Wheres Waldo", but alot hotter & youll need water ;-) & youll be looking for a tall girl on a Bozi.
Thanks, wish I was there, someday I vill...peak at vendors forum as well.
Thanks, Jeff
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Desert Tour
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On 8/21/2003
mike
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GMB and ABQ crew-
have fun this weekend with the desert tour. i wish i could come down and watch the carnage, but school awaits. can't wait till its done with and i can go on a skate safari. GMB- let us know if you post video or pictures or another review of the weekend. i would love to see you guys rippin it up. i'm still working on geting some banked slalom video up. i have the video loaded up on my computer, just learning how to cut it up into downloadable chunks. awaiting the delivery a copy of adobe premier that will hopefully make it easier. i can burn mpg format cd's for anybody that wants one though. i know how to do that one.
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PALMER
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On 8/21/2003 GBMII
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That's cool, the ramp is down for maintenance anyway.
Fixing that cope I destroyed....
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4 HILLS
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On 8/21/2003
PALMER
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Calling out the abq crew. Pamela is coming in today and we are planning 4 hills and some indian school action this evening about 530 call me out for details.
PALMER
440-2253
That means you too GBMII
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K-LEE
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On 8/21/2003 GBMII
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The ditch Simonetti is in is the Carmel Ditch, which is kinda the lower section of the La Cueva ditch. (La Cueva ends at Wyoming and Carmel starts with a massive spillway a block north and just west of Wyoming, but it's all the same drainage channel)
The Desert Tour will be a bit smaller, but off the hook! I'll send out the schedule next week. Saturday is Calvary, Bear and Ditch day....
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Skate Legands Desert Tour II
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On 8/20/2003
K-LEE
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GBMII,
Hell yes I'll be around for that one! School starts up again on Monday the 25th for me, but the first week is always low key. Count me in! Who's coming out this time? Same group of guys? It seems like such a short time ago that the first tour went through. I guess it's just because I've been watching the video recently. What Fun! Whadda ya got planned for them this time?
I thought that one ditch was called La Cueva, but I wasn't sure. Thanks for the verification. Is that the one Simonetti is wall-riding in that one issue of CW? Drop me an e-mail, if you so desire. Thanks, and take care!
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PALMER
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On 8/20/2003 GBMII
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Get back to '90s skinhead grinding....
BTW - I got the shot.
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GBM
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On 8/20/2003
PALMER
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GBM GET YOUR ASS BACK TO WORK
PALMER
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Alameda and Barstow
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On 8/20/2003 GBMII
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K-Lee, it sounds like you hooked up the rookies pretty good. Thanks for representing.
The ditch that starts at Barstow and goes parralel to Alameda (big asymmetrical walls?) is called the La Cueva ditch. (named after the high school a block away...)
I went to a party in Ventana Ranch (way out in the sticks) on Sat and saw some killer new jewels. The have the same finish as the Carmel ditches though, just don't fall....
The Skate legands Desert Tour II is coming to town 29 Aug - 1 Sept. Are you gonna be around?
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528
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On 8/17/2003 Tony
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528 is my favorite now. its very fast.
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Andre, Gus, and Amir are official Ditch Riders!
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On 8/17/2003
K-LEE
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Yes it is true, Andre, his brother Gus, and their buddy Amir (sp?) came, saw, and conquered. They paid their dues and left some skin. It seems that the Ditch Gods require that of most visitors for some reason, a sacrifice of flesh and blood. Thankfully I've left my fair share to last years. We checked out 9 ditches, skated 7 of them (the other 2 were too wet to skate), and hit both concrete parks. It's great to see folks who only have been boarding for a few months able to pull slides in the ditches and carve up to the cones at the Bear.
Aside from the skating, Andre and the gang are a great bunch of guys. They kept me laughing the whole time and I saw nothing but smiles on thier faces for 3 days straight. Even when they had blood dripping from their wounds and were nursing potentially broken bones, they still wanted more. I want to publicly thank all three for showing me a good time, driving my poor ass out to ditches I've never seen before (the westside is FAR), and being good guys all around. Nyah and I especially want to thank you 3 for the awesome dinner we all shared at the best Vietnamese restaurant in all of ABQ, Cau Garden. We're glad you liked the food, as we did too. I hope you guys had a good trip back and got to work on time. How are the injuries healing up? I'm almost over my soreness, almost....
Tony, JC, Lowrie, Palmer, or any other ABQ locals: Is that pink ditch by the Smiths on Golf Couse always wet or just every time I get out there? It had green slime growing in the bottom, seems like it's there always. Is 528 wet a lot, or was it just the construction up the road that was providing the flow of water? Does anyone have a name for the ditch that runs by Alameda and Barstow, with the big smooth upper section and the rough pink lower section? I hope to skate 528 when Wentzle and Pam Talley come out next week, that one looks mighty fast and sweet! If it rides half as nice as it looks in person, then move over Indian School, I might have a new favorite place of worship.
Thanks again, and "y'all come back now, ya hear?"
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introduction to Junior's Ditch
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On 8/17/2003 Patio Mendino
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Lately, I've brought a number of new people to the ditch to skate.
some have whined about their wheels getting chewed up and how the ditch is too rough and they never came back.
some were stoked on the pure grind. they have since gone out and bought "old school" setups. wide boards, wide trucks, 65mm Santa Cruz speedwheels...
it's so cool to see folks getting into it.
adjusting their equipment to the terrain instead of limiting their terrain due to their equipment.
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I survived the ABQ ditches
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On 8/16/2003
Andre
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I survived Albuquerque! And man was it fun! K-LEE is the man! He kept 3 of us skating for 3 days straigh, one ditch after the other.
Man, that town kicks @ss for skateboarding. They really do have it all. I hope I have the time and money to make it to the race in Sept. (just to watch, or course).
Amazingly, I was more scarred of Indian School than the bear. I might have been the fact that I hit Indian School my first day, and the Bear the last. But Indian School can get fast as hell.
The bear too, I even managed to make it through the Slalom course, starting from the middle of the wall. I could not grow big enough b@lls to start from the top of the wall. However, I must say that the transition in the chute (dallas) scares me more than the bear, speed excluded. Maybe I just lucked out.
Anyway, just posting to say I survived the Bear, and ABQ as a whole, with bloody knuckles and sore muscles as the only injuries. For me anyway, my bro might have re-fractured his wrist in Indian School.
By the way: Palmer, I completely forgot to call you, K-LEE keeping me busy and all. My bad, completely. Happy birthday man. Maybe If I make it to the races we`ll meet up. Thanks for being willing to help me out, though.
Later
Andre
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Best of luck Joe & Timeship Racing
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On 8/16/2003
Kahn
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Hey Joe, though I can't make it out to your event because of prior obligations, I want to wish you the best of luck with everything. I hope to be out at another event you put on - but, until then, I need to practice and enjoy riding what I got here in So. Cal.
Enjoy!
Jeremy Kahn
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sign up!
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On 8/15/2003 Joe
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Be sure to sign up for the Sandia All Around Challenge. We'll be riding the ditches with shuttles every minute that we're not racing, grinding and jumping! Go to the contest calendar for all the info,
GI Joe
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ditches in la
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On 8/14/2003
alex
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could anyone tell me where to find some good ditches in the la area (near USC)?
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Prayers
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On 8/12/2003 -JC-
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Adding mine to the flow, Sno...
"Concrete Surf Tiki's Gimmee Some"
We is gonna have some fun!
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