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| Q&A: Michael Brooke - Publisher, Concrete Wave Magazine (7141 Posts)
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You guys call it "Street Meat" in Canada as well?
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On 5/12/2006 NYC Asphlat Surfer
wrote in from
United States
(70.18.nnn.nnn)
We have a "Street Meat" vendor, named Dino, located just outside of the building where I work in SOHO New York City. Anyway, you can get a "Street Meat" with an iced tea for $3.75!
When I was in the Army stationed in South Korea, we called it "Rat on a Stick"...
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final part of story
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On 5/12/2006
Michael Brooke
wrote in from
Canada
(67.70.nnn.nnn)
guess I printed this backwards...oh well
Arnold recalled hitting a pothole one night "and it just snatched my board from underneath me."
Sliding across the asphalt "took a few freckles off," said Arnold, who rode the rest of the night in a blood-soaked T-shirt. He later filled in that pothole, and others, with cement.
Potholes are just one hazard on a long list.
"We've had dogs run out in front of us, raccoons run in front of us," Rosamilia said.
The most serious hazard, of course, is cars. The boarders say they ride after dark after the dinner dishes are done and the kids are in bed because it them an advantage in avoiding collisions. "At night," Arnold said, "we can see cars way before they see us."
Still, the riders take measures to be seen — and heard — by drivers.
"I've got a reflective vest," Pangburn said. "I've got a whistle. I'm Aunt Bea."
Some riders have bright lights mounted on their boards or helmets. Some carry flashlights. Nearly all carry a whistle to warn those downhill of the riders' approach.
The biggest threat of injury, however, may come from the riders' own adrenal glands. High-speed bombing down a long straight hill no longer provides enough of a rush.
"The most fun thing now is carving the cul-de-sacs," Rosamilia said. Speeding toward the bottom of a dead-end road demands acute focus.
"You can't really make a mistake," he said.
When riders make a mistake, they bail out — leaping off the board and sprinting until they can stop.
"If you're going more than 25 miles an hour," Arnold said, "it's hard to stay on your feet."
Then it's about finding a soft spot to tuck and roll. The boarders, happily, ride in a neighborhood of well-tended lawns.
"If you've got to ditch," said Scott, who ran into an empty trash bin his first night out, "landing in this Bermuda grass is like landing in a water bed."
Everyone has ditched. Everyone has crashed. But no one has been seriously injured.
If anyone does break a bone, they shouldn't expect much sympathy from Kristen Rosamila, Mike's wife.
"I told Mike, "If you get hurt, Tripp is taking you to the hospital," Kristen Rosamilia said. "Don't come crying to me."
Still, she said, there is no point in trying to stop the night rides. "They are not your standard, run-of-the-mill 40-year-old guys."
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from the Atlanta Constitution
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On 5/12/2006
Michael Brooke
wrote in from
Canada
(67.70.nnn.nnn)
Big dudes on boards after dark
Rides are a hit for grown-ups in Cobb
By CLINT WILLIAMS
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 05/12/06
You hear them before you see them. A soft sort of rumble just loud enough to rise above the crickets, the buzz of street lights, the white noise of suburbia after sunset. Sometimes you hear a series of sharp, shrill tweets before you see them.
And when you do see them — big guys on very big skateboards — you don't see them for long.
It's a glimpse of sapphire lights and reflective vests. In the time it takes to decipher the sighting, the night riders are gone.
"I thought they were kids when they first came by," said Danny Dickerson, who lives at the base of a steep hill. "Then I looked again and said, 'They're the same age as I am.' "
With an unusually long wheelbase of 3 feet, the boards are built for speed. The guys, not so much. The youngest in the group is 35. The two most breakneck boarders are both 41. They're all married; most have kids.
Two or three nights a week they grab their 44-inch skateboards, called longboards, and go ripping down hills at nearly 40 mph. In the dark.
"We're just a bunch of 30-somethings trying to break the monotony of suburbia," Greg Pangburn said. "It beats 18 holes of golf."
A little over a year ago, chiropractor Tripp Arnold went skateboard shopping for his young son. He ended up with a $200 Fibreflex Pintail for himself.
With that purchase, he stumbled to the cutting edge of skater dude culture.
"Longboarding is definitely on fire right now," said Carleton Curtis, managing editor of TransWorld SKATEboarding magazine. "It is its own thriving subculture."
Longboards "are not for tricking and flipping," said Arnold, 41, who grew up in south Cobb County tricking and flipping on the kind of skateboard most commonly seen gliding on rails, ramps and benches around town.
After he put together his board, Arnold recruited a couple of guys in his neighborhood — Mike Rosamilia, 41, who played football at Georgia Tech in the 1980s, and Ted Scott, 37, who rode rodeo bulls while at South Cobb High School. The three and Pangburn are the core of a loose group of seven or eight boarders who ride mostly in Arnold's neighborhood.
Echo Mill is a west Cobb County subdivision of more than 450 homes starting in the upper $200s, as real estate agents say. It has two swimming pools, two playgrounds, eight lighted tennis courts and a mile of creekside walking trail.
There isn't 100 feet of flat road in the whole place.
"You're never far from the next hill," Arnold said.
The neighborhood, he said, "is the Breckenridge of Georgia," a reference to the famous Colorado ski resort.
The boarders have explored other areas from Vinings to Cartersville, but when it comes to the variety of runs, there's no place like home. The long, gentle slope of Haven Crest Road is perfect for cruising — like a beginner's run marked with a green circle at a ski resort. The steep, sudden, stomach-in-your-throat drop of Harbormist Drive — where gravity and guts net maximum velocity —is a black diamond expert run.
The posted speed limit in the subdivision is 20 mph. These guys never go the speed limit, even when controlling their decent with a series of wide, carving turns.
"It's a lot like snow skiing," Scott said, "except you just don't want to fall. And there are no cars on ski slopes."
The high school skater dudes in the neighborhood wear tight jeans and Vans sneakers, protected only by their adolescent sense of immortality. Arnold and his buddies take grown-up precautions, most suiting up in high-impact plastic armor that includes helmet, gloves, knee pads, elbow pads and, sometimes, gloves.
Even with the protective gear falls are bloody. Everyone can show you scars.
continues....
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More is More
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On 5/12/2006
Budwick
wrote in from
United States
(68.57.nnn.nnn)
1. Skateboards. I've seriously lost girlfriends 'cuz my quiver/collection's so huge.
2. Snowboards. Same deal. You can always get more girlfriends- and, the same goes for snowboards, too.
3. Sports cars. The faster, the better. Which is a nice segueway to...
4. Speed. Life begins at 140 mph. In the car, I mean. Not on the skateboard.
5. Lovin'. Gotta keep the sweetie in peak physical shape, hubba hubba. The emotional version's pretty cool, too.
6. Cokes N' Smokes. Coca Cola and Djarum cloves for me, please!
7. Books. Okay, fine- I'm a nerd. You caught me. A 6'5", 300 lb linebacker nerd, to be specific. (Bam! Biff! Boom!)
8. Music. I prefer those old, obsolete discs called "albums". I prefer the whole experience, not just the singles.
9. I'm pretty much with Sumdum in the food department, I'm a sucker for Cheeseburgers and Pizza. You know, healthy-living sorta stuff.
10. Traveling. Which is what I was gonna do this weekend, until I looked at the weather forecast for the midwest and realized it was gonna be wall to wall rain for the next 6 days everywhere I was supposed to go. Oh, well- maybe next time.
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Fuel 2.............
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On 5/11/2006
Rene CANNONBALL Carrasco
wrote in from
United States
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===================================
STEAK !
SHRIMP TEMPURA !
RIBS !
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Re: Food
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On 5/11/2006
Nick Pourgoutzidis
wrote in from
Canada
(72.56.nnn.nnn)
I've gotta say, after a long night out and a tasking train ride home, nothing beats some street meat. Quick, cheap, and everywhere.
You just have to know which vendors to avoid. ;)
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Subscriptions and Food
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On 5/10/2006 Pauliwog
wrote in from
United States
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SUBSCRIPTIONS-Hey Brooksie, If you want, keep sending me 2nd copies and I'll spread the extras to the skateshop it's no inconveniance to me. Thanks for the prop.
FOOD- I'm not going to the DHB Dixie Cup #2 to race, I'm going to EAT! Hey Marion, could you do me a favor since you're on some "downtown planning commitee" or something like that which has some relation to Pumpkinfest planning, Tell folks to sell PUMPKIN PIE, that's the bestest of the best of all pies and I was surprized that at "Pumpkinfest" there was no pumpkin pie for sale. Man, BBQ and PUMPKIN PIE for desert, that's the event. Oh yeah, and all that slalom stuff to do inbetween too.
Adios-P
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North Carolina BBQ
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On 5/10/2006
MC Hammerhead-Downhillbillies.org
wrote in from
United States
(166.82.nnn.nnn)
Each region of the country has its own style of BBQ. Pork BBQ is a specialty here...the vinger based sauces are very spicy and bring the flavor of the meat out. Don't get me wrong, I love beef BBQ too with a great western sauce from Texas or the midwest. That stuff rocks...but so does good ol' pulled pork bbq here in the Carolinas. Ask anyone that came to last year's Dixie Cup what they thought of the local food...we served buckets of it at the awards dinner along with that spicy fried chicken that is my personal favorite!
Marion Karr
Skatesville, North Carolina
DHB WORLD HEADQUARTERS
"Fueling the Stoke One Hillbilly At a Time!"
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BBQ
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On 5/10/2006
mikemoney
wrote in from
United States
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"pork barbeque (yes, in these parts, the word "barbeque" is a noun not a verb), and spicy bbq chicken (fried chicken dipped in a hot vat of spicy vineger based bbq sauce."
That doesn't count as Barbeque in these parts. Why the vineger? We BBq beef down here.
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Re: FOOD!
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On 5/10/2006
Sumdumsurfer
wrote in from
United States
(71.105.nnn.nnn)
After skating or surfing... it's all about Mexican food! That's my fave, but ANY food is open game. Well, 'cept for cole slaw and SPAM™. Those are both deemed evil and NOT food in my book.
SK8/SURF 4 LIFE!
Sumdumsurfer
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Downhillbillies Meals
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On 5/10/2006
MC Hammerhead-Downhillbillies.org
wrote in from
United States
(166.82.nnn.nnn)
Well, as far as the DHB, the official restaurant of the crew is Chopstix Thai Restaurant in Statesville, North Carolina. Rookie Rudisill is our resident expert on Thai.
Also, other favorites of the DHB are local pork barbeque (yes, in these parts, the word "barbeque" is a noun not a verb), and spicy bbq chicken (fried chicken dipped in a hot vat of spicy vineger based bbq sauce.
Not healthy but totally tasty!
Marion Karr (formerly posting under North Carolina Longboarder)
Skatesville, North Carolina
DHB World Headquarters
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food glorious food...
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On 5/10/2006
Michael Brooke
wrote in from
Canada
(67.70.nnn.nnn)
Ok,
so, let's get it going...
favorite foods after a major skate session?
pizza, thai...and of course bar b que!
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Re: Food = comida = FUEL = SPORT!
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On 5/10/2006
Sumdumsurfer
wrote in from
United States
(71.105.nnn.nnn)
Oh yes, my friends... anyone that knows me, can attest... I LOVE to eat food. BRING IT ON! I've been accused of the tapeworm theory since I was a little kid.
LOL!
SK8/SURF 4 LIFE!
Sumdumsurfer
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Sumdum likes to eat
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On 5/10/2006
OGEddie
wrote in from
United States
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Should I tell em Sumdum? OK, here it is: Sumdumsurfer has tapeworms...lol!
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Fuel......
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On 5/9/2006
Rene CANNONBALL Carrasco
wrote in from
United States
(71.136.nnn.nnn)
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BTW - - -
Sumdum, ...a BIG EaTer ? -He eats THAT MUCH ?
...where the heck does it go ?
That guy is as trim as all heck !
Take care,
..............-Rene C.
[-currently getting trimmer ! ]
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sumdum and food
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On 5/9/2006
Michael Brooke
wrote in from
Canada
(65.93.nnn.nnn)
Is eating a sport?
I am not sure, but definitely, Sumdum is into food...of that I can attest. First hand.
But, I am not sure where the calories go?
Can you explain, Sumdum?
Anyone else into food?
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EXCEPTIONS
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On 5/9/2006 Cappy
wrote in from
Germany
(82.83.nnn.nnn)
1. Healthiness (!!)
2. Love and Friendship (#sharing skateboarding with your family or friends=priceless)
3. Time (remember as kid, when the sun goes down and it was time to go home, when was the last time you watched the clock you time/work slave?, get it back, go skateboarding on a weekend without a clock (or in the near) when will you stop or go home?)
Thats all, simply the basics of live. All other things are supervalued from humans (maybe skateboarding only a little bit ;))
ah wait forgot one,
4. Fun and laughter (makes live wonderfull)
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Re: Less is more EXCEPTIONS
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On 5/9/2006
Sumdumsurfer
wrote in from
United States
(71.105.nnn.nnn)
Mr. Brooke dared to query:
"Anyone else care to add their top 10 less is more EXCEPTIONS...?"
Keep in mind, these apply to me in no particular order... your results may vary:
1. Food! My alltime fave and only sport... eating.
2. Skateboard quivers. Can't have/ride too many boards.
3. Surfboard quivers... see #2.
4. Skating/surfing w/my sons.
5. Cars... see #2.
6. For the remaining five, see above and repeat as needed.
Carry on.
SK8/SURF 4 LIFE!
Sumdumsurfer
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LESS is MORE except when it comes to...
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On 5/9/2006
Michael Brooke
wrote in from
Canada
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1. pool boards - love that extra space for your feet
2. Indy 215's - STABILITY, BABY
3. Randal 180's - 30 mm, hell yeah!
4. Longboards - nuff said
5. Hamboards (these brutes are 6 feet tall!)
6. Pizza - seriously, can you ever have too much...
7. lobster - see previous post
8. loading up your Ipod - 12,000 songs and counting....
9. summerlike weather - screw global warming!
10. smooth asphalt!
Anyone else care to add their top 10 less is more EXCEPTIONS...?
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core!
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On 5/8/2006
cad45
wrote in from
United States
(71.105.nnn.nnn)
less is more!
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Stubbs
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On 5/6/2006
Farid
wrote in from
United States
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Hey Stubbs!!!!!!!!!!!! Send again, nothing showed up!
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More Fun in San Diego...
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On 5/6/2006
Michael Brooke
wrote in from
United States
(68.8.nnn.nnn)
Went out to the Pump Station today. Nice hill. Lynn Kramer was there giving lessons on slalom. About 25 other folks joined up. Tomorrow is a big race. It's going to be a great day, I am sure. Afterwards we headed out to the Poway Skatepark - which a great park.
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FARID!!!
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On 5/6/2006 Stubbs
wrote in from
United States
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CHECK YOUR EMAIL!!
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Mags
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On 5/6/2006
Farid
wrote in from
United States
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Paul - maybe you are getting my copy because I'm getting nothing...........
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extras
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On 5/6/2006
Michael Brooke
wrote in from
United States
(68.8.nnn.nnn)
Dammit, Paul now you've blown my plans for growing the circulation!!!
Now Larry Flynt won't be interested in anymore!
Just when I thought no one would post of my top secret plan...
Don't worry Paul, I will kill the second copy. But thanks for pointing it out and double thanks for spreading the stoke.
In a related matter, Paul H. once wrote to me. His letter was damn good...and filled with a brutal honesty. I kept the letter (of course!) and everytime I get worried I am not on the right track, Paul's letter is highly encouraging.
I am on my last day here in San Diego. I am going riding with the Silverfish folks, GF Hurley and a host of others. The pump station.
The trip has been wildly successful. I will post more thoughts when I get back. A big hello to Thane down in Pacific Beach who seems to really dig the mag!
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