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Ho chi min trail
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On 12/23/2000
Dick Streeker
wrote in from
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New Pavment Alert.
Burnaby Mountain home to Simon Fraser University SFU in Vancouver BC has recently been upgraded and improved the ride is aprox 5 miles grade?? but speed of around 30-40 mph with 2 lanes for carving :) I recently road on a Sunday afternoon there was no traffic to speak of and it was Sweeeet.
Peace on Earth good will to Man & All Kind :)
oh ya mile Real E-mail is this one
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Ocala,FL.
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On 12/20/2000 James
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there are some pretyy big and fast hills in Ocala
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Temecula, CA
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On 12/19/2000
Ben
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Anyone from the Temecula, CA area know of any good local street spots? Please let me know.
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Tampa, F
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On 12/18/2000
hugh r
wrote in from
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Jeff O,
Check out Sesnon for a very mild slope... Porter Valley Drive for an excellent carving run (no run out). Also Wilbur is a fast run (50-60 mph easy) with a decent run out near the golf course (faster than it looks, start a little down from the top)... HR
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sunny sa
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On 12/17/2000 adam
wrote in from
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hi mike glad to hear of other real boarders in sa most of my friends look at me funny when i say im into downhill the hill is in gauteng near the old makro in bedfordview
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primrose hill
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On 12/15/2000 mikez
wrote in from
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Hello there adam.
I am also from the fine country of South Africa. In which part of the country is this primrose hill
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primrose hill ---south africa
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On 12/15/2000
adam
wrote in from
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GOOD RUN CAR FREE IN EARLY/LATE HOURS RELATIVELY SHORT ABOUT 3KMS 1 AND A HALF MILES I THINK SOME SOLID CARVEING SECTIONS AND A SPEED SECTION WITH A LONG GENTKLE CURVE AT THE BOTTOM BUT YOU GUYS COULDNT GET HERE SO ITS ALL MINE (ABOUT TO SCOUT SOME ROIADS IN THE EASTERN TRANSVAAL SO KEEP YOU POSTED ON THAT .POSSIBILITY OF SIOME EXCELLENT RUNS)
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Lake Murray Blvd. Grossmont College, San Diego, SoCal.
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On 12/13/2000
cheshirepus
wrote in from
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There's a beautiful little run right next to the back door to Grossmont College on Lake Murray Blvd. I was thinking about riding this nice hill the other day, but noticed that while I was driving down it, there were a number of questionable cracks in the road... Well, no longer. They just began re-paving it today! Should be nice when they're finished. I'm going to hit it up at about 12:30 in the morning after they're done with it. I'll tell you how it is.
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Philly X-Games Downhill Site
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On 12/10/2000
Bob Swartz
wrote in from
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Looking for canidate road or roads in or close to Philadephia, Pa for the 2001 and 2002 X-Games Downhill Event
Need a hill with road .6 to 1 mile long several turns and with prime spectator viewing area and parking area for ESPN's production trucks.
Please email me or Marcus Rietema directly about your suggestions. We will be scoping out the possibilties real soon.
Thanks in advance
Bob Swartz
Blue Smoke Racing LLC
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GMR warning
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On 12/9/2000
DT
wrote in from
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This hill is VERY DANGEROUS, there is only a handful of PRO riders that can ride this hill in their own lane, most of them must cross into both lanes. there is a lot of traffic and during the week the forestry dept uses the road. They drive 10-wheelers up it, and they take up BOTH LANES when going through the hairpins and other sharp turns! If you were to be going into one of these turns at the same time you would have only 2 options. Hit the truck and likely DIE, or go off the road. If you choose the second choice be aware of the little wooden boxes in some of the ditches of the road, the opening is large enough for a rider to go into, and they lead to a large drain. Several years ago a street luger (Zac B)went into one of these and suffered a dislocated collar bone,4 broken ribs, a collapsed lung,a broken ankle, wrist, and hand, a ball broken off of his femur,and he lacerated his throat. If Darren Lott had not been carying a first aid kit on his luge, Zac would have bled to death on the hill. and just because he's on a luge doesnt mean a standup rider couldnt have the same happen. many of the turns have a sharp drop off, and yes riders have gone off them, but none off the big ones, if someone were to go off one of the upper ones, a helicopter would be required to get them out, ....if they're still alive. Also gang members have been known to go up there to drink. There have been a handful of cases where they threw beer bottles at riders as they go by, and in my case they laid rocks the size of softballs and bigger through out the road and in the hairpins! This road is decieving, its not all that steep (overall) but your speed builds up quick and if you dont know when and where to brake, you will wind up in serious trouble VERY FAST. and its not the type of road you want to carve. Even though its possible to, you would have to repeadily cross into the oncoming traffics lane, and with the high amount of blind corners and traffic, it would not be very wise! The road is around 7 miles long with in excess of 120 turns, the last four 4 miles are the most technical, so if you start from the top, you better be able to keep your muscles fresh for the bottom. Chris Chaput has told us that there will be a sting operation being put on by the police (and yes its happened in the past)due to the high amount of riders riding outside of their ability on this recently paved road;and if your riding while they're there, you will loose your board and be fined a heavy ticket. I 'm not typing this to try and scare anyone, but if someone were to go out there, they should know as much about this hill as they can! It is a very fun and rewarding hill and brings a smile to my face everytime i hear its name. so please use common sense and remember, Pride comes before the fall.
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SO CAL
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On 12/9/2000
RJ
wrote in from
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GMR
210 to azusa ave go north
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So Cal
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On 12/8/2000
DT
wrote in from
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Lowrider,
You can find a map to the sjc dump on hughs site (in the links page) and west la requires a permit, drop me an e-mail when you get down and i'll show you some hot spots.
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So CALI
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On 12/8/2000 Lowrider
wrote in from
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Alrights,
Winter breaks coming up. Where is dump road? where is west LA? GMR? I need some directions. Im going to Long Beach in two weeks, and Im bring my board and pads. I need to get some riding in on some hot areas.
Thanks
Lowrider
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Vancouver
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On 12/7/2000
Fishroller
wrote in from
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Any Vancouver BC longboarders out there? I'm looking for places to ride and people to ride with.
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Cow Country
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On 12/5/2000 Adam
wrote in from
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Cool sounding run. Don't let all the cattle out!
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Cow Country
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On 12/5/2000
HAllWAY
wrote in from
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I just discovered a nice-paved cruiser about 2 miles long here in CO. So i'm cruising along at the bottom of the first drop and I come to a cattle guard..I thought the run was over..but wait..there are acctually smooth-paved turn offs around the cattle guards...but with gates. So we drive the length of this run, open all the gates and just dip around them.
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Temecula Skatepark
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On 12/4/2000
RJ
wrote in from
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Anyone have the directions and a real review on the park? I really want to ride it but i dun want to drive all the way to bfe for a bunk ride.
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melbourne
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On 12/4/2000
evan
wrote in from
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anybody on longboards over here? I just came over from adelaide for the summer.
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Fairways Lane Roseville
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On 12/3/2000
Jeff Steen
wrote in from
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Where is there a place to skate in Minnesota.
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ASHEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA
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On 12/1/2000
THE CRITTER
wrote in from
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LOOKING FOR PEOPLE IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA THAT LONGBOARD-CARVERS,DHILLERS,CRUZERS-WE'VE GOT THE STASH OF CAR-FREE RUNS-SO LETS GO!
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Long Island
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On 12/1/2000
bman
wrote in from
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hey adam, i'm from rockville centre. i'm home for a little bit before i head overseas. i haven't done much skating on long island. i started up over in san fran when i was visiting my buddy in september. i've skated a little bit out in cutchogue but the roads were pretty narrow, fast, runs were kind of short. i've heard mixed reviews about bethpage state park. i've heard the roads outside the park are better. let me know some good places i can go if i get any time off work
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Home Town
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On 11/29/2000
High Rider
wrote in from
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I just realized I live in a super sweet longboard town, Ft Collins Co. There is a seve mile long reservoir right outside of town, right outside. It has four damns that are built between mountains, so each damn has two sick runs on each side plus the 3 mile plus cruiser connecting the damns...phatalicious!!!
The Poudre Canyon is sick too. Its just north and runs all the way up to the continental divide..it is the site for the race that I am trying to plan. I would love some tips on event planning..maybe some of you folk would like to race in the Rockies.
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LI and Miami, Coral gables Area
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On 11/29/2000
Adam
wrote in from
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Florida has noooooooo hills. Pleas help me find some. The Miami/Coral Gables area has like tow hills. The key Biscayne Causeway, a huge hill, but no room for carving, and watch out for bikers and fisherman. The other places I like to go are Parking Garages. Especially the Sunset Shops parking Garage. It has EIGHT floors and ELEVATORS!! It is a pretty sick place, great for deep carves and some nice soul riding. If you stick to the top 6 floors you can avoid traffic too, Bets to go around 2-5 in the aftrenoon. Watch out for mall security though.
LI also has some good places. The North Shore of suffolk is Great. the huntignton area has a lot of hills, but watch for traffic. I live right next to the Bethpage stat Park. Th hills used to be huge, bu the repaved them ad flattened a few of them out about years ago. It still is alright. Hills around teh state park are pretty decent too. Anyway living in eitehr of these areas please email me. I am looking for someone to skate with
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Dreamland
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On 11/29/2000
rj
wrote in from
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I will give ya a buck if i ride it for free.
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Dreamland
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On 11/28/2000 Glen
wrote in from
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Winchester's washboard, minipool, pink pool.
Victoria's snake run.
Upland Pipeline's pipe, combi pool and banked slalom run ending in the 15' bowl.
Marina's clay bowls, dogbowl pool, keyhole pool.
Skatercross's big ol' snake run.
Van's Orange halfpipe.
Brickyards miniramp, wooden bowl.
The Toilet bowl.
Cherry Hill's pool.
The only handrails are the ones that help you up the stairs to the observation/photo deck.
All I need is 30 acres, by the beach, and 8 million dollars to get started, any donations?
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