As of yet I have no plans, I dont have class Friday though so slight chance I'll be leaving town. Ill PM tomorrow sometime.

3/28/2007 4:43:21 PM

sounds good

so anybody else want to go out today?

3/28/2007 4:50:47 PM

I don't have anything to do Friday so whenever wherever is good.

3/29/2007 2:48:45 PM

Sweet. Lets meet up on the Centennial deck... oh say 10-10:15 am. I'll be there by then or very soon after.

3/29/2007 2:59:37 PM

so yeah...got a concussion at centennial sunday night/monday morning, i only remember what my roommate tells me, i dont even remember skating that night or even being in the hospital, it was crazy!

3/29/2007 3:50:04 PM

damn, what happened?

I'd wear a helmet but alls i gots is full face. I suppose thats the sort of thing that sneaks up on the unprepared... Wouldn't be a terrible idea.

3/29/2007 3:53:13 PM

oh man no doubt....im already shopping around for one....i mean, we go out there all the time and skate the same places....but i came out from the underground deck i guess and went to the right down the rest of that hill and just lost control and tried to go up on the sidewalk and a lip of cement stopped me and i ate it....but i really dont know, its scary but none of it is coming back to me....and that freaks me out and confuses me cuz i have always noticed that lip of cement there and have always been like ok never try to go up that....and i guess i did, so im lost...haha, any way....i dont remember skating so at least im not iffy to start skating again. haha

3/29/2007 3:58:44 PM

Glad you are OK.

3/29/2007 4:02:25 PM

glad you are alive. protect your head.
Do other people wear protective gear? I started wearing gloves/wrist gaurds. Anyone have some powerslide gloves they can bring out?

3/29/2007 5:44:53 PM

honestly, i wouldn't skate centennial tomorrow, its gonna be busy with car and bus traffic. We went last sat and it was great. prob do it again this sat, we'll pm times and locations.

3/29/2007 6:22:22 PM

i was talking about up at the top of the deck. usually the top two floors are pretty empty, no?

3/29/2007 6:39:25 PM

yeah, those should be alright

3/29/2007 6:43:18 PM

Every time that my board begins to speed wobble, I immediately imagining my face bouncing on the pavement. I'm glad you're all right, dude.

[Edited on March 29, 2007 at 10:46 PM. Reason : /]

3/29/2007 10:45:34 PM

i just cant imagine if i was going any faster....i already cant remember skating sunday night or even being in the hospital, its the most ridiculous thing that i think has ever happened to me....helmet shopping this weekend....most def!

3/29/2007 11:37:35 PM

pm sent

[Edited on March 30, 2007 at 2:06 AM. Reason : .]

3/30/2007 2:05:00 AM

shit man I didn't read your post about meeting on centennial deck until right now. Seems you are probably already out there. And I just woke up. Sorry for missing out hope you not out there alone.

3/30/2007 9:40:44 AM

I skated around for a little while then was like 'well I'll just chill and wait for a while' and ended up taking a nap

3/30/2007 11:07:04 AM

anyone have a mountain board?

3/31/2007 6:45:17 PM

my roommate has a nasty mtn board

4/2/2007 12:35:57 AM

do 'high-performance' mtn boards to have brakes? I would imagine they could be beneficial... I mean on the street is one thing, but flying down a trail?

4/2/2007 12:38:32 AM

anyone down for this afternoon/evening?

[Edited on April 3, 2007 at 10:59 AM. Reason : after 5 for me]

4/3/2007 10:58:55 AM

i can ride tomorrow afternoon/evening. (wed).

4/3/2007 12:17:58 PM

Should be good for me.

4/3/2007 1:40:21 PM

I'll probably be up there Thursday night to some time Sunday.

I'd love to try that freeboard or the mountain board, especially that mountain board if I could get a kite up.

4/3/2007 4:42:37 PM

bmdurham and I are meeting this evening around 6, and then possibly rolling out to somewhere else after skating around a bit.

I'm game for this weekend too.

4/4/2007 3:52:18 PM

im down holla next tiem yall come out bryan

4/4/2007 8:14:51 PM

Alright, so skating tomorrow after 5pm:

Igor, AlaskanGrown, and dustm

4/4/2007 11:09:23 PM

^humandrive will depending on what time he gets off work.

4/4/2007 11:13:53 PM

Lets head out to the Centennial deck. Its mellow and has an even grade to try that freebord on.

4/4/2007 11:37:52 PM

Hope human will make it out.

Its lookin like 5:30 at the top of 'the' Centennial deck.

4/5/2007 2:05:53 PM

na, I'm in wilmington right now so there isn't much chance that I could make it today


I could head out during the day on friday or any time saturday or sunday

4/5/2007 3:38:49 PM

ah foo

4/5/2007 3:55:04 PM

I just bought a 'short' longboard earlier today and a new set of randals.

bmdurham, when I was putting it together I remembered that you can flip the hangar on those randals to drop ride height like 3/8 to a half inch. You can also put the tall bushing on the bottom and drop it even more than that. I'm making cutouts for the wheels and cutting drop mount holes later tonight.

4/6/2007 9:31:01 PM

that sounds really nice

4/6/2007 10:06:04 PM

Well, here it is. I finished up the drop mounting at my Dad's this afternoon and hit some hills. Its 32" nose to tail, 25" wheelbase. After riding it a bit I'm pretty sure its too short for me... Not enough room on deck... Carves like a steak knife though; not as nice as bmdurham's new ride especially since he has much grippier wheels but this thing is a nice change. The pintail I normally ride feels like a boat after messing about on this board, albeit a fast, stable boat

Hope to see you guys out soon. Tuesday maybe?

Also I'm going to be ordering some stuff soon. If anybody else needs something we should go in on it and save shipping.

4/9/2007 12:45:58 AM

^thats a kick ass little board

4/9/2007 10:44:41 PM

^^haha you sure went all out with that dremel

4/10/2007 9:06:06 AM

^Wait so you made the cutouts and dropouts?

what was the original board?

i ask because ive been thinking of getting one of the gravity slalom boards. (the 32" or 29" i think)

4/10/2007 5:24:58 PM

Its the GS32. I got it scratch and dent for $30 at the skate shop on peace and started hacking. The trucks are randall 180 with 65mm kryptos. 150s would be good too I think. I want some stickier wheels for it. These slide too much carving hard on the steeper hills.



[Edited on April 10, 2007 at 6:35 PM. Reason : d]

4/10/2007 6:32:08 PM

I like that board, it would be pretty good for sliding if you wanted to do that.

4/10/2007 7:24:30 PM

^^Was that the only scratched and dented one they had?

I need to find a board hookup like that

4/10/2007 8:27:29 PM

To the guys who asked if the "Po" ever say anything. I have had one run-in, but it was at least a year ago and in the middle of the day in the underground deck, he just said not skate during the day so we dont get squashed like flys. I have been riding through centennial at night and the Po pass but they never do anything.

4/10/2007 8:57:40 PM

^^^ It seems a little too tail happy when sliding doing it the way i do now. I need to make some gloves and try some of the standard slides. I'm sure its either me or the setup.

^^ It was the only one he brought out but there might be another one. If not there will be eventually I imagine.

^good to know. I saw a police suv parked running up at the top of the tall deck last night and then on their way down, and they didn't say anything. I took the elevator to the 4th floor just in case plus the lights weren't on up top anyhow.

4/11/2007 5:07:39 PM

I've always had the back end swing around when going to slide. When you lean back you have to break the back wheels free and if you don't go all into the slide the front will just rotate around and you will end up doing a 180

or that is what happens to me.

4/11/2007 5:28:47 PM

I have a similar issue with this board, especially going much faster than lowest necessary slide speed. The turny rear just wants to go.

I'd really like to learn to pump well. This board seems to be capable of it. Are randalls ok for pumping or should I stick an Indy on the back?

4/12/2007 8:57:14 AM

I'm not sure but I sure can get mine going while pumping and I've got the 150mm randalls and they work very nicely.

4/12/2007 6:27:44 PM

I practiced some yesterday. I don't have the flow down yet but I 'felt' it a few times... Just gotta train myself.

I love that parking deck cause I can practice and look like an idiot without anyone seeing me

4/14/2007 11:07:45 AM

I'm going out TODAY in like an hour

be there or be squire

[Edited on April 14, 2007 at 4:22 PM. Reason : d]

4/14/2007 4:22:26 PM

^ aight

Ill show up

4/14/2007 4:32:16 PM

Lets try to start planning a big group ride.

We can have chase cars/lifts without too much burden on each person and hit some nice long runs. I know I have two tests this week, but how about this weekend sometime?

4/17/2007 2:31:51 PM