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| Sidewalk Surfing (537 Posts)
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sidewalk surfing
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On 9/28/2002 mikez
wrote in from
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is done on aboard either with very loose trucks or a kicktail, a main road in a small subaurb here in cape town that leads down to the beach is perfect for sidewalk surfing, steep smooth and it has loads of driveways and inclining off roads to do huge turns and "snaps" and stand up slides and whatnot
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this may be cool...
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On 9/28/2002 sk8nwolf
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Well, I don't have a sidewalk anywhere near me...but if semi-empty roads count...then I'm in
Hmmm...then again, there are not too many no sk8ing signs in town where I work...perhaps I should try some of those.
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Tubes
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On 9/28/2002
Shredder
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Look for bushes or trees that hang over the sidewalk and enter the green room...
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ya what he said
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On 9/27/2002
erik
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Cool, I like this forum. I started surfing about 4 years ago when I was stationed in Hawaii in the Navy. After I got out of the military I moved back home to Phoenix, Az to go to school. Wow am I ever missing the surf. So besides trips to Cali between semesters I dont get to surf much, so I started longboarding hoping that would fill the empty spot...that lack of surfing has created. So far it has been good, but I still can't wait to get back to the ocean to surf real waves, and not concrete ones. But for now this will do just fine.
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Sidewalk Surfing
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On 9/27/2002
Datu Ramel
wrote in from
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Thanks to Adam, our webmaster, for adding this forum. His suggestion to call it Sidewalk Surfing evokes the "Grab your board" feel of Jan and Dean from those Ed Sullivan and slot car days. With lots of help from these forums and all you fellas out there, I've rediscovered skateboarding and all its improvements.
'Boarding for this suburban kid in the Sixties was my connection to the I'll-never-travel-there and the I'll-never-be-able-to-afford worlds of surfing and skiing. Catching a wave or schussing a piste were barely imaginable fantasies. But in my driveway and on my sidewalk I got hooked up to the feel of gliding and turning thanks to my trusty Roller Derby.
In college, when I learned I could afford to ski, the time between grabs of the tow rope was more enjoyable because I had spent so much time learning about balance and motion on those flat land training devices, skateboards.
Now skateboarding is no longer a surrogate for the more expensive gravity and balance sports. I am addicted to cruising and pumping on flats, especially where all the other recreational movers look at you in wonder and amazement.
Faster than walking. Less stress than jogging. Compared to bicycles? Nobody looks at a bike anymore unless it's a recumbent; room-to-room, skateboards win over short distances because there's no unlock-lock time; you can't carry your bike inside the Borders or Starbucks; most buses and trains don't let you bring your bike on board. Compared to quad skates or rollerblades? Pushing to cruise easy on a longboard looks just as good as skating. Pumping to cruise quickly looks better than skating because it looks like skiing. Skateboarding takes up less of the paved path. Ask any bicyclist, they'd rather pass a skateboarder than a laterally flailing 'blader. You say 'bladers are faster? Set up the race with an equal number of wheels. 'Blader gets two per boot, we get two per truck. Place your bets, and the course includes getting a sixpack out of the store cooler, and we don't have to unlace/unbuckle to go into public places. Did I mention that nothing looks more awkward than a 'blader hanging on to a pole at an intersection waiting for the light to change?
Compared to skiing, Sidewalk Surfing is orders of magnitude cheaper and more accessible. I can get a carving workout in front of my house, forget the $100 lift ticket and condo expense. A ski run worth anyone's attention requires a mountain, a ski lift, certain meteorological conditions and frequent flier miles. We Sidewalk Surfers don't even need a hill to stop traffic and draw a crowd.
Our sidewalks now include waterfront promenades, bike trails, street malls, campus paths and other automobile-free pavement. Sidewalk Surfing is where you'll find the ambassadors of longboarding. When Jane Citizen stops her stroller and says "cool longboard!" tell her "Thanks, but you should see what my buddies can do when the tarmac is tilted. . . !"
Keep pumping that urethane.
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Sidewalk Surfing
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On 9/27/2002 Steve C
wrote in from
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GAZ! You got it right. Bust off all the fins and work your best moves. Then just wait for some people to notice you and you'll be the neighborhood sidewalk surfing KING!
Are you using wax based grip or adhesive deck grip? I like to put a doorknob on the tail so my foot doesn't slip off.
hehehe
Gotta love the O-ri-G-inality here.
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terrian
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On 9/27/2002
kevin
wrote in from
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hey man we know all about that terrian here in oklahoma city that is our best place to ride. we have a city park that has walking trails all through it on 3 tenths a mile and another half a mile long smooth 6 feet wide and speeds between 25 and 35. we even had a race here that was enjoyed by all like 14 people that attended
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The undiscovered terrain
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On 9/27/2002
SPoKe
wrote in from
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I’m so stoked we have this new forum!
Here in the Detroit area, we find ourselves primarily, riding parking garages due to the fact that we have a limited supply of hills. However, we have found a truly impressive area to ride. Its called Kensington Metro Park. It’s a state park, set in one of the more hilly areas, that has a 7’ wide paved trail that twists and turns around a 6 or 7 mile loop. It’s the kind of place where out-of-shape people ride their new hybrid/mountain bikes for about a month, before they hang ‘em up in the garage.
Anyway, one branch of the trail winds up and up to the highest peak (for lack of a better word) in the park. Typically, you will find that the average weekend warrior is not able to commit to the climb, which leaves this section basically unused. However, the park does not allow skateboarders anywhere on the trail, but for some reason they allow in-liners, whatever…
A few Saturday afternoon attempts to sneak up and down this portion of the trail on a longboard have been made with limited success. It is such a great run. We had to find a way to ride it without getting the boot. One of my boys suggested we pirate the trail at night. This may have been his single brightest idea in his 36 years.
So, after an evening of plotting and scheming, we came up with a plan. We set out on our delinquent journey at midnight on a new moon. We climbed, crawled and crept with flashlights, headlamps and longskates in hand. Through fields and over fences, our stealth maneuvers went undetected. We felt like we were one third of the “Dirty Dozen”, when actually we were more like “Hogan’s Heroes”.
Finally at the top of the hill, d-cells buzzing and headlamps adjusted, I set sail. I was so amped, so alert, so focused. The first turn came fast, the second even faster. By the third turn I was in the zone; initiating turns out of the darkness with little or no warning. I felt like Barry Sanders, spotting holes and lanes, weaving lines and carving turns like I never had before. The skinny black path felt like a 5 lane highway, under my headlamp’s high-noon sun. After 21 turns the path straightened and the slope lessened. As the wind in my ears quieted, I could hear the distinctive sound of wheels gripping the pavement behind me in the distance. I waited for the descending riders, each with the same look of quiet elation as they rolled gently by me.
Since that fateful day, I’ve been hooked on “sidewalk surfing”. I can’t believe I now have a place to discuss what I thought was a very rare ridding terrain.
This forum is a great addition, thanks Adam
-SPoKe
Ps. Hidden gem: Hilly golf courses with long soft cart paths
Pps. Run big wide wheels to float thru the inevitable fairway run out
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Sidewalk surfing
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On 9/27/2002 Gaz
wrote in from
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Just tried it.
Broke 2 fins off.
Am I doing it wrong?
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THE FEELING
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On 9/26/2002
DIEGO
wrote in from
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THE REAL FEELING!!!!!!!!!!!!
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WoW
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On 9/26/2002 Nima
wrote in from
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It was about time we get a forum about what this whole thing is all about... :-)
Nima
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