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Evan and SST
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On 7/24/2006 Lenny-DHB
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United States
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Please pass along my condolences. I know first hand what a rough time this can be. THey're definitely in my thoughts and prayers!! May his memory be eternal.
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Loss Within DHB Family
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On 7/24/2006
MC HammerHead- Downhillbillies.org
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United States
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After a long illness the Father of CORE DHB members Evan St. Clair and Shannon St. Clair has passed away. The thoughts and prayers of the DHB family which include you all go out to the St. Clair family in their time of loss.
Marion Karr
DHB WORLD HEADQUARTERS
Skatesville, North Carolina
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Hood River
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On 7/23/2006
utah trish
wrote in from
United States
(71.38.nnn.nnn)
Oh and it was sooo much fun being at the HOOD. That GS hill was by far, the biggest, steepest hill I have ever ridden.
It was cool to meet Marty and I am and going to the Nationals in August and I noticed that Marion is on the list....can't wait til' we finally meet!
Ride On!
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DHB 's in Hood River
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On 7/10/2006 Paul Howard
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United States
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Good to See Marty Schaub and Honorary DHB Utah Trish at Hood! Adios-P
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GS ramp
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On 6/21/2006 bara
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United States
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almost vert, 6 foot high, sitting on top of a crown that dumps into nearly a 1/4 mile of butter smooth downhill asphalt.....
heh heh heh
ya gotta love it
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Marty Will Ride Vert This Weekend
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On 6/21/2006
MC Hammer Head- Downhillbillies.org
wrote in from
United States
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The start ramp at the Buckeye GS is very close to Vert! Don't forget Marty!
Marion Karr
DHB WORLD HEADQUARTERS
Skatesville, North Carolina
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Vert?
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On 6/16/2006
Marty
wrote in from
United States
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Paul,
The only vert I ride is when I am running through my vast volume of memories.
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One more thing........
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On 6/13/2006 Paul Howard
wrote in from
United States
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If you have an extra day or 2 to burn to go ride skateparks, There are some killer skateparks in the Portland area like West Linn(South greater Portland), Newberg(20? miles south and a little west of Portland), Aumsville(40? miles south and a little east of Portland) as well as the nasty and dirty but legendary Burnside skatepark under the Burnside bridge (Burnside street).
www.skateoregon.com has a lot of good info and usually some pictures and directions.
Adios-Paul
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Oh Yeah
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On 6/11/2006
Marty
wrote in from
United States
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Paul,
I am really looking forward to this race. Richy has talked up the Hood GS quite a bit. And somehow good food and Oregon beer sounds really great after two days of racing.......
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Marty at Hood
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On 6/10/2006 Paul Howard
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United States
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Hey, You will dig Hood River, the G/S is not as steep and fast as Winston-Salems SBDH but it's great pavement, curvy and long and we usually get a big tailwind by noon, it's a real butt, thigh, and lung burner with all those turns, especially if you work it as hard as Pirnack did last year. The Tight has been pretty tight but not the tightest courses I've raced on, you never know, Marion's course at the DHB Dixie Cup Saterday course was more challenging, but maybe Steven King will out-do himself this year- but he usually tries to set a course everyone can make it through. Again, the T/S location usually gets a good tail wind by noon. If you bring 2 boards one for tight and one for big Hybrid/General/small-Giant you will be fine. There's also a good skatepark in Hood River if you're spending an extra day. After the race on Sunday is the post race awards and food and beer at Full Sail Ale Brewery right in front of where the T/S event is and the food is great. It's my "Homecoming" race so I have to talk it up. See you there-Paul
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Hey Paul, It is cool....
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On 6/9/2006
Marty
wrote in from
United States
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Hey Paul,
Lenny & I got a preview at La Casa De Hammerhead after the Outlaw last month. It really is a well done documentary type piece and I enjoyed every minute except for my GS chew showing up in the out takes....
Oh well...See you at Hood in July!!!!!
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DVD Sorta Stuff
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On 6/6/2006 Some Guy from Oregon
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United States
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Hey, Cool! - Adios, Paul
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DVD Update
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On 6/6/2006
MC Hammer Head- Downhillbillies.org
wrote in from
United States
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Paul! Dude, stoked you are coming back! Looking forward to having you here in Skatesville!
Thanks for asking: The DVD is now complete and will be going to press next week. Look for it to be available in July.
This DVD is focused more as a documentary about the first Dixie Cup, the vibe, and the people, places, names and faces involved. It rocks!
Stay tuned for further updates.
Marion Karr
DHB WORLD HEADQUARTERS
Skatesville, North Carolina
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Dixie Cup #2
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On 6/1/2006 Paul(Howard)iwog
wrote in from
United States
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Hey, I just got the plane tickets today, I'm in. Any news on the DVD from last year? Got eat'in and slaloming on my mind for November. Adios-Paul
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New DHB Rider Profiles On Downhillbillies Site
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On 5/30/2006
Downhillbillies Promotions
wrote in from
United States
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Say you are new to the DHB and you want to know more about the crew? Well, here is your opportunity. Beginning this week on the updated www.downhillbillies.org check out the Brent "The Punk" Griffith first interview with none other than Carl Creider, Mr. Surly.
Check it out....if not enlightening it "Surly" will be entertaining.
Downhillbillies Promotions
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Waffle House
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On 5/15/2006 Lenny-DHB
wrote in from
United States
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There's new one opening about 2.5 miles from my house! It's on the way to Cracker Barrel! I love living in West Virginia!
I like my women like I like my chocolate: dark, bitter, and wrapped in foil!
Finna bring a whole batch of stoke to my southern brethren and sistren (???) this weekend!
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Waffle House
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On 5/15/2006
MC Hammer Head-Downhillbillies.org
wrote in from
United States
(166.82.nnn.nnn)
We basically do have one on every corner....or at least at almost ever interstate exits. Matter of fact, there is one directly beside the Best Western where the Dixie Cup participants stayed last year and I heard it got pretty crazy there in the wee hours of the morning.
One of my friend's favorite sayings is "I like my Women like I like my Waffle House hash browns....scattered, smoothered and covered." To this day I am not really sure what he means by that so I keep him away from my family!
Marion Karr
DHB WORLD HEADQUARTERS
Skatesville, North Carolina
"Scattering, smoothering, and covering the whole Southeast with Stoke Fuel and lighting the match!"
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Night Patrol
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On 5/15/2006
CM in NM
wrote in from
United States
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Dude, How classic that a night out in the south needs 2 Waffle House mentions to accurately describe it. I have been through the south and don't y'all pretty much have a Waffle House & a Cracker Barral on every corner? The funniest part is that the Waffle "House" looks like a trailer!
Sounds like yu guys had a blast. That's what it's all about.
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When?
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On 5/14/2006
Marty
wrote in from
United States
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All I want to know is when the T-shirts and the decals are gonna hit the DHB site??????
Marion, that's killer!!!!!
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Hockey Snarkfest
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On 5/14/2006
MC Hammer Head- Downhillbillies.org
wrote in from
United States
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Thanks Lenny. In my attempt over the last several months to stop cussing I have made up a bunch of new words.....now I will add this one to my list!
Rock on Bro! See you next weekend.
Marion Karr
Skatesville, North Carolina
DHB WORLD HEADQUARTERS
"Fueling the Stoke one Hillbilly At A Time!"
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Great googly moogly!
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On 5/13/2006 Lenny- DHB
wrote in from
United States
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We have our own forum on NCDSA? Hockey snarkfest that's cool. ... and yes, I myself am wondering what the heck Hockey snarkfest means!
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Thank You Cbark and Tim Shawl
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On 5/13/2006
MC Hammer Head- Downhillbillies.org
wrote in from
United States
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I am an old slow dude....don't have a sponsor....only won one race....but I finally have a nickname thanks to Cbark and a cool logo thanks to artist Tim Shawl (www.timshawl.com)!
It don't make no sense!
Marion Karr
DHB WORLD HEADQUARTERS
Skatesville, North Carolina
"Fueling the Stoke with the DHB Tanker Truck One Hillbilly At A Time!"
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DHB Night Patrol Report- 5/11/2006 9 pm to 1am
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On 5/11/2006
MC Hammer Head- Downhillbillies.org
wrote in from
United States
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Last night Dholt, Rookie, Evan (who was the Call Out for this session), Mark Nix, and myself went out for some good old DHB Night Patrol! It totally rocked.
We hit all the runs downtown and then worked our way over to the Oakhurst neighborhood run down to the high school (1/2 mile). Then we hit Center Street from the top running back towards town (a 8/10ths of mile fast run back past the high school.) It was so fun we walked back to the top again and went for it. This time some jerk in a black Pathfinder decided to "escort" us down the hill. At one point he was less than 10 feet or so from Evan and 15 feet from Darren and I going about 35 mph+. The jerk followed us all the way down the hill getting closer and closer but had plenty of room to go around us. I just kept saying in my helmet "no one fall, no one fall, no one fall"....the jerk (yes, I have quit cussing so fill in your own expletive for the word jerk) would have killed anyone that came off their board. When we finally got to the uphill runout and had room to get single file he layed on the horn as he road past us.....what a JERK!
We then headed back into town hitting the drop in hill behind the police station and library but no one was up for hitting the Book Drop so we decided to call it quits. Then, someone mentioned Sullivan Road. This road is almost a mile long from the top to the bottom and has been freshly resurfaced with the best asphault I have ever ridden (it reminded me of the stuff on Mollica's soap box derby hill but has had enough traffic, rain, and heat, to harden it up a bit). The grade is not particularly steep but is still fairly fast. The challenge of riding this road, and the reason we have all been reluctant to hit it, is that it is the "main drag" down to "restaurant row", I-40, and the Walmart Super Center mess of humanity!!!! It also passes right by Waffle House which has fed many a late night drunk driver! Evan and I talked DHolt into following us from the top (a spot called 5 Points for a reason..lots or roads intersecting) to the bottom so we drove over there. Park our cars in the BP at the top, and pushed in hard. Evan road his Landyachtz Evo with 83mm Flys and DH Randals and I was on my newly acquired and freshly painted Bozi GS 36 set up with Randal 150's and Chaput's new limited edition Pink Gumballs (the board I road almost all night on every hill that I normally ride a Bozi MadBomber II with Seismics or my Big Red X with Randal DH and 83mm Flys) (note:The Bozi GS 36 set up like this will be my Urban Assault board of choice for along time to come). The ride down the hill was awesome! Near the bottom the pitch changes and the speed picks up significanty. As we past the Waffle House with Dholt driving behind us in his truck, party goers standing in the parking lot were waving and yelling us. 1 am, we are bombing past them, and they are diggin it....it was crazy. Evan and I both rolled all the way to the Interstate overpass. Dholt hauled us back to the top and it was now his turn to join Evan on the Sullivan Road descent. This time Evan pushed in harder and Dholt, on his MadBomber II with Seismics and Purple Skunk Exclusive Purple Avilas, dropped in behind. It was fun driving behind them watching them pumping their big boards up to speed and screaming down the hill past all the high end houses that line the road and then in the commerce section that has gas stations, the Waffle House, used car lots, and a lingerie shop! The look on Dholt's face was priceless...just that look of sheer thrill and excitement that riding skateboards on a big hill provides!
I hauled them back up the hill, waving at the party goers still standing in the Waffle House parking lot, and it was my turn to hit it with Dholt. Evan drove this time and Dholt and I pushed in even harder and tucked the whole hill. At first I was in front but Dholt came up along side of me right before we reached the fast section. Those wheels he was riding though soft, were alot faster than I thought they would be. I had to improve my tuck and draft him a bit as we passed the Waffle House for the last time and pulled up along side of him right as we hit the stop light at the bridge. Stoked to the max I was, stoked to the freakin max!
By now it was well after 1 am and everyone had to work today so we called it a night but not after standing at the top at our cars and just reveling in what got us back into skating in the first place....bombing hills at night together.
The DHB's are about having fun on a skateboard. Though we ride slalom and put on races, we are about riding skateboards...all kinds! That is the beauty of the organization. Night Patrol is what started it all and it was just an awesome epic session for the local crew.
Marion Karr
Skatesville, North Carolina
DHB WORLD HEADQUARTERS
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Go DHB!!
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On 5/4/2006
Marty
wrote in from
United States
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A big shout out to the DHB crew headed to Luna. Go give em some.
You see I had to post this here because Marion never calls me anymore.
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May Slalom Show Down
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On 5/1/2006
North Carolina Longboarder- Downhillbillies.org
wrote in from
United States
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May 19th and 20th! Love to have you guys come race with the DHB! Contact Marion Karr at karr@downhillbillies.org
Here is your chance to get a preview of the Dixie Cup Pumpcone Course.
Marion Karr
MC Hammer Head
DHB World Headquarters
Skatesville, North Carolina
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