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On 6/27/2003
Miko
wrote in from
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Hope the finger heals quickly David! Reduce swelling... IBUPROFEN or ICE bro.
Guys... how about 'Moron Alley' or 'Moron Gap'?
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On 6/27/2003
david
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lets see, some offroad wheels on my speedboard, i can ride over all the 2" plates i want to.
my finger looks like a nice plump sausage
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On 6/27/2003
clayton
wrote in from
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Hey, since there is already a "miko turn" on Tunnel, maybe we shouldd name this one too. howabout "the morons' turn"?
I think we could ride over the steel plate with bigger wheels... Want to trY?
David, hope the finger is not too painful.
Nice write up Miko.
Regards,
Clayton - moron central
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On 6/27/2003
Miko
wrote in from
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So there we were. Tunnel road! The awesome, long, beloved Berkeley run. Training ground for some of the fastest speedboarders living. Technical turns and speed at the top and fun carving corners for more casual racing your bros on the second half. And lots of traffic and construction.
We decided to drive up the scenic backside route up Claremont for pipe dreaming about riding it sometime in the future, and then swung around following Grizzly Peak to the top of Tunnel.
“Um guys, what do you say we drive down the hill to make sure there’s no new construction or obstacles, and so John here can get a preview of the hill?”
“Aw.... they usually mark any major stuff with signs or cones, so we’ll know what’s happening, I’m down to go!”
“OK. I’m good to go too.”
So there we were. S.F. regulars Clayton Scott and David Price, new rookie recruit John Kostoff, and myself. Ready to ride. Stoked! Clayton and David had just been on the road a couple days earlier, had it dialed, and didn’t think we’d have any surprises. John would get to drive and check out the hill, it was all good!
So David kicks in first, followed by Clayton, then me. I’ve only been there twice since being knocked out and breaking my ribs in a head-on with a Beamer last November, but I decide to hang in there and follow Clayton pretty closely.
Turn one… an awesome sweeping, banked right. Pick a good line and you gain speed. We all stick it and fly into the next couple sweepers, pulling us faster down the hill, tucking and flying, and here comes the second right… a few orange cones… no problem… a few more orange cones… still no problem… a SLOW sign? (Still no problem?) Clayton and David aren’t slowing down, I’m right on Clayton’s tail, we’re into the turn, feeling the pull of the G’s!!! What??? Construction workers?! Clayton’s jumping off his board and flying forward!!!
DAMN!!! A TWO-INCH-THICK METAL PLATE ACROSS A TRENCH!!!!
I’m ramming into it now and feel my board stopping. I know I can’t run 25mph, so I just lean forward and body surf onto my knee and elbow pads, and get my slider gloves on the ground, and slide around 10-15 feet without any skin touching the ground.
After jumping up and shaking it off I realize we’re all good. Not a scratch! I see David chasing his board and Clayton getting up and scrambling after his. Mexican road crew guys are running up asking if we’re ok and looking at us like the stupid morons we are. We were all in full pads and full-face helmets, so we got off pretty lucky.
I realize that after ALL the talk of major construction being marked, and then riding right past the orange cones, then past the SLOW sign, just how lame-brained we really are. And I have a good belly laugh right there, laughing at Clayton and David (and myself), the construction workers looking on in wonder.
So we continued down the hill (I’m still busting out laughing), and managed to not hit anything else. It was so hot (Thursday), traction was bad, and the road was slow. But hey! It was still pretty fun, and the crash into the 2” plate was somewhat amusing, if not embarrassing, so we’re all down for a few more runs.
On the second run, I drive so John can have a run, and first thing, a car jumps out on the side right in front of David after John and Clayton just get past. I scan down the hill to see what’s up with them, and there’s a delivery truck making a right turn, forcing them to turn up a side road.
Further down the hill there’s another pickup truck trying to back out of a driveway blocking the downhill lane, as well as two more trucks double-parked just beyond it, also filling the lane, with a car approaching in the uphill lane! Damn… this is turning out to be payday on Tunnel Road. Still no injuries, but we’re feeling like maybe there’s something not quite right with this particular session.
We take one more run, and I have fun chasing David to the bottom. Driving up from Santa Cruz seems a little silly for so little skating, but the road just isn’t feeling safe so we decide to bag it and go catch a few last runs at the Presidio.
There’s a simple lesson here. Drive UP THE HILL before riding down it! And if anyone in the car actually says to shine it on, DON’T LISTEN TO THEM! It’s easy to get lazy and just jump on and roll in the name of fun, but you really don’t know what’s around that next corner. We were lucky it was all a big laugh.
Driving up for the second or third run, we saw a tractor pull across the road, right at the steel plate! You couldn’t see the plate or the tractor when you entered the turn, so you’d hit it for sure if you were dumb enough to ignore the warning signs (and we WERE! Lucky for us there was no tractor!)
In the end, we were all still skate stoked, the Presidio was really fun, John got his first couple runs down the entire run on Tunnel without tanking and looking pretty good doing it. I realize we were pretty lame, but you know what they say… You can’t suck forever, and knowledge sometimes comes hand-in-hand with pain, so I think we might be learning here. I’m sure we’ll all be back to charge Tunnel another day. And of course… Not forget to start the session by driving UP THE HILL!
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On 6/21/2003
Brooks
wrote in from
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Ho hum. Just got my Lboard cos everyone else has one (back in the UK). Been riding the hills near my house, staying off the steep ones. Gotta learn to stop/slow better...riding yesterday and felt too fast, tried to slow. Dunno what happened, but next thing I'm airborne. Monster road rash but luckily my new cell phone broke my fall...bummer
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On 6/19/2003
joseph
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riding with cars towing you is not a good idea. my cousin did it crashed i think fractured his skull and obviously concussion. of course he did something else wrong by drinking a bottle of southern comfort first (i do not endorse skating under influence this post is against it). my other cousin did it on roller blades fell off at 70 kilometres and held on just out of shock. ruined his sponsorship which must hace been crushing even if he is a fruity booter.
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On 6/19/2003 R.ene
wrote in from
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Here's a little moral--listen to your body!
My pal Ken smacked his back shin hard skating a while ago--had trouble walking on it, etc. Went to a kook doctor, said looks okay, nothing detected on x-rays. A couple weeks later, said Ken goes to Vans Woodbridge all feenin for a sesh, pops an invert on the mini-pipe, comes down, lands solid, but I guess the G's were too much on the way down, and snnnnnaappp! Just like a wet branch, the back leg buckles at 90 degs, clean fracture across tibia and fibula. ouch! Rod and screw plates inserted. Rehab coming along.
BTW all y'all car humpers should do a search on "skitching"--folks gotten ran over doing that sh!t, or otherwise hurt bad--one I think was killed. Bad idea, peoples, esp. at higher speeds. Prob is when you let go and the wobs come in. Trust me, Christian Slater on the 'Vette in "Gleaming the Cube" --that was Hollywood effects.
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On 6/18/2003 Shermanator69
wrote in from
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I was holding on to my buddys car trying to carve uphill (yeah i know genius idea) my board started to speed wobble at about 65 (kilometers) and i bailled at 70 clicks f#@! it was bad. Lost a lot of skin and ability to walk and play guitar for at least a week. but i can still skate!!
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On 6/9/2003
T
wrote in from
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The moral to the following crash story is DON'T BAIL OFF!
Me - 47yo moron surfer / skater,,,gear- 60inch FlexDeck Downhill Pro with Randal 180's, abec 7 bearings and ABEC 11 74mm Flywheels,,,hill - 1/4 mile sweeping downhill left 2+ lanes, newer and smooth blacktop,,,little traffic.
Perfect yes? Perfect setting for nice smooth quick bombing.
Facing downhill the left side drops more steeply than the right side. So,,,if you want bigger speed you carve over to the left,,,hug it until you reach the speed you want,,,and start carving right. This run was maybe the 4th on these Flywheels (75duro),,,and they are FAST! I settle over to the left,, point downhill figuring I'll go maybe 15 or 20 ft to pickup speed then breakout to the center. No cars in sight. All of a sudden this SUV comes speeding up the hill,,,closing too quick for me to jump to the other side.
So,,,I'm locked into the fastest part of the hills grade,,hugging the inside apex till he passes. I figure damn,,,I'll pick up too much speed but whatever,,the wheels and trucks are good for it. The JO in the SUV decides to slow down so his jug eared drollin kids can see the skateboarder. Now I'm locked into the fast line WAY too long. Randal 180's are supposed to speed wobble at about 35 or so I've read. I pass the SUV and realize that I'm packin major velocity but I'm confident. WRONG! Damn board starts to speed wobble. A VIOLENT WOBBLE! Throw my arms straight outboard,,trying to air brake and balance. Thought seriously about bailin. But I just read on this site that someone said if you can stay on the board it will straighten out. I rode it out!
I turn to look behind me and it goes into speed wobble #2!
RODE IT OUT AGAIN! My ridin partner seeing the 1st and 2nd knows I'm gonna bite it hard so jumps in the chase car and screams down the hill looking for debris. By this time I just made it throught speed wobble number 3!! The hill bends out of site she figures I'm in a tree,,,a pool or hedge somewhere. I made it!!! She sees me walking back up the hill toward them,,,I wasn't kickin the board because my legs were still shaken!! No matter how bad it wqobbles don't bail off!!!! EVER! Whoever posted that advice on this site,,,Dude I owe ya!
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On 6/5/2003
Myrran
wrote in from
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Besides the every reopening wound on my right palm from the asphalt biting me i added a bleeder to my left elbow after work tonight. yep practising my slides on the hills of san fran at around 20mph..........it was going great and i was sliding more and more till my board dissapeared from under my feet and i said hello to the road!!ouch!!! my elbow doesnt hurt as bad as my hip which is growing a reddish purple rasberry at this very moment!! NO PAIN NO GAIN!! Carve on!!
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On 6/5/2003 Scott
wrote in from
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So I was at blomidon (a place in Nova Scotia, check the site www.nsboardco.tk, and I was sliding around the corner at about 35 maybe 40mph, all the sudden I hit a rock the size as a fist. WACK! im on the ground just like 'woody' i instantly get up and start laughing, then my buddy who was filming was like "Yo Scott look at your shirt." I had 3 shirts on, ripped through them all in different places. Bruised my shoulder bone, ripped the skin of left shoulder which left 2 scares and added on to huge road rash on my left hip
God road rash hurts a lot more then it looks!
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On 6/4/2003
LONGborder
wrote in from
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so I was hangin' on the back of a car Back to the Future style up this hill and when I got to the top, I let go and got MAJOR speed wobbles that I couldn't control. I bailed onto raw asphault, tucked and rolled, bounced, then tucked and rolled again. Left a whole lotta skin on the pavement from my right hip, my knee, shoulders, ankle, back and hands. OWWWWWWEEEEEE. Just got my new board and now I have to sit and look at it until I'm not so freakin sore. RIDE ON, RIDE HARD
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On 5/31/2003
FisH the DisH
wrote in from
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ah yes its finally summer. how can i tell you may be asking yourself? i'll tell you. first crash of the season last night. i turned around to locate my buddy and looked back just in time to see my wheels hit a manhole cover raised about an inch above the blacktop. i threw a superman with perfect form into a sloppy barrel roll and sliding to a stop. injury report: killed a couple bearings but my body was fine due to home made pads oh yea.
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On 5/31/2003
simon
wrote in from
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20mph, on a steep, fast, short hill, with a knarly curve at the top. this hill is sick. 1/3 of the way down i'm way too far out over my board on my carves, and my flywheels start snubbing. Speed starts to increase, and all of a sudden i slide on a heelside carve. wheels catch back and im thrown through the air (my buddy says i did half a flip), and now my elbow is complaining, besides that, all is good. nasty hill come with nasty bails.
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On 5/30/2003
woody
wrote in from
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ok, im going for my last run on a 30mph hill and i decided to get a low as possible and tuck. this was fine till i saw a car and an old lady sitting in the middle of the road, i had alredy been getting speed wobbles but they were all controlable, i planned early for the car and turned, i started to get huge speed wobbles. i got pitchedlike 20-30 feet and burned off all the skin on my right thigh and both my elbows. I got up instantly and i started laughing cause it didnt hurt at the time. I hopped into the truck to catch up with my brother who had went before me. the instant i opened the door to let my brother in i was overwhelmed by a stinging pain. now im infected and i have to take anitbiotics cause i suck at treating my wounds.
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On 5/29/2003 irieirder
wrote in from
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5-27-03
skating big hill real fast..car pulls out...jump off board and make it to the grass before digging in...car drives away oblivious to my pain...now i have a real big foot and feel 3 inches shorter
peace
p.s. always wear helmet
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On 5/2/2003
Eric D.
wrote in from
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I've bought a bevy of safety gear for the parks. I was "only" wearing a helmet because I was "only" rolling in my basement, feeling a new set of bearings.
I was doing a 360 manual slowly around the floor. My wheels skidded out and BAM! right on to my knee hip and wrist. Damn near broke my wrist, with my wristguards only 10 feet from me.
I feel incredibly stupid.
Try to wear all of your pads, every moment you are on a board. It matters.
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On 4/29/2003 strange
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hello I am now out of skating for a while cos I was bombing a hill and wobbled went to dive into a bush
slipped and the edge of my deck whacked my shin and broke my leg thenI went to stand up and ...ouch...that pain I will never forget.
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On 4/29/2003
ICE
wrote in from
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Bailed Hard on Saturday, dislocated shoulder. Sk8'en Greer in Palo Alto, rolling in the deep end, got a wobble took a dive, tried to catch myself in the transition, one hand on the flat the other on the wall. POP! there goes the shoulder. Good times!! What have we learned here? Roll Roll Roll don't try to catch a fall, use your pads thats why there on. Funny thing is that last time I really sk8ed this place (6 years ago) I fractured my coller bone in the same bowl, other side, same way!!!!
Roll on!!
ICE
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On 4/26/2003
Robert
wrote in from
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This is a bad crash story, more of an unfortunate one. I was at Vans Milpitas and had just taken my first couple of warm up runs in the bowl. I tried a new run though the washboard and came out on one of the humps at an odd angle that I was unprepared for and fell on my the side of my knee. When I got up I had to limp ot of the bowl and go rest. Within 5 minutes I knew I wouldn't be skating anymore that day. I ended up waiting 2 hours for my friend after only skating 5 minutes of skating. Definately my worst sessions at vans. >=\
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On 4/25/2003 fernandez
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i just did a three way catermeran with a couple of kickflippers. i wanted to prove my manhood to them so i did it skeleton style. before we went five metres, one veered off away and then veered right back, crashing into my side, while the other just locked in next to me. then my pants got caught in my wheels and slid half on my board half off, with the friggin double kicks bouncing into me. i tor my pants up and i got a couple of grazes, and i feel like a twit.
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On 4/24/2003 JimZ
wrote in from
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Check Kiwi Duane's crash at Topchallenge.ca under images, video 3
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On 4/23/2003 kevinW
wrote in from
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I just went for a cruise 4 hours ago, the road was wet from a VERY light drizzle of rain, (i could only just feel the spots of rain) i was carving and the board just slipped right from under my feet, i was busy thinking of other things and it was like a big fat kick return to reality.
I was busy day dreaming, next thing my longboard just went hard left on its own and i just went and did a face plant with my hands out and a slide in the middle of the road.
Of course a lady, her teenage daughter getting in their car were watching, the mother remarked "are you alright" twice, the second time i said, YEP and she said, thats the second time youve come off at the same place and i said yep.
I was not wearing a helmet or protective gear, i got 3 little rips on the palm of my left hand, a elbow scraping as big as a 20cent coin on my right elbow and 6cm worth of scrapings above my left hip.
And now im worried that my randal 180's bolts might snap :)
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On 4/20/2003 Nick
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Yeah, that happened to me once, but I was carving up a bowl and just rode it out. I have randal's, however, those bolts snap all the time on other trucks too. Wear and tear just works them weak after awhile.
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On 4/20/2003
boomer
wrote in from
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So yesterday I decide to head up to harlem to rock some of the nice hills they got up there. On my first run down a nice 7 block hill I cut a nice heelside carve and see my board shoot forward out in front of mee like I just pulled a big slide. Falling on my ass like a champ I bounce downt the sidewalk a few feet and then with some sore pride and a sorer posterior, I went for my board. Thinking that some sand caused me to slide out I was really shocked to find that the main tightner bolt on my Randal 150's just broke clean right above the threading. So now I'm sitting here on a gorgeous day w/ no ride, and yes my ass still hurts. Anyone else had this problem w/ Randals? I'm really surprised by this...
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