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new zealand skate companies
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On 4/16/2003
sven
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hey my name is sven, i am 35 years old and still skating down here in germany - last year i had a great trip to nz and still interested in their skatculture and scene. can anyone give me links to especially nz based skatboard and longboard skateboard companies - it would be great to give as much weblinks as you can - thanks a lot in advance to all of you - nice easter and good weather for a gnarly grind session
cheers from berlin
sven
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new looking for runs in brisbane!
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On 4/12/2003
newbie_Cruiser
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Hey i'm new at this, i live in brisbane, anyone longboard round here?
anyone know any modrate runs, as i'm only new at this, round the way!
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centennial park skate
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On 4/12/2003 daniel
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yeah i think i know the road in cetennial park that kanufi was talking about because my dad lives in bondi, and i did a road in the park up near the moon light cinema when i just got my board and thought that it was pretty fast.
Well fast enough for my first or second time down a relatively fast hill.
kanufi also said that the obr team were up on barry white and trying to make it a regular thing, do you know if it is true or it just a rumor. because i am keen to go up there again with joseph.
cheers daniel.
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speedo
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On 4/11/2003
Pete
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Jestah, if your interested "sigma" cycle speedos are programable and are designed to be fitted to rollerblades but the blades model isn't available in oz but the cycle model can easily be modified to fit randall trucks and krypto wheels. works well, I mount the display to the tail and records max speed, distance , current speed ,time plus a clock and alarm pretty cheap about $40 I think bought it a while ago.
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nz speed limit?
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On 4/11/2003 jason the saint of levin
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Man nic 10kph????
thats just bad taste dude
lets just pray we dont need a WOF anytime soon erh :)
catch up some time
hey Jestah my randalls are sweet man cheers!
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Speedlimit !?!?!?!
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On 4/7/2003
Jestah
wrote in from
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I hate small mined ppl who say you cant do fun stuff.!!!!
We could find a loophole and say we arent skateboarding we are longboarding and they my little curly tailed friend are not the same!
Then when they put a speed limit on that we say we arnt longboarding we are speedboarding.
Had a ball this weekend in aucks.
Spent alot of time skating with the traffic on Krd queens and ponsonby. As well as some 50-70km runs out south.
Only buggered my wrist riding a bole in remurewa cause they have covered all the taging in slick house paint........ If kid are going to tag on equipment built FOR them LET them i say ...... rather than paint it and make it dangerous for all skaters
Thats all for now
Jestah
Ps over the next few weeks im going to be making a speedo for my speedboard all interested keep an eye on the home made decks or email me and ill keep you posted
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Speed Limit
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On 4/3/2003 Claude
wrote in from
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Have they actually started to enforce that law know? well i cant wait to bomb a hill over the street speed limit and get bust by a cop and see what he has to saw. how are they even gonna monitor it all?
i can kinda undertand the law in busy cities or pavments with lots people but if your in control on the road and flowing with the traffic while bombing a hill then i cant understand the problem. well actually i can, but its still not gonna stop me from bombing my favourite hills.
ride till yours hearts contect my fellow law breakers and may it never it contect! sorry...the heart warming statement was called for. trying to revolusionize the world you know.....?!?!?
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downhill riders in nz
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On 4/1/2003
nic
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I ride downhill in NZ, New Plymouth based but travel regularly round central/lower Nth Is. Always keen to hook up for a ride.
BTW, In New Plymouth theres now a speed limit on skateboards...10KMPH, already had one very red faced cop poke his snout out his window and grunt something as I flew passed, lucky he was stuck in trafic :)
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Hester in drain
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On 3/30/2003
Tony Hallam
wrote in from
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Hey Rick,
I just scored a Kanoa Tri-beam-insane! I still have your thrashed blue jay smith, the yellow one I have is from someone else. Take care and I'll see you soon.
The boys in Auckland, hi there, we used to contemplate a hill behind Western springs wetlands, we used to sh*t ourselves looking down it in the 70's and cars would stall trying to climb it, do you guys know of this hill and has anyone attacked it yet.
Tony
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sydney runs
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On 3/29/2003 kanufi
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Joseph the rides where all standup with carvers and bombers, no luge in sight.Jogger fell for the second time in a week and it was messy,i should get him to put it in the crash forum.I will try and let you know when a ride is happening next and the centennial park day should be on in the next few weeks.I checked out the road and its perfect for beginners.
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riding locations
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On 3/29/2003
joseph
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http://www.longboardmaps.com/index.shtml
if anyone has good riding locations post them up on here. it's free to register and they have riding locations all over the world. the guys who run it are really nice too. for posting a few runs they sent me a nice logboardmaps.com t shirt. there are already some runs around sydney and newcastle terrigal areas.
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auckland
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On 3/28/2003
joseph
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i dont know if they got a new tree on one tree hill yet pity about the vandalism. i have not been in auckland for about a year but might be back later this year or early next year. orewa did seem good when i was there. there was
a truck crash with chemicals involved that melted the road or something and i had hours to look out the window with a traffic jam from 10 minutes north of auckland to orewa. also check out murrays bay. huge hills but one got new pavement that was rough loose stuff which ruined it. seemed to be popping up all over auckland when i was there the poor road surface.
kanufi where they doing stand up or luge or what? tell me next time your in sydney and i'll meet you there and go for a few runs (i'll buttboard). also theres a shop in sutherland selling really nice cambered pintails by force complete with 184mm tracker darts red bones bearings and blank wheels which look to have been poored out of a kryptonics route 65 mold for 250 dollars!!!! also they sell 85mm kryptos for 80 dollars unlike manly blades which charges 120 or so dollars. going to try and talk them into getting randals.
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Other Auckland spots
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On 3/28/2003
jestah
wrote in from
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joseph are you in auckland at the moment?
One tree hill........ Has it got a tree? did they get a new one?
Ive also been told about mt eden? havnt been there in a bit but another spot to check out.
I think it would be worth checking out places like newmarket or the CBD late at night one say a tuesday .... no one is arond and its SMOOTH. Queen St is good during the day if you dont mind car trying to run ya down...
Jestah
Ps Orewa... look perfect . It has realy mellow hills for soulcarving and a few step ones for downhill or buttboarding.
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sydney runs
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On 3/28/2003
kanufi
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Hey joseph i have been skating round sydney (mosman-spit)and another place near chatswood over the last week and sydney siders have so many hills that you can ride a different one every day,you just have to go out and check em out.And i heard team obr where up at barry white on sunday and are making it a regular thing.
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night run in auckland
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On 3/27/2003
joseph
wrote in from
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just from memory one tree hill strikes me as a good run at night. i think it would have too many cars during the day but it's a decent hill. cant remember road condition but i think it's pretty smooth might be worth a look.
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Skate in auckland
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On 3/27/2003
claude
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hey jestah, good to hear from you man! im keen to go bomb some hills in auckland sometime. i live in hamilton so auckland isnt too far from me. i got a spear downhill board for you if you need, but i already got RII's, but interested in the downhills. email me sometime or talk to each other via this space, which ever is cool for you. i dont know you ability, but dont care! as long as i can bomb with other people except myself! if you real keep we can bomb the bombay hills at night one day. its a good hill to run real late at night! plenty other in auckland to. ive been riding the last 5 months in cape town, south africa. so its been real hard to find the same quality hills, or as good quality.
speak later dude..lets go bomb hill, not people!
claude
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Northland skater
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On 3/26/2003
Jestah
wrote in from
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Hi
Sorry i havnt been in this page too much but i am around.... :)
I live in Kohukohu ( on the north side of the hokiagna and east of kerikeri ) Its about 4 hours north of auckland . there arnt many good down hill runs up here but im going to look at the brenderwins ( south of whangarai ) on my way down to auckland.
I will be comming down on thru the 3rd and would be keen to go for a skate. I will have a carving deck and if i can get it sealed a downhill deck so im covered for most situations.
I also can bring some randal trucks if any one is interested in getiing a pair. ( i have R-2 and down hils)
feel free to drop me an email with a landline # and a time when convenint to call this weekend so we can sort out times hills and maybe carpooling.
Thnak
Jestah
Ps sorry about the spelling...
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claude and people too skate with
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On 3/26/2003
joseph
wrote in from
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nathanl@inspire.net.nz this guy builds decks found his site connected too toothless longboarding and is in new zealand have never met him or contactedhim personally. also in home made forum a guy called jestah is also based in new zealand have to scroll back a few pages to get an e-mail though. where in nz are you from. i am in burkenhead point (dont know how to spell it) in auckland sometimes visiting my grandparents but i live in sydney.
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downhill riders in nz
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On 3/25/2003 claude
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hey guys, how you all doing? im in desprite search for some people that skate downhill in in nz...preferably the north island! if there is anybody out there please let me know! i can be the only 1 in this country!
cheers guys and bomb hills, not people.
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Hester lost down drain
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On 3/23/2003 Rick from OZ
wrote in from
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Heya Tone
Heheh, just kidding! Its road days are over. Glad you got yourself a Hester. Mines safe and sound. I fight the temptation to put it on e-bay. I've almost got over selling the rest of my gear to you ;-) It's in good hands, though :) Did you see that Jay Smith going for big bucks on e-bay? I remember when your one looked like that. I saw a little kid at the Tuggeranong park on Saturday being taught on a near mint old OZI Skate complete. Short flat single-kick, yellow Power Pivot, soft yellow 64mm wheels, OZI trucks with blue plastic baseplates and actual _rubbers_. A piece of sh!t of course, but fun to see it under a new generation of feet.
I've been meaning to give you a call about other matters, one day. Catch you then.
BTW, guys, I'll drop in on Jack from Adrenalin today and see what he and his hard chargin' mates have got planned.
Cheers
Rick
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act ride
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On 3/14/2003
kanufi
wrote in from
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hey Rick from oz no it wasnt any of the guys you mentioned.I ride with a few guys who are from a.c.t so there could be a gathering in the very near future.Sounds like its all happening down there.
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Hester
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On 3/13/2003
Tony Hallam
wrote in from
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Rick, I finally got a Henry Hester and a mint turner summer ski.
Have fun and keep that Hester hanging on the wall, don't smash it up.
Cheers,
Tone
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Canberra
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On 3/10/2003
Pete
wrote in from
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yeah, there are a few riders down here good runs and kinda organised rides as well, drop us a line if you need a guide-hillp25@hotmail.com
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darwin
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On 3/9/2003
joseph
wrote in from
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from what i've heard darwin is a pretty flat place. sorry
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Best Darwin rides and hills?
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On 3/8/2003 art
wrote in from
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Can anybody list places to ride around Darwin, Top End. Flying in from Timor (poor roads)--I am look for some decent pavement to carve. Especially like new roads.
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