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Bear banked slalom course
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On 8/11/2002
K-LEE
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Alright, I went and ran the official slalom course at Bear today with TimeShip, and I have the nitty gritty to share. The entire course is only six cones long. After riding it on several wheelbase and truck combinations, I have come to realize what Joe said long ago: This is a FAST ditch. The cones aren't close or hard to cut, there's no real slalom to this at all in the strict competitive sense. The cones are there more to tell you where the transition is best and most pumpable, and they guide you to the fastest run available. By the end of the session, I was making my best times on a Dregs race board with Randal DH trucks and Cherry Bombs. This course is basically a downhill speed course in a ditch. To be honest, if you rode an actual slalom board in this race, we would have to cart you off after the second transition. I've thrown up some pics and vids of today's session on my website: ABQ DITCHES
Check the bottom 8 links under the Bear. There's already a ton of new footage, and a major renovation is in the works to make the site 10 times what it is now. I just had to throw these up ASAP to give you guys an idea of what we New Mexicans mean when we say banked ditch slalom. See ya on the Equinox!
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schools
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On 8/11/2002 Glen
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Kenter and Brentwood had major surgury done to them. Revere is in lockdown mode but may be cool to skate when the heat is off, Bellagio is messed up, I don't know what's up at Mar Vista. Other classic schools banks were my home banks of Miller and Muir. Miller's banks were torn down and a 2 story playground was built in it's place. Muir's have been rendered unrideable, even on 70mm 78A wheels, by lack of care to the asphalt.
R.I.P. to all the good banks.
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DOGTOWN SCHOOLS
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On 8/9/2002
ERIC31
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ARE YOU SERIOUS?! THAT SUCKS. I WAS PLANNING ON COMING DOWN TO SKATE PAUL REVERE, BELLAGIO, MAR VISTA, KENTER, AND BRENTWOOD. I'M TOTALLY BUMMED.
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school banks
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On 8/9/2002 Glen
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the schools in the Dogtown DVD have all been rendered unridable.
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Aurbutus Ditch update
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On 8/9/2002 cabbage
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my friend Dan has been sk8ing there and working on restoring it alittle. It has some new parking blocks and a sheet of plywood roll in. Anyone that knows the place, knows its rich history. Arbution definately holds a place in alot of us Marylanders hearts.. So be sure to stop by and get a couple shots of this ditch if your ever on 95 going through Baltimore. It is ridable and it has lights for night. Scary cracks but not too bad. It is like sk8ing a halfpipe no long lines, but fun grinds...If you need directions hit up my email....
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uk try 2
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On 8/9/2002
gavin
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oops, try again...
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UK piccie 2
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On 8/9/2002
gavin
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ok, so i should have done this one first! another piccie of one of the sides.
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UK piccie
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On 8/9/2002
gavin
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just for a change, here's something from the UK (west cornwall to be precise). its an old resevoir ...BUT... its been such a wet summer that 2ft of water now sits in the bottom!
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BANKED SCHOOLYARDS IN EAST BAY (NOR CAL)
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On 8/8/2002
ERIC 31
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Hi,
I'm a newbie to the longboard scene. Just got a 48" deck which I set up with Power Paw 74A wheels and some old Thunder trucks. Anyway, I was watching the Dogtown and Z Boys DVD and loved those schools. I plan on making a trip down there to skate them sometime. But for right now. Is there any Nor Cal schools with banks like that? directions and photos would be most welcome. Any other new longboarders like me want to meet up and skate somewhere?
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NM Ditches
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On 8/7/2002
John Dillon
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Yes, K-Lee & SS those ditches look like fun, similar to those I sk8d in the Colorado Springs area in the 80s. I would like to make it out there to sk8 w/you in sept. Keep in touch!
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Riverdale Ditch
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On 8/7/2002
John Dillon
wrote in from
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Yo R and Scumbag,lbk,ohm, mullen,BP,Cabbage!
Must get a session together here next week...how about wed8/14 eve...weather permitting(ie: as long as it's dry)? I can sk8 SE dc the following week...how 'bout it?be at Reading Sk8 Park this sat for all-out sk8 fun jam incl banked slalom in the snake runs there...sunday too!
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ABQ
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On 8/6/2002 h0dad
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Scabs, you'd be surpised how much life there is in a desert..it comes out of the woodwork at you..especially at night..!
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ABQ
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On 8/6/2002
-JC-
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I escaped from this state in 82, and was sucked back in a decade later. Love it or hate it, y'gotta love it. Can't wait till the Equinox, when downhill and ditches will rule the weekend.
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ABQ
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On 8/6/2002 Scabs
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K-LEE,
Man those pics of the ditches are inspiring! New buisness has me tapped or I`d be there eager to carve those faces of concrete nirvana. I need a break from the warm tropical breezes of S. FL. and could lose myself in a field of peyoT buttons easily.
As hOdad would say...."Scabs would much enjoy a long cruise to nowhere amongst the tranquility of the unliving."
Not that there`s no life in the dessert but compared to the moist environs of where I live, where it`s green everywhere and crawling with all kinds of nasties...sum o dem 2 legged. The solitude of the dessert sounds equaliberating right about now :-)
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ABQ
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On 8/5/2002 h0dad
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Count on it..h0dads got a bit of a fetish for deserts.
PS. Tourists in h0dads parts get intoxicated by the old country charm, which allows them to overlook the broken beer stubbies and piss stains on the pavement, hehe.
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Land of Entrapment
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On 8/5/2002
K-LEE
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Yeah, lowrie's right, NM rocks! I just need a new flavor, that's all. 25 years of green chilie, and I'm itchin' for that sweet ocean breeze. Take that previous negativity with a grain of salt from a cynical local. Everyone should check out ABQ some time, especially on a longboard!
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hodad
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On 8/4/2002 lowrie
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NM rocks, especially abq, los altos is good, the ditches are deadly fun, where else can you go 3 to 5 miles with out taking one push, anytime o day, without worrying about cars people or anything. The only thing you have to look out for are other drainage holes, and bricks under the bridge. long boards rock!!!
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Wasted
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On 8/4/2002
K-LEE
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h0dad,
Try living here for a couple of years, you might change your mind. I'm a native and I didn't even blink at you calling it a wasteland. Better than the term I use: craphole. The ditches are great, but it's about the ONLY thing ABQ has going for it, at least for a young single guy like me. Besides, we have a really high per-capita for substance abuse, so you could call it a wasted-land.
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faux pas
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On 8/4/2002 h0dad
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Whoah, h0dad did not mean to be calling the desert "wasteland"...it's beautiful
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ditches in southern Germany?
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On 8/4/2002
Eric
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Does anyone know of any smooth ditches in southern Germany?
I'm in the Frankfurt, Mannheim, Heidelburg and Karlsruhe vicinity.
I think I remember a picture of Claus Grabke riding a ditch in an old Transworld if I'm not mistaken. Thanks.
Eric
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ditch shot stoke
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On 8/3/2002 h0dad
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h0dads gotta say, these pics of ditches are the soulfulest
skate pic scenery he's ever seen, more so to him than any of
hills. The stark clean empty concrete, desert wasteland for miles
around, hot sun, what a post apocolyptic playground. Next time
h0dad's in the states, he's going to see if he can find some of
this action. The Bear shot is on his desktop now, stokin.
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the missing "c"
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On 8/3/2002 K-LEE
wrote in from
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Funny typo, there should be "see" in front of "CP". When typing, the one C became both c's. I read it out loud and laughed a bit.
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CP
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On 8/3/2002
K-LEE
wrote in from
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Yeah, I still CP around all the time, mostly at the Los Altos skatepark. He moves back and forth to Phoenix a lot, but he's in ABQ right now. I've been told he's not competing in the ditch race, but I bet he'll at least show up to watch.
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NM
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On 8/3/2002 Chicken
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What happend to Charlie Pacheco? Is he stil around?
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