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Big Ryan in ABQ
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On 8/4/2006 Stubbs
wrote in from
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Marshall/Palmer :
I'll be giving Ryan your phone numbers. He's racing next year.....if there is a next year.
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Make sure you go by Silver first!!
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On 8/4/2006 The Marshall
wrote in from
United States
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Ryan - make sure you go by Silver first. They know where all the ditches are and are happy to tell anyone...
Just kidding. But that was too easy a dig to make.
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Albuquerque bound
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On 8/4/2006
BigRyan
wrote in from
United States
(67.9.nnn.nnn)
I'm gonna be in Albq. Sunday evening through Tuesday morning. I'd be stoked to to ride IS with some locals. Hopefully I'll get in early enough Sunday for an evening session. If not anyone down for an early am sesh Monday and/or Tuesday? This will be my first trip down can't wait.
Also anyone been up to Aztec yet? Looks to be about 2 hours from Albq? Yea?
Thanks
Ryan
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I heart ditches
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On 8/3/2006 Willy
wrote in from
United States
(63.173.nnn.nnn)
Ditches are great,
Ditches are fun,
They should be skated by everyone*.
Why should anyone care that we took the dare?
Why should it matter if I caused my own brain to splatter?
I make my own choices and so should you.
So go skate a ditch and if a cop should stop you.
Run like hell and yell "f#@! YOU!"
*(by everyone I mean anyone who has the nuts, skills and determination to jump the fences and move pass the tresspassing signs and go for it, I think it said in the Bible some where the Meek shall inherit the earth, so keep quiet about your spots and maybe one day you'll get to tear that fence down and even if not as long as you keepy mouthy shutty, you'll get it all to yourself, or at least the people it means the most too)
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Support Silver
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On 8/3/2006 Chris Miller - SRA
wrote in from
United States
(64.128.nnn.nnn)
Totally. Silver Board Shop rules. That article was probably going to get written with or without Nicole. I think it just freaked me out a little that someone would be so stoked to see it.
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SILVER BOARD SHOP
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On 8/3/2006
PALMER
wrote in from
United States
(207.200.nnn.nnn)
WE DONT NEED TO BOYCOTT SILVER OR TELL PEOPLE TO STOP GOING THERE. NICOLE AND TIM NEED TO MAKE A LIVING LIKE THE REST OF US. THEY ARE GOOD PEOPLE AND GOOD FOR THE ALBUQUERQUE SCENE! THEY JUST DID SOMETHING ALOT OF US DID NOT FEEL GOOD ABOUT AND WE WANTED TO LET THEM KNOW ABOUT IT. CASE CLOSED
PALMER
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SIlver Board Shop
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On 8/3/2006
Stubbs
wrote in from
United States
(70.251.nnn.nnn)
Everyone needs to support Silver Board Shop!!! Those are good people and next time I'm in ABQ I will patronize their establishment.
Nicole, you made a mistake, everyone makes them. I've slipped and said the wrong thing in front of the wrong person before and that person got the pool blown out. Downplay, ignore, play stupid, change the subject, do anything but give them the scoop, lesson learned.
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Silver Board Shop
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On 8/3/2006 Citizen-X
wrote in from
Canada
(65.94.nnn.nnn)
I feel for all the regular ditch skaters - never tell you secrets!!!!!
Simple solution - stop shopping and supporting the Silver Board Shop and they will learn how to preseve the important things in life
Hopefully, they are still skateable when this northern has a chance to get there
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There it is
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On 8/2/2006 Dan
wrote in from
United States
(67.170.nnn.nnn)
"The general public does not like what we do and will find any excuse to keep us down."
Bottom line
They do not like us either
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Lost skate spots
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On 8/2/2006
Deano
wrote in from
United States
(209.181.nnn.nnn)
It seems to me these younger crowd has not lost any fine skate spots due to the lack of stealth. In my small town (Spokane, WA) there is one pool and 2 "cement ponds" that are completly filled with dirt, this was due to too nmany skaters invading these skate spots.
Last fall I wrote to the webmaster of a website and asked him to remove detailed directions on how to trespass on private property to access Maryhill. This has been the Ratz access point for 6 years. Because of these directions and more skaters tresspassing, the land owner has threatened skaters with a gun and we are now forced to walk the hill.
All it takes is one disgruntled citzen (in a town north of Seattle a 15 year old was severely injured bombing a hill and his Dad made it on a radio talk show to try and BAN longboards) to start raising hell for the cops to take more direct actioin. I was planning on getting my Indian School cherry popped this Sept. I hope I do not have to explain anything to the cops.
The general public does not like what we do and will find any excuse to keep us down.
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So Stupid its sad
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On 8/2/2006 Dan
wrote in from
United States
(67.170.nnn.nnn)
"so go ahead and deny your a ditch skater and join the rest of the long line or proud pussies who lie their way through life"
I sure will, DENY EVERYTHING, DENY EVERYTHING. The cops or really anyone don't need to know my business. Why would you tell them? To prove what a tough "core" skater you are?
Stupid motherf#@!er
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Stealth
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On 8/2/2006 Chris Miller
wrote in from
United States
(64.128.nnn.nnn)
So, Brendon says “we get the cops called on us just about every day, we get tickets, and a friend of mine got thrown in jail even for skateboarding. This sort of thing happens ALL the time. Our spots are skate stopped and we are forced to keep spot hunting”.
Dickless, I mean Wangless, says “All in all it is about the search”.
What a couple of f#@!ing idiots. It sounds like they are saying that having your spot busted and closed down is part of the fun?!!? I love discovering a new spot too, but that doesn’t mean I like losing it.
Dickless also says “so go ahead and deny your a ditch skater and join the rest of the long line or proud pussies who lie their way through life”. Sorry dude, but lying to cops is something I have been doing probably since before you were born. While I am actually an extremely honest person, that is one exception I am willing to make.
I think the one who wins is the one who keeps his mouth shut and gets away with (whatever he may be doing) the longest (hopefully forever). Not the one who brags about it and gets shut down. I’ll be happy not to share any spots with you.
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4 HILLS
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On 8/2/2006 PALMER
wrote in from
United States
(207.200.nnn.nnn)
YES DAN 4 HILLS WAS AND STILL IS ONE OF THE ALL TIME DITCHES! THE TAR WAS MEANT TO KEEP PEOPLE OUT AND FOR THE MOST PART WORKED. CHALK ONE UP FOR THE MAN
AND PEOPLE WONDER WHY THE POOL SCENE IS SO TIGHT LIPPED
PALMER
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WANGLESS NEWTON
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On 8/2/2006
PALMER
wrote in from
United States
(207.200.nnn.nnn)
SHUT THE f#@! UP, YOU SOUND LIKE A MORON. PEOPLE DIE EVERY YEAR PLAYING IN THE DITCHES IN AND AROUND ALBUQUERQUE. THE MAN WANTS TO KEEP PEOPLE OUT FOR GOOD REASON. PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO BE IN THEM. WE IGNORE THE WARNINGS AND THATS OUR DECISION. THE ONLY REASON TO GLORIFY THAT IN THE LOCAL PAPER IS TO SELL BOARDS AND IM NOT DOWN WITH THAT s#@!. IT WAS A SELF SERVING NEWS STORY AND DOES NOTHING BUT HARM TO THE SCENE THAT WE(INCLUDING NICOLE) HAVE SHED ALOT OF BLOOD AND TEARS TO CREATE. FOR YOU TO HIDE(NOT POST YOUR REAL NAME) AND CALL US PUSSIES? SHOW UP AT A SESSION AT THE DITCH AND START CALLING PEOPLE PUSSIES, YOU WILL SWALLOW YOUR TEETH!
PALMER
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ABQ History
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On 8/2/2006 Dan
wrote in from
United States
(67.170.nnn.nnn)
"Now if you think the city is gonna spend all sorts of money just to keep existing ditches unskatable is just ridiculous..."
Last year my buddy took me to skate 4 Hills and told me that story, anyone remember that?
Did the city or neighbors pour that tar and rocks?
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The Search
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On 8/2/2006 Wang Newton
wrote in from
United States
(63.173.nnn.nnn)
Listen, I have skated the great ditches of Alb. I have also skated a million other spots, some have been skated many times before me others maybe never. All in all it is about the search. Half of my enjoyment of skating comes from finding the spot, that spot that makes your day or even your life. Alb. is the mecca for ditch skating and rightfully so, but remember you are all skaters and you know what comes with skateboarding, we have all been hassled by the cops, we have all been kicked off property, we have all seen one of our favorite spots go to s#@!. The point is we have all been there before and will be there again, but you know what we keep skating. Why? Because we aren't F'n pansies, so quit yer bitchin' and go F'n skate. If your so scared someone might F up your spot then go skate the S*&t out of it before they do or better yet, why don't you stand up off yer ass and say something instead of cowering. You know who denies what they do, dirty ass politicians, so go ahead and deny your a ditch skater and join the rest of the long line or proud pussies who lie their way through life. Thanks for listening now go skate!!! GOOOOOOOOOOOO
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strip club pool
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On 8/2/2006 snitches get stitches
wrote in from
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before
and after
a transworld photo shoot
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semi-on topic
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On 8/2/2006 ATLville
wrote in from
United States
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we had a kickarse pool at the strip club motel.
"some dudes" took Lance Mountain and some skate mag there for a foto session.
the magazine came out.
nobody cared before.
nobody really knew.
people saw the magazine.
people who had no idea.
within a week of the magazine coming out, the pool was filled in with dirt.
thank you media hungry kooks.
i still like Lance though.
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BLOWN UP
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On 8/2/2006
PALMER
wrote in from
United States
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ITS JUST NOT THE RIGHT THING TO DO. SILVER BOARD SHOP IS ABOUT THE ONLY PEOPLE IN THIS TOWN HAPPY ABOUT THAT ARTICLE. AND THAT KOOK FROM TRANSWORLD, MAYBE HE SHOULD SPEND MORE TIME BLOWING HIS OWN SCENE UP AND NOT OURS!
PALMER
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blown out
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On 8/2/2006 MJ
wrote in from
United States
(65.60.nnn.nnn)
guys - seems like nicole and brendon haven't been skating long enough to understand. hopefully you won't feel any backlash from this. i've always admired the scene in albq. i'm constantly getting yelled at through a speaker, from a helicopter, at cheyenne in vegas.
Cheyenne
Mark
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It don't happen all the time....
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On 8/1/2006 The Marshall
wrote in from
United States
(67.42.nnn.nnn)
"This sort of thing happens ALL the time." Yer right - s#@! gets blown out all the time! Why? It ain't the skaters! It's the kooks! How long did it take for Elks to get bulldozed after it was in the paper?
"Our spots are skate stopped and we are forced to keep spot hunting." I don't give a s#@! what happens at other spots and towns. These ditches are one of a kind. Hunt all you want - you won't find another Indian School. Or 3-mile for that matter...
"Now if you think the city is gonna spend all sorts of money just to keep existing ditches unskatable is just ridiculous..." I'm not worried about skate stoppers and all the other s#@! they use to prevent street skaters from grinding ledges. I'm worried about a cop with a grudge that is gonna think twice when he sees a few of us cruising down one of or favorite ditches.
"they all know we skate the ditches...believe it or not you guys are not underground" No one is claiming to be underground. We are suggesting that we follow the protocol of don't ask - don't tell. Miller said it fine, just deny it. An certainly don't go on the front page of the newspaper and rub it in the faces of the city - especially during monsoon season when they are fully paranoid about morons in the ditches.
Just my opinion. But I've been riding these ditches for 13 years. Maybe we should seek the opinions of the REAL locals.....
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calm the f#@! down
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On 8/1/2006 Brendon
wrote in from
United States
(68.35.nnn.nnn)
hey guys...you need to chill and give nicole a break. First off, you guys act like the city is gonna demolish every ditch right off the bat because of a single newspaper article. Now if you think the city cares THAT much then i think you are misinformed. The article even stated that skateboarding was prohibited but that skaters are just asked to leave at the worst. Now let me give you a street skater's perspective...we get the cops called on us just about every day, we get tickets, and a friend of mine got thrown in jail even for skateboarding. This sort of thing happens ALL the time. Our spots are skate stopped and we are forced to keep spot hunting. Now if you think the city is gonna spend all sorts of money just to keep existing ditches unskatable is just ridiculous...they all know we skate the ditches...believe it or not you guys are not underground especially in ABQ so i think you all need to cut Nicole some slack and stop bitching
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ABQ, the last Frontier
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On 8/1/2006 Dan
wrote in from
United States
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Why did you have to take them to that ditch?
That was my favorite, no flyout kids, no crowds. I never got run off, what are you doing out there besides trying your best to blow it out?
f#@!
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I may be paranoid...
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On 8/1/2006 CM
wrote in from
United States
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... but am I paranoid enough?
Nicole, I understand that they came to you. You didn't write the article, I don't think anyone's blaming you, but I am surprised that you sound so stoked that the article is there, and on the front page no less. By the way, thank you for not taking them on a tour.
Here's what we get in Rio Rancho. The city builds ditches and when the concrete is still wet, they lay 1 x 4 boards down about every 15 feet or so. When it's dry they pull the boards up and we are left with 4" gaps that are 1" deep. Their latest ditch in the Cabazon' area is a beautiful ditch with nice "S" turns, nice pitch, etc... The only thing is that the concrete texture is so rough it looks like bad dirt. When I first saw it, I thought it had been dug out then it rained before they could concrete it. Totally un-skatable.
I would just hate for Albuquerque to start doing the same types of things.
Stealth is good.
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Holy blowout in ABQ!
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On 8/1/2006 Stubbs
wrote in from
United States
(70.251.nnn.nnn)
THOSE DAMN DITCHES HAD BETTER STILL BE RIDEABLE WHEN I COME BACK!!!!!!
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr........... ....
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