Slalom Skateboarding Pro Mike Maysey

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Q&A: Slalom Pro Mike Maysey (2489 Posts) Topic Info JPL Manana On 11/19/2004 mike maysey wrote in from United States  (64.208.nnn.nnn) Some of you NorCalites should come down here tomorrow and race. Gorman always puts on a good one, plus he's having a BBQ after the racing is done. Sure to be beers and whatnot to soothe the sore race muscles. I think I might want to come up to the Bay Area after the first of the year for a weekend of skating with all my NorCal homies...anyone got a couch I can surf?     Rate post 190852 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) garage On 11/18/2004 hc wrote in from United States  (68.127.nnn.nnn) man, that was the sickest session ever. I can't believe we got that many people in there. The cornering reminds me of short track speed skating with everyone inches away from each other. see you guys next week...     Rate post 190797 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) rubbin' paint On 11/18/2004 sully wrote in from United States  (209.172.nnn.nnn) Put four or five skaters in a slideing hairpin at the same time, everyone chargeing, you are bound to have some contact and maby someone on their roof. Seeing Cliff sloted in the corner with Ely and Miko, all slideing right in the mix is a memory I will not soon forget. Man, if we never get to do it again it will suck but BIG thanks to Mark Johnson and HC for getting this going. Just like nascar but with skatenecks rather than rednecks. Mike we miss you, you would be a force and reciepient of a few of our dollars. super stoked, sully     Rate post 190763 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) Garage raging continues On 11/17/2004 Mark Johnson wrote in from United States  (68.124.nnn.nnn) WOW what a turn out! 18 riders charging in the parking garage, suck a blast! I am glad we had such a great crew of riders show up, we had Cliff Colman, Ely Smouse,Flavian Vidal from France and a bunch of guys from Comet bomb squad show, just to name a few. Chris S lived up to his nick name the Bowling ball taking me out and others as i foolishly slid out right in front of him, he knocked me off my feet and back about 5 feet just like a bowling pin. There were so many crashes that i think only a few did not go down, no one hurt and everyone had a blast. We did get kicked out after 6 runs and are friendly security guard counted 22 people in the garage riding, the most he has ever seen. Buy the way Ely HC won again and regains the over all points title for now. Ely You got 2nd barley squeaking by me. For complete results and info go to:Click here for link Mark Johnson I miss Vans more than ever, now, the pool was fun and the halph pipe was like riding one at your friends back yard. $10 for a hole day was not much, and after two hours i had enough, most of the time. Its amazing how you miss something after its gone. I hardly rode the place untill i heard it was shutting down and 4 day was not enough, Mike your write there are so many other places to ride for Free and thank God for Scotts Valley i can truley get my vert fix there.     Rate post 190614 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) VANS On 11/17/2004 mike maysey wrote in from United States  (64.208.nnn.nnn) Bill - true dat...Billy Wahl and I skated the new park in LBC last night and damn near got into a gang brawl...no lie! At first I sort of laughed as it went off right in front of me then I realized where I was and it sure as heck wasn't Morro Bay!!!     Rate post 190609 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) Garage racing On 11/17/2004 Clayton Scott wrote in from United States  (204.29.nnn.nnn) Well that was FUN! Thanks! To bad we were removed after 6 runs. Next set up will include sharpend sidewalls. Hopefully that will stop people from running into me. Can't wait to do it again!     Rate post 190600 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) Vans On 11/16/2004 Bill Evans wrote in from United States  (209.78.nnn.nnn) Mike, 2 positive elements about Vans: - rainy day skating - pool coping, albeit worn down. Need to skate Marina now. It was a 70s throwback day on Saturday at the pool, with a packed deck and skaters shoulder-shoulder. Too bad it wasn't like that more often.     Rate post 190499 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) VANS... On 11/16/2004 mike maysey wrote in from United States  (64.208.nnn.nnn) I hate to say it but the VANS park is overrated. Not only does it cost too much but you can only skate for a 2 hour session. I had way way more fun skating Redwood City, Sunnyvale, Berkely, Novato, Peidmont and others than I ever had at VANS...and all those parks I mentioned are F-R-E-E. BTW, Etnies down in Lake Forest is the sickest park!!! The keyhole kicks ass and so doesn the clover bowl...and it's F-R-E-E.     Rate post 190477 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) old skool On 11/15/2004 hc wrote in from United States  (68.127.nnn.nnn) david, I sometimes do go through those corner 'standing up', it's just more tiring. No need for sliding in there, actually if you slide in there, you loose speed. avalons are great in there, miko was doing good on the grippins. I have an new idea, one kick per level.     Rate post 190369 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) garage On 11/15/2004 hc wrote in from United States  (68.127.nnn.nnn) anyone that wants to carpool from the east bay, give me a call. 408 623 1912 I am leaving from work (near the west oakland bart station) around 4:30 pm. hc     Rate post 190364 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) garage racin On 11/15/2004 david wrote in from United States  (67.100.nnn.nnn) i might have told you guys this before, you should a round of racing with old school rules. no grabbin rail, no touchin the ground, just tuck and stand up slide though the turns......:--)     Rate post 190362 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) G-rage On 11/15/2004 sully wrote in from United States  (67.123.nnn.nnn) I predict some action in the turns. Going down to san jose to bowl myself a perfect game.     Rate post 190352 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) Parking Garage racing On 11/15/2004 Mark Johnson wrote in from United States  (68.124.nnn.nnn) Here we go again ROLLERBALL 2004 parking Garage race Tues Nov 16 at 8pm. This will be the third race of the series. Come out and get some points for prizes. I just received another box of goodies from Red Clay. And I here the Smouse is coming. We will meet at the Workhouse Recording studio at 7:30pm and leave at 8pm to the garage If you need more info go to: Click here for link web page is sometimes not available 50megs.com sucks! (so what do you want for nothing.) Or for directions Click here for link Or Call me at 408 287 1843 Next race after the 16 will be Wednesday the 24 Thanksgiving TURKEY BASH! I will have some prizes for this race! This is the day before thanksgiving !     Rate post 190315 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) Scotts Valley Skatepark On 11/13/2004 Judi O wrote in from United States  (68.127.nnn.nnn) Session Saturday am. Same time as last session. If the weather is good. Gary I had fun skating with you hope to see you again. Thanks everyone for the nice photo votes on the Jones Soda site. My weekend morning entertainment when the kids were asleep. #0000303315 is the photo number. http://www.jonessoda.com/gallery type in skateboard and photo comes up. Sad to hear about the Vans Park.     Rate post 190157 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) Fri, November 12, 2004 -- 11:00pm - Guerrero on TV Fri, November 12, 2004 -- 11:00pm KQED this Friday On 11/11/2004 ravitch wrote in from United States  (67.124.nnn.nnn) Spark! Spark is a weekly television show, an educational outreach program and a Web site - (www.kqed.org/spark) - about Bay Area artists and arts organizations. More than a showcase for art objects and the artists who make them, Spark takes the audience inside the creative process to witness the challenges, opportunities and rewards of making art. Spark is produced by KQED Public Television and the Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC). more program info Web site related to this program Channel and Airdate: Channel 9 Fri, November 12, 2004 -- 11:00pm Up from the Street Artists whose work emanates from the street. * Once a professional skateboarder, Tommy Guerrero channels the skate culture through his music and visual art work. * Graffiti artist and self-described bad boy David Choe has moved from the streets of LA and San Jose into museums and galleries worldwide. * Reflections of life on San Francisco's market street, with the four-wheeled interactive art work, Wowhaus.     Rate post 190006 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) Vans around the world On 11/11/2004 Wesley Tucker wrote in from United States  (64.12.nnn.nnn) The Vans Park in DC is closing also. Is Vans closing ALL their parks?     Rate post 189953 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) Vans O how sad On 11/11/2004 Mark Johnson wrote in from United States  (68.123.nnn.nnn) I hit vans yesterday and heard the bad news; I am going to try to make it every day until this Sat. If anyone can make it would be fun to sk8 it one last time with some bros I am going this afternoon or tonight and Friday sometime hit me up if you can make it.     Rate post 189914 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) garagin racin On 11/11/2004 david wrote in from United States  (67.100.nnn.nnn) so whats the hot wheel to win in the garage? i was thinkin my 88a no skools might be nice..     Rate post 189913 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) Vans... On 11/10/2004 Miko wrote in from United States  (66.81.nnn.nnn) I'm probably hitting either the 10am or 12am session at Vans saturday. Anyone have a specific session they're hitting on saturday? Bummer it's closing.     Rate post 189856 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) Garage??? Oh YEAHSM!!!!! On 11/10/2004 Miko wrote in from United States  (66.81.nnn.nnn) So is Eli coming down this tuesday night? He better have a few bucks in his pocket! Eli??? Bring it on man! I don't really care if back-o-packers don't really play for bucks. But it would be cool if the people in contention can cough up the dough. I want newbies to have fun, maybe get some swag, and want to come back. If taking their money turns them off, then forget it. If they're getting in my way in the corners though, it may be that they should pay as well. 8-)     Rate post 189855 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) parking garage On 11/10/2004 hc wrote in from United States  (68.127.nnn.nnn) Props to Mark 'Woodie' Johnson for throwing these races. Nice to see some new faces as well. I love the garage. It's where I learned how to ride sharp turns and buttboard as well. It never seems to get old. Gonna hit up Vans tomorrow night. Let's see if I can break a bone by Saturday. ;-) hc in Oaktown www.geocities.com/sk8sanjose     Rate post 189854 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) $$$$ On 11/10/2004 sully wrote in from United States  (209.172.nnn.nnn) Ely, I will take him out in the corner like a 8/10 split if that punk shows. dial my tires and its on!     Rate post 189842 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) Parking garage Racing pay out On 11/10/2004 Mark Johnson wrote in from United States  (68.123.nnn.nnn) Hey Mico regarding the money we have a few solutions: Every one puts $5 dollars in the pot to start, one: we give the over all winner all the money (nice payout)) But takes away from the instant gratification of winning your heat. (Elyies idea Ha Ha he thinks he going to come down and kick are asses. bring it on) Two: we divvy up the money per the results at the end of the night. Three: we just do it as we have been doing sort of the honor system. I personally don’t care either way but the way we have been doing it, we get lots of racer racing every race. Lots of the new riders are college kids and they don’t have any doe and it worth a buck to me to just have them there to ride with. For me it's more about the fun than the money. We can vote next time. We can see what the turnout is and how much money every one brings to the table and vote on what everyone wants to do. MJ     Rate post 189773 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) Duros... On 11/9/2004 Miko wrote in from United States  (69.19.nnn.nnn) PS - I run 80a - 88a depending on surface. Sometimes I stay on the white 80a's cause they're so smooth and comfortable. Grippins seem to be very nice in the 84-88 range. I ran 88a's in the Garage at sunday's race and never had a traction problem. It was a blast having that many people charging the first corner... giant wall-'o-people! There were times when there was no apparent line through the turn and I just dove for the inside and popped out the other end passing 3-4 people in the process. It's easy to take the garage for granted, but after the race Mark handed me a bag of Khiro risers and bushings and it STILL felt as good as doing well at a big race! The stoke was totally there... Another comment: Taking everyone's bucks after each race seemed a bit rough after the novelty wore off. I think it might be nice to just charge everyone 5-10 bucks and split the winnings among the top 3 places or something like that. Let's get this figured out before the 11/16 session. It might also be nice to run the first 4 heats en-masse, then pick the bottom 3-4 places and run a couple heats for them, with possibly a small payout and some booty for the winner of that group.     Rate post 189703 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) Trimmed or Narrow setups... On 11/9/2004 Miko wrote in from United States  (69.19.nnn.nnn) I'm finding Mike's comment on trimmed (on the outside) Avalons feeling high-sidey to be true for me as well. On wider trucks (100mm-110mm) they feel more stable, but I've been running narrow Radikals and Chicken 88mm offsets, and find that things feel better with full-width Avalons, yet retain that super-quick response you get from going narrow. Same with Grippins... I tend to space them out a bit more so they're about the same width as untrimmed Av's so my setup stability stays the same. I go super-narrow with very trimmed Av's for ts.     Rate post 189702 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0)

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