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Longboarders I am bored now
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On 12/18/2004
bikemike
wrote in from
Canada
(24.71.nnn.nnn)
damn I am so bored there are very little longboarders here to board with
and it sucks just boarding by your self you KNOW what I mean?
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no skati'n in the cold
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On 12/17/2004
utah trish
wrote in from
United States
(65.100.nnn.nnn)
we are posting cause we are bored and and can't skate in the cold....In some parts of the US it's 18 degrees or colder. whatever that is in celsuis. Just say its cold! 18 huh? congrats! I'm an older newbie so I can't give much advice. But I can say second childhood! RIDE ON in the UK. Oh and welcome.
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ok...
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On 12/17/2004 tommeakin
wrote in from
United Kingdom
(81.79.nnn.nnn)
the date shows the 17th on my post, which is odd, the time is 00:50 here on the 18th... hmmm..., and sorry for the spelling mistakes(that i presume there are in my other post), i am tired and cold :(
bye
ride fast
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Dudes!!!
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On 12/17/2004
tommeakin
wrote in from
United Kingdom
(81.79.nnn.nnn)
Hey!! I'm 18 today!!!! yey!! so am i officially the youngest poster here or not? :P good to hear that your dad is well NCL, and what's up with the abundance of posts from all? Normally this thread is real quiet lol. I wish i could skate some banks, they just dont do them right in the UK unluckily for me, but at least now i am perfecting some controlled leaning out hand-skimming turns at speed on my bigbug, proper speed controll should come soon i hope. I get really confused with your temperatures (fahrenheit compared to celsius), but here it is 0->8 degrees max now, so... umm... 32(if that s freezing for you) to around 40something. Is there anything i can do to improve the traction of my 83mm 78a (i think) flywheels? they are nice and grippy once warm, but they are hard and slippy when cold, would grooves help do you reckon?
merry christmas all :)
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Dankdownhiller
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On 12/17/2004 North Carolina Longboarder
wrote in from
United States
(63.167.nnn.nnn)
Dude,Im down for tomorrow. Call on the way back from Concord.
MK
NCL
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Pool Board For Utah Trish
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On 12/17/2004
North Carolina Longboarder
wrote in from
United States
(63.167.nnn.nnn)
Look up Sumdumsurfer on the Pool/Parks Forum...He works for Madrid...he will give you the skinny on the pool board....also, try Jonathan at Comet. They have a 36 Park board that is the shcitzenitzen.
MK
NCL
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TEAM FUN IS EVERYWHERE!!!!!!!!!!!
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On 12/17/2004
John Dillon, Team Fun
wrote in from
United States
(151.200.nnn.nnn)
btw, I just turned 43 a week ago today. Good luck to Longboardkook and his wife on their trip to Guatemala this weekend to adopt a little one who'll grow up one day to ride a longboard too. I see all the smiles...YOU are all on TEAM FUN!
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just skatin'
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On 12/17/2004
utah trish
wrote in from
United States
(65.103.nnn.nnn)
ok,ok, I just want to skate! LOL. The age thing for the female gender is a tough one. I spent half my life going for the "american dream". I hate the american dream. I am now trying to do what I have always wanted to do (within Limits of course) After all, I still have a spouse, and kids. Trying to get the spouse to ride with me. The kid already does. He's the reason I am riding. I am one of those people that when I find something I like, I go for it. Sooo, my next project is a pool board set up. any comments? probably I should visit the pool forum. You guys are great and I am glad I found my stoke! and a cool forum to express my stoke LOL. Ok, the suns out, roads ae dry...........
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Dave G and The Chat Room
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On 12/17/2004 North Carolina Longboarder
wrote in from
United States
(63.167.nnn.nnn)
Dude, you been hanging on the web way too long! Ha ha.
MK
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XXX
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On 12/17/2004 Dave G
wrote in from
United States
(207.69.nnn.nnn)
Do I have to be 21 years of age to view this thread?? I'm 44 and starting to think I'm a bit of a voy'ear!!! Heh Heh
Marion, glad pops doin good. Trish, what are you wearing?? You know I'm teasing, you 'lil love birds!!
Enjoy,
Dave G
Merry XXX'mas
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Toos For Utah Trish
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On 12/17/2004
North Carolina Longboarder
wrote in from
United States
(63.167.nnn.nnn)
Ha ha! I'm 42! You're a young chic! So are you saying I look old as dirt? LOL I was a major mtn. bike freak until I spilled hard hucking off of a drop at Fontana and performed a beautiful two feet over the handle bar dismount with a one point landing on my head. Doc said he would quit repairing me and wife said she would leave me if I got back on a mtn bike....so I went back to skating instead!!!!!
Kokopelli on a Mtn Bike...that rocks...maybe with the letters MOAB faint in the background in the shape of mountains....
Sounds like you got the pintail hooked up. That good huh? ......
MK
NCL
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Not Old Dude!
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On 12/17/2004
utah Trish
wrote in from
United States
(65.103.nnn.nnn)
NCL, If I ever make any more comments about "old" I will bite my toungue and make myself vomit! LOL. Love the "toos" I turn forty this year and that's my "too" year! Kokopelli on a mnt. bike. (my first love). I rode the pintail yesterday. wow! I have siesmics up front and trackers in the rear with flashbacks. What a ride, almost as good as..........mmmm, ok it was great. ride on eevryone.
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G Flash BMXer!
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On 12/17/2004
North Carolina Longboarder
wrote in from
United States
(63.167.nnn.nnn)
Rock on dude. Thanks for the thoughts on Dad. Dude, if you need parts for your BMX try www.firstflightbikes.com. It is the shop I used to race mtn. bikes for and the owner Jeff specializes in vintage gear. That shop looks like a museum. Jeff and Wes are both great guys there.
Man, I can just see you skating by the biker bar! That is hilarious. Hope it warms up for you soon. Its cold as a witches' t*t in a steel bra up here!
Have a Very Merry Christmas!
Your Pal,
Marion Karr
North Carolina Longboarder
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NCL BRO!
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On 12/17/2004
G-Flash
wrote in from
United States
(64.12.nnn.nnn)
Hey Bro! I have been away from this post for just a week and I was glad to here that your pops is doing better! Your not going to believe this but I've been busy trying to restore my old , (I'm getting scared just posting this!)BMX bike! It's a WEBCO replica circa 1979! WHEW! I've said it and now it's off my chest! Well anyway its a bit chilly down here in central Florida but I did manage to get some downhill action near a place called (get this) HOWEY-N-HILLS.
I skated near a fish camp next to a biker bar on little lake Harris. It's was about 50degrees out in the morning but it felt alot colder going down the fresh new blacktop!Just wanted to say hello to you and wish you and all my LONGBOARD BRO'S a safe and fun Holliday season! G-Flash (soon to be CW cover boy!)
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Team Fun
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On 12/17/2004 Fatboy
wrote in from
United States
(67.94.nnn.nnn)
Johnny, you KNOW my fat ass is in!
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Let's get up!
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On 12/17/2004 dankdownhiller
wrote in from
United States
(65.1.nnn.nnn)
Hey N.C. longboarder. It is your local hometown boy! I got the carveboard from
W.S. before he left to go out west.Give me a shout on the cell phone about riding this weekend.Later dude.
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Utah Trish
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On 12/16/2004
North Carolina Longboarder
wrote in from
United States
(63.167.nnn.nnn)
Utah Trish: Merry Christmas to you my Skate Freak Friend in the land of Mtns, Mormons, and Moab!
(Check your email. ;-)
MK
North Carolina Longboarder
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vagas ditches?
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On 12/16/2004
utah trish
wrote in from
United States
(65.103.nnn.nnn)
Vegas has ditches? I am heading down to mesquite after xmas and I would love to know were those ditches are. I just set up a new pintail and I can't wait to try it out. Hey NCL, glad to hear your pop is doing good. amazing what modern medicine can do nowdays. And are you a nuts or what. I thought I was the only old-timer that has gone crazy over my new-found sport. LOL. Keep it up. Ride on and merry christmas.
Utah Trish
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Sponsorship! Heck yeah!
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On 12/16/2004
North Carolina Longboarder
wrote in from
United States
(63.167.nnn.nnn)
Team Fun! Rock on! Beats the crap out of "Team Freeze Your Butt Off" which all of North Carolina seems to have been signed up for the last few days!
Lenny: Dude, it must be getting cold up your way. Are the slopes making snow much?
Marion Karr
Team Fun Member and Ex Doobie Brother
North Carolina Longboarder
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Team Fun in Vegas
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On 12/16/2004
Mark J
wrote in from
United States
(65.60.nnn.nnn)
Sign me up - Longboard ditch riding in Vegas
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John D.
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On 12/16/2004 Lenny
wrote in from
United States
(68.252.nnn.nnn)
Count me in, bro!!! LOL
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Team Fun
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On 12/16/2004
North Carolina Longboarder
wrote in from
United States
(63.167.nnn.nnn)
If that is the criteria I am the freakin posterchild for Team FUN! Sign my butt up!
Where do I get the tee shirt?
Marion Karr
North Carolina Longboarder
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Hey...wanna get sponsored??
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On 12/16/2004
John Dillon, Team Fun
wrote in from
United States
(151.200.nnn.nnn)
If you skate for fun, then you're on the Team Fun! If your not having fun whilst skating, then you cannot be on Team Fun!! It's your choice. I believe this is the biggest team around!!!!!!!! Are you with me??
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Pop Update and Random Thoughts
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On 12/16/2004
North Carolina Longboarder
wrote in from
United States
(63.167.nnn.nnn)
To All My Rowdie And Not So Rowdie Longboard and Skate Buddies:
Pop Update:
Thank you all for your prayers and thoughts sent for my father Tom Karr while he dealt with his heart attack and went through emergency bypass surgery. The "Man of Steel" (the name I like to call him) has been moved to a Cardiac Rehab facility and is doing great. He is bugging the crap out of the doctors to let him go back to work and told me that his physical therapists were two "cute young ladies". I guess he's feeling better, huh? He won't be home for Christmas but my brother and I have decided to "break him out" that day.
Random Thoughts:
I am sure their are many colder places in the US, Canada, and around this skating globe of ours but DANG IT'S COLD IN NORTH CAROLINA RIGHT NOW! I am itching to skate but right now at night its in the teens and somewhat windy! I miss the summer!
Some of the local crew has taken a page out of Miko's book and have been hitting a Parking Deck late at night in Charlotte. I am planning on hooking up with them next week and see what it's like to bomb the curves of this multi-story parking garage. Needs to warm up first.
One of your younger longboard crew regulars has the right idea about getting people involved in the sport. He has been inviting at least one new person a month to our night sessions to see what it is all about. He has taken the time to put together a "loaner board" from spare stuff we all had (I "donated" a set of Wicked Wonder longboard wheels) that he lets the newbies use. It is a great way to expose others to longboarding, carving, and just crusing. I keep a spare helmet in the truck and usually take a couple of different boards from my quiver to the sessions for people to try as well. The thing we have all tried to keep in mind is with the new people we can't put them in a situation where they are in over their heads. The good news is most of our night session spots offer a variety of grades for all skill levels. If you don't have anyone to skate with then go find someone and teach them how to ride!
And last my by far, not the least:
I wish for all of you a blessed and joyous Christmas/holiday season and a prosperous and healthy New Year.
Marion Karr
North Carolina Longboarder/Slider/Old Newbie Slalom Freak
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Sick video
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On 12/14/2004 Shayne
wrote in from
United States
(152.33.nnn.nnn)
My bd's website is up and coming, and has clips from our soon to be released, full length movie " The Invasion" ... enjoy...
and learn
http://quicksilver.elon.edu/students/2005/acolton/burlingtonbay.html
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