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Congrats Andy!
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On 10/7/2011
peters
wrote in from
United States
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Last weekend Andy Andras flew up from Florida to Eugene Oregon to try cracking the 250-mile 24-hour ultraskating record. He came close, particularly given some of the worst long stretches of hard pounding rain the Northwest was able to dish out over night!! He ended with 3rd place in the world, at 230.4 miles, and Conan Isaac Gay, the host of this event, also nailed 200 miles. More shots and short recap is here:
http://pavedwave.myfastforum.org/2011_Eugene_Oregon_ULTRAskate_17_October_1st_about1942.html
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Adrenalina Skateboard Marathon
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On 10/4/2011
Adrenalina Skateboard Marathon
wrote in from
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The final two stops of the 2011 Adrenalina Skateboard Marathon World Tour are quickly approaching!
$30,000 PRIZE PURSE!
Who's getting some last minute training in?
OCTOBER 16 in Plano, TX
NOVEMBER 5 in Hallandale Beach, FL
Faceboook: The Adrenalina Skateboard Marathon
Twitter: @Adrenalina_ASM
www.theadrenalinaskateboardmarathon.com
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Broadway Bomb 2011
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On 10/3/2011
Adam
wrote in from
United States
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Don't know if everyone has been keeping up with this event, but this year's Broadway Bomb (scheduled for Saturday, October 08, 2011 12:00) has an amazing 924 signed up riders with more signing up every day! Get in on the action at the Ncdsa.com Contest Calendar.
I'd be surprised if it didn't break 1000 riders by the event.
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Silver Comet 2012 is ON!
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On 9/18/2011
peters
wrote in from
United States
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Marion Karr, distance skateboard-meister extraordinaire, is doing it AGAIN!
The 2nd Annual Silver Comet--Chief Ladiga Challenge, a 188-mile skateboard Stage Race from Georgia to Alabama and BACK, will go down May 11th--13th. Stoked!~
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Two upcoming 24-Hour Ultraskates
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On 9/6/2011
peters
wrote in from
United States
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Insomniacs -- we have the cure!
Two 24-hour skates are coming up fast.
Sept 25th in Christchurch New Zealand, and October 1st in Eugene OREGON.
Sign ups on the Contest Calendar--
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Kiefer Dixon & Sara Paulshock @ Adrenalina Skateboard Marathon
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On 9/5/2011
peters
wrote in from
United States
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Kiefer Dixon took home a $15K 1st place in Puerto Rico last weekend!
http://sports.yahoo.com/top/news?slug=ycn-9040893
Sara Paulshock led the women taking home $3K along with Cami Best 2nd and Anna Oneill closely after at 3rd.
More shots on Huffington Post:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/30/the-adrenalina-skateboard-marathon-puerto-rico-photos_n_940987.html#s343601
FULL Results on USADSA.org:
http://www.theadrenalinaskateboardmarathon.com/news/marathon-results
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Thanks
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On 8/19/2011 T Whalen
wrote in from
United States
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I've got some radikal axles I can use for the Split to get it close to the width of the RTS.
Thanks again for the advice stevie and peters!
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widening the split
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On 8/19/2011
stevie
wrote in from
United States
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@TWhalen - You can widen your Splitfire with Radikal axles available from Sk8kings: Click here for link. They also have their own similar axles but currently only up to 1/4". The 3/4" Rad axles will make a split ~115mm, 1" will make it ~140mm, etc. Much stronger than using spacers.
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24-hour ultraskate for Puget Sound Cancer, Greenlake Seattle TODAY!
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On 8/19/2011
peters
wrote in from
United States
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Re-posting this for Joe Ingersoll who's skating 24 hours starting from Noon today at Greenlake park, Seattle. Base camp this time is not at the usual location, it's over by the Bathhouse theatre parking lot, at the top of the only "hill" the lake has.
http://www.northwestlongboarding.com/nwlb/images/forum/847GREENLAKE_POSTER.jpg
"The event will start at noon at green lake and run 24hrs+ until I literally fall off my board. Im looking for participants and donators alike. There will be a sign up table at the event for those who wish to ride and a paypal station for those willing to donate. The donations will be per mile and we are always looking for moral supporters. As of right now we have REDBULL , Indoor Garden, Piece of Mind, Aquafina, FIVEIMLE LONGBOARDS and a few other companies wanting to participate. .
I am planning on a couple mini games to go along with continuously pushing around the lake, like poker runs with playing cards. For every lap you get a card, after 7 laps we play poker. Best hand wins prize.
REMEMBER all the cash donated is and will be going in full to the Puget Sound Cancer Society for saving my life. I owe these people alot. So lets sk8 hard earn some cash.
Any more info please ask, this is a spur-of-moment event put on by my, someone whos never thrown an event.
Ive been on this project for quite sometime and here is the exact email i am sending to companies and individuals whom i think might help. if you or anyone you might know would like to spread the word please feel free to copy and paste this in an email with my return email address. thank you for your support NWLB let make this happen.
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Hi my name is Joe Ingersoll i am 23 years old and live in Seattle WA,
I am seeking support with sponsorship with an event I am planning and holding in Aug2011 . "Miles4Money" A long distance longboard push/ money pledge. Something I've wanted to do for years and its a thought I reinvented in order to give back to whatever higher power kept me on this earth. I am donating miles turned into money through fundraising to the Puget Sound Cancer Society for saving My Mother and I's life. I myself am a Cancer survivor "stage 4 Hodgkin’s lymphoma", as well as my mother "stage 2" . . Im am holding this event here in Seattle at Green Lake, a loop that is almost 3 miles long in which i plan on longboarding around for as long as possible, 24+hours. I want to use this location so that my community can come down donate, support and skate along as well as getting as much coverage as possible. I am seeking ____ as a sponsor today because i believe in order to reach my goals I need to reach out to people and companies that have supported me through out life. I seek proven and dedicated organizations as well as individuals for I am thoroughly dedicated to my cause. Thanks you for supporting me through out the years with quality reassurance and products.
-Joe ingersoll- joeingersoll87@yahoo.com
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Roe- Split- RTS
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On 8/19/2011
peters
wrote in from
United States
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RTS rear and Split front works great. With that narrow front truck you'd be climbing hills like Chaput after a quadruple latte! If you have any axle space for spacers you might want to widen out the front a little.
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Set Up - Trucks?
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On 8/18/2011 T Whalen
wrote in from
United States
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Looking to convert an old Roe GS slalom board (36" - slight camber) into a starter LDP. I've got a 90mm Splitfire I am considering using for the front and Trackers in the back (I've got an RTX, RTS and Midtrack kicking around).
Any thoughts?
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Adrenalina Skateboard Marathon
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On 8/15/2011
James Wilson
wrote in from
United States
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Hey Guys!
Everyone check out http://www.adrenalinaskateboardmarathon.com We are putting on an event in Caguas, Puerto Rico on August 28th and need pushers to sign up! It will be an awesome race in a beautiful area! There's a $30,000 prize purse including $15,000 for first! That's all the incentive you need! There will be music, entertainment and a longskate expo, as well!
Get out there and get stoked!
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Adrenalina Marathon news, RAGBRAI update, and Thanks from the Distance crowd!!
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On 8/9/2011
peters
wrote in from
United States
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Thanks Adam! Great to see the forum back to its soulful look and feel. Distance skateboarding and LDP got a lot of its early momentum right here on NCDSA. Guys like Subsonic and events like the Portland Pushers and Broadway Bomb were way ahead of the curve and now it's just proving itself. The distance scene isn't some trend, the outlaw push races keep slowly and steadily blowing up each year, and now some of them are getting HUGE.
It took me a while to get back here, since Adrenalina just knocked out a much anticipated skateboard marathon in NYC with the kick off to a 4-race "World Tour" for 2011. Jack Smith and I were race officials, and the 1st place guy took home $15,000 and our NW bro Robin McGuirk nabbed $2500 for 3rd!! Women also landed podium prizes starting at $3000 for 1st. And they're doing this 3 more times this year-- Puerto Rico is coming up fast August 28th, after that Texas in October, and Florida in November. All the details and race registration are on adrenalinaskateboardmarathon.com
And check out the NASDAQ -- Adrenalina gang got to do the market close:
This first trip to NYC blew my mind. Even without a legal rubber stamp like Portland's, skateboarding is mostly ACCEPTED on New York streets as a true means of transportation. Up here in WA we're all too used to setting up cones then have the cops show up and shoot it down citing liability based on 40-year old laws-- but the day after Adrenalina's marathon just after setting up a couple slalom courses under the Manhattan bridge, six NYPD show up on their bikes -- and THIS is how they responded to our course...
http://www.youtube.com/embed/MMhLr2Gq8Vk
Needless to say the NYPD restored my faith in cops who recognize good people doing good things for themselves and for the environment, so they can move to busting on real crimes.
Another cool thing is the guy I mentioned below who attempted RAGBRAI (whoisblake.com) got thumbs up the whole way from the rest of the biking crowd. Apparently he didn't make the entire ride, but some other skateboarder named Jason did. That's phenomenal mileage to throw down in one week.
The USADSA is another idea that was spawned from the energy rolling off the 1st Adrenalina Marathon last November - it's like the IGSA for Distance Skateboarding -- helping out on logistics and insurance for sanctioned races, check out USADSA.org for our Mission Statement and the cast of characters behind it.
Stoked to see this forum picking up steam again and bringing skaters together to session.
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Chico, Ca Longboard Push Race in Febuary
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On 7/25/2011
OAM
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In Febuary. I forgot the day . just go to Boards on Nord on Nord Avenue Chico Ca
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Chico, Ca Longboard Push Race in Febuary
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On 7/25/2011
OAM
wrote in from
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$1000 first place.Push 6 miles through Bidwell park flatground.10 dollar registration Boards on Nord. Be their everyone who registers get 10 raffle tickets.2nd place complete longboard . 3rd place longboard deck.8:00 am. Be their if your not racing somewhere else. flood the streety with skaters
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New forum name, new moderator!
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On 7/25/2011
Adam
wrote in from
United States
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From the webmaster..
Please welcome LDP legend James Peters as the moderator of the newly renamed Pumping forum, now called Long Distance Pumping (LDP).
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RAGBRAI
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On 7/23/2011
peters
wrote in from
United States
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DUDES! There's this guy Blake who's skateboarding across the state of Iowa in the famed RAGBRAI starting tomorrow!! Freaking awesome. 454+ (or so) miles across the state in a week.
whoisblake.com
http://thewaterproject.org/community/profile/blake-anderson
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cyber mile
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On 2/27/2011
stevie
wrote in from
United States
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I want to get a cyber mile session going, for serious times. 100% pumping. South Los Angeles County, sometime this spring 2011. Possible locations: LA River Trail, Santa Monica Bay beach trail, Long Beach beach trail. Start mode, either from stop or at speed, to be decided. Who's interested?
Stoked to be back to the original NCDSA format. Thanks Adam!
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Going the Distance for a cause!
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Skaterbuilt Conekiller H Pump Tweaking
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On 4/24/2009 Timmy Nizzle
wrote in from
United Kingdom
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Howdy guys - Ive recently got a Skaterbuilt Conekiller Hybrid, running Bennett Vectors up front on a 1/4 riser and wedge with the standard Bennett bushings, with Tracker RT on the back with Black Khiros and just a 1/4 riser. All rolling on Seismic Hotspots 2 Blue and 2 Purples.
Ive been using this for loose hybrid runs and avoiding cones effectively enough. My problem is pumping - and the fact that I need to practice my flat land pumping to get serious speed out of the turns.
Now - I know two things are important in slalom, the rider and how he has tweaked his setup. Rider and style/technique is all down to me and to sort this out I have decided to ignore the hill for a bit and cruise about pumping the flats.
To help me - What would YOU do to teak this board specifically for Pumping power?
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Shorty pumpers
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On 1/6/2009 Pre-School Rider
wrote in from
United States
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Bart, I'll add this, as I've still got some 'dicey' mid-70's rides that're short, with turny trucks; Invest in Khiro's multiple-angle wedge kit. It'll allow you to change up wedge angles on the trucks, which will affect steering input greatly. Follow the basics from what Slalomers use (dewedged rear, wedged front), but in smaller angle changes (it is a REALLY SHORT wheelbase!), along with, basically, stiffer rear bushings and somewhat softer front bushings. DO NOT mount Randals or similar trucks that push the axles inwards, stick with 'conventional' axle-over-pivot trucks (Seismic might be an exception?), and in that, heavily consider Trackers or Invaders, because they won't 'oversteer', yet respond well to both wedges and bushing tweaks.
My old Caster (from '78) works best with 7" axled Trackers, 5* wedge up front, -6* at the rear, 80A bushings F, 90A R, and fat, sticky, 83A to 75A wheels, for commuter pumping and pedestrian SlaLom, and it's got a 13-1/3" wheelbase. My Hobie Parkrider has had similar set-ups (narrower axles) most of it's 32 years it's been rolling, and remains one of my fave rides. ;-)
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pumping
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On 1/5/2009 dominic james batchelor
wrote in from
United Kingdom
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colllllllllll
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Pumping Board
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On 9/7/2008 bart
wrote in from
United States
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awesome. thanks man!
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pocket pumper
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On 9/7/2008
peters
wrote in from
United States
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just know that the arbor pocket's going to be super stiff and pretty narrow. no flex in the equation, and with that short of a wheelbase all the pumping is going to be small and wiggly. mini's are fun for getting around, but it's just a whole different animal. personally I think something like a wider 33" GS board with a 22" wheelbase is a good middle ground.
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Pumping Deck
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On 9/6/2008 bart
wrote in from
United States
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think an arbor pocket rocket would work at all? I know it's short, but i'm not trying to go super far. it's 26 by 7.5 inches.
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