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oct 81 thrasher
On 4/19/2007 hc wrote in from United States  (71.139.nnn.nnn)

capitola classic article

http://www.thrashermagazine.com/first_year/PDF/TH1981_10.pdf

btw, 1st 12 issues of thrasher available on pdf

 
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tunnel
On 4/19/2007 julien wrote in from United States  (24.7.nnn.nnn)

anyone up for tunnel this weekend?

 
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Hiller /Tunnel
On 4/18/2007 Nez wrote in from United States  (67.161.nnn.nnn)

60mph on hiller also dope for slide runs and tunnel rd is 3 miles of downhill

 
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hlller road/tunnel oakland?
On 4/18/2007 rob carter wrote in from United States  (69.181.nnn.nnn)

so whats up with hlller road and tunnel road in oakland?

 
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Oregon State Games/Hood River
On 4/17/2007 Cat wrote in from United States  (67.117.nnn.nnn)

Anyone from the Bay Area going to the Oregon State Games in June and/or Hood River in July that wants to get some car-pooling, house rentals/hotel action going, E-mail me.

 
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elemental awareness
On 4/16/2007 hc wrote in from United States  (168.149.nnn.nnn)

contest sac 4/21

http://www.elementalawareness.org/

http://www.transworldsnowboarding.com/twbiz/industrynews/article/0,21214,708433,00.html

 
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Thanks
On 4/6/2007 Pauliwog wrote in from United States  (65.122.nnn.nnn)

Hey, Thanks to EVERYONE for coming to my wing ding, it was fun meeting all of you and good to see Norski again, heel those ribs man - Paul

 
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Slalom practice in SJ
On 4/5/2007 Cat wrote in from United States  (67.117.nnn.nnn)

See ya'll there BASA!

Pray for sunshine & a tailwind!

 
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julien
On 4/5/2007 Nez wrote in from United States  (67.161.nnn.nnn)

I'm down to sk8 Sunday day too if you can't make it friday. hit me up 510-390-0717

 
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tunnel
On 4/4/2007 julien wrote in from United States  (69.181.nnn.nnn)

what time you headed up?
Unfortunately I'm working til 5 ish so unless you're doing night runs (which are pretty fun) I probably won't be able to make it. I'm trying to get a session together for Sun though. We might head out to Berk but we might hit up SF too
-julien

 
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Tunnel Rd.
On 4/4/2007 Nez wrote in from United States  (67.161.nnn.nnn)

Tunnel road anybody? This NDN is on spring break and i'm meeting up with a couple friends at tunnel for some runns this friday. We got a driver.

 
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salem
On 4/4/2007 hc wrote in from United States  (168.149.nnn.nnn)

that was a fun trip.
norski, hope your ribs are healing.
cat, check this out www.balance360.com

 
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BASA invasion of Northwest
On 4/3/2007 Rich Sayers wrote in from United States  (71.202.nnn.nnn)

Yeah, the road trip was great! I described it to my co-workers as "Part Animal House, part National Lampoon's Vacation and part Grind, The Movie.

Check out the proposed park slalom course for Aumsville in the CSA forum thread! We better start practicing park slalom at Ripon and Folsom.

 
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Road trip to Salem
On 4/3/2007 Cat wrote in from United States  (67.117.nnn.nnn)

Rich, hc, Norski---- ya'll were great traveling companions. It was fun hitting the skate parks on the way up & back.

Thanks for the use of your vehicle Rich---- it really WAS like riding in a Lexus.

Also thanks for not getting too upset when I got the ol' mini van up to 98 mph! I did get us to Salem an hour ahead of schedule, though!

Road trips rule!

 
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Sunday Slalom-O-Rama
On 3/30/2007 BBQ King wrote in from United States  (65.122.nnn.nnn)

See my post/advice on the CSA forum -

Thus far I'm still calling it a "GO", but I would advise checking SEVERAL internet weather sources early Saterday Morning before you hit the road.

Thanks - P

 
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Weather
On 3/30/2007 Cat wrote in from United States  (67.117.nnn.nnn)

Showers (maybe) at 6:00 am.
Rest of the day looks shower free!

It's going to be chilly, though.
We can all guage how cold it's going to be by watching Norski. If he shows up in long pants, we'll be in for a chilly day!

 
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Addendum
On 3/29/2007 BBQ King wrote in from United States  (65.122.nnn.nnn)

I just checked. So far, looks good. We'll keep watching Tomorrow. -P

 
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Salem Weather
On 3/29/2007 BBQ King wrote in from United States  (65.122.nnn.nnn)

Hey, Every year we go through this weather thing.

Basically it amounts to this:

If the National Weather Service(www.weather.gov) reports Greater than 50% chance of "RAIN", then we lean towards cancelling or rescheduling. Less than 50% usually we forge ahead and do it.

If the NWS reports "SHOWERS", or "A SHOWER" we go ahead as long as long as it doesn't spell out "showers throughout the day" and often we ride.

Keep tuned and think dry thoughts. -P

 
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Weather iffy for Salem
On 3/28/2007 Rich Sayers wrote in from United States  (66.117.nnn.nnn)

FORECAST UPDATE IS IFFY FOR SALEM

If it looks like a close call, everyone should bring a lot of towels to dry the road!

Sunday, Apr 1
High: 57 °F RealFeel®: 50 °F
Times of clouds and sun with a shower possible; breezy

Saturday Night, Mar 31
Low: 37 °F RealFeel®: 25 °F
Rain in the evening; otherwise, considerable clouds

 
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weekend Weather Forecast for Salem
On 3/26/2007 Rich Sayers wrote in from United States  (66.117.nnn.nnn)

As of now, the
Accuweather Forecast for Salem looks good for the weekend.

I have found Accuweather provides the best online forecasts for Northern California -- not sure if it's as good for Salem.

 
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Slalom-O-Rama update on stuff
On 3/23/2007 Me wrote in from United States  (65.122.nnn.nnn)

See the CSA forum for details

 
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Salem BBQ, I mean Soap Box Derby Hill and QUESTIONAIRE
On 3/22/2007 Pauliwog wrote in from United States  (65.122.nnn.nnn)

If you look on the race page, all the directions are there, it's really pretty simple:

I-5 northward to Hwy 22(which goes east and west),
Take Hwy 22 WEST, it will immediately become Mission Blvd(street? ave? whatever)
and it will curve around a little, don't worry, just stay on Mission going westward for about 2.5-ish miles from where you left I-5.
Look to your left(south) for Bush Park, it's really big. Look for a big field and track stadium, the Soap Box Derby hill will be next to it.

The hill is moderately fast, nothing like the DHB's monster hill, nothing like Morro Bay's Turrey Road. It's good smooth pavement, I've gone faster but I've gone slower. It is super fast if the cones are tight enough like any hill but the courses will be geared toward beginners/newbies so if one does'nt know how to pump and hit turns hard they will be OK, if one does know what one is doing, one should be able to blaze hard through them and make it really challenging, that's how I usually set up each course.

I'm guessing the motel you are staying at will likely be a bit north of Hwy 22 further north off of I-5 at the next exit which if my memory serves me correctly could be Market Street(intersecting I-5) and nearby will be Hawthorne(which will be parallel to I-5 on the west side of I-5) but I'm just guessing on that. I don't live in Salem so I'm not much more help than that.

QUESTIONAIRE: By the way, there seems to be some confusion on the part of some CSA members. I need some imput from you NorCal'ers. I wrote in my race signup page that my event is a newbie clinic/slalom session/BBQ with 2 different lanes and NOT a race, at least not for the first few hours until we get newbies dialed-in and if and only if enough people then want to race , and racing will be done on one lane only. Otherwise with the number of people who show up, it will be a nightmare. I believe I have a good number of signups(49 at present) because it's NOT a "race" and I'm under the impression a lot of people are counting on RIDING more than "racing" (and waiting around for their turn and conecounts, timer/tapeswitch problems, etc.) and wanting to come to this because they are expecting it to be what I just described. You can respond here, the CSA forum, or email me directly with the email nameclick thingy. Let me know what your understanding of what I wrote on my race page means.

Thanks - Paul

 
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Paul
On 3/22/2007 Cat wrote in from United States  (67.117.nnn.nnn)

Hey Paul---
We are going to stay at a motel. Thanks for the offer, though!
We'll be in Salem sometime on Saturday late afternoon, early evening--- hopefully!
I want to go look at the hill Sat eve--- any chance I will be able to do that?
I'm not sure where it is!
We'll call you when we get in!

 
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oregon parks
On 3/22/2007 hc wrote in from United States  (168.149.nnn.nnn)

thanks for that info, Paul.

http://www.skateoregon.com/

 
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Slalom-O- Rama BBQ in Salem, Oregon
On 3/21/2007 Paul Howard wrote in from United States  (65.122.nnn.nnn)

Hey, My Wife and I will be gone March 24th-28th in case anyone needs to get ahold of me, I'll answer any questions when I get back if they come up.

If all/any of you do come up, you would be well advised to get up early or leave Friday so you can ride the skateparks on I-5 in Ashland, Medford, or Grants Pass(there's probably more than that which I don't know about). If you ask around in each town, they're not that hard to find.

You can reach me with the email/name-click thingy or call (541)754-7826 and leave a message if we're not home. Oh yeah, start doing your "No-Rain" dances specifically for April 1st just to be on the safe side. Hope to see you there - Paul

 
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