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The Quest for Speed PDF Print E-mail
Written by easyrider2004   
Tuesday, 02 October 2007

 

The Quest for Speed

Nearly 80mph on a Speedboard!

In speedboarding, there are few absolutes.  The “gnarliest downhill”, the “fastest course”, the “best road”…these are all subjective measurements when it gets down to it.  “Highest Speed” is different.  The quest for who can and does go the very fastest isn’t about finish lines, railing a corner or made-for-tv illusions, but all about using gravity, technique, the right equipment and brass balls to run up the speedometer while standing on a skateboard.  On October 20 & 21, 2007, the eyes of the speedboarding world will be on Teutonia, Brasil, where event organizers will setup a speedtrap to “Guinness Book Standards” and Gary Hardwick’s record will likely be officially eclipsed on that now famous hill...

 

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Colorado'sanswer to Teutonia.

 

In the meantime, others pursue speed their own way, and in their own backyards.  Recently, Silverfish and the skateboarding world have been blown away by a series of reports, videos and photos sent in by Brent “Dubester” Dubendorff and Kevin “K-Rimes” Reimer as they visited a relatively unknown track in Colorado’s high country that may be even faster than the Brazilian road.  Dubester recorded GPS data well over 70mph and called up K-Rimes:  “Get down here!” was all it took…


You may have seen the photos and the videos in the forums(don’t worry, they’re coming at you, again!), but we thought you’d like to read what Dubester and K-Rimes have to say about the days spent breaking new (unofficial) records, what it’s like to skate that fast and what the hell they were thinking…

 

Last Updated ( Friday, 05 October 2007 )
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BBO #4 Now PDF Print E-mail
Written by missli   
Friday, 28 September 2007
The Entries for the Board Builders' Series #4 are all in.  Sponsored by Paris Trucks, the theme was "carving boards" and there are 19 amazing entries.  Do you want eye-candy?   Do you want to see who's up-n-coming in the custom-building world?  Prepare yourself and then click here to see the entries!  When you're done, VOTE! 
Last Updated ( Friday, 03 October 2008 )
 
Slalom Worlds PDF Print E-mail
Written by missli   
Friday, 28 September 2007
The WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS OF SLALOM are going on, now, in Skatesville, North Carolina.  That's right: the town's name have been officially changed under direction of Stokemayor Marion Karr!  Our man Michael Brooke is there with the Downhillbillies to cover the event, so keep your eye on the forums to find his reports.  In the meantime, click here to hit the main event thread.  
Last Updated ( Friday, 03 October 2008 )
 
ASR Sept. '07, Photo Tour Pt.2 PDF Print E-mail
Written by easyrider2004   
Wednesday, 26 September 2007

So, we went to Maryhill and nearly forgot about ASR.  Was that real recent?  Y'all are persistent, we'll give you that.  Here's the second half of our walkthrhough at the September ASR: 

 

The Silverfish ASR Tour, Part2

 

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One of the calmer moments.  Seriously. 

 

So when we last left you in our photo tour of September’s ASR, we’d shown you a few boards, some trucks, several nice young ladies in various stages of action sports uniforming and a few kooky products.  Now, it’s time to continue our tour of the Big Show and to include a detour or two for some extra-curricular fun.  Don't be expecting vast displays of barely-clad flesh this time, though.  No, no...your momma called and told us to cut that stuff out.  This time, we'll stick to the facts, as few as they may be...

 

Last Updated ( Friday, 28 September 2007 )
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Free Longboarding Vids! PDF Print E-mail
Written by easyrider2004   
Monday, 24 September 2007

Looking to Download Concrete Wave's Evolutions 3?

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Last Updated ( Sunday, 30 September 2007 )
 
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