a nice little story on longboarding...from St. Petersburg newspaper...

[dustyboy316]

Originally Posted by _EuG_

I actually think that this article is very positive for the sport of longboarding. It paints skateboarding in a whole new light.The reporter sheds all the bad conotations about boarding, such as "grinding" and young careless teenagers. If you live in this city / town and you saw a longboarder after reading this article you would think that he is completely different in character then a shortboarder. It might not be the ideal thing to divide the community this way, but the fact is that its already like that,

I wish we had an article like this in Toronto in our major paper, so that drivers dont scream at me when I am slowly crusing on the side of the road like a cycler.

I know what you mean. I was riding down the road and some guy in a Mustang goes behind me and slows and starts honking. There was another lane to go around and I was on the side, so hedidnt even have to switch lanes. So I proceed to give him the finger and tell him to move around while cussing. Can't do much more, but people just hate skaters...

[EATTHEDOG]

the article was very helpful for us at our shop Kona Town Longboards. the only issue that i have is that my name is not Chris Coghlan its Clay Coughlin

[Irish_]

Originally Posted by enemy combatant

So?

lol im not saying any age cant do this trust me i have been getting my old man into it haha. what i mean is that it says its a way for older people to get back into skateboarding which i guess is true but a lot of us younger are out there rippin it up as well

[EATTHEDOG]

This is the video from Go Skate Day 2009

YouTube - GSD: Go Skateday in St. Petersburg, Fl...