warning...if you read this thread, you gotta vote! Longboarding popularity poll

[skategeezer]

So, it's the start of the season in a lot of places...

Longboarding is ........

[jb_]

I know they're out there (because some of them post on this forum and by extrapolation there MUST be more) but out of a city of 4M people I have yet to 'run into' another longboarder. I met one thru a skateboarding group at uni but he doesn't count (exchange student from the US)

edit: so I voted staying the same

[Momona Boe]

it's staying the same - me by myself!

[bucksaw87]

yeah i'd say it's staying about the same...although there is potential for tons of growth...but it's staying about the same

[fineout]

in my town down here at college its been growing but at home im still the only longboarder

[jkaps]

Slowly up in mass, me and my freinds are getting more people to join, its usually one new person a month but it counts as growth. When I went back to dallas, i thought I was the only longboarder in the city, cause it's so flat It would be hard to get into, but sure enough I saw a couple kids on S9 riding around, so I would have to say its growing.

[cozmicdaaz]

I voted that longboarding is growing more popular in Winston Salem, because it's more popular with ME every day!!!!! Unfortunately, I don't know anyone else to ride with =( PM me if you live around here and want to get up!

chip

[chicagolongboards]

The only people riding in my town are my close friends. Everyone else that skates, rides popsicles. There isn't much of a demand for a longboard in my area, since there is no real hills to take advantage of. Besides, the popsicle trend is deeply entrenched here. Most kids don't even want to try out a longboard.

[jatuab]

Besides some old man who bought the local shop's last board, I'm the only one around here who's doing anything. I live in the city though, so I don't know if folks are hittin it up in the burbs (ghetto revival hallelujah holla back).

I like to think that I'm innovative though.

[jatuab]

Sidenote: I skate on flatland all the time and I love it. Birmingham has a lot of hills, but I own no pads, so I'm not into them yet.

[Momona Boe]

Originally Posted by cozmicdaaz

I voted that longboarding is growing more popular in Winston Salem, because it's more popular with ME every day!!!!! Unfortunately, I don't know anyone else to ride with =( PM me if you live around here and want to get up!

chip

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[skine]

Eureka/Arcata, CA. We're starting to see Abec11 and Pink in a shop or two. Local board builders are comming out of the cracks and selling their stuff in headshops. I havent seen more people on boards, but its raining, and someone must be giving the local shops buisness because they keep getting new stock.