The Kiwi Thread (and no, not the fruit)

[boomboy]

anyone know any good parking garages in auckland area?

Nah i dont know of any but if anyone finds one ill been keen to go hit it up.

[OMGWTFBBQ]

ahhh, what happened to our thread...

[pirateninj4]

Another kiwi here, from ye olde Chchtownville. Kooky I just want to say you lucky bugger Nelson has some awesome spots! Plus good weather and nice peoples. Where do you normally skate around there?

[dave196]

hell yea. what do u reckons the meanest place in new zealand to skate?

[pirateninj4]

Well I'm still lookin in Christchurch, Nelson is the best I've ever skated in and that's only from a massive selection of like...3 places?

[kookyfish]

yep there are some nice spots around here , but not really long enough,
Ive only got up to 55kph on the roads here , not enough good seal,
if anyone is up or down this way upper Queen street in Richmond has just been resealed I went for a ride on it last week , nice for a wee carve,
there are heaps of cars around at this time of yr tourist spot and all that, so early morning is the best time to get out and about, after 7.30 its getting busy.
round the back of the collages there are some short quick streets if your into sliding thats the spot to go.
But hey ChCh you got all the new subs on the port hills must be some nice runs up there,
Waimea rd is a given but there are some nice rds running off there too. I go all over really . but there isnt anyone here for me to go ride with , which is a bummer , I think it holds me back some from pushing myself to do better, if your up here pm me , Im busy this time of yr but I`ll make the effet to get out,

[orange]

hell yea. what do u reckons the meanest place in new zealand to skate?

it depends on what you measure it on. If its on number of runs then Auckland, i can go out and find a new hill to skate everyday if I wasnt so lazy due to the size of Auckland.

But I suppose you would have to take into account amount of cars on the runs, quality of the runs and weather.

I havent skated many places apart from around Auckland. Ive seen some pretty cool runs in wellington (didnt have my board to skate them though) that are really long and you could get heaps of speed on.

[kookyfish]

I was flying out of AK last mth and there was heaps of new roads and subdvisions towards the south around the hills there, wouldnt know what the area was called, but from the air it looked pretty sweet,
AK is so spead out ,you could get a new run everyday,
apart from the cities there are some nice in land roads , down sth ,
and central otago that I want to check out .
what say the Dunedin crowd?

[Captain-FunkBomb]

I found a nice wee run in Chch the other day... in Halswell of all places on the hill at the end of kennedys bush road. it's a nice long mellow one and theres no traffic. The seal isn't that great, but then it's not too bad either... Map17 (see sZ12).

[pirateninj4]

Very nice,

Methinks I shall cruise out there sometime this weekend and have me a looks.

Yea the port hills are good, I've yet to check out the new subdivisions though, I think I'll tag that onto the Kennedys road look.

Dunno why I'm looking for spots, I'm still re-learning to skate for gods sake Baby steps, baby steps.

[kookyfish]

Very nice,

Methinks I shall cruise out there sometime this weekend and have me a looks.

Yea the port hills are good, I've yet to check out the new subdivisions though, I think I'll tag that onto the Kennedys road look.

Dunno why I'm looking for spots, I'm still re-learning to skate for gods sake Baby steps, baby steps.

Hey Im no dh racer I just like to have fun bombing +carving you get better everytime you go out, fine those good runs and have fun

[jestah]

www.skatenewzealand.com

nuff said

[orange]

SkateNewZealand

nuff said

jestah i see everyones arriving between the 6th and the 8th.
are you guys doing any skate sessions between then and the start on the 11th. i really want to go watch adam free skate while hes down here

[OMGWTFBBQ]

i went in the waitangi bowl today on my axe, at the start of the day i could go down up the first step up then push to the top, by the end of the day i was going down up to the start of the vert coming back round up the step ups, round the top and back down, going really fast.

Whats happening with skatenz jestah, any news?

[OMGWTFBBQ]

just found this video on youtube, i thought it was pretty cool

[orange]

any sliders in auckland keen to get together for a skate sometime?

[dave196]

basil place at the bottom of mount pleasant is a real nice run in chch.
would anyone be keen for a skate this week?

[EARTZ]

hi!
My name is antoine, i m from France and i m in NZ for 1 year(i come back to France in july).
I m in Lower Hutt Wellington and i want to know if there are any riderz in wellington for ride together. Actually i don't have any board (only truck and well) and i want know if wellington is a good city for ride befor buy a board.

Sorry for my English (in progress) and if i did not post in the good topic...

[kookyfish]

Hi Antoine, welcome .yes wgtn is a great place to skate , ,I live in Nelson but I know wgtn and there are plenty of good rds there for you ,
There are a few people here who maybe able to help you ,
but ,yes you should buy a board ,
what is your style,.
Im sure someone will let you hook up with them for a ride,

[pirateninj4]

So checked out the kennedy's road DH, way too advanced for my little ole self, I'll take the cashmere road gentle slopes for now. Chch that is, Halswell is a treasure trove of DH runs, some nice full roads there to carve up, hungover weekends for the win!