South SF Bay Area meets? (8/16/09 -> 8/31/09)

**s9lngbord** · 08-18-2009 03:43 PM

I live in San Jose and am a beginner. Is anybody up for meets during these weeks? Now that I'm hunting for a new job, the weekdays are quite open.

**BDirthead** · 08-19-2009 08:05 AM

Originally Posted by s9lngbord

I live in San Jose and am a beginner. Is anybody up for meets during these weeks? Now that I'm hunting for a new job, the weekdays are quite open.

I'm down to ride Church on the Hill next week. Pick a day, I can skate after work (4:30pm)

**s9lngbord** · 08-20-2009 11:37 PM

8/24/09 - Monday. How's dat?

Originally Posted by BDirthead

I'm down to ride Church on the Hill next week. Pick a day, I can skate after work (4:30pm)

**BDirthead** · 08-21-2009 08:32 AM

Originally Posted by s9lngbord

8/24/09 - Monday. How's dat?

Church on the Hill, next Monday from 4:30 - 6:30 pm. I'm there!

**s9lngbord** · 08-23-2009 08:48 PM

Church On The Hill address

**BDirthead** · 08-24-2009 08:34 AM

I'll be there today after work.

**Bookworm** · 08-25-2009 12:30 AM

S9, let me know where good beginner runs in the area are, I'm just over the line in Santa Clara next month.

though if I do enough skating in the next month it won't matter....

**s9lngbord** · 08-25-2009 12:46 AM

Go check out my list of threads I started. Here's the rundown:
Rancho San Antonio**, San Francisco Presidio, Rolling Hills (offshoot hills), Harwood Hill (offshoot hills), Church on the hill, Lake Vasona

** WARNING: Watch out with Lower Meadow Trail. Even in person, it looks deceptively slow. The incline looks very shallow. You stand on that board and within seconds you're rolling 20 MPH! In my video I go up a very short steep incline. You don't even need to do that and you'll go fast. Why did I? For a little extra punch.

YouTube - Rancho San Antonio -- LowerMeadowTrail

Originally Posted by Bookworm

S9, let me know where good beginner runs in the area are, I'm just over the line in Santa Clara next month.

though if I do enough skating in the next month it won't matter....

**Bookworm** · 08-25-2009 12:58 AM

I can pendy on cue so if the run's too fast I can deal with that. Scrub off a good 10-20mph and I'm home free.

I don't know the area so I have no idea what the places you listed are, Neighborhoods? Streets? Cities?

so church on the hill is just a good place to practice tucking/sliding?

**s9lngbord** · 08-25-2009 01:19 AM

RSA = visit my youtube page. I provide a link to a detailed silverfish post.

SF Presidio = put the following sentence into google earth:
"Longboard Sesh 8/16/09 presid parking lot" lat=37.7994391138, lon=-122.459322649

Rolling Hills = 1585 More Avenue, Los Gatos, CA 95032
That's a middle school. Right across from THE hill.

Harwood Hill = This is THE hill. Multiple blind stop-signed intersections. Better have friends stationed out there. The offshoots are the intersections.
"harwood hill" lat=37.227190471, lon=-121.912871685

Church On The Hill = 500 Sands Dr, San Jose, CA 95125-6233

Lake Vasona = search my threads

Originally Posted by s9lngbord

Go check out my list of threads I started. Here's the rundown:
Rancho San Antonio**, San Francisco Presidio, Rolling Hills (offshoot hills), Harwood Hill (offshoot hills), Church on the hill, Lake Vasona

** WARNING: Watch out with Lower Meadow Trail. Even in person, it looks deceptively slow. The incline looks very shallow. You stand on that board and within seconds you're rolling 20 MPH! In my video I go up a very short steep incline. You don't even need to do that and you'll go fast. Why did I? For a little extra punch.
YouTube - Rancho San Antonio -- LowerMeadowTrail

**Bookworm** · 08-25-2009 01:24 AM

we shall skate all of them soon enough.

edit: are there any massive garages in downtown SJ you can get into?

**s9lngbord** · 08-25-2009 11:00 AM

Define masive. There's quite a collection for sure. I've only been in two of them: City Hall (across from library) + San Jose State. Now if you're a pendy kind of guy, I know there's spirals... Those scare me.

Originally Posted by Bookworm

we shall skate all of them soon enough.

edit: are there any massive garages in downtown SJ you can get into?

**Bookworm** · 08-25-2009 12:18 PM

I'd like to see a spiral that scares me into a pendy.

massive = greater than 8 stories

**s9lngbord** · 08-25-2009 05:40 PM

Even if there are no massives in Milpitas/San Jose (there likely are), you've got the entire bay area. No car? There's the BART and Caltrain. By the way, if your in a BART parking garage don't try to run from a BART cop. They're actual police that can book you themselves.

Originally Posted by Bookworm

I'd like to see a spiral that scares me into a pendy.

massive = greater than 8 stories

**Bookworm** · 08-25-2009 07:48 PM

Originally Posted by s9lngbord

Even if there are no massives in Milpitas/San Jose (there likely are), you've got the entire bay area. No car? There's the BART and Caltrain. By the way, if your in a BART parking garage don't try to run from a BART cop. They're actual police that can book you themselves.

how do you identify BART cops? I've only ridden BART a few times to go to SF (bay2breakers 2k9? HELLLL YEAAAAAHHHH)