Wednesday 8/12 Detroit Area Outlaw

**Petary791** · 08-07-2009 04:24 PM

$5 entry fee

located in waterford mi
The hill- .25 miles long with 3 different turns.
Left 90 corner is in between grip and drift
Top speed around 25 or 30.
Lines are key, the hill is not super gnarly but fun nonetheless

Parking lot near by to park cars and congregate before walking over to the hill
PLEASE DO NOT PARK ON THE HILL

Racing- Helmets and gloves required, knee pads recommended.
ONLY 24 SPOTS OPEN
4 man heats with the top 2 moving on

Practice from 10am to 1030am
Racing from 1030am on

Slide jam and freeride after.

Need- 3 spotters
(I have 2 walkie-talkies but a 3rd would be nice)

This is a first attempt at a Michigan outlaw race so don’t expect everything to be flawless. Be ready to be flexible and most importantly be respectful, keep in mind we are guests.

PM me for the location and please do not post it here.

A Great Day on Vimeo

Current List:

1) Conor D.
2) Peter C.
3) Tom R.
4) Matt L.
5) Dave B.
6) Cam F.
7) Jon S.
8) Pat S.
9) Jason
10) Sean E.
11) Carlos D.
12+) some A2 guys?

**Petary791** · 08-07-2009 04:25 PM

Getting There
Set your GPS/Mapquest/Man-Sense to 7350 Cooley Lake Road in Waterford, MI, which is Oakland Community College’s campus. Park in parking lot A or B, which are straight ahead as soon as you enter. We will rally in the parking lot and walk over together (literally a 45 second walk.) Once there we will need people not racing in that heat to spot. Feel free to take some footage while you’re at it, just make sure nobody dies. Remember to bring $5 for the purse, and feel free to bring any gear you’re trying to sell or, if you’re really nice, give away as a prize.

Intel
We rode the spot on 8/6 and all was well. Four of us headed out and encountered a couple neighbors. Right by the top we met a lady and she didn’t seem to care at all. An older guy tried to get us to leave (I have a video if you want to see it) but we called his bluff and stayed for another hour or so with no problems. In fact we saw maybe 3 cars the whole time, and none of them were ever on the run. We also saw a lady walking her dog right by the bottom right 90º and she said we were really good and that we were fun to watch. The traffic was literally non-existent and other than that old guy no-one seemed to care.

Rules
Rules suck but having a few will help us out tremendously.
1) You must wear a helmet and slide gloves.
2) Do not refer to this as an outlaw or race. I prefer referring to it as a basket weaving convention but a group skate works too.
3) If the cops do come and ask for a person, say YOU DO NOT KNOW THE PERSON. For example, if they come and ask for the organizer, say, “What organizer?” If they ask for Peter say you don’t know who Peter is. If they ask for Conor tell them you don’t know who Conor is. If they ask for Shanaynay…
4) Kicking before the starter says go results in a DQ.
5) Kicking past the end-kick line results in a DQ.
6) No grabbing one of each other e.g. bump-drafting. If you think you’re going to hit somebody it is acceptable to push him to avoid wheel on wheel contact. NEVER push another person’s board. Push them as high off the ground as possible.

Heats/Placement
Heats will be 4 men and picked randomly by names in a hat. Placement for each run will be chosen by picking numbers 1-4 from a hat, with 1 being the most inside and 4 being the most outside.

Tips/Hints
If you have to run out, you can go on the sidewalk. The curbs are angles (e.g. not 90) so if you have to run it out you should be able to go over the curb, on the grass, and onto the sidewalk, and vice-versa. If it’s going to be a tight pass it probably isn’t a bad idea to holler that you’re on the inside line. Generally speaking, it is up to the person behind you/passer to not screw up the guy in front. The biggest thing is making sure you don’t hit wheels, because that never ends up well. Don’t be an asshole and don’t litter! Keep the swear words to a minimum or at least say them quietly.

Spotters
This run has very few sketchy intersections or corners. For the sake of safety, and since we have the manpower, we will have 4 spotters. If spotters are showing you the grip tape side of their board, you are clear to go. If they are showing the graphic side of their board while jumping and flailing like an idiot, throw on the coleman slide. One will be at the kick line ensuring that nobody over-kicks (DQ). Another one will be at the stop sign. Another one will be at the first 90º left and another will be at the second 90º right by the finish line.

After The Racing
We’re trying to get in and out of the spot for maximum legitimacy, so after the race we will head back to the parking lot to announce the winners. Afterwards we’ll drive to a slide hill for soft and hard wheel jammin’. Then after that we’ll hit the park or another spot (experienced people only please.)

**Petary791** · 08-09-2009 04:15 PM

Bumpadump.

Get stoked y'all!

**Alpha06** · 08-09-2009 09:49 PM

any bus that goes there from manhattan?
nvm its a 10 hr ride

**iidrum** · 08-09-2009 10:47 PM

I'll spot the #### out of this race.

**Petary791** · 08-10-2009 11:08 PM

Updated list yo.

Current List:

1) Conor D.
2) Peter C.
3) Tom R.
4) Matt L.
5) Dave B.
6) Cam F.
7) Jon S.
8) Pat S.
9) Jason
10) Sean E.
11) Carlos D.
12) Joe L.
13) Alex K.
14) Lauren O.
15) Dan H.
16) Drake H.
17+) some A2 guys?3

**The Mullet** · 08-10-2009 11:45 PM

More people need to come to this, Come out and UP the Michigan Downhill scene!

**Petary791** · 08-11-2009 02:08 PM

Two more comin' from EL! We really need to run on schedule so we can get them back to their job on time!

**Doors** · 08-11-2009 02:13 PM

Awesome i shall see you all there!

**The Mullet** · 08-11-2009 07:05 PM

Tommorow Boys! Lets race!

**iidrum** · 08-12-2009 12:53 AM

Wow Pete, you said this was close to my area...
That OCC Campus is less than 10 minutes from my house.

I barely have to wake up before leaving tomorrow.
I should sleep though, I feel.

See you in less than 7 hours.

**Petary791** · 08-14-2009 08:24 AM

Five cop cars later, I'd like to thank everyone who came out!

Get ready for more outlaws to come, so get your DH on!

EDIT: I found the heats sheet, check out how ridiculous this was. We pulled from a hat and it ended up being pretty balanced IMO.

Round 1 - Top 2 Advance
Heat 1: Cam F., Conor D., Matt L.
Heat 2: Jon S., Peter C., Alex K. (ARE YOU KIDDING ME, CHANCE?!)
Heat 3: Carlos D., Dave B., Joe L.
Heat 4: Dan H., Sean E., Tom R., Drake H.

Round 2 - Top 2 Advance
Heat 1: Conor, Matt, Peter, Alex
cops came about here
Heat 2: Carlos, Dave, Dan, Sean

Round 3 - Final Round
Peter, Alex, Carlos, Dave

1) Peter C. (GoGreen Longboarding)
2) Carlos D. (Good Deal Longboarding)
3) Dave B. (Socialized Medicine Longboarding, eh?)

**iidrum** · 08-14-2009 02:09 PM

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Petary791 again.

Thanks for putting on a sick event, anyway.

**Petary791** · 08-14-2009 07:54 PM

Thank Doors too, he got the ball rolling and I just swindled the head position from him.

**GoGreenLongboarding** · 08-14-2009 08:53 PM

A lot of good effin riders came out. I totally was off guard on the "go" and got a really shitty start in the finals (I know dave had a bad start too), and I saw no need to cram myself into the pack on the last heat. I was chilling right behind you guys, but stood up in the first straight to break the draft a bit, since trying to cram in would have probably just been a safety risk. We all held a hell of a close pack regardless... congrats to the winners. I had a shitload of fun.

and yeah, thanks connor!

btw who else took photos/footy? I saw so many cameras I didn't bother getting mine out.

**Doors** · 08-14-2009 09:57 PM

Yea really turned out to be a fun time!! Some great heats ended up happening.
thanks to everyone who came!

Looking forward to the next one

I think Matts workin on a vid

**michigandownhill** · 01-14-2011 11:41 PM

Originally Posted by Doors

Yea really turned out to be a fun time!! Some great heats ended up happening.
thanks to everyone who came!

Looking forward to the next one

I think Matts workin on a vid

im in the area is this happening the same day this year? ive been trying to find some more michigan group rides gettin bored of riding with the same people yknow?

**Petary791** · 01-19-2011 07:23 AM

Originally Posted by michigandownhill

im in the area is this happening the same day this year? ive been trying to find some more michigan group rides gettin bored of riding with the same people yknow?

I feel that man, I'm stoked to ride with some new people. This spot is fun but if we do another race it will no doubt be busted. We can definitely hit it though.

**michigandownhill** · 01-19-2011 03:44 PM

Originally Posted by Petary791

I feel that man, I'm stoked to ride with some new people. This spot is fun but if we do another race it will no doubt be busted. We can definitely hit it though.

yeah for sure do you know of any spots out around washington township? or at lest within 20-30 mins of there? thats my area ive only found about 4 good low traffic hills in the area. or any parking garages those are hard to come by in this area haha.