Okinawa

**098Mindstate** · 03-09-2010 05:11 AM

Thanks again for letting us know your alive and well Josh.

I know this has been a long time coming but I finalized the shirt design. All the local shop/sponsors that wanted in and are supporting us are going to get printed. Too bad for anyone else. Should turn out to be a sick shirt! I am still debating on sizes but looks like it will be a limited run of only 25 with mostly large size.

**098Mindstate** · 03-17-2010 09:34 AM

Printed 20 total. Only 11 left (8 Large, 1 Medium)

**yellow** · 04-25-2010 12:02 AM

hey guys, going to okinawa for my cousins wedding in june. hit me up and well skate. i can speak fluent japanese if some of you fishbuds cant speak english well. i just want to know some good hills and garages to skate in while im there, thanks

**098Mindstate** · 04-25-2010 04:54 PM

Not much for parking garages here, although down in the city I would imagine pachinko spots might work on off days, never really thought about trying.

We do have our fair share of hills though! Add us up or check out the pics:

Okinawa Longboarder Association (Okinawa Longboarder Association) | MySpace

**yellow** · 04-27-2010 08:20 PM

alright cool, whats the fastest hill you guys got? and can i have a shirt? :] haha, but which part of okinawa you guys live in and abt how many times a month do you guys have sesh's?

**098Mindstate** · 05-01-2010 06:14 AM

We have very large hills with little or no traffic but one major problem: accessibility. Bomb dump has incredible hills with no traffic on specific days but it is limited access. Northern Okinawa has exceptional hills (some being significantly less wide than others) but is a very long drive. Some Okinawa farmers or locals but usually very dead even on the weekends.

Oh and here is the flyer for our May 8th 'going away' event. Some of you might recognize right away where it came from.

Josh will no be able to make it but maybe if this goes good, we can have one more before I leave but I would be stoked just skating with a few people anyways.

**098Mindstate** · 05-01-2010 06:55 AM

Good writeup I came across for regular skateboarding here in Okinawa. Skate & Annoy Why don’t we cover ______? (Okinawa)
August 28th, 2008 by kilwag

**yellow** · 05-01-2010 10:48 AM

alright, my exact dates are june 28-july8. so if im not tired or have major jet lag, ill start skating the 28th, do you guys have cars there?

**Slops57** · 05-17-2010 12:30 AM

Hey everyone! Sorry I have been absent from the forum for so long. So our session didn't happen due to extreme rain. Since Nate is leaving I guess I am going to be organizing stuff for now. I want to try to get a bunch of people together at least once a month to start out. If we get a bunch of people that are interested then we can do more. Hit me up if you have any questions. I want to keep OLA going.

**ShiroAmada13** · 05-17-2010 12:53 AM

I'm down whenever.

**yellow** · 05-17-2010 07:46 PM

im down to skate whenver im there

**longboarder1** · 05-17-2010 07:50 PM

Grab as many board as quick as possible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! International shipping is expensive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

**yellow** · 05-17-2010 07:54 PM

Originally Posted by longboarder1

Grab as many board as quick as possible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! International shipping is expensive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

o, thats a good idea, if anyone wants to paypal me to get a board, i will do it.my local skateshop price, dont worry theyre cheap, my skateshop is socalskateshop if you want to check the price there and pm me to get it for you. completes will be hard to get in my suitcase, so leave it to just boards, or just trucks, or just wheels and such

**yellow** · 06-20-2010 09:54 AM

whys this thread so slow? i have about a week, and i want to know some good spots now

**Slops57** · 06-21-2010 06:14 AM

Originally Posted by yellow

whys this thread so slow? i have about a week, and i want to know some good spots now

what kind of skating you want to do? Downhill, cruise? where have you been already? what day is good for you? I am down to skate this week or weekend.

**yellow** · 06-21-2010 07:42 AM

pretty much everything, but mostly downhill and freeride stuff. im coming in exactly a week(28th) and staying for 10 days. ill try to get on the fish when im there, then we can work something out.

the biggest problem is, my boards setup is a bit screwed up right now, and i really have no money or anything to change it up, so i dont know if ill even take it there

**Slops57** · 06-21-2010 10:10 PM

Originally Posted by yellow

pretty much everything, but mostly downhill and freeride stuff. im coming in exactly a week(28th) and staying for 10 days. ill try to get on the fish when im there, then we can work something out.

the biggest problem is, my boards setup is a bit screwed up right now, and i really have no money or anything to change it up, so i dont know if ill even take it there

what are you coming here for? vacation?

**yellow** · 06-21-2010 10:15 PM

Originally Posted by Slops57

what are you coming here for? vacation?

well kind of, im going for my cousins wedding and ill be there for 10 days. being a 14 year old, im going to get sooooooo bored haha. which part you live in? and how many boards you got? i feel like doing some slalom when im there

**098Mindstate** · 06-22-2010 01:59 PM

Josh has got some cones for that. Thought I would drop in here guys. I forgot to mention that Janette took a lot of HD video on her DSLR from our comp. I'll put something together for it.

I ordered a Canon 550D to shoot HD myself so i'll be dropping some lines now and again with footage from Michigan and eventually Germany.