West Michigan - muskegon/grand haven

**KennyT772** · 10-01-2006 08:27 PM

who are rides around here. in the past year longbaording has taken off around town so there has to be some who rip it up here. me and 4 friends are one of the main longboarding crews around here and we are trying to get the sport really going.

**ocian** · 10-01-2006 08:31 PM

Grand Rapids has some guys around. There are a couple who goto GVSU and some who goto GRCC and stuff. The problem is they don't seem too eager to session or ever go on a ride. We're trying to get a club going here at GVSU but everytime I try and organize something everyone backs out for no apparent reason

**Fat Bastard** · 10-01-2006 08:34 PM

Kenny,

My causin live in Holland. I come over there every once in a while. I'll be going over there in the next month, so mabye we can sesh... Last winter I was suprised to see the Chapter 11 was starting to get in Landyaghtz...great to see that theres finally longboarding there. You guys have some amazing hills there! Theres one on the way to some old bmx park that has a old jail next to it. I want to skate that so bad!
What type of skating do you do? Send me a PM.

**KennyT772** · 10-01-2006 08:35 PM

man that sucks. i got a buddy who lives in gr who i have yet to session with. he has some sick vids on his myspace. problem is the season is fading away quick.

edit= i really do whatever im able to.

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&z=17...,0.013497&om=1

the hill in the middle of that page is called 5mi hill. that is the sickest hill in gh but the road is too rough for powerslides and it goes strait into traffic. right under that is another hill called lake street. a long curve but it is hella fast. if you follow lake street back inland you will see some random roads before duncan park. those unnamed roads are the grand haven cemetary. those 3 hills are the mainstay of grand haven longboarding.

**ocian** · 10-01-2006 08:41 PM

Originally Posted by KennyT772

man that sucks. i got a buddy who lives in gr who i have yet to session with. he has some sick vids on his myspace. problem is the season is fading away quick.

yea, the dreamshattering cold of lake michigan will be on us soon. I'm only on this side of the state during school which is 80% non-skating weather so I don't get a lot of time to scope out all the nice topography around here. I've found a couple nice hills but traffic seems to be a factor on most of them. If only some of the guys getting into LB will find this forum

**Fat Bastard** · 10-01-2006 08:46 PM

Ocian...Next year we can sesh, I'll be at Western's college of aviation.

Kenny...Do you skimboard? I usually go to the chapter11 skim contest so mabye we've met...

**KennyT772** · 10-01-2006 08:47 PM

naw id rather be longboarding then on the beach. not to mention i hate chapter with a passion. i know quite a few people who were in the contest last year though.

**lacrossegoalie32** · 10-06-2006 02:08 PM

hey kenny..
im fat bastards cousin. the one in holland. we should go riding sometime. have u ever heard of sunset bluff or spyglass. those are the two i do.. there getting boring now thoe casue ive done them so many times. spyglass is better but the security guards like to chase us ahha. o well tho.

lacrosegoalie

**KennyT772** · 10-06-2006 02:11 PM

sweet. theres a hill on sherman road going to lake michigan i want to hit so bad. problem is its a 4am hill for a reason..traffic packed. i dont want to bite it only to loose my board and life... other then that i havnt found any other hills with a good runout.

**BFthrash07** · 10-08-2006 08:38 PM

i live in grand haven theres a hill me and my friends thrash called holcomb right behind my house theres also the cemetary, lake st. doris 5 mi brucker beach and theres some sweet dead end roads were the rich people live that have some sick hills and the farther u drive down lakeshore the more gated communitys there are with some sweet hills.

**ocian** · 10-09-2006 05:06 PM

I drove around grand haven today and found the cemetary. Not bad. its fun to take a nide ride through the cemetary with all the trees changing colors.

**BFthrash07** · 10-09-2006 05:15 PM

oh yeah one best times to do it and if u take that road outside the cemetary that goes to the beach thats doris one of mine and many of my friends favorite hills.

**Fat Bastard** · 10-09-2006 05:43 PM

THANKSGIVING WEEKEND WEST MICHIGAN SKATE-A-THON!

Location TBD. Nov 23-26th. It's gunna be sweet.

Suggest hills, dates, times etc.

Hope to see you all there.

**ocian** · 10-09-2006 06:15 PM

Originally Posted by BFthrash07

oh yeah one best times to do it and if u take that road outside the cemetary that goes to the beach thats doris one of mine and many of my friends favorite hills.

I met two kids at the cemetary who live there. I forget their names. One had a chin tuft goatee thing kinda larger with a sector nine and gumballs. The other was smaller with shaggy hair and some deck that looked like a longer posickle with wheel cutouts and amber colored wheels. Bad description but maybe you know them?

**ocian** · 10-09-2006 06:18 PM

Originally Posted by Fat Bastard

THANKSGIVING WEEKEND WEST MICHIGAN SKATE-A-THON!

Location TBD. Nov 23-26th. It's gunna be sweet.

Suggest hills, dates, times etc.

Hope to see you all there.

I'd only be able to skate the 23rd I think. I usually go back to the eastside for thanksgiving and I might go hunting. Let's hope it isnt snowing yet because the lake effect can be crazy. I've already heard forecasts for snow this week....terrible. I;m up for sledding though! some of the hills in that area look crazy

**BFthrash07** · 10-09-2006 09:01 PM

Originally Posted by ocian

I met two kids at the cemetary who live there. I forget their names. One had a chin tuft goatee thing kinda larger with a sector nine and gumballs. The other was smaller with shaggy hair and some deck that looked like a longer posickle with wheel cutouts and amber colored wheels. Bad description but maybe you know them?

Kinda sounds like Brendon Kelly and Sean i use to go to school with them they graduated and ive seen them around downtown and thrashed with them a few times.

**lacrossegoalie32** · 10-20-2006 03:51 PM

Originally Posted by KennyT772

who are rides around here. in the past year longbaording has taken off around town so there has to be some who rip it up here. me and 4 friends are one of the main longboarding crews around here and we are trying to get the sport really going.

hey all..
i live in holland. im fat bastards cousin. there is this one hill by us called sunset bluff, its mostly were me and some ppl board at. there is another one (bigger and better) but the security gaurd like to chase ppl. lol. we should try to go boarding before we cant any more. how about sunday 22 it would be sick. the only problem is i cant drive yet so i would need to get a ride from my parents or soemthing like that. (fatbastard email me about thanksgiving)

**thcmachete** · 10-25-2006 09:08 PM

im in GR, we've been riding garages and downtown hills most sundays all summer...usually me and one or two other guys...im riding a homemade flat black drop through speedboard with 83mm flies....

machete

**KennyT772** · 10-26-2006 12:30 PM

yeah holcomb hill is radical. dont try riding it wet though.... 20mph slides infront of cars end bad....
last time i was there my friend got the wobbles and lost it over the edge, he missed the trees though.

for the kids you met i do not know them. my buddy in gh (his name is adam) is about 5'8" skinny soccer dude. he rides either a evo/r-2/gos or his new bombhills/r-2/topshelf.

**nicnaimless** · 11-13-2006 09:26 PM

I shred with Machete almost every sunday night downtown GR. Tearin up the parking garages is pretty sic. Best part is they all have elevators that go up all night long. Drop either of us a line.