Michigan Longboarding!

[yerkeswood]

And to anyone who's considering East Lansing this weekend is pretty much your last weekend til Fall Semester. Here's what Saturday's looking like.

9 AM: Breakfast
10 AM: Skatepark
Whenever we're done: Slide hill and slopestyle it up
Whenever we're done: Possible longboard hockey and cruising the dump
Whenever we're done: Eat
Whenever we're done: Garages

Hit me up if you want to meet, don't be shy, the name's Peter and the number's three one three - five four nine - eight four nine one

Jay and Al will still be in town after this week and I'll be down sometimes too, but the Staties are gone . Anyways, Petes the man, so dont be scared to hit him up. Wish I could make it down saturday.

[yerkeswood]

I went and skated/scouted Cadillac with my friend the other day. We stayed on the hills right in town and didn't do a whole lot of exploring but thats cuz we we're having a blast on what we had. Theres a giant hill that half of the town is built on, and it has tons of 20-35 mph runs shooting down the frontside of it with lots of tough turns.
Most of them run west tho (into the wind) If we got a wind from the east we'd be gold. Theres one run that I think I could easily hit 40 on, but there's only about 70 yards of flat to run out before you interesect the main drag . I started about 3/4 of the way up the hill and slid before the bottom. I got to about 30 airbraking most of the time. I almost tried to gun it and hope for a green light at the intersection, But I wasnt sure if I'd have the balls to shutdown at 40 if need be.

I didn't see anything worthy of a world class DH, but theres a numerous 2 turn runs that hit about 30. Theres also a KILLER slide hill. Not even as long as russell, but way steep. Theres a "steep road ahead" sign at the top. I started at the top with my orange freerides, barely pushed for any speed, and 540's were easy steezy. A boss could prolly 1080 big wheels down this thing. A slide setup would almost be dangerous. You can spin endlessly until you run outta room.. It almost feels like you actually accelerate through your slides.

We didn't get to check out the Caberfae area, which looks promising, but we will next time.

EDIT: We had a Child Protective Services worker stop and talk to us for awhile. Great guy! He really wants to get kids and their families into longboarding, and he said many were interested, but strangely there is no where around there to buy a board. I think It'd be cool for us to introduce longboarding to local YMCA's, kids programs, and stuff like that. Maybe teach kid how to skate once a month or something. The kids on Jays street always try our boards/watch/conehead for us but their really the only kids that get exposed to it because its so remote. Just a thought...

[Tagsrover]

I went and skated/scouted Cadillac with my friend the other day. We stayed on the hills right in town and didn't do a whole lot of exploring but thats cuz we we're having a blast on what we had. Theres a giant hill that half of the town is built on, and it has tons of 20-35 mph runs shooting down the frontside of it with lots of tough turns.
Most of them run west tho (into the wind) If we got a wind from the east we'd be gold. Theres one run that I think I could easily hit 40 on, but there's only about 70 yards of flat to run out before you interesect the main drag . I started about 3/4 of the way up the hill and slid before the bottom. I got to about 30 airbraking most of the time. I almost tried to gun it and hope for a green light at the intersection, But I wasnt sure if I'd have the balls to shutdown at that speed if need be.

I didn't see anything worthy of a world class DH, but theres a numerous 2 turn runs that hit about 30. Theres also a KILLER slide hill. Not even as long as russell, but way steep. Theres a "steep road ahead" sign at the top. I started at the top with my orange freerides, barely pushed for any speed, and 540's were easy steezy. A boss could prolly 1080 big wheels down this thing. A slide setup would almost be dangerous. You can spin endlessly until you run outta room.. It almost feels like you actually accelerate through your slides.

We didn't get to check out the Caberfae area, which looks promising, but we will next time.

EDIT: We had a Child Protective Services worker stop and talk to us for awhile. Great guy! He really wants to get kids and their families into longboarding, and he said many were interested, but strangely there is no where around there to buy a board. I think It'd be cool for us to introduce longboarding to local YMCA's, kids programs, and stuff like that. Maybe teach kid how to skate once a month or something. The kids on Jays street always try our boards/watch/conehead for us but their really the only kids that get exposed to it because its so remote. Just a thought...

+1 for hill scouting. I was out at caberfae during snow season, and it was for sure hilly, and barely any traffic either.

Wow, teaching kids at YMCA how to ride? That could do a LOT for the industry. I'd be willing to do it. I don't think we'd even need hills. And we'd have to do it right. I'm sure we could get like protec or someone to donate children sized helmets (or someone, i mean, bike helmets would work too) and i don't care if kids ride my boards, although i'd have to put marshmellows in. At the same time though i just like skating.

In terms of skating, today i think peter is out skating park and slide hill right now, and then i think we're doing a garage session tonight. Tomorrow I'm down for anything, but would really love to get some slalom on.

[yerkeswood]

+1 for hill scouting. I was out at caberfae during snow season, and it was for sure hilly, and barely any traffic either.

Wow, teaching kids at YMCA how to ride? That could do a LOT for the industry. I'd be willing to do it. I don't think we'd even need hills. And we'd have to do it right. I'm sure we could get like protec or someone to donate children sized helmets (or someone, i mean, bike helmets would work too) and i don't care if kids ride my boards, although i'd have to put marshmellows in. At the same time though i just like skating.

In terms of skating, today i think peter is out skating park and slide hill right now, and then i think we're doing a garage session tonight. Tomorrow I'm down for anything, but would really love to get some slalom on.

Yeah kinda how I felt too with the 'I just like skating'. thats a lot of work but I thought I'd mention it for any looking to do some charity work/community service. We could just stop in and give em decathlon(or whatever event we decide on) fliers so they can check it out if they want. Sounds a little easier so we don't burn ourselves out with organizing crap. I'll be down for some slalom tommorrow.

[Tagsrover]

Yeah kinda how I felt too with the 'I just like skating'. thats a lot of work but I thought I'd mention it for any looking to do some charity work/community service. We could just stop in and give em decathlon(or whatever event we decide on) fliers so they can check it out if they want. Sounds a little easier so we don't burn ourselves out with organizing crap. I'll be down for some slalom tommorrow.

Yeah, or if somehow we #### up our image and need a lot of good PR. Or if we ever have an event with a closed road we could invite them to come out and watch.

[yerkeswood]

I'll be down today around 6-6:30. you guys still gonna be skatin?

[Tagsrover]

I'll be down today around 6-6:30. you guys still gonna be skatin?

Checked the weather and looks like rain all day, hopefully it's dry for tomorrow. If it looks like it will dry up tonight we'll try to get something going.

[Petary791]

I'm down on skating garages tonight, rain or shine, so just let me know.

[Petary791]

Well today was a gigantic cluster****. Started off as an awesome park session then we moved to the slide hill and just about all of us tanked, then rain started rollin' in and we didn't do much. Chilled in my dorm, went to Panchero's and then the MSU Dairy Store, then skated through the wet at the Dump. Good times.

I'm down on skating in the wet again tomorrow, so let me know.

[Tagsrover]

If it's wet i doubt slalom will happen, but i guess i don't mind trashing some bearing in the wet somewhere

[yerkeswood]

I'm just gonna post up in Mt. P tonight. Hopefully I'll finish that edit. By the way Pete.. can you send me Carlos' contact info... I need to thank him for that deck still. It's perfect btw. I wonder how much they sell blanks for?

[Dantelope]

I know you asked Peter, but Carlos's cell number is 313-468-3800, TGM's store number is 586-445-0611, and his email is carlos_eldred@yahoo.com.

Also, if anybody wants to get on the TGM Longboarding Club mailing list, just message me your email or email Carlos. Carlos said if your name is on the list, he will email discounts to be used on the TGM website.

To find the prices of their boards, u can check their sites here: TGM Skateboards

and here: TGM Skateboards - Longboards

or you can find them on ebay.

[yerkeswood]

Thanks Dan,

I tried to rep you again for answering ?'s but It said I must spread the love

[Petary791]

Thanks for helping me out Dan. Carlos is a hell of an awesome guy and I love supporting TGM. That board you won is pretty sweet IMO. It's like a smaller Vanguard with a kicktail or something.

[Petary791]

Well today was fun. We took some footage so I'll try to up it at some point.

I decided I'm taking the plunge and buying the GoPro Hero Wide and a Banshee Bungee. I have a feeling we're going to have waaaaaayyyyy too much fun with the bungee.

[feenixx]

skating some EL garages tonight.....gonna have the video camera out for some footage, talk to petary if you want to join!

also anyone from EL who has footage from this past year (fall 08-spring 09) if you could send it to me, i'm going to try to make on big vid for the fish/youtube.....kind of a 'year in review' vid, so yeah any footage you have just shoot me a PM and i'll give you my email.....should be a good vid.

so yeah skating/footage tonight!

[yerkeswood]

Thanks for helping me out Dan. Carlos is a hell of an awesome guy and I love supporting TGM. That board you won is pretty sweet IMO. It's like a smaller Vanguard with a kicktail or something.

It's AMAZING. It was actually third on my list of wanted prizes cause I didnt really need another DH or 600 inch dancer. It's like a mini version of my old s9 super cruiser, but with more camber/ quality. I was afraid it'd be too flexy but it's actually fairly stiff. And I finally found the sweet spot on the tail. thats what she said. Ooooh the tail... I haven't had a tailed board for almost 8 months with the exception of me twig. Its awesome for shove-it style stuff too. It really jumps up under your feet. Finally got a longboard I can bigspin!

Funny you bring up a vanny. Jay gave me the Randal 160's from his vanguard to put on it. Way to go on the Go Pro! That's huge.

[BloodBros.Skates]

Well today was a gigantic cluster****. Started off as an awesome park session then we moved to the slide hill and just about all of us tanked, then rain started rollin' in and we didn't do much. Chilled in my dorm, went to Panchero's and then the MSU Dairy Store, then skated through the wet at the Dump. Good times.

I'm down on skating in the wet again tomorrow, so let me know.

We forgot about longboard hockey. I will have my stick ready.

[BloodBros.Skates]

Well today was a gigantic cluster****. Started off as an awesome park session then we moved to the slide hill and just about all of us tanked, then rain started rollin' in and we didn't do much. Chilled in my dorm, went to Panchero's and then the MSU Dairy Store, then skated through the wet at the Dump. Good times.

I'm down on skating in the wet again tomorrow, so let me know.

It was fun even though mother nature took a leak on us. We should have been sliding during the rain. I really need the practice. I'm ready to get a deck with Vicious grip and a nice slippery setup. Next time we should hit the park in Mason and some garages for sure. Panchero's was ridiculous. I am glad my burrito was made by the guy who wasn't a maricon (different kind of queso, if you know what I mean). Oh yeah, and burnt popcorn is a great air freshener depending on what you are trying to freshen up.

My Seismics were just dropped on my porch and I'm so stoked to try them out on the Gbomb!

[BloodBros.Skates]

Well today was fun. We took some footage so I'll try to up it at some point.

I decided I'm taking the plunge and buying the GoPro Hero Wide and a Banshee Bungee. I have a feeling we're going to have waaaaaayyyyy too much fun with the bungee.

I saw the Bombsquad guys using the bungee. What if we had 2 of them? Can you say longboard drag racing??? I think I am about to throw down on a GoPro camera too. It seems like a great investment for all kinds of applications, not just sports.