Michigan Longboarding!

[sAMOa]

CALLING ALL MICHIGANDERS
we may not have the mountains for DH, or the hills for slide, but damnit if we have anything it is being kickass and awesome at life. We could do this
YouTube - Burning Wheels Tour - Boarder Cross 2009

hey, skatercross is looking good in cali too. have you seen johnny miller's set up?

amazing stuff coming in the future. imagine setting a garage parking lot structure up with a killer course!

YEA!

michiganders rule!

cYaSK8

[Tagsrover]

I want Boardercross more than anything in life.

I've already got some ideas to run in possibly bessy (long = lots of different challanges) or top of hamster cage (fast and if we stay up not too many problems with johnny law)

bessy already has the ramp up/step down by some doors. We could have a section where you have to stop and run up 1 level then keep going down. Barriers to duck under and hippie jump over? slalom esque cone setups, some kind of rumble strips or bump section, then all thats left is to build a jump for the end. wood is decently cheap, and we could make/keep it at jay/als house? since apartments and dorms lack serious room, the blueprint is in my head

[Petary791]

I've already got some ideas to run in possibly bessy (long = lots of different challanges) or top of hamster cage (fast and if we stay up not too many problems with johnny law)

bessy already has the ramp up/step down by some doors. We could have a section where you have to stop and run up 1 level then keep going down. Barriers to duck under and hippie jump over? slalom esque cone setups, some kind of rumble strips or bump section, then all thats left is to build a jump for the end. wood is decently cheap, and we could make/keep it at jay/als house? since apartments and dorms lack serious room, the blueprint is in my head

Let's talk tonight when we hit Mason.

Mason Skatepark tonight from 8-10, be there!

[sAMOa]

ran the saginaw nasty rail trail today. 10 miles one way! awesome smooth asphalt again. dudes, if you want some serous long distance country riding on a consistently long smooth surface, this was a magical piece of work today.

of course, this is not for those who want to skate around the driveway and thru the alleys. i'm so turned on by the last two days of skogging the country sides in both Bay City and Saginaw that I'm hitting the stitch in Midland tomorrow. This should push me up near 200 miles of skatin terrain in the last 5 days here in good old michigan!

Here's the pdf of this place. dudes, way better than anything in san diego.

http://www.saginawcounty.com/Docs/Pa...20trailmap.pdf



love it here! and yes, one of these days i'll come down and show you all how 40 year old skaters can rip up the DH. try goin' 70 on a short board with just shorts on! on second thought, nooooo. don't even think of it!

cYaSK8

[Petary791]

Guys! Quick! Cheap leathers size 42!

SELL 2 sets Feildsheer am. sz. 42 leathers - Silverfish Longboarding - The Longboard Skateboarding Community

[Tagsrover]

almost done setting up my beez kneez GS board, it's a beautiful sight guys, really awesome stuff

[Petary791]

SFCF in 2 days y'all! Get pumped! And bring your DH boards because I wanna hit some stuff real bad.

[JasonUnger]

Awesome board. I've never seen anything like the stuff you're making.

ridiculous. hope to see one out there.

jason--new to michigan

[BloodBros.Skates]

Welcome to the Mitten Jason. Where abouts do you live?


Why is Mile High Mark selling Big 80 wheels? Has he gone mad??

[Doors]

The newer thane is suposidly a lot better than the protos.

Dan you gonna skate sunday?

[feenixx]

just posting to let you all know how much i miss not shredding with you on a regular basis....i'll be posting some pics/footy of the few runs i've found way up here in East Jesus-Nowhere Wisconsin :P but yeah seriously, i'm suffering from stoke withdrawl.....hopefully i'll make it in sometime in the spring :/

[BloodBros.Skates]

The newer thane is suposidly a lot better than the protos.

Dan you gonna skate sunday?

I think so. Call me and let me know where you are thinking. I want to hit up Riley around 8am if possible.

[Doors]

I think im gonna skate the beek around three saturday. my new setup is to much fun.

[Petary791]

I think im gonna skate the beek around three saturday. my new setup is to much fun.

What is said setup?

Kentucky is interesting btw. I'm predicting some Go Green domination.

[Petary791]

Well Kentucky skating was awesome. I wish you all would've come down. Michigan was represented quite well between Al, Derek, Jay, Tom, and myself. From what I remember, Jay took 5th in Hybrid, I took 6th in Hybrid, and I took 3rd in Giant. Fresh 84A Hot Spots ftw!

Anyone down on a Clarkston sesh soon? I'm out of town next weekend, but we're talking about hitting it 10/10 in the morning (Canucks gotta be back in Canada before 3) or maybe 10/11. I know Tom, Jon, and I are done with classes on MWF at 12, so if you wanna do a weekday sesh we could do that too. Let's get Gnarksty!

[yerkeswood]

Kentucky was a blast. The level of competition was amazing. I apologize for the ridiculously huge post.

Official Results from the ISSA site: MI boys in Bold

Hybrid Results
A-Class
1- Karl Floitgraf - Texas Longboards
2- Brian Parsons - Sk8kings?
3- Marty Schaub - 661, Sk8kings
4- Chris Favero - CHIxILL
5- Peter Croce - Go Green/Bees Knees (GG/BKS)
6- Alex Kwiecinski - GG/ BKS
7- Derek Yerke - GG/ BKS
8- David Harris
9- Jason Yerke - GG/BKS
10- Marcos - Texas Longboards
11- Ron Olson - Sk8kings?
12- Jeremy Coffman - Feral Arts, Legendary Longboards, World Conspiracy
13- Chad Hegerty
14- Mark Nix
15- Tom Risk - GG/BKS
16- Gary Glasser - Fullbag, PPS, G.O.G

B-Class
1- Evan Tolley - Marc's Board Shop, Plum
2- Tom Sloan
3- Tom Manglesdorf
4- Chris Booth
5- Burt Beavers
6- Dave Tolley - Marc's Board Shop, Plum
7- Ivey Long
8- Kyle Smith
9- Lenny Poage - Marc's Board Shop
10- Darren Hodges
11- Jason Rhoton
12- Eric Fielder - WQCW


Tight Slalom
A-Class
1- Karl Floitgraf - Texas Longboards
2- Brian Parsons - Sk8kings?
3- Ron Olson - Sk8kings?
4- Marcos - Texas Longboards
5- Jason Yerke - GG/BKS
6- Mark Nix
7- Evan Tolley - Marc's Board Shop, Plum
8- David Harris
9- Jeremy Coffman - Feral Arts, Legendary, World Conspiracy
10- Derek Yerke - GG/BKS
11- Chris Favero - CHIxILL
12- Peter Croce - GG/BKS
13- Alex Kwiecinski - GG/BKS

B-Class
1- Chad Hegerty
2- Gary Glasser - Fullbag, PPS, G.O.G
3- Tom Risk - GG/BKS
4- Burt Beavers
5- Dave Tolley - Marc's Board Shop, Plum
6- Chris Booth
7- Lenny Poage - Marc's Board Shop
8- Kyle Smith
9- Ivey Long
10- Darren Hodges
11- Jason Rhoton
12- Eric Fielder - WQCW
13- Tom Sloan


Giant Slalom
A-Class
1- Karl Floitgraf - Texas Longboards
2- Brian Parsons - Sk8kings?
3- Peter Croce - GG/BKS
4- Marty Schaub - 661, Sk8kings
5- Chris Favero - CHIxILL
6- Chad Hegerty
7- Mark Nix
8- Derek Yerke - GG/BKS
9- Tom Risk - GG/BKS
10- Jeremy Coffman - Feral Arts, Legendary, World Conspiracy
11- Jason Yerke - GG/BKS
12- Gary Glasser - Fullbag, PPS, G.O.G
13- Marcos - Texas Longboards
14- David Harris
15- Alex Kwiecinski - GG/BKS

B-Class
1- Chris Booth
2- Tom Manglesdorf
3- Evan Tolley - Marc's Board Shop, Plum
4- Dave Tolley - Marc's Board Shop, Plum
5- Kyle Smith
6- Darren Hodges
7- Ivey Long
8- (Tie) Lenny Poage, Jason Rhoton, Drake (?), Brendon (?), Brandon (?), Ron Olson

[Petary791]

Get some gg/bks!

[yerkeswood]

So who's going to the Epic International Skate Fest?

And everyone give Michigan's own Peter Croce a pat on the butt for his PODIUM finish in the GS. He almost pulled the biggest sandbagging move of all time by running B-class, but then we gently explained to him how he was about to kick all of our asses. Congrats Pete!

Tom: what was that site you posted a long time ago that had the foam and carbon fiber? I'm ready to buy.

[Tagsrover]

So who's going to the Epic International Skate Fest?

Tom: what was that site you posted a long time ago that had the foam and carbon fiber? I'm ready to buy.

Not sure if i can do 3 weekends of travel, so we'll see about that

Fiberglass Supply - Product Catalog

[GoGreenLongboarding]

updates on the timer;

I have all the necessary parts! i spent hours researching how to build a cheap effective circuit for a prototype, and after looking through a dictionary sized catalog at fulton electronics, i got the necessary relays

the catch; since start and stop are the same button, the circuit im building essentially holds down the start/stop button if a tape is pressed, so that the second axle won't stop or restart the timer. I'm wiring in a "release" button, so someone has to press that while the rider is anywhere between the two strips, since i'm forced to wire them to the same button on the stopwatch for now. if a stopwatch can be found with seperate start and stop buttons, i can wire in sperate release curcuits for the strips that can be reset with the same reset button, so it wouldnt have to be released during the run.

alternately, i could wire an optional third tape strip in right after the start to release the relay, and place that right after (at least one board length after) the start strip. it doesnt matter if that gets pounded multiple times.

the good news is the parts were dirt cheap. Im wiring it to female rca jacks so that all tape switches are immediately replaceable in the event of a bad wire or sensor. the only thing I'm afraid of is that if a tape switch completely shorts out, the reset button may damage the circuit for that lane. net loss of 7 bucks to replace the relay in that event. if it's an issue, i'll design something else.