I was in Ann Arbor the other day at a appointment and couldnt help but notice all the hills.
So to all the Ann Arbor guys are their any DH runs worth going back for?
I recruited another Old school sk8ur ( Mark B) into some A2 carving sessions with us
My next deck is for him, he works on my computers when I need help.....
I remember riding my BMX bike and he rolled up on this killer Tony Alva super fat deck in maybe 79-80.......... You can now buy it in all its retro glory, at least I saw it someplace as a retro deck hailing the roots of old school fat decks............
Man with weather as sketchy as it is........ Early Sunday mornings are best due to low traffic conditions and the threat of the FUZZ Theres some decent hills in A2 worth hitting up. Many are on the west side. Nothing huuuuuuge and long but certainly worth it if your and hour or so drive.
I'll drag Doc Frye out soon and he can help relate whats its like.....
5th st, Soule Blvd, Minor, 3rd st (hellish steep), many others...... very carveable
I have lots of other obligations...... so my attendance is gonna be limited..... But hell yeah get some ride time and then make some dates happen.
I know i'll be going to Sleepy Bear dunes the last weekend of August, plenty huge hills and camping etc.....
Okay on my way home from school today........... heres a link to the satelite map Google Maps
I scoped out all the old hills in A2.......
there are some runs that will be .2 miles long and some as long as .8 miles long!
We need to have enough riders to have a van haul us back to the top Ya know take turns driving the buggy up and down the hills......... these are residential streets that are very carvable. It is possible you could go waaaaaaaaaaay to fast on some of them and DIE
Heres a break down from the bunny hills to the longer more intense hills:
Ivywood, short
Soule Blvd., short
Fifth St., long straight
Brooks, long straight
Fountain, long straight
(Daniel, Gott, Spring are all bumpy) they are long but the crappy pavement is not worth my time.
Pomona smoooooooooth hooking back onto Loyola is nice, and long, and semi curvey, you miss Loyola and your gonna have a serious bad crash...........
Redoak Is like Pomona and hooks a right onto Wendy then back onto Redoak, you need to be able to slow down dragging some foot or nice slide skills at speed for the finish. Theres some other streets that you can start from and turn onto RedOak, they are Vesper, Bending, and Robin............ you better know how to carve little billy
Sunset & Third are Wicked steep and Sunset is waaaaaaaaay bumpy if you can rip these 2 hills I'll buy you a case of beer and I mean rip them, not super tight carve them to death
Most of the hills are in the same little northwest side of town.
I stopped at the hill Doc Frye and myself sessioned the other week........ It is only .2 miles from start to stop. Some of the hills in A2 are waaaaaaaaaaaay longer and kinda crazier, but I'm game for them, I have battle gear, I also have health insurance
I should have trucks and wheels by next week so i'll be rolling........ I'll drag my gear with me to school on the chance of ripping some hills mid week
Just found this post, Teddy! I ordered your trucks etc. I received my body armor last week. Turned out I dislocated my clavicle on our last session/crash fest, but it is healing fairly well.
Your descriptions sound a little scary to me, but I just built a couple sliding boards, so once I get sliding down.... I'll be ready to rip.
bucksaw- i went to one slalom race last year and it was a freaking blast. all the pros were so nice and willing to give advice/lend gear it was unbelievable. I'm definitely trying to run some cones this year
i just got back from skating, used my rainy day board. parking ramps are fun but its weird having the balls/traction to blast through turns that are wet.
I'll bring the GFH Street Team of Michigan out with me and we can have a huuuuge gathering.
We should get some set dates going so we can really have a legit group session.
PS: Any one interested in joining up on the streeet team, hit me up any time.
I am very interested in the street team. I'm 16 years old in Grand Haven Michigan. I'm mostly into sliding, cruising, and dowhill. Anyone in that area, hit me up.
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bucksaw- i went to one slalom race last year and it was a freaking blast. all the pros were so nice and willing to give advice/lend gear it was unbelievable. I'm definitely trying to run some cones this year
i just got back from skating, used my rainy day board. parking ramps are fun but its weird having the balls/traction to blast through turns that are wet.
08 Michigan
Theres some decent hills in A2 worth hitting up. Many are on the west side. Nothing huuuuuuge and long but certainly worth it if your and hour or so drive.
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