NYC - Earthwing RIP Updates

[MJKam11]

GreenWood Cemetary anyone? I passed it a lot when I was looking for apartments up here and some of the spots looks worthwhile.

Yea that area of Sunset Park is on an incredibly huge hill, but good luck getting into Greenwood they have tight-ish security.

[GravityRider15]

stupid mets. notice how they started building a new stadium in an attempt to copy their brothers over in the bronx. kidding guys, not trying to start a inter-new york war here

I'm a big yankee fan, but it's NY, so I go both ways. I dig the new stadium, but then again, it's going to be smaller than the old one, which most likely means jacked up ticket prices to make up for it.

[SpeedFiend]

GreenWood is open to the public 8-4 everyday. I dont think going there with a camera and a board would be a big deal. Next Saturday maybe.

[Zzebotes13]

I'm a big yankee fan, but it's NY, so I go both ways. I dig the new stadium, but then again, it's going to be smaller than the old one, which most likely means jacked up ticket prices to make up for it.

haha. ny is all about the high prices

[MJKam11]

GreenWood is open to the public 8-4 everyday. I dont think going there with a camera and a board would be a big deal. Next Saturday maybe.

They'll probably stop you, you should probably drive into it if at all possible, because they do have people at the gate (most of the time).

[Alpha06]

Tape it if you go and put it on the tube

[SpeedFiend]

Went to Prospect today around 2.30 and stayed almost two hours. This is the most time I've been able to ever invest in the place. Needless to say it was crowded. I saw four to five other longboarders, including a girl riding a pintail. One young kid asked me if I got my board from milehighskates. This was hilarious. I told him I wished Id started at his age and his grandmother started laughing. I was even able to take some pics of a secluded spot that enabled me to get motivated. And then I stayed another hour or so.





After three attempts I finally got this deck dialed in. 180 randals and some 66mm lemon zigzags and it feels like a dream.

[jetkin]

Went to Prospect today around 2.30 and stayed almost two hours. This is the most time I've been able to ever invest in the place. Needless to say it was crowded. I saw four to five other longboarders, including a girl riding a pintail. One young kid asked me if I got my board from milehighskates. This was hilarious. I told him I wished Id started at his age and his grandmother started laughing. I was even able to take some pics of a secluded spot that enabled me to get motivated. And then I stayed another hour or so.

Did you see a geezer on a vanguard? I was in the park today too from 4-6. Did a couple of laps and practiced slide stops and x-steps on the center drive. The far side by the parade grounds was nuts with people, but otherwise it was heaven.

Whenever kids talk to me in the park it usually goes like this:
kid - "hey nice board, what you pay for that?"
me - "that's a strange way to start a conversation with someone you don't know. why should i tell you?
kid - <<looking confused>> "well where'd you get it?"
me - "milehigh skates"
kid - "can you ollie that?"
me - "naw" <<laughs and skates away>>

[Alpha06]

Does that deck have a decent amount of flex? Its from aluminum right?

[doxastic]

Watchtower, then the RIP Friday.

Mini ramp or autumn bowl sat?

What-ah you think-in mon?

Did you ditch out on the mini to skate Autumn.....?

[SpeedFiend]

I got the ex-stiff version of that deck, it has very little flex. I have it set up with the shortest possible wheelbase also. Im able to slide it that way easier.

[New Brian]

Did you ditch out on the mini to skate Autumn.....?

Yeah, I got distracted.

[SpeedFiend]

Today was not as crowded as others.

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[Zzebotes13]

for prospect park, during the summer, during the day, that's fairly empty. i went on saturday to play soccer in the meadow on garfield and it was like walking through a sea of mud. it was way too crowded. anyone planning on going to the park to skate on friday?

[GravityRider15]

for prospect park, during the summer, during the day, that's fairly empty. i went on saturday to play soccer in the meadow on garfield and it was like walking through a sea of mud. it was way too crowded. anyone planning on going to the park to skate on friday?

I'll be at the rip Friday

[Zzebotes13]

what time do people usually show up outside the park? like 8?

[GravityRider15]

what time do people usually show up outside the park? like 8?

around 8-8:15, and everyone meets up inside the park. Right across the street from the Pavilion, take that entrance, and once you get in, stay right, and you will eventually see a bunch of skaters hanging out a quarter mile down.

[Zzebotes13]

around 8-8:15, and everyone meets up inside the park. Right across the street from the Pavilion, take that entrance, and once you get in, stay right, and you will eventually see a bunch of skaters hanging out a quarter mile down.

thanks man. i know the spot, but last time i went it was just me and mac so i wanted to clarify

[GravityRider15]

thanks man. i know the spot, but last time i went it was just me and mac so i wanted to clarify

sure thing. See you Friday

[SpeedFiend]

skated last night at prospect. kind of crowded with cyclists but no one was at the hill around 8.30 so my run down it was nice. made up a good amount of distance on a slow biker drafting, passed him right at the bottom and no one else passed me, so yeah, thats 3 out of 4 days at that place. i thought i was cool until
i saw an older guy riding downhill on a large unicycle juggling bowling pins.