broadway bomb

**Alpha06** · 10-14-2008 12:44 AM

Final, 10 minute version

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**Irie-Rida** · 10-14-2008 05:40 AM

Awesome times folks......I am thinking of moving to new york. Before that though, I want to set up an event at Wheelabrator in CT within the next couple of weeks....DH and slide comp, with random bungie fun. Other Dan, pm me for my contact info bro. ......ps: who throws a kabob?

**Ogre** · 10-14-2008 05:59 AM

Looks like fun..

**SpeedFiend** · 10-14-2008 06:40 AM

skating this morning by broadway and had the cops chat me up for a minute. told me that they are clamping down on longboarding in nyc due to a large event that was held last weekend. so for all that participated.....thank you for coming to new york and making the police very aware of just how dangerous and intursive longboarding can be on broadway. im not against a race in nyc. but it should be sanctioned or at least in a park. an illegal one hurts everyone who skates here year round.

**Pat S** · 10-14-2008 07:07 AM

dont mind ^^^^^^

as another local- thanks for coming out to the bomb everyone! i had a fcking blast skating my ass off all weekend long. Hope to see everyone next year at the Central Park race!!

**Archy** · 10-14-2008 07:08 AM

Originally Posted by SpeedFiend

skating this morning by broadway and had the cops chat me up for a minute. told me that they are clamping down on longboarding in nyc due to a large event that was held last weekend. so for all that participated.....thank you for coming to new york and making the police very aware of just how dangerous and intursive longboarding can be on broadway. im not against a race in nyc. but it should be sanctioned or at least in a park. an illegal one hurts everyone who skates here year round.

Maybe he pulled you over cuz he could tell you're an asshole?

As with every other "clamp down" in New York, the cops will forget and move on in 3...2...1...

**SpeedFiend** · 10-14-2008 07:11 AM

i made sure he will not forget me. and the cops think im great after the info i gave them on the event. i dint even get a ticket. he liked my board and skills, said the call to tag skaters was from higher up in the department.

**Archy** · 10-14-2008 07:16 AM

Originally Posted by SpeedFiend

the cops think im great after the info i gave them on the event

Quoted for wow.

**stringtheory** · 10-14-2008 07:18 AM

Originally Posted by SpeedFiend

skating this morning by broadway and had the cops chat me up for a minute. told me that they are clamping down on longboarding in nyc due to a large event that was held last weekend. so for all that participated.....thank you for coming to new york and making the police very aware of just how dangerous and intursive longboarding can be on broadway. im not against a race in nyc. but it should be sanctioned or at least in a park. an illegal one hurts everyone who skates here year round.

With all due respect, go complain to the New York Longboarding Association then, not the participants. You sound like the old lady that always yells at me to pick up after my dog while I'm holding the bag of s#!t in my hand already.

Besides, fall is here, winter is around the corner. The cops are clamping down now? Bah, they are too late. By spring time all will be back to normal and we start over again.

**SpeedFiend** · 10-14-2008 07:22 AM

i was more just giving a heads up to those of us who live and skate in nyc year round. if you dont see something positive in that, look harder.

funny how cops used to walk a beat and the sharing of information was cordial and a respectable thing to do. it helps them keep order for the majority of the population. that stop snitching mentality seems to be alive and well here. not really surprised though. maybe one day..........

**stringtheory** · 10-14-2008 07:31 AM

I don't have to look harder. Your post was not positive at all. Be real and man up to the things you say.

I understand the point of some one living and skating in NY on a day to day basis vs. those who come in to skate an event without thought regarding the repercussions to the aforementioned group.

But, that being said, you should not be scolding the participants. You should be scolding the people who set the event up. And you should do it before the event, not after. This is not rocket science. Complaining after the fact is useless.

**Pat S** · 10-14-2008 07:54 AM

please don't ruin another thread with pointless arguments....the event is done with, nothing can be done now.

ps. bombing yer local hills, outrunnin yer local cops.

**SpeedFiend** · 10-14-2008 07:57 AM

the participants play a role for sure. if no one was involved in something they saw as bad for nyc, than the organizer would be the only one skating. its the mob of skaters the cops dint really care for.

i dint really expect the backlash to be anything so my reservations against the event were held, i dint wanna come across as someone with realistic expectations. i wish i had informed the police as to the where abouts and given them the organizers card before hand though. cause to me skating in this city year round is much more important that a bunch of people creating chaos on broadway for a day.

Originally Posted by Pat S

please don't ruin another thread with pointless arguments....the event is done with, nothing can be done now.

ps. bombing yer local hills, outrunnin yer local cops.

i posted this to warn others of a 175$ ticket. that was all.

AJ · 10-14-2008 08:04 AM

Who has the link to the footage at the finish line as the riders roll in?

**Archy** · 10-14-2008 08:08 AM

Originally Posted by SpeedFiend

the participants play a role for sure. if no one was involved in something they saw as bad for nyc, than the organizer would be the only one skating. its the mob of skaters the cops dint really care for.

i dint really expect the backlash to be anything so my reservations against the event were held, i dint wanna come across as someone with realistic expectations. i wish i had informed the police as to the where abouts and given them the organizers card before hand though. cause to me skating in this city year round is much more important that a bunch of people creating chaos on broadway for a day.

i posted this to warn others of a 175$ ticket. that was all.

Gotta say it again: wow.

I skate here every day. I always give a friendly what's up to the cops I pass, so they don't demonize, or at least think twice before they do. I fucking loved the bomb. Have you been in town long, Speedy? New York's a pretty resilient place, and tolerant. We're allowed to have our day of mayhem.

**sprodigy** · 10-14-2008 08:19 AM

Originally Posted by SpeedFiend

i wish i had informed the police as to the where abouts and given them the organizers card before hand though. cause to me skating in this city year round is much more important that a bunch of people creating chaos on broadway for a day.

How about YOU come to the bomb next year, sit on your soap-box at the starting line, and tell all the "participants" not to do the race because we are ruining New York for YOU (only) it seems. See how long you last.

We will continue to skate and get tickets. We don't care. That is how skaters have been treated for 30 years+ and if you aren't used to it by now then pick up a bicycle or some rollerblades and play it safe.

**Rustyfriend** · 10-14-2008 08:33 AM

Originally Posted by A.J.

Who has the link to the footage at the finish line as the riders roll in?

a.j.--go to the bustin boards website, click on the blog, and a little way down the page is the video of the finish line.

**Pat S** · 10-14-2008 08:37 AM

once again.... please take this somewhere else. We don't need another goldendale-esque thread.

AJ- hasn't been posted online yet. You get back to montreal? Turns out we'll have 4 of us coming up next weekend.

edit. i stand corrected

**MJKam11** · 10-14-2008 08:37 AM

Originally Posted by SpeedFiend

i was more just giving a heads up to those of us who live and skate in nyc year round. if you dont see something positive in that, look harder.

Thanks for the heads up but why did you give them info......thats like............not what you should do (unless you were trying to wiggle your way out of a ticket, then i could understand).

**MJKam11** · 10-14-2008 08:41 AM

Originally Posted by SpeedFiend

cause to me skating in this city year round is much more important that a bunch of people creating chaos on broadway for a day.

For once I actually agree with you. I'll still probably do it again, but if cops start being harder on us ESPECIALLY at the RIP or my neighborhood, it'll change my opinion on these large outlaw pushers. If they start handing out tickets for longboarding now, i'll be very pissed to say the least because they were very lax about longboarding before.