South Charlotte, NC Kids - Places to Ride?

**carosemena** · 12-18-2009 09:45 AM

Hey I take my dog out around my neighborhood in South Charlotte but wanting to do something a little bit longer distance. The Greenway on Park Rd is right by me but when I ran it, it had some wooden bridges. I know that there are several other greenways so I wanted to see if anyone had any experience with the greenways, which one is the best, or any other good cruising areas in South Charlotte...

PS - has anyone been to the Ballantyne Parking Garage? How is it?

**rtrdpenguin** · 12-18-2009 03:09 PM

I'm back in Charlotte for winter break (I go to school in Raleigh) and am also wondering the same thing. There's some hills in neighborhoods that are pretty good around the Stonecrest/Endhaven area where I live, but all the Ballentyne parking garages have gigantic expansion joints everywhere that make them pretty much impossible to ride down! When it stops raining I definitely want to try out the Greenway, it wasn't nearly as long a few years back.

**luftywaffles** · 12-19-2009 07:32 AM

The hills are really inconsistant, so everything you find will most likely be a straight bomb, less than 1 minute............

you could try golf courses, they're usually really windy and fun, though they're really tight...

edit: I've been wanting to check out the greenway too, but haven't gotten a chance to check it out.

do any of you happen to have a link to the map, or a google maps page so i could look at it?

**jamiesumner** · 12-20-2009 02:15 PM

I just moved to Rock Hill. I would rive to Charlotte to ride if I knew any good spots. Mill villages are good places to find corners and short speedy runs.

**jamiesumner** · 12-21-2009 11:22 AM

By the way what is a greenway? Also, anyone within an hour of Rock Hill, I don't just need new spots, what I really need is someone who's down to ride fairly often on the weekends. I have reliable transportation and I'm willing to drive to the mountains too, I just need a few good partners. I have a couple of decent spots in the Rock Hill area, and I have a few great spots in Union SC where I used to live. You'd think there'd be a pretty large contingent of longboarders at Winthrop University, but no luck in finding any yet. Charlotte is not far from me, so anyone who wants to get a session together we'll see what we can do.

**carosemena** · 12-21-2009 12:17 PM

Here's the greenway stuff we're talking about:

Park and Rec Greenways

Some are better than others so you guys will have to post up if you ride them. The Park Rd route is close to me so I'm going to check that out soon.

**jamiesumner** · 12-21-2009 04:19 PM

I'll definitely check out those soon.

**rtrdpenguin** · 12-21-2009 04:22 PM

If anyone feels like riding I live literally next to the Park road greenway and I'm here on and off throughout the year. Just shoot me a PM.

**carosemena** · 12-22-2009 01:21 PM

sounds good. i would throw myself into these riding invites but still a newb at this point. maybe soon!

**rtrdpenguin** · 12-22-2009 04:49 PM

So am I, I basically ride to class and race down parking garages with friends haha

**Castermaster** · 12-31-2009 11:11 AM

I have been to the park rd. greenway twice now. But It really isn't all that great for skating. Like, there is pavement during the beginning of the course then some gravel and then some more pavement. It can get pretty annoying.

**myCOOLERSnameIGLOO** · 01-05-2010 07:20 PM

Originally Posted by carosemena

Hey I take my dog out around my neighborhood in South Charlotte but wanting to do something a little bit longer distance. The Greenway on Park Rd is right by me but when I ran it, it had some wooden bridges. I know that there are several other greenways so I wanted to see if anyone had any experience with the greenways, which one is the best, or any other good cruising areas in South Charlotte...

PS - has anyone been to the Ballantyne Parking Garage? How is it?

I plan on checking the parking garage out this friday night or saturday night. Shoot a pm if you'd like to join. Got another friend going with too.

**luftywaffles** · 01-05-2010 07:59 PM

hey are there any experienced skaters in the south charlotte area here?

i'd love to skate with other people, but it'd be even more awesome if there were some people that were relatively around the same skill level......

???

shred south charlotte:

http://vimeo.com/8566340

**myCOOLERSnameIGLOO** · 01-05-2010 08:55 PM

I just started sliding not too long ago, I mainly skate at night in charlotte though, daytime is to the mountains for longer runs.

Nice neighborhood street though.

**TrauMa** · 01-09-2010 08:28 PM

i live in gastonia... i ride with that guy above me, we were out this weekend, and we found some pretty nice bombs, only problem is, none of them are really that long, but they are fun. Also there is a spot in gastonia called rankin lake. There is a disc golf course there and 3 different levels of roads to ride on. Thats where i learned how to ride a few weeks ago. If any of you guys would be interested in joining us shoot me a pm. We have been looking for some chill dudes to longboard with

**ElectricHydroMegan** · 01-18-2010 07:52 PM

willowmere is where its at

**myCOOLERSnameIGLOO** · 01-19-2010 08:31 PM

Well.... The parking garages in Ballantyne are pretty mellow.

Just to let you guys know if you didn't already. Wallerbears has started carrying Land Yachts, Loaded and Bustin Lot more wheels and a few new trucks at a pretty decent price. I got my Land Yachts Evo for 210 from wallerbears.

Someone told me there is a new spiral in town, going to check it out and see what happens, I'll et you guys know...

**luftywaffles** · 01-19-2010 09:05 PM

Originally Posted by myCOOLERSnameIGLOO

Well.... The parking garages in Ballantyne are pretty mellow.

Just to let you guys know if you didn't already. Wallerbears has started carrying Land Yachts, Loaded and Bustin Lot more wheels and a few new trucks at a pretty decent price. I got my Land Yachts Evo for 210 from wallerbears.

Someone told me there is a new spiral in town, going to check it out and see what happens, I'll et you guys know...

you all are welcome

but really though, keep on spreading the word around

he tells me business is picking up pretty well

**NC longboarder** · 01-19-2010 09:26 PM

umm like luffty said the hills around here are pretty bad. .."less than a min" is correct. you could try out the hill going away from blankney and stoncrest on the other side of 485. idk what the road is called but its behind stoncrest. very busy though. find a time thats safe if you try.

ive also been wanting to try the greenways.

**NC longboarder** · 01-19-2010 09:29 PM

sry for the double post but the switch and evo are currently 40$ off at wallerbears. one of the switches has a pretty good setup for 199$. white hawgs and bears with new pumpkin bushings. feels great and my shoes size is 11 1/2. height 5'11 id hit that thing up.