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Old 03-25-2009, 04:32 PM   #1
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Default Phx - Why not more Longboards in the Valley?

Why do you guys think there aren't very many Longboarders in the Phoenix Area? How many people are even active in the forum in Phx? 10?

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We have perfect weather and can ride everyday( yeah it's too hot in the summer, but you can still ride).

New smooth roads and sidewalks in most areas.

Cons: Not many hills in most of the valley (but you're never that far away from some kind of hills. Hell flat land is better for beginers to start so they don't freak out on a hill that's to big for them)

Real hot in the Summer

Things are real spread out
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Im active on the forum and on my board, Tukee FTW! just kidding its kinda flat in tukee but hey, thats why i dance on my board not DH haha
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There are a LOT of longboarders here. I know and ride with many.
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Maybe it's just a West Side thing...I live by the cards stadium and work on Bell and I17 and never see anyone on a longboard ever...I went to the Skatepark in Goodyear and it seemed like most the kids there had never even seen one before. I guess it's not on TV or video games, so if kids never see someone riding one they don't think about them. I've got about 5 of my "old guy" 30 year old friends into though. Hopefully it starts to spread...if not, oh well I've have the West Side to my self
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I ride all the time, but have never been to any downhill locations, except for in Flagstaff. I have yet to meet somebody that enjoys riding around Chandler so it's me riding around for miles on flat land
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I ride all the time, but have never been to any downhill locations, except for in Flagstaff. I have yet to meet somebody that enjoys riding around Chandler so it's me riding around for miles on flat land
I LDP alot. Where in chandler are you at?
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I LDP alot. Where in chandler are you at?
What kind of setup do you have for you LDP? I've been looking into that a little since I live in a flat area.
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in mesa im seeing kids pop with boards more and more its weird lol. i do have to say its awesome to watch people attempt to take hills on there brand new 300$ dervish wreck and want to quit thats funny to me but i give credit to the ones who stick with it.
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What kind of setup do you have for you LDP? I've been looking into that a little since I live in a flat area.
I've got a Longboard Larry Walkabout with a Tracker/Bennett Combo and BigZigs. If you wanna come ride with us I'd be more than happy to let you try it out.
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there are a lot of people from AZ, we just need to organize a huge event together!
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when durango came down here we had a race and we decided we had to do it a lot more often. so we should have another one here soon. McDowell mountain ranch was sick.
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I've got a Longboard Larry Walkabout with a Tracker/Bennett Combo and BigZigs. If you wanna come ride with us I'd be more than happy to let you try it out.
That would be very cool. It seems like it would be perfect for me. But nice LDP setups aren't cheap, so a test ride would be very cool to see if I'm into it.

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there are a lot of people from AZ, we just need to organize a huge event together!
For real, maybe more of big group ride downtown? It's usally sooo dead downtown on the weekends. Maybe hop on the light rail and hit a bunch of spots? Around Papago looks good to.

I'm new to riding and nowhere near confident to try any DH racing. I bet there are a lot of people who would like to get together but not yet ready for the race scene.

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Well Josh, John, and I are officially going to start training for the Lookout Mountain race in Colorado so we will probably be doing some fast tech stuff. If you wanna ride with us though we'll ride with you on Cheney and a couple easier roads to teach you some stuff.
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I LDP alot. Where in chandler are you at?
I'm about a mile or 2 west of Chandler-Gilbert Community College, I ride on a sector nine all stock =( and I'm pretty newish at the hill scene, i've been riding chandler's flats all through high school but really want to get into down hill
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so stoked for lookout, I've been practicing heelside predrifts all day
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so stoked for lookout, I've been practicing heelside predrifts all day
it's time for a seshhh
I think we're doing sickamore this weekend...if not sickamore then let's do fountain hills.
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I think we're doing sickamore this weekend...if not sickamore then let's do fountain hills.
yeah I heard sickamore's the plan
I think we should start doing more technical runs
I new a few good runs that are tech
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yeah I heard sickamore's the plan
I think we should start doing more technical runs
I new a few good runs that are tech
and if anyone else knows any others..
We've been messing around in the cheney area....they re-paved some roads...some cool stuff to still be ridden. We did a cool run the other day but was pretty sketchy because of blind corners and stuff....had a good drift in it though
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