anybody from fairbanks

**{Troy} {Tweeker}** · 08-25-2009 06:25 PM

well its that time of year again in Alaska the days are getting shorter, colder, and darker. Long gone are the 23 hours of day lite and all night skate sessions, soon it will rain and snow and we will be out of skateing for a good 6 months maby more.

now is the time to get together and go skate what we can while we can let me know if you live in Fairbanks or around there so we can go skate

**fiVes** · 10-05-2009 08:04 PM

Fairbanks AK Represent. I say we have a week left to ride, Where do you ride at?

**CtrlAlt1337** · 10-05-2009 11:48 PM

damn i was born in North Pole and lived in Anchorage but now i live in florida, damn i miss Alaska.

**pepperdro** · 10-07-2009 12:27 PM

I do a lot of cruising downtown, around the park, and through 1-5th ave. Sometimes I will hit farmers loop, but I hate going out there alone. I like having someone around "in case" something happens. Other than that I haven't really been any where else in the area... you guys wanna meet up and skate sometime? I have been looking for people to skate with.

**{Troy} {Tweeker}** · 10-08-2009 08:03 PM

ya i do alot of cruising in north pole cuz i live out there but i hit up the hills any chance i get if you guys wanna ride together hit my up my cell is 1-360-433-1911 i would live to get alittle bit more riding in if it dries up a bit

**pepperdro** · 10-09-2009 09:47 AM

sweet. what kind of rider are you? mostly cruising? I would be down to skate, maybe sometime next week, in the evening?I might have a couple of other friends that would come out. my number is 916-960-8431. name is Pepper. well, that's what everyone calls me.

**NJ Joe** · 10-09-2009 10:00 AM

I was just lookng at some of the roads you guys have on google streetview. Theyre sick. Damn, I wish I could go skate them at 11pm and have it still be light out.

**pepperdro** · 10-09-2009 10:15 AM

Originally Posted by NJ Joe

I was just lookng at some of the roads you guys have on google streetview. Theyre sick. Damn, I wish I could go skate them at 11pm and have it still be light out.

where were you looking? the runs would be nice, if we had decent asphalt on the roads, but a lot of them are gravel, or just rough asphalt with lots of pot holes.lol it's not light anymore. The sun goes down around 730 or so now,

**NJ Joe** · 10-09-2009 10:19 AM

Originally Posted by pepperdro

where were you looking? the runs would be nice, if we had decent asphalt on the roads, but a lot of them are gravel, or just rough asphalt with lots of pot holes.lol it's not light anymore. The sun goes down around 730 or so now,

Chena Ridge Road looks definately bombable, on both sides of the ridge.

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=6...163.27,,0,9.51

Also this one

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=6...,201.82,,0,4.4

I dunno if you guys are into bombing hills at all, but these roads looked nice

**pepperdro** · 10-09-2009 10:25 AM

Originally Posted by NJ Joe

Chena Ridge Road looks definately bombable, on both sides of the ridge.

Google Maps

Also this one

Google Maps

I dunno if you guys are into bombing hills at all, but these roads looked nice

I haven't bombed many hills, but those do look pretty nice. I have been on chena ridge before, and later in the evening is best because you have less traffic.

**{Troy} {Tweeker}** · 10-11-2009 02:40 AM

Originally Posted by pepperdro

sweet. what kind of rider are you? mostly cruising? I would be down to skate, maybe sometime next week, in the evening?I might have a couple of other friends that would come out. my number is 916-960-8431. name is Pepper. well, that's what everyone calls me.

i am mostly a cruiser i got alot of buddy's that skate street i am the only one that longboard's
so i dont get to do a hole lot cuz i dont got a care so i just cruise and some downhill when i can UAF has some nice runs i have not got totaly comfortable at speeds yet so i have not hit any huge hills yet ate #### on lakloy once that road is a bag of asses

**pepperdro** · 10-11-2009 02:42 PM

Originally Posted by {Troy} {Tweeker}

i am mostly a cruiser i got alot of buddy's that skate street i am the only one that longboard's
so i dont get to do a hole lot cuz i dont got a care so i just cruise and some downhill when i can UAF has some nice runs i have not got totaly comfortable at speeds yet so i have not hit any huge hills yet ate #### on lakloy once that road is a bag of asses

Im in the same boat you are, I can hit UAF ok, but since I still don't know how to slide, I don't like going to fast, because stopping gets pretty sketchy. I saved your number in my phone, by the way, hopefully if it's still nice this eek, we can find somewhere to hit up. where do you usually go?

**{Troy} {Tweeker}** · 10-13-2009 05:27 PM

Originally Posted by pepperdro

Im in the same boat you are, I can hit UAF ok, but since I still don't know how to slide, I don't like going to fast, because stopping gets pretty sketchy. I saved your number in my phone, by the way, hopefully if it's still nice this eek, we can find somewhere to hit up. where do you usually go?

i skate UAF alot but i wanna go out to chena ridge but i don't wanna die

**{Troy} {Tweeker}** · 10-13-2009 05:29 PM

Originally Posted by NJ Joe

Chena Ridge Road looks definately bombable, on both sides of the ridge.

Google Maps

Also this one

Google Maps

I dunno if you guys are into bombing hills at all, but these roads looked nice

that road goes from wow nice and buttery to face scraping off bad in a matter of feet skate at your own risk........ but i do wanna skate it

**fiVes** · 11-03-2009 05:58 PM

Originally Posted by {Troy} {Tweeker}

i skate UAF alot but i wanna go out to chena ridge but i don't wanna die

Quick word on the U. If you start at the museum, and work your way down toward the art center but take a turn off at Hess village, then go back toward the art center, then around the front toward the patty center. you can get a sweet half hour ride, then simply walk up the sledding hill to the museum. Too bad our season is over. Maybe global warming will kick in and make things nice up here. Also, a good road is Summit off of Farmers Loop. I'm looking forward to learning to slide on that hill next summer.

**fiVes** · 11-03-2009 06:23 PM

Has anybody done blaine rd from the top all the way to the bottom by blaine lake (on farmers loop)? It seems like it would be a nice steady downhill and the road isn't quite as bumpy as the rest of what we are dealing with.

**pepperdro** · 11-06-2009 03:45 PM

Originally Posted by fiVes

Has anybody done blaine rd from the top all the way to the bottom by blaine lake (on farmers loop)? It seems like it would be a nice steady downhill and the road isn't quite as bumpy as the rest of what we are dealing with.

I haven't really grown the balls to start learning to slide, yet, lol... I want to hit that road though. I have taken summit, but it was a lot of deep carving. not too bad, definitely a rush!

**fiVes** · 11-12-2009 05:57 PM

Originally Posted by pepperdro

I haven't really grown the balls to start learning to slide, yet, lol... I want to hit that road though. I have taken summit, but it was a lot of deep carving. not too bad, definitely a rush!

Haha, I bombed summit this spring, I thought it would go flat at the end, I couldn't tell it was actually a decent grade. I almost went into farmers loop but I bailed. (All this before I discovered silverfish, other people who longboard, breaking and sliding) Good times, I still have scars from the road rash, not a good idea to take a fall in shorts and t-shirt. What do you ride? and where is your favorite place?

**fiVes** · 04-06-2010 10:19 AM

Hey everyone from Fairbanks! Season is open thanks to all the warm weather we have been getting. I know everything is a little gravely, but the museum parking lot up at UAF is fairly clear, great place to get down your dancing. Anyone wanting to come ride?

**alaskagoldman** · 05-02-2010 01:21 AM

I'm in Fairbanks, Been skateboarding since i moved to Alaska in 1980. I've been all around the area and as you know, different areas get new asphalt at times and new places become skateable for downhill runs and sliding. The best one right now for a long ride is at the top of Chena Ridge, it's called "Roden". It drops off the top of the ridge toward Ester. Gotta go when there isn't a lot of traffic but it's a great ride. University has always been good for cruising. I used to live on campus, now I just work there.

I used to have a half pipe skateboard ramp at 5.5 mile Old Steese, that was a nice road too at times when it was newly paved. I sold my ramp in the late 80's to some kids from North Pole. I will have to post some photos here of my old ramp. I'm probably the oldest skateboarder in Fairbanks. I'm 53 years old now and still skating. I went to North Pole skatepark last weekend and had a blast. Most of the kids think I'm a narc or something when they see me show up at a skateboard area. Until they see me skate a bit. Then they just accept me and relax. My favorite skating is vertical riding but there isn't much here anymore. So... I just cruise around, hit the parks once in a while and downhill when I get a chance. Mostly alone although i was told by Glenner the D. J. that they have a longboard group that rides together in Summer. Call Glenner at the radio station for more info. He's getting old, almost as old as me so he is not skating now due to knee injury.

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