well Tom...
from the responses(or better yet, lack of responses) I've gotten, it'd just be me and you...and maybe wesley sometimes.
not worth getting any major plans together. oh well.
you have my email, just lemmeeno whenever you want to meet up and ride whatever.
You know I am into it.
p
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- Fri Sep 05, 2003 6:33 pm
- Forum: Down South
- Topic: how 'bout them georgia slalom get-togethers...
- Replies: 12
- Views: 12116
- Thu Sep 04, 2003 3:51 pm
- Forum: Down South
- Topic: how 'bout them georgia slalom get-togethers...
- Replies: 12
- Views: 12116
okay, looks like sunday is good. does anyone have any sundays scheduled(as in, 3rd sunday of the month is scouts, golf, whatever?) rick, will sundays work for you? it'd be cool to run cyberslalom with a timer and all... I'll post to my message board too, so we can get a feel of what the other GA peo...
- Wed Sep 03, 2003 10:48 pm
- Forum: Down South
- Topic: how 'bout them georgia slalom get-togethers...
- Replies: 12
- Views: 12116
hey wes, didn't mean to write you off...we're all in this together. I just figured that if some of the guys within a 1.5hr radius got it together, we'd certainly welcome more company from out of the area. I just know it's a long drive. as far as which days, that's what I am trying to get a feel for....
- Wed Sep 03, 2003 7:36 pm
- Forum: Down South
- Topic: how 'bout them georgia slalom get-togethers...
- Replies: 12
- Views: 12116
okay... me, GaTom, 66, steve, steve2, Low-J, all live within 1.5hrs of each other. we all have slalom rides. I'm sure we'd all like to practice and ride with others from time to time... it'd be great to get together and do some cyberslalom, hills, whatever. just to hang out and ride. (if anyone's in...
- Thu Aug 28, 2003 1:38 pm
- Forum: Random Slalom Topics
- Topic: "the dark side of the cone"
- Replies: 789
- Views: 1422626
- Wed Aug 27, 2003 7:35 pm
- Forum: North America
- Topic: 2003 Georgia Grass Roots Racing
- Replies: 57
- Views: 61201
- Wed Aug 27, 2003 4:55 am
- Forum: North America
- Topic: 2003 Georgia Grass Roots Racing
- Replies: 57
- Views: 61201
hey Tom... since the last session ever at Vans ends at 7 on saturday night, we're figuring on heading back to athens after skating...we'll be back by 8ish(45min drive), and ready to join the already drunken revelers. I really think the slalom deally and the vans session will already be more skating ...
- Tue Aug 26, 2003 12:05 am
- Forum: North America
- Topic: 2003 Georgia Grass Roots Racing
- Replies: 57
- Views: 61201
okay, as race weekend approaches, here's how it's lookin...(from my crosstown viewpoint) *********************** friday, meeting with JohnnyB and JohnnyRad and whatever other travelers want to grind at Junior's Ditch around 5/5:30. from Junior's, there's the 7:00 Texas outlaw race at Huntington Hill...
- Mon Aug 25, 2003 6:18 pm
- Forum: North America
- Topic: 2003 Georgia Grass Roots Racing
- Replies: 57
- Views: 61201
alright... so I went back by the hill and rolled down on my longboard with flashback 78a. sweeeeet. so thanks for getting me out there to wheel-test, 66! you bastard. now I'm more confuseder than ever. any wheels will work. harder/faster/rougher ride. softer/slower/smoother. aw mang, now whattamm I ...
- Sat Aug 23, 2003 10:20 pm
- Forum: North America
- Topic: 2003 Georgia Grass Roots Racing
- Replies: 57
- Views: 61201
turner needlenose with cambria 86/82. felt comfortable. rolled smooth...slight vibration. Energyskates.com birch GS deck with stinger 88/84. a little more "wheel buzz", but with the big hub, you'd expect it. park board with cut down NoSkoolz 94a/65mm. actually rolled okay. grip was very good. an att...
- Fri Aug 22, 2003 2:42 pm
- Forum: Gates & Course Setting
- Topic: Let's make it tighter
- Replies: 119
- Views: 146365
- Thu Aug 21, 2003 10:19 pm
- Forum: North America
- Topic: 2003 Georgia Grass Roots Racing
- Replies: 57
- Views: 61201
- Wed Aug 20, 2003 6:01 pm
- Forum: North America
- Topic: 2003 Georgia Grass Roots Racing
- Replies: 57
- Views: 61201
- Sun Aug 17, 2003 3:03 pm
- Forum: North America
- Topic: 2003 Georgia Grass Roots Racing
- Replies: 57
- Views: 61201
- Thu Aug 14, 2003 8:42 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Speed [off topic]
- Replies: 36
- Views: 40470
http://www.mindspring.com/~artcat/pfphot3b.html
here's a photo of mine, getting done with the tire warming process...
(I did a little extra for the camera...)
here's a photo of mine, getting done with the tire warming process...
(I did a little extra for the camera...)
- Thu Aug 14, 2003 3:34 pm
- Forum: Down South
- Topic: The Varsity
- Replies: 9
- Views: 10130
Juniors ditch is ready to rock. lips have been weedeatered and wes took his lawnmower to the grass along the edges, so it's all clear and fresh-cut! we've been laying down heavy films of aluminum on the lips yo. it's grindalicious. Glowing Rock Skatepark is resurfacing the other side of the spine ra...
- Tue Aug 12, 2003 3:10 pm
- Forum: North America
- Topic: 2003 Georgia Grass Roots Racing
- Replies: 57
- Views: 61201
- Mon Aug 11, 2003 2:24 pm
- Forum: Down South
- Topic: The Varsity
- Replies: 9
- Views: 10130
Chuck, you can get it how you want it at the "V"! chili-cheese-slaw-pimento cheese dog if'n you want! ******************* is the original Bones Brigade the mystery guest for the race? or is BLR coming to show that the west is best???? come on, can't someone come up with some good gossip? if I read i...
- Sun Aug 10, 2003 4:50 pm
- Forum: Down South
- Topic: The Varsity
- Replies: 9
- Views: 10130
- Sat Aug 09, 2003 7:38 pm
- Forum: Down South
- Topic: The Varsity
- Replies: 9
- Views: 10130
http://www.thevarsity.com Chuck, As of today I have gone into training. At noon I had a cheeseburger, chili-cheese dawg with onions and an order of onion rings. At 2 I skate in a ramp/bowl contest. ***5pm UPDATE*** I took 3rd in the contest and suffered no blowouts or anything. I need to fine tune t...
- Mon Jul 28, 2003 2:23 pm
- Forum: Down South
- Topic: Athens Georgia Race Weekend 8/30...other sk8 stuff and direc
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2929
Friday; 5:30-7:30, Junior's ditch. Fun for all…slalomers and transition riders. Find it, grind it, watch the viddy, then rewind it. some folks will be driving in from the north, straight to the ditch... Directions to Junior's Ditch; Eastside athens. Get off loop 10 at College Station Road. Head uphi...
- Fri Jul 18, 2003 4:55 pm
- Forum: Down South
- Topic: Practice
- Replies: 16
- Views: 14917
- Fri Jul 18, 2003 1:43 pm
- Forum: Down South
- Topic: Practice
- Replies: 16
- Views: 14917
hey tom...I think he was talking about the friday night before the race. he's gonna have a tour of hills and an outlaw setup at the hunn for the non transition people, and I'm gonna have a tour of skateparks. actually, the tour of skateparks might end up at the hunn outlaw deally since the athens sk...
- Mon Jul 14, 2003 1:42 pm
- Forum: Down South
- Topic: EXIT 46 OFFICIAL NEW DATE: JULY 12th
- Replies: 24
- Views: 22866
hey wesley, Sorry it didn't work out. I know what you mean about skating alone. Although there's a handful of skaters here in Athens, I rarely have anyone to ride with. It's hard to push too much when you don't have an "emergency driver" or anything. especially with driving stick-shift. Lately, I've...
- Mon Jul 14, 2003 12:51 am
- Forum: Down South
- Topic: EXIT 46 OFFICIAL NEW DATE: JULY 12th
- Replies: 24
- Views: 22866
- Mon Jul 07, 2003 12:41 am
- Forum: Down South
- Topic: Athens GA Sunday Slalom Sessions CANCELLED due to lack of in
- Replies: 8
- Views: 9316
- Fri Jul 04, 2003 3:48 am
- Forum: Down South
- Topic: EXIT 46 OFFICIAL NEW DATE: JULY 12th
- Replies: 24
- Views: 22866
- Wed Jul 02, 2003 3:42 am
- Forum: Down South
- Topic: One Year Ago Today
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8231
I thought these posts I've made about the athens sunday slalom and stuff were to invite other slalomers to come ride and hang out. hmmmm.... Tom drives 120 miles and is one of the few to have shown up! We've got a handful of skateboarders in Athens, but no interest in slalom apparently. and how many...
- Fri Jun 27, 2003 9:27 pm
- Forum: North America
- Topic: Rye Airfield PArk Slalom Event /Boston Cup July 4th ,5th an
- Replies: 89
- Views: 89482
- Fri Jun 13, 2003 3:28 pm
- Forum: Random Slalom Topics
- Topic: Time For Me To 'fess Up
- Replies: 39
- Views: 38364
- Wed Jun 11, 2003 4:35 pm
- Forum: Down South
- Topic: Athens GA Sunday Slalom Sessions CANCELLED due to lack of in
- Replies: 8
- Views: 9316
- Thu Jun 05, 2003 2:15 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Sloppy drunks who slalom
- Replies: 25
- Views: 25664
- Thu Jun 05, 2003 2:13 pm
- Forum: Random Slalom Topics
- Topic: Do you have a slalom Favorite?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 29053
- Wed Jun 04, 2003 8:58 pm
- Forum: Random Slalom Topics
- Topic: Do you have a slalom Favorite?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 29053
- Wed Jun 04, 2003 8:38 pm
- Forum: Random Slalom Topics
- Topic: Do you have a slalom Favorite?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 29053
if I post here again, does that make my preference more convincing or something? but I guess I am just a "bobby piercy wannabee homosexual" or something.(freekin a r abesque kook) I like girls. they are curvey like the courses I prefer. p <font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: patio mendino on ...
- Wed Jun 04, 2003 1:24 pm
- Forum: Random Slalom Topics
- Topic: Do you have a slalom Favorite?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 29053
I like a crazy hippie surfey snowboardey course. straight cones, nah mon. flat course, nah mon. so fast and on edge that you'll get seriously hurt if you fall, nah mon. 6' centers on a nice slope, yah mon. a section of straight cones, then some wild offsets to throw you, then back to straights to ga...
- Tue Jun 03, 2003 1:10 pm
- Forum: North America
- Topic: Kona park/banked slalom race. June 14-15, 2003
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4865
dude, sounds like the best thing you can do is get yourself offa' this stress wagon you've been riding and get on your skateboard! hell, it's only like 5hrs drive from your house to KONA...hop a ride with someone and go smile for a day! forget racing, just go enjoy rolling on concrete. don't forget,...
- Mon Jun 02, 2003 2:09 pm
- Forum: Down South
- Topic: Athens GA Sunday Slalom Sessions CANCELLED due to lack of in
- Replies: 8
- Views: 9316
- Thu May 29, 2003 6:52 pm
- Forum: Random Slalom Topics
- Topic: Slalom Trading Cards
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10453
I think a "program" would be a really good idea at races; *maybe a little bit about slalom racing(history, etc) *a list of competitors with a little bit about each of them...perhaps with a picture *a description of the various events taking place at the race *a schedule of the events taking place(ye...
- Wed May 28, 2003 2:22 pm
- Forum: Down South
- Topic: Athens GA Sunday Slalom Sessions CANCELLED due to lack of in
- Replies: 8
- Views: 9316
- Tue May 27, 2003 8:39 pm
- Forum: Hardware & Bushings
- Topic: wedge risers/your preferences???
- Replies: 3
- Views: 9957
I was looking at Rad Pads...they are 14deg for the rear and 8deg for the front.(?) I always thought you would want the front to have more wedge than the back has de-wedge. I want to know what wedges people run for different conditions and all... I am having wood wedges made from 2.5deg-15deg in 2.5d...
- Fri May 23, 2003 4:25 pm
- Forum: Seattle - Portland
- Topic: june 22-24...Seattle slalom anyone?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9753
- Fri May 23, 2003 1:48 pm
- Forum: Random Slalom Topics
- Topic: Going To The Bank For A Good Racing Board
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4561
at last year's Athens GA race, I brought out my old "flea market" Hobie Hotdogger. acs 430, original(slow) power paws with KOYO bearings, 24" fiberglas deck with no grip tape. VLAD got on it and flew around and beat me in a slalom duel. (me on "modern" stuff) then again he is fast and I am slow. but...
- Wed May 21, 2003 2:15 pm
- Forum: Down South
- Topic: Southern Culture On The Skids
- Replies: 345
- Views: 435581
if'n you read your histree books, you'll see the truth... The Manatee was a gentle creature that grazed in the sawgrass fields and orange groves, walking around, munching...these were the creatures that ruled the south. then came the Spanish explorers who took the feet from the Manatees, they used t...
- Fri May 16, 2003 2:29 pm
- Forum: Helmet, Pads, Wrist guards & Sliding gloves
- Topic: Aerodynamic helmet [head fairing]
- Replies: 7
- Views: 27699
During my triathalon/biathalon days, these type helmets were banned. in a local triathalon race (Stone Mountain, GA), a top racer wrecked on his bike, fell backwards and the point on the back of the helmet caused his head/neck to twist and put him paralyzed from the neck down. top racer to chair rid...
- Wed May 14, 2003 2:24 pm
- Forum: Down South
- Topic: Athens GA Sunday Slalom Sessions CANCELLED due to lack of in
- Replies: 8
- Views: 9316
- Tue May 13, 2003 8:39 pm
- Forum: Down South
- Topic: Athens GA Sunday Slalom Sessions CANCELLED due to lack of in
- Replies: 8
- Views: 9316
- Tue May 13, 2003 6:47 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Speed [off topic]
- Replies: 36
- Views: 40470
my '73 Charger with a big block 400(with Edlebrock/Holley goodies) is for real...it goes really fast, brings home big trophies from the dragstrip and gets about 3,000 miles outta' the rear tires... and yes, a 1,500lb Honda civic with nitrous will give it a run... power to weight ratio is what it's a...
- Tue May 13, 2003 6:00 pm
- Forum: North America
- Topic: 2003 Georgia Grass Roots Racing
- Replies: 57
- Views: 61201
- Tue May 13, 2003 3:18 pm
- Forum: Down South
- Topic: Athens GA Sunday Slalom Sessions CANCELLED due to lack of in
- Replies: 8
- Views: 9316