Entries from October 2009 ↓
October 31st, 2009 — ALL POSTS
so I was always wondering where they came up with calling them things trucks.
I was just reading some fancy technical data about trains…and I found out that Locomotives have used the term “trucks” for a long time. The trucks are the assembly under the train that hold the wheels on…they also provide the support, suspension and turning ability of the train.
so did someone compare a skateboard to a train car…or did the term originate elsewhere?
hmmmmm…sounds like a mystery for those meddling kids.
p
October 31st, 2009 — ALL POSTS
click HERE for link to Cataloochee with daily updated conditions, “live” SnowCam, etc. If you go up there on a regular basis, season pass prices are still good.
the Southeast Snow season generally runs from Thanksgiving-march. Lately, with the snowboard population increasing, the resorts are trying to open earlier, and close later in the season…since the snowboarders ride whatever snow there is. I’ll get up there when there’s coverage to 3/4 way…
Cataloochee Ski Area is the closest Ski Area to N.E. Georgia…in Maggie Valley, NC…3hrs from Athens. Other NC resorts are 4hrs+ driving from Athens…I’d rather stop sooner and slide more!
oh yeah…don’t forget to check your bindings and see if they need fixing, make sure your pet ferret didn’t sleep in your boots and shred the insole…and if you need stuff like boots/bindings, places tend to have “last years models” on closeout right about now. Get your board a fresh coat of wax, shiny edges and ready to shred. No reason NOT to have it ride fast as a brand new sled…every time!
p’s outt
October 30th, 2009 — ALL POSTS
Standard time returns this weekend, so don’t forget to set your clock back an hour before turning in Saturday night. Clocks shift back to standard time at 2 a.m. Sunday, local time, giving most people an extra hour of sleep Saturday night — except in Arizona, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, which do not observe daylight saving time.
October 26th, 2009 — ALL POSTS
are NOT proper footwear for riding at SPOA!
Sunday nooner was a gosh daRn mini-golf session out there. get your timing right, and there were good rides to be had. gotta watch the ones with Possum Timing. them little buggers will run right out directly in your path while death staring at’chya. worse than an unskilled bmxer without brakes…<G>
Q:what kind of board is that?
A:a SKATE board(rolling away…)
it was annoying and the weather was perfect…ya’misstitt.
p
October 25th, 2009 — ALL POSTS
October 22nd, 2009 — ALL POSTS
click HERE for Zion’s schedule.
werd is ramps are being re-done…maybe they’ll add “flow”.
i miss masonite miniramp mayhem.
October 15th, 2009 — ALL POSTS
10/16-17- Columbus, GA Bowl Contest. Longboard benefit for the Riverwalk. bands and car shows and more!
CLICK HERE for the GeorgiaSkater Columbus Skatepark foto gallery…the contest will be in the Big Hole only.
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10/18- Brook Run Bowl Contest. sposta’be a BIG turnout. more Monster Hole Carnage. money talks or something…
CLICK HERE for the GeorgiaSkater Brook Run foto gallery.
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here’s the Bowlriders event website
October 13th, 2009 — ALL POSTS
October 11th, 2009 — ALL POSTS
click for Roberto’s Blog
our friend continues his journey around the world! he is currently in Brasil, looking for Bob…
perhaps he will return to SPOA, and skate with us again soon.
Roberto at DirtyBowl 2005
October 9th, 2009 — ALL POSTS
October 8th, 2009 — ALL POSTS
applying anti-gravity coating to the transitions.
October 7th, 2009 — ALL POSTS
another rain date makeup…
October 6th, 2009 — ALL POSTS
the county is doing a rain date for their skate classes. skatepark closed to the public 4-6.
YEAH…I KNOW…kinda’ late notice.
but I just found out at 4:00…when I showed up to skate!!!
me and a few friends had made special plans with our work/home/family lives…In order to get together and have a little skate session. After all, since ACC has shut down our sunday morning fun, we gotta get together sometime…RIGHT?
wrong.
man, I’ve ONLY been spending like ALL DAY looking froward to skating with my friends…and from the looks of all the after school skaters rollin’up at 4, I was not alone.
skatepark closed to public 4-6. the Moose out front shoulda’ told’ya.
and so I thought…”well, if it’s a beginner skater class…they certainly won’t be skating the deep end…and the deep end is seperate from the little bowl, so it’d be a safe bet…”
I mean, they could erect a barricade across the deep end opening, put some orange cones on the waterfall, safety tape…whatever. COME ON!!! let skaters skate the skatepark. USE IT BABY, that’s what it’s there for!!!
about then I heard “THE MAN” telling seth, “nope…not even the deep end. the skatepark’s closed to the public.”
the moose out front shoulda’ told’ya.
October 1st, 2009 — ALL POSTS
this dude hung around the villas, during our Puerto Rico stay. he was most excellent.
Now back to your regularly scheduled
PATIO’s RAMBLING AIMLESS BLOG
(and AthensGA related SK8 news)