Florida

flogginmonty · Florida

I have seen a few guys in here from Florida.

How about we put some type of ride together so we can meet up?

I am new to LDP but, i am super stoked on it. I live in the Orlando area; we have some great trails around here. I live 5 miles from a trail that is about 30 miles long. Also, we could do some type of "Pub crawl/pump" with a trail system down town.

Answer me back if interested!

stocago

Getting together sounds good. Because of my work schedule Sundays are the only days I can count on being off, and lately it seems we're already in that Summer weather pattern so it would probably need to be early since it's raining pretty much every afternoon. I'd like to do Orlando sometime but it would take some planning ahead.

We're in the Tampa Bay area--Pinellas County, about 2 hours from Orlando. How about meeting us over here sometime? Ian, Paul and I have found some pretty nice stretches along the Pinellas Trail (30+ miles) and the beaches.

flogginmonty

Yes, we will get together soon. I got no problem driving down and meeting you guys. Keep checking this post and we will set it up. I am full up for about the next 4 weekends. But, after that we will hook something up.

All you other guys in Florida give us a shout.

Ian the Groove Worshipper

flogginmonty,

I skate with Greg (Stocago) and Paul (AngeloPB) here in the Clearwater/St. Pete area. We'd love to skate with you anytime you are in the area. Between us have a nice selection of decks that you are more than welcome to try out. We have found some pretty awesome places to pump, too.

I've got you in mind for next time I'm in Orlando. LDP is blowing up!

angelo_pb · Go Skate Day in Tampa Bay 21 June @ 10:00 am

The KonaTown Longboard (and Tobacco Pipe Shop) is organizing an 11-mile ride accross St. Pete to the beach at Treasure Island. (I know, but to non LDPers, that is considered a long ride.) See link below for more details.

I spoke to a St. Pete Times reporter about the event so, hopefully, he will cover it and maybe do a feature. Most coverage on skate day is how police have to brace themselves and negative stuff relating to street skater kids. So the longboard angle woudl be a refreshing departure.

I will wear my Paved Wave shirt. But it's so hot here as of late. I was thinking of cutting the sleeves off for that vintage Scott Bao/Tony Danza look. (I have an extra). I am also bringing a hydration pack.

The idea is to turn people on to LDP. We are all ambassadors of the sport. So for one day, let's not be withdrawn or conceited and proactively spread the stoke! A group of hippie and hipster longboarders is a good place to start. But some press would be better. So I am hoping Ian and Stacago will come represent, yo. Floggin, if you can come:
I-275 South. Exit at 22nd Ave. N. Go left(west). Left at the light on 16th Street. KonaTown is in 2900 block on your right.

http://www.goskateboardingday.org/events/6727/

angelo_pb · pic from sk8 day

This was from go skateboard day in St. Peteresburg and was sponsored by a local longboard shop. It was only an 11 mile ride to the beach but we would stop and take breaks to hydrate, skate ditches/infrastructure, shoot videos and photos. But it seemed longer in that it was agaisnt the wind and in steambath weather. We drank beers at the beach and a Party Bus limo van picked us up. It looks like a mobile strip bar on the inside. We educated the other longboarders about LDP as well as a reporter for the St . Pete Times. So more to come on that, hopefully.
Here is a pic of current and future LDPers in Tampa Bay area.

frogy130 · Great time at the go skateboard day in St. Peteresburg

Hey was great skating with Paul, Greg, Ian and all the rest of you guys.

Thanks for the setup tips and showing me what is possible with LDPing.

At the time I did not know I was skating with famous cyber-mile pumpers. That makes me feel beter that I was having a hard time keeping up even with my kahuna big stick.

I have changed my set up with 75mm pink big zigs new bushings and more dewedging in the rear and some more spacers to prevent whellbite.

Went for a 7 mile pumping session last night and am going faster then I can with my begstick. I just have to work on my endurance to keep up the fast pumping.

Eddie

stocago

Welcome to the forum, Eddie!

Sounds like you're getting your setup dialed in nicely. If you're digging your board your conditioning will improve, because if you're like me, you'll want to skate daily. I enjoy it much more than long distance running, and as a result, my running times have suffered. But my cyber miles have gotten a lot better. Smile

Ian, Paul and I usually get together for an LDP session once or twice a week. Feel free to join us if you're in the area sometime. Just shoot any of us a PM.

shift_S60r

What trails have you guys found? I'm interested in hearing about this 30mi trail in orlando. I'm still a noob to LDP, but it would be nice to practice with some nice scenery rather than my street.

frogy130 · FL Ultrask8?

Thinking of putting on a shorter Ultrask8 on Saturday October 31st 2009 maybe a 4-12 hour event. to be held at the newly paved Rothenbach park in Sarasota, really nice place esp during the heat of the day. it has 2.7 mile loop and a 1 mile loop both mostly under canopy.

I will try to get them to sweep the path right before the event. figure we can get as many loops as we can/want. Greg, Ian, Paul, or anyone else interested?

If no one is up for this long a ride maybe we can do less laps?

Eddie

stocago

Hello Eddie, unfortunately, I have to work that Saturday. I'd be up for it on Sunday, but I can understand if you don't want to delay the event. I'd probably be up for a 4-hour skate or 40 miles, whichever comes first.

frogy130 · Sunday

Greg, no Sunday is fine for me, 40 miles or 4 hours sounds good as well.

Anyone who wants to do more or less that is fine as well Sunday is the day after Holloween so what time should we start I was thinking around 10-11AM but earlier/later is fine with me whats everyones thoughts?

I will be cross posting this on silverfish as soon as I firm up the details.

Eddie

stocago

I'm flexible on the start time, you make the call. It's nice and cool now, but who knows what it'll be like then, probably hotter, maybe a lot hotter. Ideally, we should be skating during the coolest part of the day, but I realize that most of us are not morning people, so I can understand being accommodating with a late start. "Mostly under canopy" will definitely help if it's a hot day. Hopefully, it won't be too humid.

frogy130 · Details

OK it is official I am putting on a longboard get together Sunday November 1st 2009 10 AM at the newly paved Rothenbach park in Sarasota, really nice place esp during the heat of the day. it has 2.7 mile loop and a 1 mile loop both mostly under canopy.

I will try to get them to sweep the path right before the event. Figure we can get as many loops as we can/want. followed by a cookout.

Good push/long distance pumping trail through the woods, with one small downhill section. If you wanted to learn how to LDPump should have a few LDP experts on hand to help with set-ups and maybe try out some other boards and will have a Kahuna Big stick to test as well..

Reply or send me a PM if interested.

frogy130 · Sarasota FL Longboard meetup

So far we have 8 confirmed and 2 may shows.

See you all Sunday at Rothenbach Park
8650 Bee Ridge Road, Sarasota

Eddie

angelo_pb

It was a fun event and nice to ride new trails. Hope we can do it again. It seems like we will be getting more LDP converts in SW Florida.

There are several not pictured but this was taken after most had left.
The dancer board is a great pumper, BTW. It's heavy, but there is something to be said for momentum - the board does not seem to slow down. I am running paris 180s with the khiro 7* wedges, making it 57* up front and 43* in rear. The wider trucks on such a long board seem to funtion as narrower trucks on a shorter board. There has to be some golden ratio out there for pumping in terms of WB to truck width. But pumping that log makes me seriously question the 28*-31* WB maxim. The pumps just are wider and slower and a different wave length. My hypothesis is a longer WB allows for wider trucks since they function as narrow trucks on a shorter WB.

pavedwave

frogy130

Paul,

Thanks for coming out and The looooong board (dancer) was neat.

We had 9 longboarders in total if not all at one time.

Was still a little seasonally hot but that trail has a lot of tree cover.

Greg and Paul,

Thanks for letting Eric and I ride your boards all day, we both had a great time.

I am about to order some new trucks for my board Bennett Vector 5.0 for the front and Seismic 130 for the rear, the replacement springs are they sold as pairs of do I need to order 2 to get a set?

Eric second day on a longboard and he put in 16-17 miles, I was very impressed I think he is hooked now and will be getting a longboard soon.

We need to meetup again before it gets to hot again.

Eddie

stocago

Eddie, thanks for putting on the get together. It was fun.

As for the springs, you will get two in a tube (which comes in handy for dirty bearings). On the Slippery Skates deck that I rode most of the day, I was using navy blue/extra heavy springs on light tension. On the Pulse that I set up for the day, I had green/medium springs on a medium setting. Lately, I have been prefering heavy springs, but it's probably good to start with a more moderate spring like red or green.

Here a link with more info:
http://www.seismicskate.com/tech_truck_selection.html

Florida

Go Skate Day in Tampa Bay 21 June @ 10:00 am

pic from sk8 day

Great time at the go skateboard day in St. Peteresburg

FL Ultrask8?

Sunday

Details

Sarasota FL Longboard meetup