Yeah, awesome. Except it rains half the year. Not in July though.
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Yep, but a good part of it is closed to traffic 7 days a week, as always.
@Tamatoa Portland has a rich skate history. Burnside Bridge~~
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Just ride in the rain like a proper Oregonian
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Fuck you Dadā¦
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Working on it. I am waiting for one of @jeffwuneo boards so I can seal it up.
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Any mountains nearby?
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Itās in the middle of the Cascadian mountain range. 5-6 within eyeshot.
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Noice. French Alps was beautiful and I miss it
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I went there like 17 years ago to skate and I was disappointed
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Care to elaborate?
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Burnside or Tabor?
If you hate Tabor then you just hate nature and may Sagan have mercy on your soul.
Burnside on the other hand is an important place in skate history. It started in 1990 as a skate community effort as an illegally built park, and then Portland decided to recognize it as an actual park and gave it funding so it could keep growing and be maintained. Itās bigger/better maintained than itās ever been. Not to mention as culturally important as the Encinitas Y Skate Park or Carlsbad imo.
Would love to hear more on your experience. And we all have preferences; Barrett Junction is hallowed ground for DH and I cannot stand that course.
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Yes burnside. At the time it was completely run down and not maintained. I donāt remember to much but I remember the distinct smell of urine as it was very pungent. You say they have done alot of upkeep on it recently?
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Yep. It happened for a while, a while back. Bum gangs took over and nobody wanted to skate there especially at night. I worked about 100ft away from it for about 3 years 9 months ago and itās nice. Fresh paint, cleaned up trash cans, piss clouds to a minimum, ectā¦ Bum gangs try and come through but donāt get very far anymore.
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Iām so there right nowā¦
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Looks like I just may get to meet you fuckahz after all!! I was planning to fly to Seattle next July to visit family n such and was originally gonna plan the trip around Redmond derby days for the esk8 race but this sounds way more fun! My wife and I will stay with her mom for the weekend downtown and Iāll be free for whatevas 
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Quick Question for everyone.
We are likely driving up from LA.
Who here is interested in board delivery up the coast?
Weāll do it for cheaper than shipping and special care of your babies
Just gauging interest, not saying this will happen just yet.
@pookybear @Bobby @KfromtheBay @Saturn_Corp
Anyone who lives along the west coast between LA and Portland really. The more boards the better , we have some pretty big vehicles to do this.
Please revote, had to change
- 1 Board
- 2 Board
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- Red board
- Green Boart
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You should almost make a thread to gauge interest for this.
@Saturn_Corp @Kellag
Might be interested too
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Pick me up too not just my boards.
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