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A cherished shoe

Many miles on these shoes; it’s still too early to replace ’em. o/-<|:

August 16, 2016

Skate Route

In case you needed another reason to love Portland… o/-<|:

April 16, 2016

I have had trouble longboarding faster than 30 mph, last year’s braggy post notwithstanding. I had hoped that a new board with some awesome wheels would get me over the hump … but it was not to be. Then I noticed something new on Longboard SpeedMeter — a mark indicating where a run’s maximum speed…

April 3, 2016

Good weather means Mt. Tabor longboarding

Portland’s weather yesterday was incredible — it hit 73! But that’s not where the story starts. Last Friday, I get a Slack message from coworker Caleb: Hey, we should go longboarding next week sometime. It?s supposed to be pretty warm the last half of the week. What days were best to ride longboards at Mt…

March 31, 2016

Longboarding 101 by Robin McGuirk

Last summer, Jamison and I took Longboarding 101 from Robin McGuirk. What a blast! Prior to the class, I’d tried going downhill on my longboard only a couple of times. I definitely needed a class. :-) By the end of the summer, Jamison and I were bombing Mt. Tabor. Thanks, Robin! Robin just released a…

March 25, 2016

Spittin’ wheels

This morning, I was inspired to take a push during lunch. Almost to Starbucks, the sky started spitting. The rain wasn’t supposed to start until after 4, so I figured it wouldn’t get worse. Faulty logic I know, but I stopped anyway. One of my favorite baristas who used to work at my favorite Starbucks…

March 23, 2016

o/-<|:

While looking for a longboarding emoji, I found this: a longboarding “emoticon.” o/-<|: Nice! :-) Update. I modified this graphic so that up was on the left like my normal emoticons so I wouldn’t again hear, “Wait, is it a guy in an office chair lifting his longboard up to his eyes?” Haha! Ooh, colorized!…

March 23, 2016