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| jacbli76 |
 Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 6:57 pm |
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mkelty wrote: Buddha43 wrote: I have a wicked broom!
Jacob's skateboard?
i don't get it?
i don't think ive ever done a sweeper  |
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| Buddha43 |
| Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 9:10 pm |
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Well the old Gateway ditch is gone, i stopped by on the way home....about 500 yards of fun dangerous concrete went bye bye for new homes   |
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| jt11good |
| Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 10:57 pm |
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amazingly i never hit the sunol/niles ditches. don't know why not either...
anyone ever hit that tunnel on mission by the lake before the rails went in to stop skaters riding the walls? that was a great spot. legend has it that natas blasted huge airs out it back in 87/88.
oh yeah, big o tires behind bank of america across from the hub has a curb that has always popular for a quick session. |
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| eddies |
| Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 11:12 pm |
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jt11good wrote: anyone ever hit that tunnel on mission by the lake before the rails went in to stop skaters riding the walls? that was a great spot. legend has it that natas blasted huge airs out it back in 87/88.
I was in the Air Force when that was put in so i never got to skate it before the rails went in, but my sisters boyfriend at the time did and broke his arm in there, I never heard the Natas story, pretty cool if it's true |
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| jt11good |
| Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 11:18 pm |
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| i'm in the air force now. 13 years. 13 freakin years... |
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| eddies |
| Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 11:40 pm |
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jt11good wrote: i'm in the air force now. 13 years. 13 freakin years...
nice, 7 to go, hang in there....if I had stayed in I would've had 20 last year, but I only did 4 |
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| eddies |
| Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 8:56 pm |
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eddies wrote: jt11good wrote: the newark ditch is still there? thought that would be filled when all the construction went up...
i think the Newark ditch might still be there since it was part of the drainage system that ran along the freeway, there is a lot of new stuff around there but i should check it out, all that construction might have created closer parking opportunities eliminating that long walk across the field.
update: yesterday I found out that the Newark ditch is in fact still there and back in action. apparently it's clean and local skaters have been adding to it with a concrete roll-in, etc. also parking is much easier and closer now with all the new businesses that are there. I'm hoping to check it out soon. |
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| mkelty |
| Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 1:08 am |
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You'll have to give me the 411 on that, I work at the Hayward/Union City Border, so Newark is a stone's throw...  |
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| eddies |
| Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 9:24 am |
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mkelty wrote: You'll have to give me the 411 on that, I work at the Hayward/Union City Border, so Newark is a stone's throw...
this is from memory and Google maps (since a lot has been built since the last time I skated there 15 years ago)
-from 880s
-take 84w then take the Newark Blvd. exit
-turn left on Newark Blvd.
-turn right on Jarvis Ave.
-pass Raley's shopping center on right
-turn right into the business park after the railroad track (I think you can turn right on Fircrest St.)
-turn right on Overtake Pl. and drive to the end.
-walk towards 84 and you'll see the drainage ditch running parallel to the freeway
-enjoy
-note: if you don't want to take the freeway, Hesperian Blvd. turns into Union City Blvd. which turns into Ardenwood Blvd. which turns into Newark Blvd. |
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