A local rider has thrown together this great edit showcasing some of Michigan’s finest longboard talent (with clips of people who’ve travelled here to skate as well). If you like it, please vote for it in the Motion Boardshop contest. Enjoy! If you don’t see anything, toggle HD on/off
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Mid West Steez from Custom PROductions on Vimeo.
Original post on Bustinboards Blog
By Mike | August 6, 2010
MEET: 6:00PM, Wednesday September 1st
START: 7:00PM
Wednesday, Setember 1st is the 1st Annual ROCK TO RAPIDS distance skate, hosted by Go Green Longboarding and Bustin Boards. The 13 mile distance push will start in the church parking lot at the northeast corner of The East Beltline and Rogue River Drive. The skate will be along the beltline to Michigan St and onward east. Click the link below for a detailed summary of the route. The trek will have A FEW CHECKPOINTS to spice up the ride. Watch the Bustin Blog for more details.
The first S.E. Michigan Board Meeting was a great success. Riders enjoyed a cruise through Grosse Pointe, Michigan, and then gathered for a slide jam. One of the attendees was nice enough to put together this great edit, thanks Blake!
Southeast Michigan Board Meeting 2010 pt.1 from Custom PROductions on Vimeo.
Southeast Michigan Board Meeting 2010 pt.2 from Custom PROductions on Vimeo.
The starting line, Picture by Marla Tolley
This year’s four mile push race saw 47 very competitive contestants. Skateboarders from all over Michigan made the journey, along with travelers from West Virginia, Indiana, New york, and Vermont. The weather was cold, and the majority of the race was spent kicking directly into the wind. A good time was had by all, and tons of prizes were given out thanks to the generous sponsors. The push race was followed by a slide jam, and a slalom event followed the next morning.
All the events went down without a hitch thanks to the great spirit of the longboarding community and the help of several volunteers. The trek to the slide hill turned into a hard and soft wheel jam this year, raising the local standard for freeriding and slide styles.
Having a timed slalom event is something new to Lansing, MI. There were roughly a dozen racers, and stoke levels were at a maximum. The Yerke brothers, makers of Bees Knees Boards (www.beeskneesboards.com) prevailed, followed closely by their Go Green Longboarding teammates.
Official Madness in the Mitten II results:
Push Race Top 11
1st (tie). Jason Yerke and Bill Ris! Go Green/BKS (both)
3rd. Jeff Vyain
4th. Mike Dallas Go Green/Bustin
5th. Dan Holley
6th. Peter Weinrauch Go Green/Surf Rodz
7th. Chad Brewer Go Green/BKS
8th. Derek Yerke Go Green/BKS
9th. Cyp Overbored Bustin/overbored.org
10th. Alex Kwiecinski Go Green/BKS
11th. Peter Croce Go Green/BKS
Hybrid Slalom
1st. Derek Yerke (14.77)
2nd. Jason Yerke (14.84)
3rd. Peter Croce (15.22)
4th. Alex Kwiecinski (15.41)
5th. Tom Risk (16.50)
6th. Dave Tolley (17.07)
7th. Andrew Burgess (18.17)
8th. Nic Huffman (19.07)
9th. Chris Preville (19.89)
10th. Jarod Davidson (20.59)
11th. Lance Pollo (25.25)
12th. Lola Oakley (26.08)
Tight Slalom
1st. Jason Yerke (11.26)
2nd. Derek Yerke (11.45)
3rd. Peter Croce (11.61)
4th. Tom Risk (12.42)
5th. Alex Kwiecinski (12.48)
6th. David “1998″ Tolley (13.50)
7th. Chris Preville (15.90)
8th. Nic Huffman (17.13)
Thanks to Peter Croce for the below helmet cam footage
Madness In The Mitten II from Peter Croce on Vimeo.
Links to tons of photos, taken mostly by Nick Miller. The split links are on Facebook, or you can view the entire gallery on this site under the photos tab.
Thanks to all the sponsors:
Comet Skateboards
Khiro Skateboard Products
Abec 11
GFH Boards
MSU Longboarding Club
Bees Knees Skathletics
Surf Rodz
Bustin’ Boards
Modern Skate and Surf
Seismic
Daddies Board Shop
Sk8Kings
If that’s not enough for you to get your fix, head on over to the forum and post away! See you next year!
Go Green Longboarding and the Michigan State Longboarding Club are pleased to present Madness in the Mitten II. Last year’s event featured 31 push racers and about 10 casual ride alongs from across Michigan and Illinois. The event was a blast, so we’re going to do it all over again, and this time we’re adding slalom.
Where: Lansing, MI
When: April 17th and 18th, 2010
What: MADNESS IN THE MITTEN II
$10 for push race, $5 for others – cash awarded to top.
Other prizes will be awarded/raffled thorughout the event.
The fastest Hybrid slalomer who has never attended an ISSA event will win a deck!
Itinerary: – (subject to change)
Saturday April 17th
10:00 Meet at Ranney/Registration
11:00 Push Race begins
12:30 Meet at Ranney, Prizes awarded
1:00 Lunch
1:30 Caravan to Slide Hill
2:00 – 5:00 Outlaw Slide Jam real laid back not a contest or anything.
6:00 Barbecue at Jays, maybe a few cones for fun
8:00 – 11′ ish Garage Skate/Garage Bomb Cicuit #2
Since we are all gathered up, if there is enough interest the garage skate will become a mini-series of races for those who want to. (similar to Garage Bomb Circuit #1).
Kick back at Jay’s house, everyone welcome to stay. limited room, so bring tents just in case.
Sunday April 18th
11:00 Hybrid Slalom,$5, location TBD. Jam Style 3 or 4 runs.
1:00 Tight Slalom,$5,location TBD. Likely single lane, maybe dual.
We are currently seeking permission for the hills. We have plenty of streets in a few different towns that we routinely set up timers and stuff on with no problems, so there will definitely be cones and times put down somewhere. Worst case scenario, we will travel 20 minutes to a country road in Mason. I will post hill updates as they come. The event is not sanctioned, and the main focus is for everyone to have a good time. We expect some good local competition to be there and we hope it can serve as a season warm-up for Midwest slalomers, and maybe convert a few skaters from saturday into slalomers. The fastest Hybrid slalomer who has never attended an ISSA event will win a deck.
Sign-up – I have written ncdsa.com and hope to host the registration there. Entry fees will not be due until the day of the event, but please sign-up so we know approximately how many people to plan for, and so travelers can see how many fellow riders are expected. I will post updates as the sign up sheet becomes available.
Event on Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=350548379191
Sponsors:
Go Green Longboarding
MSU Longboarding Club
Khiro
Bees Knees Skathletics
GFH
SurfRodz
Bustin’
Modern Skate and Surf
Last Year’s Video – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B1mURaO70E
Questions? E-mail gogreenlongboarding@yahoo.com, or post in this forum thread:
http://www.gogreenlongboarding.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=52
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