Seattle/ washington locals

[Scarface]

SeaSkate, a Skate park just East of the Space needle in Down town seattle..I know it says no bikes on the sign, but do people ever ride there?

thanks.

[brock]

until they get kicked out

[Scarface]

Originally posted by brock
until they get kicked out

how long is that approximately and do they have ppl from the city there kicking people out or what happens..?

[angrychico]

on a good day u can stay there for a few hours

[Late Bloomer]

That whole area around Sea. Center is ripe, but the %@&%$ security is soooooooooo tight.
When I win lotto, y'all can come to my freeride park, grill and opium den:thepimp:

If you work fast enough, you can log a little quality time in I would suppose:???:

[seand]

there is a smallish, but fun park in woodinville that allows bikes. its on 522 not to far from 405 (heading east of course).

ive seen cops kick bikers outta the park you are talking about...ive even seen one guy lose his bike when arguing with a cop...

so tread with caution!

[seand]

Originally posted by Late Bloomer
That whole area around Sea. Center is ripe, but the %@&%$ security is soooooooooo tight.
When I win lotto, y'all can come to my freeride park, grill and opium den:thepimp:

If you work fast enough, you can log a little quality time in I would suppose:???:

UW campus is also quite nice.

so is gas works.

[Late Bloomer]

Originally posted by seand
UW campus is also quite nice.

so is gas works. For sure on the UW!!! Isn't Gasworks like toxic/polluted? :eek:
Have you seen the new bldg. @ Sea.Center JUST south of the fountain? Some interesting lines along the stairwells on both sides...

[hardtail slave]

Burlington and Anacortes, 1 to 1.5 hrs north of seattle, both have pretty cool bike friendly skate parks. Not huge, but lots of fun lines.

[seand]

gas works is safe :lol:

its more of a trials place then an urban assault place. but if you are about techie riding...there you go!

i havent been to seattle center in a long long time (since last years bumbershoot :)

i used to ride UW nightly. then the landlord sold the house i was living in (.4 miles from campus) and i had to move further away :(

[NickS]

the uw is awsome. If you know where to go theres lots of cool stair gaps and other things.

[Late Bloomer]

Originally posted by NickS
\and other things. Like drops to flat;)

Anybody know if there's any truth to the rumor about a 20ft drop @ St. Edward's Park?
:???:

[Schaefdog]

If you need the skinny on some bike friendly places I will PM you some places that I ride a lot. Sea Skate is more mountain bike friendly. I've had a big group (probly 10) bicycle police at the gates watching us ride our mountain bikes in sea skate. They dont seem to take too kindly to me now that I ride BMX. There are a lot of good places to ride.....The places that are listed here don't really have anything big.

I used to live in burlington and there isnt anything bigger than 5 feet, same with anacortes.

If you get kicked out of sea skate it will be by the skaters or the parking lot security.

Anyway, if you are planning on a ride down here, lemme know. I can show you around and get you to the good spots. I like to keep some of them secret, but I know of a good good pool, and a good bank to rail......

Shoot me a PM if you wanna ride

[seand]

Originally posted by Late Bloomer
Like drops to flat;)

Anybody know if there's any truth to the rumor about a 20ft drop @ St. Edward's Park?
:???:


uw has some fun ledge->stair style lines...but yes, mostly to flat...but thats urban for you.

and ive heard rumors of such a thing...but im to lazy to bother looking :)

[Late Bloomer]

Originally posted by seand
and ive heard rumors of such a thing...but im to lazy to bother looking :) Sounds like somebody I know...er, I mean am.:P Guess I haven't heard about much else there really, so that is what keeps my crew from going there.
Man, I haven't been out to the UW in well over a year now. I may have to do something about that.

[Somebody]

heh, i went to a party at gasworks one night, but it got broken up pretty quick.

hmmm if i remember correctly if u go fast enough off this one ladder drop im sure it could be 20ft, i dunno though. Its near the baseball fields.

[NickS]

i dont even know about the st edwards park your talking about. I mainly ride the trails out here.:???:

[The_Real_Yeti]

nick lets ride UW on friday afternoon and night:thepimp:

[Late Bloomer]

Originally posted by Somebody
if i remember correctly if u go fast enough off this one ladder drop im sure it could be 20ft, i dunno though. Its near the baseball fields. That's what this other person I ran into mentioned. Kind of near the QFC or something. Thanks.

Nick, St. Edwards Park is up in Kirkland area. From what I've heard, there's nothing major there aside from the drop. Most of us are too lazy to go look:P
I'd be doing mass riding out there (90 corridor) if I were you - that lil' nook out there is top-shelf.

[seand]

im going to uw some night this week...

i havent been on a bike in months and well, im itching to ride.


st eds is down the street from the old 76 jumps...well not old..more recently passed :(

its an XC haven..but there are bridges back in the hill area (biggest is about 8 feet)....

[feelmybrainwaves]

Sounds like we need to get some Seatown rides going this spring. I will come down from B-Ham and hit up some street. All around the U district there are tons of places to hit.

[seand]

maybe ill have to get a bmx this year and actually learn how to ride and not just drop to flat when at UW :lol:


im all for some urban sessioning..

vancouver friday night rides...UW STYLE

[WBC]

hahaha...so many places haven't been mentioned.

Woodinville and Redmond both have modest but fun parks, around seattle theres tons of street spots that aren't just drops to flat. I can think of 3 large wallrides, quite a few prime grind rails, stall rails, big ledges that have banks into em...as well as some stair gaps. I never ride down there anymore but Chafer and probably myself would be glad to show you around. We have some pretty badass dirtjumps hidden around here...theres more skateparks then those, too...but not ones I ride.

Downtown seattle also has some real fun bunnygaps you may be into, as well as lots of tech street. Not too much in the way of banks though...albeit there are a couple prime spots.

most of what we have to offer is in the dirt.

[Somebody]

Originally posted by Late Bloomer
That's what this other person I ran into mentioned. Kind of near the QFC or something. Thanks.


kinda. if ur in the qfc parking lot and u cross the street at the light, take a right and go down the street a lil ways and on ur left u'll see this lil trail path and u wanna follow that down and if u come to a Y in the path stay left. U go all the way down into the valley and once ur down there u come up to this steep hill and if u go up the path u should exit out onto some baseball fields and then ur going to wanna go left along the treeline looking for the ladder. those are the best directions i can give. if u know where the teeter toter and stuff is, its in that area.

[seand]

pat i mentioned woodinvilles park..so NEAH!!!


most of what i have to offer is in the dirt


PRICELESS!!

[Late Bloomer]

Originally posted by WBC
most of what we have to offer is in the dirt. Amen, that!

:announce:
By the way, Alki Bike & Board have been doing a little trail-work along the W. Marginal hillside south of W.Sea. Freeway. Haven't been up there yet, but still alot to be done. All the same, he's got a petition that y'all should sign to help preserve a strecth of greenbelt out there that developers are trying to take over. It would essentially break up a very long strip of greenbelt if it's to go thru.

www.alkibikeandboard.com

Thanks!
Andy

[Somebody]

they've been saying that for a couple years now and i went up there last year and it was basically a path for walkers and joggers

[Late Bloomer]

It's still infantile for sure.
They managed to put a couple little things from what I've heard. All the same, any of that greenbelt we save NOW could possibly go a long way down the road, eh?

[Late Bloomer]

Sign posted on outside of skatepark...


...use the force.

Well, at least make sure you clean the bike before attempting...;)

p.s. - Just below the blades/board posting is one regarding tagging/STICKERING, but what's on the top-right corner of that sign? I smell a loophole

[Schaefdog]

Yeah, seattle has some pretty tech little spots. There are a ton of good parks, and good places to ride if you know where to go. I would be happy to show people around for sure. There really is a lot of riding down here.

[BULLITBOY]

That drop at St Ed's is at the end of the trail that starts with the crappy ladders built by where Somebody said. Just follow the trail from the end of the ladder bridges past the swampy area, past the teatter totters and when you get to the T that dictates left back up to the road(nice little drop being constructed there) or right towards the baseball fields. The ladder is maybe 2-3 feet off the ground but the landing is so steep you could possibly clear 20. I did it once when it was getting dark. Probably cleared 10-15 feet. Some old dude came running up to me I before I went yelling at me to wait. I thought I was in trouble or something but it turns out he just wanted to watch me do it! Scoped it last weekend but was by myself and didn't want to risk being left out in the cold if I bit it. Still looks nice. I'll try to get some video next time out there. Lots of blow down at St Ed's right now. Some blocking the gulley with the jump at top.