DC Winter Outlaw Series

David Morris · Post by **David Morris** » Sat Feb 14, 2004 4:50 am

hey , I was just reaidng and all I can say is Forget about valentines day! Its way over rated plus you cant take your girl out to eat or anything on valentines becuase every other knucklehead is doing the same thing.

Go skateboarding instead!

David Morris · Post by **David Morris** » Sat Feb 14, 2004 4:44 am

hey guys,

Aaron and I will be getting up before the sun comes up and we will be heading your way. Looks like it will be a fun day racing tomorrow.

See you guys there.

David "davmo" Morris

(grinning because i can eat one of those huge fat boy chipoltle burritos!)

Noah Heinle · Post by **Noah Heinle** » Sat Feb 14, 2004 12:51 am

I thought the same thing until I realized: MOST of these guys will spend Valentine’s Day with Rosey Palm. The others have no problem with a 4-5 hour absence in mid-day. For me, these races are 6am-9pm with my travel time.

My wife is cool enough not to buy into the Valentines BS. But when she coordinates a swanky birthday dinner with several friends on the 7th and then postpones it one week because Noah has a race on that day, she just laughs and says “tough sht” when the weather pushes the race back to the 14th. Go figure.

Have fun guys. My money’s on WesE.

Rene Hayden · Post by **Rene Hayden** » Fri Feb 13, 2004 11:39 pm

I'm gonna try and make it out Sat., but...

.... Valentine's Day for slalom?

I'll try and tell my wife "what about *my* needs?"

Don't know if it's going to fly, though.

Rene.

Gary Saenz - old · Post by **Gary Saenz - old** » Fri Feb 13, 2004 3:32 pm

Jack -- Texas is either delayed a while or off all together so we'll have some chances at a photo for the BDS website. Looking forward to seeing your handywork!

Jack Quarantillo · Post by **Jack Quarantillo** » Fri Feb 13, 2004 7:08 am

Gary!!!!

I'm psyched you're coming (thought you might be in TX by now...)

You'll prolly kick my @$$ in head to head Bulldog slalom, but we gotta do a photo op (preferrably somewhere near the start

and put it up on the BDS site...)

Q

NOVA boyz.... Dadz kant sk8 without padz... & helmets...

bring xtras if you want dad 2 sk8. (I'll bring some too...)

Anthony Flis · Post by **Anthony Flis** » Fri Feb 13, 2004 4:56 am

Danny we should get your dad to skate because i know hes cool enough and i think thatd be awsome if he started riding with us and drove us places and all to ride...plus itd be fun racing against him...well ill see everyone there saturday i cant wait because ive been counting down this week for the race and im ready...oh and ill bring a broom too. I had an idea for an invention simalair to a plow for longboards but itd be a broom to sweep away sand and salt and dust off the road and you could adjust the height of it so you can control the amount of resistance or take it up all the way so you can ride but itd be a lot of work to make.

Gary Saenz - old · Post by **Gary Saenz - old** » Fri Feb 13, 2004 4:33 am

I'll be there from Lynchburg. I'm trying to talk a friend into coming along. And I know how to use a broom.

Wesley Tucker · Post by **Wesley Tucker** » Fri Feb 13, 2004 4:01 am

Sunny
Breezy
Temps in the high '40s, low '50s
Relatively dry roads

I can think of NO GOOD REASON for certain members of the NRA to be absent?
Well, other than the fact that certain members are drunk off their ass at Mardi Gras. Other than that, no good reason.

See y'all Saturday.

Jack Quarantillo · Post by **Jack Quarantillo** » Fri Feb 13, 2004 3:36 am

Does Dad skate? If not, make sure he brings a camera!!!

(Or I'll put him to work with mine...)

Q

Danny Crawford · Post by **Danny Crawford** » Fri Feb 13, 2004 3:28 am

That sounds like a good idea. But I think my dad would be fine driving.

Anthony Smallwood · Post by **Anthony Smallwood** » Fri Feb 13, 2004 2:57 am

Hey Danny, if you guys metro in to DC, I can give you a ride from that point.

Jack Quarantillo · Post by **Jack Quarantillo** » Fri Feb 13, 2004 12:17 am

The broom is already in my "Woody" van.

And Michael has NO Basketball game this week!!!

I just wish I could have actually skated more than 10 minutes in the last month

See ya there!!!

Q

Anthony Flis · Post by **Anthony Flis** » Fri Feb 13, 2004 12:10 am

danny ill talk to my mom and see if she can drive us and ill talk to jimmy about it tonight or tomorrow and see if he can go, should i call jay? gareth? get back to me on im or something

Vlad Popov · Post by **Vlad Popov** » Fri Feb 13, 2004 12:07 am

30 minutes.
I haffta vork.

Danny Crawford · Post by **Danny Crawford** » Fri Feb 13, 2004 12:00 am

How far would you say the P&R from NOVA? I need to see if my dad will drive me.

Brian Parsons · Post by **Brian Parsons** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 11:46 pm

OK, Its time to make a decision on this weeks outlaw race. Weather is looking good and everything should be dry.

The race on Saturday will be at the P&R in Gaithersburg. Expect a dual course that is beginner friendly.

Longboard practice will start at 10am and dual racing will start around noon. If anyone needs directions just drop me an email or give me a call 703-901-5167.

I will have a couple of brooms, but if everyone could bring one we can take care of any surface problems in quick order.

See everyone on Saturday.

Jack Quarantillo · Post by **Jack Quarantillo** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 3:10 am

I hear ya Slappy, the P&R is a bit of a funnel.

I told GBJ about a potential spot in Germantown, east of the intersection of 118 and 355, going north from 118. It is a wide, straight, closed road (we're talking Jersey wall across the bottom), but it is lighted?!?! The problem is, there's no good runout, it would be footbrake city, and I'm too much of a newb to know if the pitch is right. Also, I haven't checked to see what the quality of the asphalt is.

...but I'm looking...

Q

Slappy Maxwell · Post by **Slappy Maxwell** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 1:24 am

The topography of Park & Ride makes it really impossible to predict which way the wind will be blowing at the spot. It's funky.
You've got the bridges at the bottom pushing the wind one way.
You've got the gazillion lane highway at the top pushing it another way.
The hills with the car dealership alter it another way,etc...

More often than not it blows uphill. I can think of maybe one or two times that we've had a tailwind there.

Anybody found anymore spots?

Anthony Flis · Post by **Anthony Flis** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 12:27 am

itd be ok if you want to slalom moving cones! that sounds a lot funner than it is....

Jack Quarantillo · Post by **Jack Quarantillo** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 11:28 pm

Do we care any about wind direction? As Ohm said, a stiff North wind would suck, but wouldn't anything other than a headwind be ok?

Q

Wes Eastridge · Post by **Wes Eastridge** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 11:02 pm

P&R
Tonight: Increasing clouds, with a low near 26. Calm wind.
Thursday: A chance of rain and snow(!) between 8am and 3pm. Chance for precipitation is 30%. Mostly cloudy, with a high around 39. Calm wind. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.
Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 26. West wind between 3 and 9 mph.
Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 44.
Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 27.
Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high around 49.

Fountainhead
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low near 28. Light north wind.
Thursday: A chance of rain and snow(!) between 8am and 3pm. Chance for precipitation is 30%. Mostly cloudy, with a high around 39. Calm wind. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.
Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 26. Calm wind becoming west between 5 and 8 mph.
Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high around 45.
Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 28.
Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high around 50.

Skater's Almanac suggests: Wait until Thursday night. If the forecast calls for wind over 10 mph for Saturday = Race at Fountainhead.

Mike Ohm · Post by **Mike Ohm** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 10:11 pm

P&R is preferable but the wind can be mighty brutal if it is blowing from the north. Kinda slows ya down. Brian is keeping an eye on the weather. Where is Meteorologist Wes Virginia when you need him?

Watch out for the Red Eye Express!

Slappy Maxwell · Post by **Slappy Maxwell** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 10:12 am

Fountainhead is rideable.

Jack Quarantillo · Post by **Jack Quarantillo** » Tue Feb 10, 2004 5:46 pm

I did the P&R driveby today. It will require a bit of sweeping, as there's some cinders/gravel here and there. In addition, there's a little melting going on near the very bottom, but I think with a few pushbrooms it could be raceable.

One of you NOVA peeps wanna check out Fountainhead?

Weather Channel sez 48° for Saturday!!!
WNW winds @ 16...

Q

Jack Quarantillo · Post by **Jack Quarantillo** » Sat Feb 07, 2004 7:10 am

Sadly,
No Vans for Q & q

Q

Seth Levy · Post by **Seth Levy** » Sat Feb 07, 2004 6:20 am

first and second sessions

Danny Crawford · Post by **Danny Crawford** » Sat Feb 07, 2004 6:06 am

I'm going to Vans tomorrow. First session.

Tony, call me tomorrow whenever you get a chance tomorrow morning. My dad said he could drive. Are we bringing Jimmy and Jay?

David Riordon · Post by **David Riordon** » Sat Feb 07, 2004 2:19 am

I'll be hitting Whitetail on Sunday morning. Not sure if John Dillon is in town.

Vlad Popov · Post by **Vlad Popov** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 8:34 pm

Sunday mornings are ok at Whitetail. I'll be there 9-1 this Sunday.

Brian Parsons · Post by **Brian Parsons** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 7:57 pm

No way anything is going to be dry by tomorrow. So not Outlaw racing tomorrow.

We will postpone the race until Saturday February 14th.

How crowded is Vans on Saturdays these days. I do not ride there very much on weekends. Last time it was a zoo.

Anyone snowboarding this weekend?

Seth Levy · Post by **Seth Levy** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 1:27 pm

yup, going EARLY saturday to vans. gotta be home by 3 or so for work. so lets go skate vans! doesnt look like the outlaw race is going to happen anyways...

Danny Crawford · Post by **Danny Crawford** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 12:30 am

Vans keeps looking better...

Anthony Flis · Post by **Anthony Flis** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 12:13 am

do you think that the roads will dry in time to have a race? if not i say vans cuz im gonna have to skate cuz my hopes of skating this weekend are way too high so im gonna skate somehow or another...

Seth Levy · Post by **Seth Levy** » Thu Feb 05, 2004 5:30 am

eh, im going to vans!

Jack Quarantillo · Post by **Jack Quarantillo** » Thu Feb 05, 2004 4:00 am

Here's what the weather channel sez for Saturday:

High:
40°F

AM Clouds / PM Sun

Wind:
From the Northwest at 13 mph

Precip: 20 %

Max. Humidity: 66 %

UV Index: 2 Minimal

hmmm...

Q

Anthony Flis · Post by **Anthony Flis** » Thu Feb 05, 2004 3:53 am

well the weather is not lookin too good for thursday into friday....
its gonna start snowing thurs. night into the morning then change over to rain/freezing rain then just rain for most of the day and all this is accourding to the weather channel website but since the last forecast i checked by them to see if id have school proved wrong even tho we got the day off the forecast was wrong we just got off cuz the fairfax county guy took a lot of heat for making us go that one day...anywho just thought id share that bit of info

Jeff Boswell · Post by **Jeff Boswell** » Wed Feb 04, 2004 6:14 pm

Do we need to start a amateur meteorology thread? I'll be right every time. Y'all have a good time on Saturday, it don't look like I can make it.

Possum the other white meat!

Slappy Maxwell · Post by **Slappy Maxwell** » Wed Feb 04, 2004 5:15 am

Wesley Tucker wrote:BUT when I say don't trust the Washington Post, Slappy says I'm a right wing extremist.

If the cap fits...

Actually you'd think we all would have learned not to trust a weather forecast from any source. 'Forecast' kinda gives it away. They are never called weather 'future facts'.

The Washington Times is as reputable as any newspaper could be that is owned by guy named Rev. Moon that holds big ass, mass weddings and has followers called 'Moonies'. (I wouldn't suggest drinking the Kool Aid at their wedding receptions.)

Anthony Flis · Post by **Anthony Flis** » Wed Feb 04, 2004 5:01 am

thats very profound...

Vlad Popov · Post by **Vlad Popov** » Wed Feb 04, 2004 12:43 am

Back in my time there were 2 major newspapers. IZVESTIYA, "The News" and PRAVDA, "The Truth". A common joke of the 1960-1980s was "Don't look for the truth in "The News" and for the news in "The Truth" ".

A la Post and Times

Wesley Tucker · Post by **Wesley Tucker** » Wed Feb 04, 2004 12:08 am

BUT when I say don't trust the Washington Post, Slappy says I'm a right wing extremist.

Slappy Maxwell · Post by **Slappy Maxwell** » Tue Feb 03, 2004 9:18 pm

Wesley Tucker wrote: I don't see anything CLOSE to 50 degrees during the whole week. The one good thing is it looks like rain on Friday.

Today's printed Washington Post has Wednesday as 50. They changed it on the website early this morning to 45.

Ricky Byrd · Post by **Ricky Byrd** » Tue Feb 03, 2004 4:17 pm

John,
Squeeze them in. Please!
I would love to have you guys come out for this one.
I'll firm up the room deal today. My budget is very realistic even with the rooms. I don't forsee this being an issue with RB.

We are still looking at doing an outlaw race on Friday afternoon around 5:00 at the now famous Road Kill Hill. Look under "Mississippi Hills" at www.lunaslalomjam.com for directions to Road Kill. I'm only pursuing rooms for racers on Saturday night. If you come in for the outlaw the Friday night room will have to be on you.

John, Can you do some announcing if you make the scene?

I'm stoked!

John Dillon · Post by **John Dillon** » Tue Feb 03, 2004 3:58 pm

Yo DC Crew! U can fly to Jackson,Miss, for 208.20RT on SW Airlines, all taxes inclusive...fly out of BWI(baltimore) or probably even Norfolk...I didn't check that city....it just popped up today!! Ohm? Did u get tix yet?? I may go too! Hey Ricky...if Red Bull pays for some rooms and there's more racers...we can squeeze them in the rms, that is, if they don't mind my sawing wood(snoring)...though I've never heard me snore. We 're all racers...we'll make it work.

John Dillon · Post by **John Dillon** » Tue Feb 03, 2004 3:17 pm

Yo Vlad! I'll b at Whitetail doing a snobo clinic wed eve, 7-10pm e-mail me when u go up....I haven't seen u all season...lbk & I have been hitting the slopes as much as poss....did u all know how lbk trains for slalom when he cannot ride his slalom board due to weather conditions? He snowboards...and I can't keep up to him whilst he is listening to THE GO GO'S on his ipod and blasting down the mountain, GS-style! This past wknd the snow was excellent...Anybody up for late-nite,$15 lift tix at Roundtop this sat eve?9pm-midnight! If the rain washes all the salt/snow away then I wil c y'all the sat's slalom race.

Wesley Tucker · Post by **Wesley Tucker** » Tue Feb 03, 2004 12:01 pm

Sorry, Slappimus,

Your forecast must be for a different Gaithersburg than the one I'm looking at. Then again, the one I'm looking at is on Earth. No telling what planet Mr. Maxwell calls home?

Tuesday: Snow, sleet or freezing rain early. Precipitation changing to light rain and freezing rain late. High 36F. Winds NE at 15 to 25 mph. Chance of precip 70%. Snow and ice accumulations less than one inch.
Tuesday night: Partly cloudy. Low 26F. Winds WNW at 5 to 10 mph.
Wednesday: Partly cloudy. High 41F. Winds NW at 10 to 15 mph.
Wednesday (24 hours): Mix of sun and clouds. Highs in the low 40s and lows in the low 20s.
Thursday (24 hours): A few snow showers. Highs in the upper 20s and lows in the mid 20s.
Friday (24 hours): Showers possible. Highs in the low 40s and lows in the upper 20s.

I don't see anything CLOSE to 50 degrees during the whole week. The one good thing is it looks like rain on Friday.

Is one day of rain enough to wash away the salt and sand? Or is that just enough to make it eddy into really big drifts in the middle of the parking lot? I'm completely inexperienced when it comes to this ice / salt / snow / sand stuff.

Oh, there's no written forecast yet, but the little pictogram shows Saturday as cold and clear with a high of 42.

Jack Quarantillo · Post by **Jack Quarantillo** » Tue Feb 03, 2004 6:44 am

Slappy,
Although your forecast seems optomistic, I'm all for optimism...

The best I can get is 47 for a high this week, but will continue to keep my eye on the P&R...

Bertleboy's B-Ball game is at 9:00 am this week, so we could potentially make it to F-head before all the fun ends (unlike last time)...

And then there's the short drive to Vans...

Keep us posted, and I will continue to do the same. P&R is still looking like a salted ham.

Q

am I the king of ellipsis abuse?...

Slappy Maxwell · Post by **Slappy Maxwell** » Tue Feb 03, 2004 5:22 am

Looks like a warmer forecast for the rest of the week with 50's on Wed.

Ran by Fountainhead today, what little snow is left should be melted by the end of the week.

Danny Crawford · Post by **Danny Crawford** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 4:30 am

A vans session sounds fun. I can't believe how much they're charging for sessions now though...

I also need to learn how to drop in...

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