tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42140163306465263922024-03-20T00:39:50.054+02:00Skate or diet!"Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail."Longboard girls crew Finlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11564635654212490925noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4214016330646526392.post-33202312204656615362012-07-13T11:35:00.001+03:002012-07-14T14:13:41.430+03:00Longboardettes roadtrip to Lapland part 1<div style="text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="color: magenta;">Roosa-Liida Koskivaara, Lena Salmi, Päivi Tuovinen, Reetta Tiihonen and Kaisa Viitanen</span></b></div>
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Longboardettes roadtrip to Lapland was ready to start. We got an amazing skatevan from Huittisten laatuauto and packed it full of leathersuites and longboard decks, trucks and wheels. Note to ourselves: when you are travelling with girls remember to take the biggest car available. </div>
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First we drove through the night to <b>Rovaniemi</b> where we crossed over arctic circle at six o'clock in the morning. Weird part is that we never knew the time, it was always sunny or bright so we were just going with the flow and the weather. We were crossstepping in front of Santas post office while christmas songs and spirit were joining our session and Santapark just around the corner. It was epic fun! Finally we got our last member to join us in Rovaniemi when Päivi brought her sunny personality to the crew.</div>
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Ounasvaara hill at Rovaniemi was the first stop! Local news crew came to watch us skate and were superstoked of us conquering Lapland with longboards. We think of ourselves as ambassodors of Lapland spreading the longboardlove and Laplands beautiful summer nature and culture to around us. It's the most ideal place to skate in Finland downhill longboarding. Even Rovaniemi which is supposed to be a bigger city was quiet and with only little trafik. Being more exited than ever, craving for bigger hills we continued our trip to <b><span style="font-size: large;">Orresokka at Luosto!</span></b><br />
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Orresokka is a biathlon track 3,5km long and has a smooth asfalt to longboard. It's pretty narrow so it makes it a technical spot too. In the end theres a 180 degrees toeside corner where you don't have to drift! It's amazing ride, go for it! There's places to skate from the beginner to a pro, so great place to skate with a big group too. We went there for couple days just because it was so awesome!<br />
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Next stop was to go to Lenas friend Ásllatt from Lemmenjoki (Leammi). He is a reindeerherder, journalist, documentarist and soon to be longboarder! There's a river where you can do gold washing and a hill for downhill longboarding! From now on it's called <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Á</b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>sllatt spot</b></span>! Too bad it started <span style="background-color: white;">raining but it didn't stop for Roosa and Päivi to skate.</span><br />
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</div>Longboard girls crew Finlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11564635654212490925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4214016330646526392.post-12344590006548240262012-07-12T17:40:00.000+03:002012-07-12T17:56:25.179+03:00Loaded Bhangra, dancefloor on wheels!I dislocated my shoulder about four weeks ago when we were longboarding in Lapland.<br />
After that I couldnt skate for a couple of weeks and I still can't do much sliding because I need to wait that it heals properly.<br />
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I was getting bored because I am not a person who just likes to cruise around the city or watch everybody else skate. That's when I decided to get Bhangra!<br />
So once again it was time to contact <a href="http://www.boardsport.info/" target="_blank">Boardsport</a> because I remembered that I saw one Bhangra in the shop. I had a good luck, it was still there.<br />
I was thinkin that if I can't slide I'm going to dance.<br />
I have never before done much dancing or any kind of tricks, like flips or shuvits.<br />
I have always thought that they are just not fore me.<br />
But when I tried that kind of stuff with Bhangra I fell in love!<br />
I have been skating now almost every day trying to learn new dance steps and yesterday we were skating I did the first stand up slides after the dislocated shoulder and for that the Bhangra worked great.<br />
Only problem that I have been having with it is the fact that it's HUGE! <br />
Really nice for crostepping but really heavy which makes some trics really hard for smaller person. But everything shouldn't always be so easy, I need challenges time to time!<br />
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I work in a shopping mall so when I had a break from gripping skateboards I went to the roof to skate a bit, nice way to spend lunch breaks!<br />
Esa was kind enought to come with me and take a few pictures with my awesome cellphone camera (after buying me a huge ice cream)!<br />
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Jeans are broken from yesterdays longbaording and my right knee got couple of good bruses!<br />
Summer and minishorts, here I come!<br />
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We have a car too, thanks to <a href="http://www.huittistenlaatuauto.fi/" target="_blank">Huittisten laatuauto</a>, trunk full of Rayne longboards and we have an awesome crew to skate with; Roosa-Liida, Päivi, Lena, Reetta and me. It's going to be fun, fast and furious! Cross your fingers so it doesn't rain! </div>
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p.s In Finland with our four beautiful season we can only skate for few months in a year but we can do it 24/7!<br /></div>
</div>Longboard girls crew Finlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11564635654212490925noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4214016330646526392.post-55466299086767893082012-06-03T16:15:00.000+03:002012-06-03T16:15:25.927+03:00The ABC of dating a skater girlBesides <a href="http://www.skateordiet.net/2012/03/forever-brozoned.html" target="_blank">brozoning</a> there are also other issues that skateboading girls face up with.<br />
What if you are dating a guy who doesnt skate?<br />
In this text we will go trough some of the problems we girls face up with.<br />
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I have never been dating a guy who skates.<br />
I think the problems start from the point that you meet a guy who skates and he brozones you.<br />
Soon you stop looking the guys you skate with. You don't even think them as possible boyfriends.<br />
So when ever a new guy starts to hang out with your skate crew, you instantly friendzone them whitout thinking about it.<br />
And if you happen to find a skating guy who doesn't brozone you then you have to face the fact that you are sharing your hobby with him.<br />
Is it going to be annoying that he skates better than you or learn the tricks faster than you?<br />
Or how hard it would be for him if you skate better than him? That crushes every guys soul!<br />
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It's easier to meet a non-skater guys ofcourse.<br />
But I have noticed that every time you tell a guy that you longboard they look at you like "U sure girl?".<br />
You try to tell them that YES I LONGBOARD. They just imagine you in minishorts and high heels carrying your board around the city.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is how I alwas look while skating.</td></tr>
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And when the for example see your facebook page filled with photos and videos of you longbaording they are like: "What? I thought you were joking..."<br />
So now he knows that you actually longbaord. Now there is two ways he can handle this situation.<br />
Some guys are super stoked about the fact you skate and others just dont like it.<br />
The one who don't like it you should just dump instantly. The ones who like that have more hope.<br />
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Then the non-skater guy have to listen to you to go on and on about sliding, downhill, wheels, bushings and how you just bought new bearings. Also they have to put up with your bleeding elbows, broken legs, bruses and infected knees. Nice.<br />
If they can handle all that, great!<br />
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Next step is when you travel to freerides, competitions or just for fun.<br />
Ofcourse you travel with guys. First you go to places like france. Then you skate, maybe have "some" beer and after that sleep in the same tent/bed with them.<br />
Might sound scary for your boyfriend, but luckily the guy you skate with has already brozoned you so no worries!<br />
Skating takes a lot of your time, you travel a lot and hang out mosty with guys. If you find a guy who can handle all that and at the same time watches longboard videos with you, he's a keeper!<br />
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So here's some tips for you non-skater boys:<br />
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1. Do not worry about the skater boys, they have brozoned your girl already.<br />
2. Don't tell her that her injured knees or bleeding elbows are horrible, just bring some band-aid and close your eyes.<br />
3. When she talks about skateboarding to you just say: "That sonds awesome!" even tough you have no idea what she's talking about.<br />
4. And most important thing: Just love her!<br />
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-Roosa-Liida<br />
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<br /></div>Longboard girls crew Finlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11564635654212490925noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4214016330646526392.post-28315427170341029542012-05-31T13:27:00.001+03:002012-05-31T13:27:16.480+03:00Rayne Avenger, my new lover?I have never liked topmount boards (exept topmounts with a drop).<br />
I feel much safer when im riding a drop trough board or dropped top mount.<br />
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1. You are closer to the ground when sliding, so if you fall, you are already closer to the ground<br />
2. It's more comfortable to travel long distances, it's easier to kick when you'r legs are closer to the ground.<br />
3. And when doing downhill (or slides) it's really nice when you can "lock" your feet to the board when it has a drop.<br />
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Rayne Avenger changed my mind.<br />
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/boardsport.fi" target="_blank">Boardsport</a> was kind enough to borrow me one for a week so I could test it.<br />
I did some sliding and was cruising around but didn't have time to get to do any kind of downhill with it (which is a shame).<br />
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Avenger is a race board, but really nice for freeriding and sliding as well!<br />
So you can almost do anything with it!<br />
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First thing that I have to mention is the hole in the back of the board.<br />
It was love at first sight!<br />
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It's so easy to drag the board behind you rather than carry it around.<br />
It's a small detail, but really handy one!<br />
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Avenger has a W concave like Isis so that was nice.<br />
I really like boards that have some kind of shape.<br />
The concave really helps you to lock your feet in position. Also the W concave is nice when you are doing downhill. You never have to worry about where your back foot is, you can feel it!<br />
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The wheelwells are also an interesting feature.<br />
First of all they look really nice and I think that you don't have to worry about wheel bites so much!<br />
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First I was terrified to slide with Avenger.<br />
It's really high and it doesn't have the drops where you can so easily lock your feet during the slides.<br />
Surprisingly I had no problem at all doing coleman slides or stand up slides with it!<br />
Only problem I had was with the one foot slides.<br />
Im used to ride a much lower board so it took some effort to get back on the board after slides. But it's a matter of what you are used to and after a couple unsuccessful tries I got the hang of it!<br />
I really don't do stepping/dancing with my boards but this summer I have been practicing a bit of stepping etc. and the Avenger is better to practice with than Isis for example. The drops that Isis has takes away useful space from the board. But the Avenger with no drops offers you a bit more space to do these kind on things!<br />
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Also kicking around the city feels a bit different when the board is not dropped. Takes more muscle.<br />
But now when the bikini season is starting, it's a good thing to train your muscles a bit ;)<br />
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Overall I fell in love with the board. The shape, concave, the dragging hole, and the graphics! I have already returned the board, but now I can happily say that I will be riding with it next week!<br />
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-Roosa-Liida<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQIQSHeH46M&feature=g-upl" target="_blank">(Video material of the test day one)</a><br />
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Summer of LongboardLOVE has started in Madrid! </div>
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Moyano is pure gold for sliding and dancing with your longboard. It's concrete and super slippery, easy place to start to do anything fun with your board. Better watch out for it in the rain though...<br />
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There's not a better way to start your day than eat real spanish churros and warm chocolate. Cruise around roads in Madrid and stop by a glass of cold sangria. </div>
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Kaisa spent her nights in Hostel One in Malasana. Thats a street full of bars and cafes and places to get delicious tapas. Roosa catch her couch from <a href="http://couchsurfing.org/">couchsurfing.org</a> . There's also a facebook group to get/offer couches for longboard trips, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/171946809547620/">LONGBOARD COUCH SURFING.<img border="0" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyXcJdKlF0Gm9LF0tVGlF9J0499W8rtu1xAyZppRVCYBOqnIy7_SRbNOPGjfmM4ehzZTFDb963GzNWeGaLKQRY4UkiolzK-79jJ6TPdKmIPfX7il41gADneo1ApzGsI90dOXZtEd9phYg/s640/blogger-image--518122831.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
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In the 100K party we got many new friends and got finally to meet up in person with our LGC friends. We will have lots of couches to crash next time. New friends from Barcelona girls crew and hell yeah we are going to Mallorca to meet up with downhillchica Kati. Fabulous girl from Madrid Sonso Masia are joining our Euro trip this summer on our way from Teolo World Cup race to KNK Longboard camp in Slovenia. That's going to be rad, since there are so many girls racing this year, also Jacky Madenfrost! Do I have to mention those spanish guys, sweeeeeeet <3! Actually best part of the trip were the afterparties that happened after this. We met our handsome neighbour from Sweden, Michael Aho and are planning a skatetrip to stockholm! Gbemi from London, what a positive package. He will make you laugh for sure!</div>
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Team Nordic: Roosa, Kaisa and Michael rocked it in tarpsurfing! </div>
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Team Finland won silver in downhill contest. Congrats to our sweet ROOSA-LIIDA!!!!</div>
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Slide jam was a success as well to even experience such a great longboard spirit. Next summer I hope we will have twice as many girls in our slide jam, yeah!</div>
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SKATE OR DIET!</div>Longboard girls crew Finlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11564635654212490925noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4214016330646526392.post-49497706181243861982012-05-14T11:43:00.000+03:002012-05-14T11:43:32.645+03:00Please fix me!All of the longboarders have some kind of problems with their knees, shoulders, elbows or some part of their body for time to time.<div>
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Last friday I had a little accident with beer and longboarding.</div>
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So when I woke up saturday morning I couldn't walk or bend my knee in any way.</div>
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I hit it pretty hard to the asphalt.</div>
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Couple of summers ago I got the knee infected pretty bad so after that it has given me all kind of problems. So if I hit it somewhere even a little it swells up and it's really painful.</div>
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This time it happened for a really bad time.</div>
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Weather has been awesome, one finnish tv program is coming to film our longboarding in tuesday and thursday we were supposed to go to påminne to practice some pre drifts.</div>
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So as you can see from the picture it was pretty big this time too.</div>
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Obviously I couldn't skate but I went there to watch everybody else have fun and also asked Ville, our physiotherapist to come and fix me!</div>
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He has been skating us for some time now and we are so lucky to have him in our crew! He has fixed my shoulder once and avery time somebody hurts themselves he is always there with some kinesio tape!</div>
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It takes down the swelling.<br />
And I'm really glad that it does, now I can do some sliding for the tv show on tuesday.<br />
The biggest problem was that the knee gets so big that it's impossible to bend it.<br />
He taped it yesterday and today when I woke up, I can actually WALK!<br />
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So this is the reason why you have to skate with doctors, physiotherapists or nurses!<br />
You don't always even need kinesio tape,<br />
Last summer Ville made new side ligament for Janne<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> </span></span>with duct tape and after that he could continue skating even tough he could barely walk before!<br />
So once again the day is saved!<br />
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</div>Longboard girls crew Finlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11564635654212490925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4214016330646526392.post-14564247443413139252012-05-08T12:24:00.001+03:002012-05-08T12:32:49.995+03:00Exiting news coming up!<b>LONGBOARDETTES</b> and <b>Plum- handmade longboards</b> are getting involved with Skateistan- charityproject! Details are coming in soon! Here is just a peak for whats coming in:<br />
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Me and Kaisa travelled to Madrid to take part in 100k party organised by Longboard girls crew and also do some skating with them!<br />
Few competitions, lots of sliding and churros.<br />
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Roosas trip started really early from Helsinki-Vantaa airport. She was superstoked to get beer in the plane 7.00 am! And she got lucky while waiting for the connection flight, Lufthansa offered 250€ for waiting couple of hours for the next flight because they had overbooked the first one. Amazing as it sounds she got more money for two hours than she payed for her whole trip. They also gave 15€ lunch coupon to buy food from the airport. <br />
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The next evening was the time to party hard! The 100k party was held in this big club, which was reserved just for longboarders/longboardettes.<br />
It was crazy! Before hitting the party me and Kaisa were eating some tapas and going around the city<br />
When we got to the party, there was already a huge line outside the club, i was glad thet we had our names "on the list" so we didn't have to wait outside!<br />
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We had our photo taken, a few times. I loved the board we were posing with, really funky shape!<br />
Also we both had bought party hats earlier in the evening, I think half of the people at the club had my hat on in some part of the evening!<br />
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Rest of the evening/night just flew by! We met so much new people and were able to talk with people Roosa had met last year when she was skating in Madrid.<br />
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More about sliding, downhill and other skate related stuff is coming in the next part.<br />
We just have so much things I want to write about thet I can't fit them in one text.<br />
(Roosa is also editing a video from our trip, we hope she can finish it next week!)<br />
All of the great people we have met, partied and skated with will always stay in our memories and we hope from our hearts that we all will meet again somewhere in europe!<br />
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Never seen this many longboarders in the same place in Finland! Lots of beginners and first timers, yeah! I'm superstoked and inspired to be part of this crew. Seeing you all smiling, longboarding and sliding makes me happy and gives me energy to organise more of these seshs. You all rock! </div>
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/Kaisa :)</div>Longboard girls crew Finlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11564635654212490925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4214016330646526392.post-78311065669474597612012-04-23T17:41:00.000+03:002012-04-23T17:58:52.258+03:002 days 'till Madrid!Many of you already know that Longboard girls crew is throwing a 100k party in Madrid 26.4.<br />
As soon as I heard about this, I booked my flights.<br />
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I was in Madrid last year for a bit over a week.<br />
It was awesome! Good places to slide, and a couple good hills to practise my tuck.<br />
Also cheap Sangria is a BIG plus.<br />
Last time I was there I found a place to sleep trough Couchsurfing.<br />
I stayed with Mike and his two girl roomates, they are now my favorite russians!<br />
When I decided to go to the party I just contacted Mike trough facebook and luckyly I can sleep on their couch again.<br />
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This time the trip is going to be a bit different.<br />
People in madrid are throwing couple of competitions like Slide jam, Night race and Plactic slalom.<br />
I have already registrated to the Slide jam and the Night race.<br />
Im not that into slalom (and really not good at it) <br />
but maybe I just go and watch other people skate!<br />
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I really hope that these couple of days go by quickly.<br />
I have had a rough and really depressing couple of weeks and I really just need a change on scenery.<br />
I got a new backpack last week, I will pack all my troubles and bad feelings in there, carry them in Madrid and leave them there.<br />
But right now I feel happier than I have felt in a long, long time!<br />
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I still think that everything happens for a reason, I got invited to attend tests for getting to study next fall. One of them is held while im in Madrid, but I think that in that case, it's not the right place for me to go. <br />
Also Im travelling with Kaisa, so the trip can't go wrong! <br />
I'm looking fovard meeting the whole girls crew!<br />
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I still have tomorrow to practice my slides for the Slide jam after the the test Im taking in school.<br />
Need to get my stand ups right and maybe also practise one foot slides.<br />
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Before I finish I want to thak Jenni for borrowing her GoPro camera for our trip, I promise we'll take good care of it!<br />
I also want to thank Jani for sponsoring me with yet another Lonkenstein promo t-shirt, now i dont have to brake my own shirts at the slide jams! It has my favorite print; DRUNKEN WHALE!<br />
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Jacky and Oceane, miss you girls!</td></tr>
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Ootko fiiliksissä lonkkaroinnista? Ehkä oot nähnyt upeen longboardvideon, kuvan tai näit upeen tyypin kaupungilla kruisailemassa tai ehkä kokeilit ystäväsi lautaa ja rakastuit siihen heti!?<br />
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<b>Nyt on aika ostaa ensimmäinen LONGBOARD!</b><br />
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Tässä on muutama asia mitä tulisi miettiä ennen laudan hankkimista. Älä kuitenkaan valitse sitä värin tai grafiikoiden vuoksi niin kuin minä tein, se on useimmiten tuhlattua rahaa ja säästyt virheostoksilta. Näillä vinkeillä pääset ensimmäisen longboardin valinnassa alkuun. Hyvä laadukas lauta on aina parempi kuin markettien halpakopiot, sen tulee huomaamaan melko nopeasti skeitatessa.<br />
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Ensimmäisenä mieti mihin haluat lautaasi käyttää ja mitä haluat sillä tehdä. Haluatko vain <b>kruisailla </b>ja käyttää sitä kulkuvälineenä pyörän tapaan. Silloin flexaavampi eli joustavampi lauta on parempi siihen tarkoitukseen ja sitä on kevyempi kantaakin esimerkiksi metrossa. Erityisesti <b>kaupunkikruisailuun</b> voi olla näppärämpi hankkia lyhyempi ja kevyempi lauta. Jotkut haluavat siihen jopa hieman tailia, mutta itse en sitä tarvitse, en juurikaan osaa hyödyntää ja en halua. Longboard on isompi ja painavampi kuin pikkuneppis(tavallinen skeittilauta), joten tailin käyttö on erilaista. Olen kokeillut lähiaikoina Plumin Suomessa tehtyä custom lonkkaria, joka antoi mukavat kyydit Kallion kaduilla. Aloittelijalle on helpompi aloittaa leveämmällä dekillä, mikä olisi myös stabiilimpi ja helpompi kun opettelee potkuttelemista. <b>Pitkän matkan rullailussa </b>on hyvä olla dropattu dekki, jossa trukit tulee dekin läpi. Se lisää potkuttelumukavuutta kun lauta on lähempänä maata ja tasapaino on helpompi säilyttää (mikä on hyvä myös aloittelijan laudassa). Potkutteluun sopii myös hieman flexaava dekki antamaan mukavuutta rouheilla Suomen teillä. Käytin viime kesänä Lushin Generatoria, mikä oli hyvä kaikkeen muuhun kuin kovimpiin vauhteihin. Nyt olen hyvin innostunut Fibretecin laudoista, kunhan pääsen niitä kunnolla vielä testailemaan. Ne ovat Sveitsiläinen pieni merkki, dekit on tehty hiilikuidusta ja ovat tästä syystä hyvin kevyitä, mutta samalla vahvoja. Sitten on vielä olemassa <b>tanssilautoja</b>, joilla on hauska steppailla, tehdä temppuja. Sen tulisi olla kevyt, riittävästi flexaava, olla nosea ja tailia sekä tarpeeksi pinta-alaa tehdä temppuja dekillä.<br />
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Jos tiedät että olet <b>vauhtihullu</b>, tykkäät ylittää rajojasi, tulet luultavasti hurahtamaan nopeimpiin mäkiin. Silloin tarvitset alamäkidekin joka on jäykkä (usein myös painavampi) sekä grippaavat renkaat. Näissä laudoissakin on mieletön määrä valita laadukas oma lauta. On dropthrough dekkejä joissa trukit tulee laudan läpi ja top mountteja joissa trukit ovat dekin alla. Dropthrough on parempi ainakin mulle alamäkiin koska se on vakaampi vauhdissa, vaikkakin saattaa olla haastavampi slaidailuun ja steppailuun. Topmountin etuina on hyvä ja helpompi kääntyvyys mutkissa, mutta vauhdissa epävakaampi ja alttiimpi speedwhobbleille. Itse olen valinnut Raynen Isiksen, joka on topmount, mutta dekkiä on dropattu ja se toimii mahtavasti mutkissa ja vauhdissa. Vastaavanlainen on Rayne babykiller, hyvä tytöille ja lyhyemmille pojille.<br />
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<b>Renkaat </b>on tärkeä osa ensimmäisessä laudassa ja suosittelen miettimään niitäkin hetkisen aikaa. Käytin koko viime kesän Cult Deathrayta. Ne oli mun ainoat renkaat, joista pidin ja käytin niitä slaidatessa, kruisaillessa ja downhillissä. Kaikkeen muuhun loistavat, paitsi jos haluat aloitella slaidailun säästyt ainakin näin monelta mansikalta(asfaltti-ihottumaa) kun valitset hieman kovemmat renkaat. Roosa suosittelee Seismicin Landslideja, isot ja sopivat kruisailuun, mutta slaidaa myös hyvin (Roosa oppi standup slaidit näillä renkailla). Itse olen käyttänyt nyt slaidailussa Cultin Classiceja, jotka sopii siihen tarkoitukseen hyvin, mutta toimivat myös kruisailussa ja pienissä vauhdeissa. Monet vannovat Classicien nimeen. Toiset allrounderit ovat metro motionin renkaat, jotka ova melko vastaavat kuin Classicit. Itse en ole niitä testannut, mutta näitäkin monet suosittelee. On hyvä valita aluksi renkaat jotka sopii moneen, niin säästyy uusien ostolta, jos yllättäen tahtookin slaidailla. Silloin suosittelen freeriderenkaita eli edellä mainittuja. Jos tiedät ettet aio slaidailla vaan haluat vain kruisia ympäriinsä niin valitse silloin pehmeämmät ja isommat renkaat. Pehmeys takaa smootimman menon suomen asfalteilla ja isommilla pääsee tietysti vähemmällä potkuttelulla. Alamäissä ja vauhdissa tarvitaan renkaissa enemmän pitoa. Itse tykkään edelleen Cultin Death raysta, mutta Cultin gamma rayt ovat myöskin suositut tähän menoon. Hyvä koko ensimmäisille renkaille on 70mm, jolloin ne sopivat lähes kaikkii dekkeihin ilman wheelbiteä (=renkaat osuu dekkiin ja upsista ollaan mansikoilla). </div>
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Hyvät <b>trukit </b>ensimmäiseen lautaan ovat esimerkiksi Parisin trukit, ne sopii freerideen, potkutteluun ja alamäkiin. Ovat laadukkaat ja lupaavat hyvän kyydin. Selvästi paremmin kääntyvämmät kuin esimerkiksi Sabret, jotka päihittävät vakaudessaan vauhdissa. Trukkituntemus ei ole mun vahvin puoli, mutta laadukkaat trukit hakkaa edullisten markettilautojen omista merkeistä nopeasti. Hyviä trukkeja saa myös käytettyinä, kannattaa kysellä alan harrastajilta.</div>
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Helppo tapa valita <b>laakerit </b>on valita laakerit, joissa on spacer kiinnetettynä. Esimerkiksi Biltinien ostolla säästyt prikkojen ja spacerien asenteluilta, ne saa silloin unohtaa. Laakereitakin on monia ja alkuun varmasti kaikki toimii, vaikka rullaluistimista otetut. Tällöin kannattaa lisätä prikat laakereiden ja mutterien/laudan väliin sekä niiden väliin renkaan sisälle spacer.<br />
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<b>Grippejä </b>on monenlaisia eri karheusasteita. Rouheampi grippi kuluttaa kenkiä ja voi jopa tehdä haavoja niin valitse omaan käyttöösi sopiva. Kruisailuun riittää kevyempikin grippi, slaidailuun ja alamäkiin karheampi. Gripin laiton oppii harjoittelemalla. Itse olen huomannut, että muut osaa laittaa gripin paremmin niin annan sen duunin mielelläni muille, jotta siitä tulee siisti ja pitävä. Eli viet liikkeeseen tai kaverille ja ne vaihtaa sen sulle.<br />
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Longboardeja voi tilata <strong>netistä, </strong>nettikauppoja löytyy nykyään joka maasta. Yksi tapa on myös käydä asiantuntevassa <b>liikkeessä </b>kuten <a href="http://www.boardsport.fi/" target="_blank">Boardsport </a>Helsingissä, <a href="http://www.offshore.fi/" target="_blank">Offshore</a> Tampereella tai <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SimpleSkates" target="_blank">Simple skate</a> Mäntsälässä. Nämä nuoret miehet auttavat valitsemaan hyvän completen ammattitaidolla. Ja omasta kokemuksestani voin sanoa että ovat auttamassa myös laudan hankkimisen jälkeenkin laudan säätämisessä ja osien vaihdoissa. Boardsportista laadukkaan completen hinnat lähtevät 200€:sta.<br />
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<b>Suomessakin </b>tehdään longboardeja, joten hyvä tapa on myös hankkia sellainen suoraan valmistajalta. Silloin saat juuri sellaisen kuin sinä haluat ja voit vaikuttaa esimerkiksi pohjan grafiikkoihin, flexaavuuteen, malliin jne. Helsingissä niitä valmistaa esimerkiksi <a href="https://www.facebook.com/plumlongboards" target="_blank">Plum</a>. Jegi tekee customoituja lautoja ja erityisesti tytöt, kevyet ihmiset ja painavat pojat hyötyvät kun saavat omalle painolle ja koon huomioon ottaen sopivan laudan. Completen hinta lähtee 299€ ylöspäin Abec11 renkailla ja Biltinin laakereilla. Suomen Liedossa tehdään <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/248320375206122/" target="_blank">Reindeer longboards</a> dekkejä. Lahdessa valmistetaan <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lonkenstein-Longboards/103704353042048" target="_blank">Lonkenstein</a>eja ja <a href="http://www.republicboards.com/index.php?lang=fi" target="_blank">Republic longboards</a>in paja on Helsingissä. Kannattaa olla rohkeasti yhteydessä valmistajiin ja kysellä lisätietoja.<br />
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Nämä ovat minun mielipiteitäni tai hyväksi kuultuja vinkkejä ja ohjeita, toivottavasti niistä on apua sinun ensimmäisen longboardin ostoon. Toivottavasti nähdään kohta sessareilla!<br />
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There are few things you should think about before you buy your first board. Don't choose it because of the colour or graphics like I did, it's wasted money.<br />
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First of all it is good to figure out what you want to do with it. Do you want to just <b>cruise </b>around and use it as a transport from places to another. Then more flexible deck is better and lighter to carry around. Especially if you want to cruise around in the city center it is more nicer and better to cruise around with a shorter and a lighter board. I have tried Plums custom boards which gives you a really sweet ride. They are handmade in Finland. Some people might even like a little bit of tail in decks but I don't need it because I'm not good using it at all and generally thinking they are not that handy with longboards. For beginner it might be easier to use wider deck so it's more easier to keep balance while learning to push. In long distance <b>pushing </b>I prefer drop through deck with a little bit of flexi, so its closer to the ground, lighter, more steady and easier to push. I have used Lush longboards Generator last summer, which was good for everything exept high speeds. Now I'm really interested in Fibretec boards, its a small Swiss company and all boards are made of carbon fiber so they are really light but strong. Then there are <b>dancing </b>boards which are much fun to do dancing tricks like cross-stepping. It is good to pick light, flexible, wider and longer deck for cross-stepping and dancing tricks.<br />
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If you know that you are a speed maniac, wish to go as fast as you can and push your limits with a downhill deck you need a downhill deck. They are stiff, heavier, steadier bords and needs more gripping wheels. There are huge variety in downhill boards too. There are drop through decks (where trucks come through the deck) and top mount decks (trucks are under the deck) where drop through means stedier ride but its maybe harder to drift in the corners, top mount is easier in the corners and with slides but maybe in high speed you might get more speed whobbles. On my opinion Rayne longboards are mercedes of downhill boards, I have Rayne Isis, which is quite like Rayne babykillswitch. It's better to girls and smaller men.<br />
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There are huge variety of longboards and it is good to buy quality board first time than to spend money on rubbish. Good board you can always sell in case you are not that into it. Best way to find out what board feels good is to try many of them. You can try different boards in longboard shops, longboard makers or join a local session. One good way is to ask from a internet forum <a href="http://www.nordicriders.com/foorumi/index.php" target="_blank">(www.nordicriders.com)</a>, or from facebook, to try out different boards and people will help you for sure. Especially in Helsinki, Turku, Tampere and Kuopio has a bigger longboard scene in Finland. And I think Jyväskylä and Rovaniemi longboarding are getting bigger all the time.<br />
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<b>Wheels </b>are important for the first board and I recommend you give a thought to them too. I used last summer only Cult Deathrays. They were my only wheels and I used them in sliding, cruising and downhill. If you want to learn sliding, it's a bit harder with softer wheels (needs more speed) but I learned to do everything with them. I think I would have saved myself from a lots of burned skin if I had used harder wheels in the beginning. So there are few other wheels that we have experienced good to start with. Seismic landslides which Roosa made her first stand ups are good for sliding and also big and soft enough to pleasent cruising. Also Cult Classics and Metro motions are very popular wheels for the same reasons. They slide very well but there is also enough gripping to go faster. If you know that you just want to cruise around it's good to have softer and bigger wheels that give you a nice smooth ride. Finnish concrete and asfalt are pretty rough so softer is more pleasent for cruising and bigger wheels means less pushing. Then again, if you think you might want to even try sliding later it's better to buy freeride wheels that fits for everything, for example those I mentioned above. Wheels for downhill is good to be more gripping in high speed so you can stay in the road, I recommend Cult deathrays or Cult gamma rays. Abec 11 is very popular brand as they are mercedes for wheels and lots of people trust their wheels. I haven't tried them though, not yet. Good size for first wheels are <b>70mm </b>they fit to most decks very well without any wheelbite.<br />
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There are lots of quality trucks. Good <b>trucks </b>to choose for your first board are Paris trucks, good quality and lots of satisfied users. They are good for sliding, cruising and downhill. I dont have much exeperience in different trucks but you can get started with these very well.<br />
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Best way to pick <b>bearings </b>is to take Biltin bearings. Then you dont need spacers or those small rings :D For your first board you can use any bearings, there are so many. Then it's goot to use spacers.<br />
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<b>Bushings </b>make a huge impact on how the board and trucks will work but I find them hard to pick. Good way is to try them or ask from someone who knows more about them. They are probably the cheapest part of a longboard. So they are easy to replace. Softer bushings you choose, easier the trucks will turn.<br />
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There are lots of different webshops you can find in the internet, probably in every country. Or you can go to a local longboardshop for example <a href="http://www.boardsport.fi/" target="_blank">Boardsport </a>in Helsinki or <a href="http://www.offshore.fi/" target="_blank">Offshore</a> in Tampere and they will help you to choose your first complete board. I have noticed that these guys in these shops are supernice and will help you with everything what will come to your set up afterwards. In Boardsport you can get a good quality set up that lasts for long starting from the 200€.<br />
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If you want a longboard that is made in Finland there are plenty to choose from. Then you can have a board you want. Plum Longboards makes custom longboards from all your wishes with exepertise and especially when you are lighter or heavier person its good to have a custom board so you get just the right flexi and qualities you wish to have. Complete Plum longboard starts from: 299€ with abec11 wheels. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lonkenstein-Longboards/103704353042048" target="_blank">Lonkenstein</a> makes their boards in Lahti, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/248320375206122/" target="_blank">Reindeer longboards</a> are in Lieto and <a href="http://www.republicboards.com/index.php?lang=fi" target="_blank">Republic longboards</a> close to Helsinki.<br />
These were all my own opinions and I hope they will help you to buy your first longboard. Trust your feeling about the board. Can't wait to skate with you!<br />
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Event is for everyone interested about longboarding, for newbies and pros. Good sesh in the sunshine, maybe a little bit of picnic and slacklining too. After unofficial sliding later in the afternoon sesh we give good prizes from best sliding, best attitude and best crashs!</div>
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OHOY EVERYBODY! Lets skate together to Tähtäri from Boardsport (Pursimiehenkatu 3). See you there at 15.00, fill our stomachs with grapes and chocolate and make a huge longboard stepping and pushing crowd toward SLIDE JAM! If you are a beginner or never even tried longboarding, join us! You can borrow a board for a test run to Tähtäri. </div>
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Tapahtuma on <b>kaikille </b>lonkkaroinnista kiinnostuneille, uusille ja vanhoille rullailijoille. Sessaroidaan yhdessä auringonpaisteessa ja samassa mäessä niin kuin aina. <i>Epävirallisten </i>sessareiden jäljiltä iltapäivän päätteeksi <b>palkitaan</b> parhaimmat slaidit sekä paras asenne ja tietty parhaat pannut!</div>
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Oletko kiinnostunut longboardauksesta, tule mukaan paikalle opettelemaan slaidausta, seuraamaan slaideja ja testaamaan erilaisia lautoja. Jos rullalautailukärpänen puraisee niin saatat jopa lähteä lauta jalkojen alla kotiin :)! <b><a href="http://www.boardsport.fi/" target="_blank">Boardsport </a></b>tarjoaa testilautoja ja kypärät testaajille sekä on mukana antamassa palkintoja. Testilautoja on myös <a href="https://www.facebook.com/plumlongboards" target="_blank">Plum Longboardsilta</a> ja <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lonkenstein-Longboards/103704353042048" target="_blank">Lonkensteinilta</a>.</div>
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Hey, kypärät päähän tyypit, ilman niitä ei meiän seurassa lasketa ;)! Ja tarkistakaa että vakuutukset on kunnossa ja kattavat vapaa-ajan rullailun, kaikkihan täällä tapahtuu omalla vastuulla. </div>
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<b>OHOY KAIKKI</b>! Rullaillaan yhdessä Eiran rantaa tähtärille. Treffataan klo 15-15.15 Boardsportilla, tankataan viinirypäleitä ja suklaata ja potkutellaan yhdessä rantaa pitkin. Kaikki aloittelijat tytöt ja pojat ovat hyvin tervetulleita, laudan saa lainaan Boardsportilta!</div>
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Toivottavasti nähdään Tähtitorninmäellä! Osoite Kopernikuksentie tuo sinut mäen juurelle.</div>
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Even more better is to buy used jeans from second hand stores, it's more ecological too. Here is a good example how to recycle: Juho has bought himself a sewing machine and now sews patches from other clothes to cover up holes in jeans, go Juho! *.* And he has done it too with a woollen one, fabulous!<br />
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Juuri kun luulin ettei ole enää yhtään syytä ostaa enempää vaatteita, aloitin slaidauksen. Kun olin käyttänyt kaikki hylätyt vaatteet kaapin periltä niin menin ja ostin uudet kirpparilta. Ja jos haluaa oikein hifistellä ekologisuudessa niin hankipa ompelukonen omaksi tai lainaksi ja ompele reikiin paikat vanhoista vaatteista niin kuin ystävämme Juho teki! Ja vielä villalangallakin, upeata!<br />
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Taas yksi hyvä syy miksi harrastaa lonkkarointia!<br />
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">Mark Twain once wrote: Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. </span>
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And that's what I did. I went to bigger and longest hills I've ever skated and I loved it! If you have ever fell in love at first sight you know that feeling I got there. I fell in love with longboarding again and again after every run. There was a smile on my face that nothing could take away. It was in Liberic and we planned to camp in the bottom of the hill and skate it more in the morning. Go with the flow and you might end up with more than you ever wanted.<br />
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Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams. Ashley Smith.<br />
From Kozakov we were driving to Prague when we saw this amazing castle and climbed up to see it.
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Prague was beautiful. I changed my ride to<a href="http://www.raynelongboards.com/" target="_blank"> Rayne's</a> car and were travelling now with Aussies and Julia. We stopped by this supercute bakery near the German border and almost eat that whole bakery empty. After that we ended up to the hill where IGSA organised World Championship race in 2010.<br />
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This was the biggest hill I ever skated and yeah the last one for the summer 2011. We camped in the bottom of this hill too close to a cold stream. I had amazing time there as always with friends and I was longboarding better than ever!!! Too bad that all good things must comes to an end.<br />
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I got one helicopter ride, amazing medicin and a whole new adventure in Straubing hospital. <span style="text-align: center;">Sometimes life stops you physically so you can move forward emotionally. Life gives you as much as you can handle. I broke my foot but I got a lot more back. Started this association to promote longboarding in Finland especially among girls but also in general. I met new people on my trip who really left their mark in my heart. I have learned more about me and my friends that I could write a book about it. </span><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">Anyway this incident taught me to be more aware of my own limits, not to skate when I'm tired, to wear all your safety gear every time you skate and to be precautious what comes to accidents. And when you do all this you still can end up in situations like this, its just life. </span><br />
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We Welcome all girls from newbies to pros ;)! We have test boards with us so feel free to come and try longboarding with us. Test boards are made in Finland by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/plumlongboards" target="_blank">Plum Longboards</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lonkenstein-Longboards/103704353042048" target="_blank">Lonkenstein</a>.<br />
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See you at <a href="http://www.boardsport.fi/" target="_blank">Boardsport </a>at 18.00!<br />
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I was nervous. It was going to be my first race abroad, first World cup race that finnish girls had ever taken part of and my biggest hill ever. I was heading to Insul in Germany. But before that, it was time to enjoy some Czech food, hills and tent life. Kozakov is usually first Euro downhill race on IGSA tour. <a href="http://www.igsaworldcup.com/" target="_blank">IGSA is International gravity sports association</a> which organises for example World Cup series. And as a part of that is Euro down hill series and Europian championship race. Lots of longboarders meet up in Kozakov after seeing each other for a while and there is a huge party, or that was what I heard. Rad hill, rad longboarders and lots of hay bales to crash.<br />
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I arrived there just when the party started at night! I missed out rainy days qualification runs but race day was sunny and amazing. Everything was super cheap, you could easily draw 2000 from the wall. Watch out cheap booze and tent of LOVE, so you dont miss out any action. Or you can always make your own action. I have to admit that I had no idea who were top skaters and who were not, everybody looked the same and everybody were partying together. Afterwards I had few friends more than the night before. Everywhere I go, everywhere I travel, the most valuable thing I bring home are the experiences with awesome new people. Sometimes even a little time with right person can make a huge difference in your life. Remember that!<br />
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p.s What about Insul!? Find out soon...</div>Longboard girls crew Finlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11564635654212490925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4214016330646526392.post-16063757953946456412012-03-26T22:50:00.000+03:002012-03-26T23:02:25.382+03:00Junior skaters!Had a great time today at Olympia stadion.<br />
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We also had our youngest members there(If we don't count Paulis daughter Maj who is a bit too young to come to skate with us).<br />
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It's sometimes crazy to skate with kids cause they learn everything so fast and make me just feel super old, even though I am only 21 years old!<br />
In the future, I bet these girls will be ripping in europe and doing some of the craziest downhill ever.<br />
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<i>-Roosa-Liida</i><br />
<br />Longboard girls crew Finlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11564635654212490925noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4214016330646526392.post-3605983224803214522012-03-22T01:28:00.001+02:002012-03-26T23:02:00.750+03:00Forever Brozoned?What about when a girl longboarder becomes just "one of the guys"?<br />
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In longboarder groups a lots of times us girls; skate, drink beer, do silly and sometimes also dangerous stuff that is originally concidered to be "boys stuff".<br />
Girls are treated the same way as guys which in my opinion is great, but soon the guys stop seeing us as girls and the we are stuck in the brozone.<br />
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"Sou you are going longboarding with a girl?"<br />
-"Nope, it's just Roosa."<br />
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I have heard guys complain about girls friendzoning them. You hang out with an attractive girl, you are being polite, listen to her going on and on about her problems and alvays be there for her. After a while girl says :"Oh you are such a lovely guy, you listen to me and help me with all my stuff! I wish every guy would be like you! YOU ARE MY BEST FRIND"<br />
*BOOM* Frindzoned!<br />
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You skate with attractive guy, you drink beer with them, ask for advices for example how to do this awesome but hard slides, you talk with them about longboarding for many hours without getting bored. After a while guy says: "Oh you are such a red skater, you like to party, go to travell all around europe with us. I hope every girl would be like you. YOU ARE SUCH A GOOD BRO"<br />
*BOOM* Brozoned!<br />
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But is there any way of getting out of brozone?<br />
Would wearing a mini skirt help?<br />
Nope, I think once you have been brozoned, you are staying there for the rest of your life, The end!<br />
Well, at least I enjoy being at the brozone, its very comfy here! :)<br />
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-Roosa-Liida/The Bro!<br />
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<br />Longboard girls crew Finlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11564635654212490925noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4214016330646526392.post-9368028038182065512012-03-16T10:06:00.002+02:002012-03-16T10:14:30.039+02:00Day oneFor me, today was the first real day of this year, me and Kaisa went longboarding.<br />
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When I waked up in the morning and looked out of the window I decided what I was going to do. I took my skateboard tool and putted my brand new complete together, called Kaisa and grabbed my camera. I was on my way to the hill at the stadium.</div>
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The guys had been there the last weekend and brushed all of the sand away from the little road going down from the swimming stadium. The place is often used for practising slides in summer but the good part is that the sun is shining directly on that spot most of the day so it's also one of the first snow free spots in the spring.</div>
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Before hitting the stadium we were cruising around the city center for a while, the main streets were dry and sand free so it was good just to cruise around for the first time this year.</div>
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But everything went better than expected: no falling down. They were maybe the best colemans I have ever done. Maybe it was the wheels, the board, Kaisa shouting "WHOO" on the top of the hill or maybe im just awesome.</div>
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I think it was all of that putted together and mixed with some killer weather.</div>
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Perfect way of starting the season!</div>
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Now im waiting to get to Madrid even more, really want to get some downhill done!<br />
-Roosa-Liida</div>Longboard girls crew Finlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11564635654212490925noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4214016330646526392.post-11705002459533893552012-03-13T13:05:00.000+02:002012-03-13T13:09:05.062+02:00Skate and eat cake!It was my birthday few weeks ago. It started out with sledding in Tähtitorninmäki. Snowy Finland.<br />
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Some of my longboarding friends just happened to feel like skateboarding like me. An one guy just happened to have a miniramp in his office, how cool is that!? My friends surprised me with a card and a chocolate cake with candels. It was delicious. They sang me a song and we skated together. This is one of the biggest gifts that anyone has ever given me. A bunch of friends who share the same passion. Thank you my dear hobby. We are connected through this awesome sport, share the same passion and support each other in many ways.We can laugh together, we can cry together. No one really cries that much though. I love the cuddly culture, hugs for everyone. It was a perfect day!<br />
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Longboarding with your friends is one of the best ways to spend your days, with or without rain. In Finland the season is shorter but at the same time more intense. I'm grateful for all these amazing people in my life who I have gotten to know through this sport. I know that some of these people will always stay in life. I charish the memories and experiences I have had with my friends close to my heart. And I'm looking forward to make new memories. One of the best thing about longboarding in Finland is this crew. Our country has a small population comparing to other European countries but I think it is an advantage. Here we all help each other, support and spread the stoke together. Longboarding has been very marginal sport in Finland and now it's growing a lot here and abroad. I'm always happy to see a new face in the sessions. Our "longboard family" accepts everyone as they are and welcomes everyone to the trips too. Even if you are a beginner, never touched a board or advanced dowhilll dudette or dude, everyone is always welcomed. In amongs of girl longboarders we try to make this awesome sport more known to people and make it easy to start it. We share our boards and helmets. Because we fell in love with it, we know that there is a lot more of you who has always dreamt about it but not tryed it. <br />
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Girls and boys, eat cake and skate! <b>Life is about doing the things you love.</b> Let's make the world a better place to live and skate more. It's good for your health too. Come to our session this spring and summer and you can feel the love, energy and adrenalin!<br />
Peace and love!<br />
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<3 KaisaLongboard girls crew Finlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11564635654212490925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4214016330646526392.post-86919329319526475952012-03-12T22:49:00.001+02:002012-03-12T22:58:34.138+02:00Girls can skate?<br />
Girls can skate!<br />
Well who said that they couldn't?<br />
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In the last couple of years a lot of girls have found longboarding.<br />
And as the result, a lot of girl groups have started to form all around the world.<br />
I like the fact that girls have started to longboard and in the same time lots of new friendships have been formed but what is the thing with "Girls can skate too"?<br />
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I think that the past years have been proving us that girls can do the same things that guys can, not just in longboarding.<br />
And most of the doubt that girls couldn't skate as well as the guys are created by the girls themselves.<br />
All of the posts, pictures and videos titled "girls can skate" are the things that I just can't get. Who has putted the thought that girls couldn't skate in our minds?<br />
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It can't be the longboarder guys. For me guys that I skate with have always been supportive and I wouldn't be half as good longboarder that I am today whitout their help and advices.<br />
Maybe (some) girls are a bit more causious and hesitate about trying new things like sliding and downhill but that doesn't mean that with a bit practice they couldn't be equally good with boys in those things.<br />
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So stop questioning your selves and thinking yourself just as a "girl longboarder".<br />
We are all just <b>longboarders</b>.<br />
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Well it's just my thoughts about this matter, what do you all think?<br />
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-Roosa-Liida<br />
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<i>(Dont get me wrong I love our girl group, but its just an obvious thing that we can skate too:)</i>Longboard girls crew Finlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11564635654212490925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4214016330646526392.post-13915458954788216702012-03-11T13:33:00.000+02:002012-03-11T13:36:40.962+02:00Getting ready for the season 2012Spring is coming.<br />
You can already start too see the asphalt from under the snow, days are longer and when you leave home to work 07:00am it's not dark anymore.<br />
And as always spring means that the longboarding season is going to start soon!<br />
Me and Kaisa have already started to plan summer and all the amazing trips we are going to make.<br />
Yesterday we booked plain tickets to go to Madrid next month.<br />
The girls in Madrid are throwing a big party for all the longboarder girls (and guys are also welcomed) from all over the europe. That is something I really want to be part of.<br />
It's going to be 5 days filled with cruising around the city, sliding and maybe also some downhill.<br />
I was in Madrid about 3-4 months ago for a couple of weeks so I have met most of the girls in Madrid allready and really looking fovard of seeing them again!<br />
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Me and Kaisa also signed up for KnK Longboard camp in August. 7 days and 2 tracks, it's a longboarders dream! I have never been in Slovenia but what I have seen in pictures, it's going to be beautiful!<br />
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( <a href="http://knk.longboard.si/" target="_blank">http://knk.longboard.si/</a> )<br />
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Yesterday I picked up my new board and a new set of wheels for the summer from Boardsport.<br />
I propably bought the last Isis sold on earth (well the only one I have seen in while)<br />
and Landslide wheels from Seismic (75mm/79A).<br />
Im really exited to put the complete together and I really hope we are able to do some longboarding soon!<br />
Im always a bit scared to buy new wheels I haven't tried before...<br />
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And for a good ending<br />
I can tell that I have requested<br />
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a recer number for<br />
IGSA world cup 2012,<br />
super stocked!<br />
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Maybe writing this blog is going to get easier when I actually get some longboarding done...<br />
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-Roosa-LiidaLongboard girls crew Finlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11564635654212490925noreply@blogger.com0