Add another one to the list. Old Man Army is gearing up for the Cannonball Run on February 16th. They are starting bright and early at 6am with plans to hit 16 parks in one day. It’s a lot easier if it’s not freezing or raining, or both. If you are in the AZ area check it out. I’m pretty sure these guys wouldn’t discriminate against you if you aren’t old or a man for that matter. You can see the flyer enlarged after the jump, although I suppose it would make more sense to go directly to the source.
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orezona aka Andy
Awwww… I was just searching to see if there was some cached copies of the old OMA forum for nostalgia purposes and came across this. Doubtful anyone will read this but MAN, that was a pretty fun and exhausting day. Took over 12 hours to hit all the parks and of course the “plans” to skate every park got dashed immediately when good sessions were happening in the first 4-5 of them. By the end I was so gassed (and I was in considerably better shape 10 years ago) that I’d literally drop in, carve a wall, do a f/s slash on coping and be done with the last 3-4 parks. My pads almost gained sentience that day after keeping them on so long and transferring my DNA into them. One of the better memories of the OMA days of yore and skateboarding in general.
JAKEANDANNOY
Ha! Yeah, Russ is in alot of those pics. I like the group shot where he’s sucking down a beer(of course). Looks like your crew had a good run, I like that sombrero hat, or whatever. Parks look rad. It actually makes me wanna go visit.
orezona
I don’t that dude’s real name but everyone here calls him Frog.
Kilwag
On the first and second links there’s a cat in a Naked Raygun shirt. Awesome! Love that band, and they go well with skateboarding.
orezona
we’ve got only a fraction of the pics from the day up online at the oldmanarmy forums (http://forums.oldmanarmy.com)
But they are all pretty good. Here’s the link to the threads with pics that people who came along posted:
http://forums.oldmanarmy.com/viewtopic.php?t=9105
http://forums.oldmanarmy.com/viewtopic.php?t=9106
http://forums.oldmanarmy.com/viewtopic.php?t=9087
Randy, I’ll talk with a couple of the photogs to see about getting you some of the other shots to update this post…
orezona
We pretty much had a successful run. Visited every skatepark in Maricopa County which equals 17. Only bummer was three were not accessible because of puddles, skate comps or closing early during winter.
Two days later and I’m still pretty cracked out. Really fun day though and well worth the effort.
JAKEANDANNOY
So whats up w/the NW run this weekend….Rich?
JAKEANDANNOY
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orezona
our route and stops:
http://tinyurl.com/272vyw
orezona
Our proposed route is roughly 205 miles from start to finish. We’re pretty lucky because the urban sprawl here in the Phoenix means there’s freeway access to nearly every park.
For this Saturday, the driving time alone (barring construction, accidents and un-expected run-ins with johnny law), should be 5.5 hours.
Our plan is to skate each park for 20 minutes.
That should be long enough for me to hurt myself at every stop…
Rich
We’re thinking just enough time to ride every element of each park. For example at Battle Ground: ride the pool, hit flow bowl, cradle and big bowl, a couple of laps through the street section including some lines over the love seat on the banked wall and call it good. Maybe 5-10 minutes in each park.
JF
wow, that’s a lot of parks for 1 day….how much time do you think you’ll be able to spend at each park? If my knee is cool by next weekend I’d love to join, at least for a few parks. Keep me in the loop.
JF
damienhialation
You bastards! I’ll be in Montana on the 16th, but to input on the situation… If you really wanna go all-out, after lincoln city, hit newport and take hwy 20 back (which has Taledo and Siletz if you have enough light). By taking Highway 20 you can hit Corvallis (skateable after dark), Albany (lights go til 10 or 11), Aumsville (lights til midnightish) and the ever classic Salem park (lights, if you call ’em that). If I can’t be there, you guys better have a blast without me!
Rich
I’m in for the duration. We could hit Burnside before the sunrise giving us some extra daylight. If the lights are still functional at Aumsville, we can hit it last. That leaves only 14 parks/skate spots for the daylight. 🙂
JAKEANDANNOY
If its dry, I’m down. I’ll bring the coffee, you bring the whiskey. http://i-dagger@hotmail.com
conahan
Feb 16th NW Cannonball run, if it’s dry, who
Concretin
Sidenote: There is a tentative plan for a OMA Grill-N-Skate in Louisville on June 21st.
orezona
We would have planned it to coincide with Hughes and some of you other NW folks on June 21st, but the idea of heat stroke from the desert sun isn’t too appealing.
There will be lots of cameras involved, so stay tuned…
JAKEANDANNOY
Done…tho got a feeling you already know of em’. The peoria ditches are the shit too,so fast, steep flat banks…kind of a street-skate endeavor tho.
oldmanarmy
Can you email me the cross roads for them, please.. mfurst@cox.net
JAKEANDANNOY
Cheers! You gunna be hitting the “Tempe pipes”, on McClintock? I hear they stacked all the good ones now, trying to prevent bargers.
oldmanarmy
If you ride a skateboard and have a drivers license, then you are welcomed to join in.
No bullshit vibes, just a shit load of skating and beer drinking to be done.
We may even throw out a few prizes..
JAKEANDANNOY
Yeah, OMA is definitely not exclusive, they are down for local rippers, old and youn-guns. Those guys put as much into the AZ local scene as their own skateboarding, which is alot. Cool chit.