When I started skating a lot more, and building my own decks, I nabbed one long board to have in my quiver. I took it out a couple of times and it was fun, but I was almost entirely focused on vert skating and building pool decks. ( Still my primary focus for builds )
I just took a new job, were parking stinks. If I want to park near my office, I have to pay at least $20 / day, or
buy a parking pass for $250 / quarter. Ouch! I found a place about 8-10 blocks away that I can park, and walk in... or skate in! ( I don't have a bike rack for my mini cooper, but that may happen for snow days. )
The first day I took my Beer Run deck. It is a really fun deck to ride, and a good overall cruiser.
11 X 30. Deck, nice and stable, Tracker Darts 215's with bones SPF wheels. The bad thing about the ride to work, is that the streets and sidewalks are like cobblestone. Our office is in a older section of town, where the sidewalks are pretty narrow, lots of heaving ground, and lots of commuters on them walking, and riding.
The Beer Run is a blast to ride around my neighborhood, and some at the skatepark, but in these conditions it was not the right deck for me.
I busted out my trusty old longboard. It is a vision 9 ply, with Randal trucks, and Red Kytponics 70mm wheels. Rides great, stable while I have my backpack on, and is a lot of fun. The notion returned to me of my skateboard, not only as a great way to have fun, but also as a great mode of transport. When I was a kid, I would skate for miles to get to a ramp or a ditch, so that I could skate that for hours. Now my commute to work was fun again.
Now I have a trio of longboards.
Never Summer ; Sector 9 ; Vision
Three great ways to get to work.
