Downhill Longboarding

     As I have said before, longboarding gives us the opportunity to do a bunch of new activities to do while skating. My favorite thing to do while riding my boards is bombing hills. To bomb a hill means to simply go down a hill. Some people like going down on bikes. I think that thats stupid because you have brakes. That just takes all the fun out of bombing. For example, if you're bombing hills with somebody and you are on bikes, you can hit the brakes at any time when going down the hill, and thats pretty wimpy. The best part about going down a hill on a longboard is that you don't have brakes and you can't stop until your at the bottom of the hill. So, you have to put up with the constant changing speed. That's what I love most: The thrill of not knowing what is going to happen next. Nothing gives anybody more of a rush than going 40 mph down a smooth asphalt hill for 3 minutes straight standing on nothing but a piece of wood with wheels.

     Now, for all the skaters on Pleasure/Ono Island who enjoy bombing hills but don't know where to go locally to find them, to tell you the truth, there is not that many around the beaches unless you like through condo parking garage hills. Thats not fun though. I personally make a 45 minute pilgrimage to Daphne/ Lake Forrest area and hit those long, steep hills with the smooth asphalt one-lane roads. But in the GS/OB area, the State Park actually has a couple of long hills with a reasonable slope, at least enough to get up to 25-30 mph, possibly 35 with good racing bearings. But a great beginner hill is located at Hilltop Drive behind Domino's and TCBY in Gulf Shores.

Just a fact for all of you that aren't familiar with downhill longboarding:
The land speed record on a longboard is 80.83mph and is held by Canadian longboard Grand-Prixer  Mischo Erban.