I don't usually do this sort of post, but I thought I'd share my fleeting fascination with a sport that's completely unfamiliar to me: stand up paddle surfing. 

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Gravity is free, and so is the slalom skateboard clinic being hosted by the Antrim Parks and Recreation Department on July 26.

 

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It’s pretty clear that the powers that be Hudson have about had it with the town's skate park, and that’s a shame, but perhaps a good chance for some more progressive thinking group to score some nice ramps cheap.

  

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So, my boy Evan broke his first bone last weekend.

I’m so proud.

 

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The third annual 'Race for the Old Gold Jug' in Antrim will be an officially-sanctioned International Skateboard Slalom Association race, organizers announced today. 

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Team Fullbag's Julie Boulanger is back from competing in the world championship slalom races, and has posted a bunch of photos from both those races and the recent Old Gold Jug race in Antrim. Check 'em out.

 

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Slalom skateboarding is pretty easy, really. Gravity does most of the work; all you really need is nerve. 

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Slalom skateboards are asphalt aficionados, connoisseurs of concrete.

Some of New England and Canada’s top slalom skaters proclaimed Summer Street in downtown Antrim a pavement masterpiece, after carving it up during the first annual Race for Old Gold Jug last fall. This year's race is coming up Sept. 22 and 23.

 

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I've got my stoke on. My first slalom race ever is coming up next weekend, and I may well finish DFL, but I'm starting to think I could actually do it.

 

 

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I joined a motley gang of slalom skaters for my first practice of the season on Saturday down in the Middlesex Fells. 

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This winter got off to such a late start, I never was inspired to get out snowboarding. Now that spring's here, tho, I'm looking forward to breaking out the skateboards.

 

 

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