Longboard:KC http://www.longboardkc.com A guide to longboarding beautiful Kansas City Thu, 03 Nov 2011 03:54:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Indian Creek Trail :: Run 1 [near 127th & Pflumm] http://www.longboardkc.com/2011/07/indian-creek-trail-run-1-near-127th-and-pflumm/ http://www.longboardkc.com/2011/07/indian-creek-trail-run-1-near-127th-and-pflumm/#comments Mon, 11 Jul 2011 04:10:55 +0000 ben http://www.longboardkc.com/?p=117 This is a cool trail we stumbled on this weekend. We only did about 2.5 miles of it (not all shown here), but there’s a lot more to explore. It was pretty mellow, with some faster downhill parts. Most of it was cutting through the woods, which is always cool.

I decided I was going to play with camera angles halfway through the video, & threw my helmet down on my board. Sorry about that.

We parked in parking lot 1 & headed Northeast. There’s also lot’s of other places to put in to the trail at.

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]]> http://www.longboardkc.com/2011/07/indian-creek-trail-run-1-near-127th-and-pflumm/feed/ 0 Streamway Park :: Run 1 [end of the loop] http://www.longboardkc.com/2011/06/streamway-park-run-1-end-of-the-loop/ http://www.longboardkc.com/2011/06/streamway-park-run-1-end-of-the-loop/#comments Sat, 25 Jun 2011 22:23:32 +0000 ben http://www.longboardkc.com/?p=104 This is a quick clip from the end one of my favorite spots. Check me out losing my board off the bridge at the end… that’s what I get for trying to showboat. :/

If you go up this hill, instead of down, it’s maybe a 2 mile loop that brings you to where you see the Y in the path on this video. There’s a couple of really fast parts (and I mean really freaking fast), & some other mellower sections. It’s a lot fun.

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]]> http://www.longboardkc.com/2011/06/streamway-park-run-1-end-of-the-loop/feed/ 0 Shawnee Mission Park :: Run 1 [behind the dam] http://www.longboardkc.com/2011/05/shawnee-mission-park-run-1-behind-the-dam/ http://www.longboardkc.com/2011/05/shawnee-mission-park-run-1-behind-the-dam/#comments Thu, 26 May 2011 23:57:48 +0000 ben http://www.longboardkc.com/?p=67 First run with the Contour GPS cam – I’m still trying to figure out the best way to shoot the trails.

This is a fun spot. There was some water on the path from all the crazy storms we’ve had lately. There was also a lot of people out today – much more than normal – so we were taking it easy.

More to come soon…

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Thanks for checking the place out. When I first built this site I had hoped to hit a few trails a week, all summer long… just like I did last year. Ahh the good ol’ days. Unfortunately that wasn’t quite in the cards this summer. But fear not, the site will continue to be worked on! As I get a chance I’ll be uploading more guides. And if you have any good spots you think should be on here, feel free to drop a line.

Happy riding.

-Ben

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