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Fellow Coast Longboarder Died on Seymour

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solitaryman
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http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100709/bc_longboarder_killed_100709/20100709?hub=BritishColumbiaHome

This really fucking blows.  The even worse part is that there are probably only a handful or two of female skaters that could skate seymour, which means it's someone I likely have met more than once.  Also really lame that she got hit on the corner AFTER bombing seymour.  Thoughts out to her parents, family, the driver, and coast in general.
Jul 10 2010 4:59PM
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VT_scratch
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ahh this is awful. RIP. +vibes
Jul 10 2010 5:02PM
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ZavierV
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RIP Glenna, you'll be missed.
Jul 14 2010 10:18PM
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Abc567def
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RIP, sucks when you hear about stuff like this
Jul 15 2010 11:15AM
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popNfresh44
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RIP. let this be a reminder to be very cautious when you're longboarding on driven roads. think twice.
Jul 15 2010 6:55PM
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albatross.
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rip




in other news all forms of skateboarding are now banned completely on lonsdale, crawling with cops and mad harassment/fines
Jul 25 2010 4:57PM
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Shredability
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I have noticed that...

mega lame, instead of giving out tickets to long boarders for doing what they love they should inform drivers about how to drive around someone if there skateboarding.

+Vibes to the family
Aug 1 2010 1:50AM
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Download-My-Apps
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Geh I don't really agree with that. Like I longboard and skateboard, but roads were made for cars, I think giving out tickets is a bit excessive but you can't expect traffic to completely stop for skateboarders.  I too enjoy bombing a good hill, and the seymour road is generally fairly quiet, but sometimes some of the people I see weaving through traffic downtown seems just silly.

regardless its tragic to hear of a death like this, and if she was able to ride down the road at mnt seymour she was clearly a talented rider.
Aug 1 2010 1:18PM
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Shredability
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Its just such a shock for some drivers when they see a long boarder, they just don't understand how the skater has to stop or how fast they are going. It would just be nice to see drivers being more tolerant to the odd skateboarder they encounter. Granted that you shouldn't be skateboarding in a busy downtown area.
Aug 1 2010 1:31PM
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Download-My-Apps
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Exactly for someone who has never done these sports they can't read the body language. Sometimes I bust of the old hand signals for that reason.
Aug 1 2010 4:20PM
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Shredability
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Good call
Aug 1 2010 6:06PM
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