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Title: West Colorado (not east)
Post by: floop on July 26, 2012, 01:14:18 PM: going to be staying near Telluride for about a week. besides the Telluride skatepark anything good around there or driving distance i should know about?

thanks in advance
Title: Re: East Colorado
Post by: chockfullofthat on July 26, 2012, 01:39:10 PM: Yes. Telluride isn't East. That might help.
Title: Re: East Colorado
Post by: floop on July 26, 2012, 01:41:14 PM: fuck. i meant west
heheh
Title: Re: West Colorado (not east)
Post by: chockfullofthat on July 26, 2012, 01:45:48 PM: Well if you're even in East Colorado....76 is probably the best road I've ever been on for speeding. No treeline, flat straight road, no troublesome towns or cars. I got up to 139mph.
Title: Re: West Colorado (not east)
Post by: floop on July 26, 2012, 01:54:04 PM: i have too many tickets on my record as it is. but that is good to know
Title: Re: West Colorado (not east)
Post by: chowder. on January 15, 2013, 07:03:46 PM: there are no spots
Title: Re: West Colorado (not east)
Post by: Hercules Rockefeller on January 15, 2013, 11:08:09 PM: i love this thread.
Title: Re: West Colorado (not east)
Post by: floop on January 16, 2013, 08:19:54 AM: sorry, i meant North Colorado
Title: Re: West Colorado (not east)
Post by: chockfullofthat on January 16, 2013, 08:35:57 AM: WELL IN THAT CASE!
Title: Re: West Colorado (not east)
Post by: poocrusher on January 17, 2013, 04:52:04 PM: In what would be typical West Colorado, Grand Junction has a lot of really good street spots. There's a park outside of Telluride in Ridgeway. But this time of year in Northwest Colorado you have to travel to skate.

Grand Junction is about the same temperature as Denver, so it should be melted and ready to skate. Also, there are all kinds of irrigation ditches to skate in the fall and winter.

But if I were you, I would drive down to Eerie outside of Denver and skate the new Street League park.
Title: Re: West Colorado (not east)
Post by: poocrusher on January 17, 2013, 04:52:58 PM: Northern Colorado would consist entirely of Fort Collins and the awesome parks up there. The DIY park is awesome.