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Providing urban - style
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wide variety of hills and terrain.
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SHOT OF THE WEEK
6/30/09 - Maryhill Festival of Speed 09 - Sign-up tomorrow am July 1st @ 8am!!!
The third year in a row Volcanic Promotions and IGSA will be hosting another 5 days of riding and racing down the NorthWests favorite hill! Our local riders will again be battling against some of the best in the world down this amazing 2 mile run located an hour and a half east of Portland in the Gorge. Tomorrow is the big day to sign up if you want to race. It filled up in 7 hours last year so be ready! Spectators will be allowed to come and watch the event happening Sept. 2nd - 6th.
Sign up and Info Link - Maryhill Festival of Speed
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ZION CRUISER - BACK IN STOCK
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New Bamboo Concave with 2 wheelsbases
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Eastside Rollers Update
- Regular Sessions -
Come join the fun skating with Portland area riders at any of these regular sessions. You can count on someone being there to skate with if the roads are dry. We often ride Mt.Tabor Wednesdays in the wet because of no traffic and ride downtown parking garages on Tuesday nights in the winter months.
Check out the Forum for more details and other riding sessions.
ALWAYS WEAR A HELMET AND RESPECT THE AREA!!!
LOCAL FORUM - REGISTER ON MESSAGEBOARD TODAY !!!
- Get connected with Portland area riders and weekly sessions -
NEWS and EVENTS
Eastside thanks everyone for their support these last few amazing years. And special thanks to our local skating scene in Portland and the dedicated members of the Eastside Rollers for their constant love and pride for the growth of longboarding here and afar. Stay tuned for some new editions and designs as well as many new races and events to attend. And keep a look out for our aspiring Racing Crew who placed on over 15 Podiums last year!
GO PORTLAND!!!
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2009 Models
5 ALL NEW EASTSIDE RENDITIONS AND DESIGNS
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Zion Cruiser - Eastside's classic carving shape, this bamboo board is light-weight and allows for a sturdy spring to your carve with a responsive flex. Featuring two wheelbases, full concave down the entire length of the board, and a sharp top edge for maximum leverage anywhere you stand on the board. Recommended for the surfer, the snowboarder, and the carver. A great introduction to longboarding with ease and control.
A dream to carve your way to ZION...
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Rocky Bomber - Lightweight medium flex freeride setup with black Randals 180's and your choice of wheels. This bamboo, birch, maple combo laminate design features a nice rake leaning you forward into your tuck with 4 inches of flat in the middle and a gradual concave, strong kicktail, and wedged nose to push against. Excellent choice for learning to slide and drift corners using Slide Gloves.
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SuperKicker - Original model revamped into the perfect mid-sized longboard. Equiped with black Randal 150's and your choice of wheels, this setup is geared towards street action, sliding, and riding parking garages, banks, curbs, and ditches. Super Fun for anyone!
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The Tabor - Eastside's classic signature model originally made for the sole purpose of urban transportation for the everyday commuter. This new versatile shape features a solid concave but not too much for downhill, a nice scooped tail to ollie or pivot with, and just enough nose to keep your foot on during the ollie up curbs and over objects. Carry Handle great for taking along in between the busy city life, always ready to throw down and ride in between the traffic and chaos.
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MiniKicker - Fun cruiser or slalom board setup with Randal 125's and 65mm Eastside Wheels. 2 wheelbases for your choice, easy to take along anywhere and travel with. Also recommended for kids learning to skate as their first skateboard.
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DropKick - Amazing versatile Drop-through design with a KickTail and Guard. Sturdy stiff 8 ply maple contruction with a deep bathtub concave, a slightly wedged nose, and a universal drop-through pattern allowing most brands of longboard trucks. Great all-around freeride board that can commute like hell and bomb hills just as well!
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Eastside DropBoard - New and improved concave with wider back for a more locked - in feeling. This all-maple 9 ply contruction features the bare - minimum cutouts for wheels up to 85mm keeping the board stiff and strong. Features include a slightly wedged nose for tigher turns and a universal drop-through pattern allowing most brands of trucks.
- Maryhill Tree Graphic designed by Eastside rider Eric Hovey -
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2008 Photos by Jon Huey
Casey Morrow - Winning the Portland SwitchBacks Race - Dec.08
Maryhill WW1 - Eric Hovey in front of some crazy Canadians.
Maryhill Festival of Speed 08 - Casey Morrow leading a pack down.
Maryhill Festival of Speed 08 - Eric Hovey leading Ryan Sorenson.
Sullivan Challenge 08 - Robin battling it out with Landy rider Jesse Tynan.
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Oly Rolly in Olympia, WA - Mario Pieretti riding the campus terrain at Evergreen State College.
Ditch Slap 08 - Layton - Photo of Robin McGuirk in Concrete Wave Summer 08 edition.
Ditch Slap 08 - The Bear - Robin McGuirk placing 3rd on gnarlest ditch of the event.
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Hummer Limo Bomb - Portland riders bombin' hills with the Pimp Shuttle courtesy of Eric Hovey.
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Gnarly Road Rash
"This is what happens when you don't wear leathers and slide on your back at 30 plus mph!
Wear some gear if your going to ride fast!"
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Eastside Longboards is a small local company specializing in unique urban - style skateboards. Eastside was started in 2003 because the assortment of commercially available longboards didn't appeal to the terrain of urban streets and hills. Something more versatile was needed. Portland native and creater Robin McGuirk originally introduced a line of shorter longboards that could go fast with control but also stiffer and short enough to manuever quickly through city terrain. This lead to perfecting the concave and tail in order to maximize control and urban mobility. Next came the need for speed as the Racing Scene exploded in 2005. Eastside then introduced, after many modifications, their speedboard known as the Eastside DropBoard. Its has been refined further into one of the best speedboards on the market today. And it is the official Speedboard for The Eastside Racing Crew.
In 2007 a new model called the DropKick has been released that features the drop-thru design with a KickTail, making it a hybrid between the cruiser boards and the DropBoard. This is Champion King Robskey's secret weapon board for the Push Races and Eastside's most versatile board. So no matter your size or skill level, there is sure to be one that suits your style. Each longboard is laminated, shaped, and finished by hand in our production shop on the Eastside of Portland, Oregon.
Eastside Rollers is our longboarding club that brings together this community in Portland to have a good time skating. Whether you're just getting rolling or you're an experienced rider, you are welcome to meet up with us and enjoy some of the regions best downhilling. This site is dedicated to longboarders everywhere as an informational tool and guide to the longboarding community of the Portland area. Eastside supports longboarding as a fun and efficient form of transportation!
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