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Longboarding Stores in Michigan

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I’ve gotten one board from modern skate and surf and I always tell my friends to go there because they are always really cool and have great boards. I’m trying to compile a list of skate shops that sell longboards in Michigan. There are TONS of them, most of them are kinda small and it’s really hard for me to find them so that why I’m starting this list. If you know of any , leave it in the comments with the Town and the Name of the store and what else they sell if you can.

The Grand Haven Longboarding Facebook Page | Grand Haven Skate Park Home Page

CR Boardworks
http://www.crboardworks.com/
“Born out of passion and desire in the shadow of the “D” CR Boardworks is not just about building boards, but finding ways to build amazing experiences and inspire unique people. Whether you commute to work, bomb a hill, carve the perfect line – We want you to feel alive and have passion in every moment of your life.”
Contact: info@crboardworks.com or on their Facebook Page

Modern Skate and Surf Frandor Shopping Center
326 Morgan Lane
Lansing, MI 48912
(517) 351-3990
Open Weekdays 11am-8pm; Sat 11am-6pm; Sun 12am-6pm
Also has a skate park and skate parks are REALLY fun to longboard at.

Modern Skate and Surf Grand Rapids
3665 28th Street Southeast
Grand Rapids, MI 49512-1689
(616) 975-9190
Never been but I hear theres a skate park there too.

Moosejaw East Lansing
555 East Grand River Avenue
East Lansing, MI 48823
(517) 333-4000
They always have a good stock of longboards in the summer, highly recommend.

Ground Zero Boardshop
www.gzskatesnow.com
153 West Washington Street, Marquette
(906) 227-7678
Marquette, Michigan has some sick hills to bomb on your longboard I promise.

Last Resort Skate Shop in Gaylord, Michigan: http://www.facebook.com/pages/LAST-RESORT-SKATE-SHOP/102702551434

Downtown Skate MI

http://www.myspace.com/downtownskatemi

102 S. Union St. Traverse City, MI 49684
Phone: 231.995.down (3696)
Store Hours:
Mon-Sat: noon-six
Sun: noon-three

East Lansing Longboard Event by Go Green Longboarding

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It’s on November 21st and it’ll be sweeeet. It’s at my stomping grounds so I’m sure to be there and all those guys from Go Green Longboarding (http://gogreenlongboarding.com) seem way cool. I highly recommend anybody from the area or anywhere in driving distance to come down and join us. It’s only $5 and it goes to an awesome cause. More information on their forum. Unfortunately I have volunteering plans on that day :( Next time though.. I promise!

November 21st, 2009 in Downtown East Lansing, Michigan (48840) beginning at 8pm

http://www.gogreenlongboarding.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=13

Entry fee: $5

Additional Info: Helmet Required and bring some gloves yo

RULES:
-Kicking rules will vary per garage.
-We’ll throw some buttboarding in there for good measure.
-Spin in 5 circles and bomb.
-4 man heats
-Arrive in front of the Auditorium at 8 PM (http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?ad … code=48824)
-If you don’t have a helmet and gloves don’t come. I’m sure we have gloves to spare but I don’t feel like leaving behind brain juice at garages.

Garage #1 (Bessey) – Long and slow with all left turns. You can kick down the whole thing.
Garage #2 (Hamster Cage) – 5 floors and fast with all left turns, stop on the 2nd floor or die. You can kick the whole first down.
Garage #3 (Grand River) – I’m gonna have to check this one out before I define it.
Garage #4 (Comm Arts) – 4 floors and fast with 3 rights and a left. You can kick until the line, then kick and pump the whole bottom flat section.
Garage #5 (Wharton) – We have some leeway here, I’m thinking all rights, all lefts, and hit 2 cutbacks. Kick status pending.

They have sponsors but are looking for more if anyone’s interested!! Please contact the original poster on the gogreenlongboarding website.

Go Bomb Hills – Park Lake Rd: Burcham Dr to Haslett Rd

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Part 1 of the “Go Bomb Hills” campaign. Starting off in the Lansing, Michigan area, we will be focused on providing a list of hills that we love to bomb in the day and night. The pictured located at the top of this post is the view from the Haslett Road and Park Lake Road intersection looking in the direction of Burcham Drive.


^ This view is looking down the hill towards the Haslett Road and Park Lake Road intersection. My back is facing towards Burcham Drive and I’m to the right side of Burcham Hills


^ This view is looking at the Burcham Drive and Park Lake Road intersection. To the left of the light, just off of Burcham Drive on the right, is Burcham Hills. I’m facing the direction of the Haslett Road and Park Lake Road intersection, just past the Burcham Drive and Park Lake Road intersection.


^ Burcham Hills is located right by the Burcham Drive and Park Lake Road intersection. It’s between Haslett/Okemos and East Lansing. There are 2 turns before the turn onto Burcham Drive if you were bombing the hill from where I’m taking the picture. My preference is to take a right at the first turn and follow is all the way around Burcham Hills to the right or taking the next left and looping back to the bottom of the hill.