NYC longboarding scene is exploding. If you did not participate in the Bomb this year I recommend participating next year.

Results

Earthwing riders Kasper and James took 1st and 2nd while I took 3rd place. This is now Kasper's 4th year in a row winning this event I believe. Kasper skated the 8.5 mile leg through traffic in 33 minutes, James 33 minutes, myself 34 minutes. Congrats to Kasper and James they are chargers baby and big hug to everyone else that made the fun ride.

Again this event has such a positive vib and the brining together of so many longboarders. Adam S. and I made a lot of new friends.

Adam S. and I had semi close calls with traffic and people. I almost nailed a young lady in high heels, she jumped back in horror that I was coming right at her, I jumped off my board. The poor lady said, "Sorry!" this might have been a natural reaction to apologize since it was clearly my fault, but hey I could not chit chat long I was in a race.

Broadway Bomb Tips

When you were racing you got into a very focused mindset. For me I really did not worry about the cars I was focused on keeping up with Kasper. Kasper and I at the beginning took up the left lane, and I am not sure what the cars did because I was so focused, no one honked at us so I guess we were all right. Eventually Kasper pulled away and James caught up to me and we hung together for 30 blocks and then he pasted me as well.

When you are skating up to an intersection and you see the light just to about to turn red, you pick up your pace and make it through. Now a lot of times you don't make it through the intersection before it turns red, so there is the yelling and hand waving strategy. If the light has just turned red you charge out into the intersection waving your hands to let the cars know you are there and you are crazy. If you approach your intersection and there is a constant flow of traffic in front of you, you footbrake or jump off your board abruptly run out into the intersection and force your way into the first lane of traffic and from there you charge across the second lane of traffic at the slightest chance usually cutting it pretty close, but hey cars have brakes.

Going through the intersections of Time Square and Union Square is intimidating for the sheer amount of people crossing the streets. You just got to holler and be a jackass and snake your way through, like it's life and death baby.

The End

Skating the Broadway Bomb is an experience because there is just something magicial about skating through a big city, past towering building. Also, it's is one day out of the year where you get to be a complete jackass on your board for a day. I mean I never skate with such hostility on a regular basis but hey this is NYC and the Broadway bomb happens once a year.

Hope to see more people out to next years Bomb and the Central park race this coming Spring.

Say hello to the squirrels,

Thanks to Nervous Ned and Sacha for the pics.