Snake Pass on a Skateboard

[nickyboy]

I was chatting with the guy who runs the mobile butty van on the Snake Pass near the reservoir. He told me that he was on his way to set up early one morning and saw some skateboarders descending to Glossop.

I couldn't believe it...so I had a look on youtube.....and there it was! 45mph is pretty fast, as quick as most cyclists


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddUwA74aEXs

 

[Fnaar]

Bit scary about 4.24 on the bend with oncoming traffic!!

 

[ASC1951]

Last year I was overtaken by a skateboarder as I descended from the Col de L'Izoard. I never saw him again, so he either died on the way down or, more likely, beat me to the next town .....

 

[smokeysmoo]

This old advert sprang to mind when I watched that, (well the bit at 0:24).

Like my old man would say, they're not all locked up yet

 

[ScotiaLass]

Holy cr*p!!
I'm scared witless on two wheels at 20 mph!!

 

[fossyant]

I'm surprised they made the final bend. The surface isn't great so how they stayed on.

 

[skudupnorth]

Bloody skaterists on our roads breaking all the rules They must have big wotsits to do that !

 

[Dangermouse]

Were they longboards, couldn't really get a good luck, takes balls to do that.............but what if they need to stop pretty quick............they are gonna get hurt

 

[cyberknight]

Bloody skaterists on our roads breaking all the rules They must have big wotsits to do that !

I bet they dont pay road tax

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Longboards innit.

And you'd be surprised how quickly a skilled longboarder, not me, can stop one at speed.

 

[ColinJ]

Longboards innit.

And you'd be surprised how quickly a skilled longboarder, not me, can stop one at speed.

Was the guy in front wiggling from side to side to scrub off speed? I noticed he also dragged a foot on the road at one point.

I don't remember the hill being that long when I did it in 2007 on my Hebden Bridge to Coventry ride - I must have still been pretty fit that year!

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Was the guy in front wiggling from side to side to scrub off speed? I noticed he also dragged a foot on the road at one point.

I don't remember the hill being that long when I did it in 2007 on my Hebden Bridge to Coventry ride - I must have still been pretty fit that year!

Wiggling side to side is Carving. Yep, it lets you fine tune your speed, and has a certain Zen gracefulness to it all of its own. Foot braking can help shed speed though it wrecks shoes and takes HUGE cajones at anything past jogging speed.

 

[ColinJ]

I admire anyone who can do that, but it's not for me ...

I would do 50-60 mph down that descent on my bike, but I'm sure that is a lot safer!