Indoor Skatepark Race - How it can be done?

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Is 7,000sq ft indoor skate park big enough to race in?

What do you see as limitations?

What kind of track design?

How may people would be a max in a race?

Would longboards be able to make it?

Talk to me

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shortboards, really carvey beasts, slides, etc. would be awesome on a circle 8 (or some other overlapping shape) track.

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what if we made deck size max rule?

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Another alernative to deck size rule would be to put down a few cones to test the minimum steering radius required and if the board passes its fine

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I think a max of 33in is probably a good rule. Anything over 33in is not gonna make tight enough carves or be very easy to slide anyways.

You could also do heats, where you match 4 people at a time, the winners moves up the bracket to be matched in a group of 4 again, until eventually you have a last race of 4 people and that winner is the overall winner.

Tack design will be tough. Just off the top of my head, I would suggest a figure 8 with tight curves to limit top speed and really test a riders carving and sliding skill.

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Lol don’t want a bunch of FabBoard clones showing up hahah

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Rule numero uno -> no fabBoard clones :laughing:

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Release the Spuds!!

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Wheelbase, truck/track width & bushing height (lean) on a skate truck dictate turn radius. Not deck length.

If you’ll don’t want to race against Moe you should just say so…

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Wheel base is related to deck length tho…

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No it is not!

Why do I have 31-40 inch decks all with the same wheel base? :thinking:

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you cant fit a 30inch wheelbase on a 29inch deck. Unless i miss understood what wheelbase is.

The place where the holes are drill are the dictating factor but generally the longer the board the longer the wheel base

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I feel like you’re discriminating against my 48" deck and it’s super horrible turning ability.

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Let me be clear here, I do not want to race against Moe :grin:.

Aside from that, it’s kind of like the rule about truck with. You don’t need y trucks to make a stable board but you can make it stable board much more easy with wide trucks.

I think the same applies to cars and slides, it’s easier to do on a shorter board.

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Feel your pain my friend my board turns like a mack truck.

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Here’s an idea. Find a compliant indoor go kart enterprise. You can hire these places out usually and only use the parts of the track that suit.

Back in the day I organised a pit bike race at a local kart track for all my silly mates but no one made it round the first corner. Still a lot of fun though.

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Humm … this indoor challenges me… now let think about the surface…skatepark or race track…

@RunPlayBack do you have some feedback as to the riding conditions when you had your event? Was it too slick? Was the course to short? Too tight?

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Wanna slide a big ass car? Hold my :beer: or my :bear:

And who the hell doesn’t wanna race Moe! Even if that is asking to be left behind in the dust lol

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I have drifted in a big ass car, a 77 Lincoln Mark VII…i gotta tell you its like jumping off a cliff and waiting for thend because there is no control to be had.

I mean, I would race him, just don’t make any bets on my lane :slight_smile:

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What kind of skatepark surface are we talking about here concrete? What about what they use on schools tracks?