J.S. Rocky Anderson Edit

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1. 1. Welcome to the North Shore News - On Line - Sports

   www.nsnews.com/issues05/w05150 - [Cached]

   Published on: 5/20/2005   Last Visited: 5/20/2005

   "Longboarding is kind of a natural extension of skateboarding," says Rocky Anderson, team captain of Rayne Longboards and Lonsdale Board Company Racing. Anderson also owns and operates the Lonsdale Board Company.
   
   "Here on the North Shore, we live on a big mountain and it's just nothing but hills," says Anderson. "If you're a skateboarder and you have a skateboard with you all the time, it just makes sense to use the proper equipment. A lot of people use a skateboard for transportation."
   
   To get to parks, riders will often skateboard there, meaning hills are part of the journey.
   
   "In order to negotiate hills properly, you have to use the proper type of equipment," says Anderson.
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   "The kind of longboarding that's happening at Danger Bay is called downhill racing, not to be confused with luging," Anderson says.
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   "There's some really, really steep sections and some hairpin corners," says Anderson. "How these guys get around these corners at such high speeds is just absolutely amazing to watch."
   
   The rush achieved can become addictive, he says. Longboarders can reach speeds of up to 100 kilometres an hour.
   
   "The speeds are blood curdling," Anderson says.
   
   Besides the Attack, participants will take part in the community's 60th Annual May Day parade and other competitions. Jake's Rash Outlaw Race is three kilometres long, giving competitors a chance to tune-up before the Attack, reaching speeds of 80 kilometres an hour.
   
   New this year is a trick sliding competition.
   
   "What's happened is guys have gotten really creative and are doing all kinds of different crazy things with the sliding, spins and one hand down and back hand out and all these different ways to slide," says Anderson. "It's just amazing what guys are doing these days."
   
   Rayne Longboards and Lonsdale Board Company Racing riders train daily, dependent on weather, on various parts of the North Shore. A common training area is North Van's Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve - a 20-kilometre journey, testing riders' endurance as well as their downhill capabilities.
   
   On Wednesdays, the team encourages other non-racers to go ride with them.
   
   "The racers are really sharp and are professionals, but the average guy, we wouldn't suggest them going out and ripping really fast around corners," says Anderson.

2. 2. skatefast.org - Downhill Racing Association of Skateboarding

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   Published on: 6/26/2005   Last Visited: 1/8/2007

   Name: Rocky Anderson
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   Description: Rocky Anderson, Coach of LBC Racing and creator of The King of The Forest 20k longboard Endurance race.

3. 3. BCNG Portals Page

   www.northshoreoutlook.com/port - [Cached]

   Published on: 7/20/2006   Last Visited: 7/21/2006

   "It's the mecca of skateboarding," explains Rocky Anderson, part owner of local skate shop LBC (sk8dex.com), noting that Seylynn Skate Park on Mountain Highway is Canada's very first skate park. Anderson attributes the North Shore's thriving culture to the positive attitude of local skaters and the beautiful, pristine visions of nature.
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   Then there's Anderson, who remembers getting his first skateboard for Christmas in 1972. The board sat in his room, as did he, patiently waiting for the summer sun to arrive so he could ride. But later, as girls and cars came into the West Vancouver native's life, the skateboard was put in the closet. Now 43, Anderson, whose specialty is downhill skating, said he recently rediscovered his love for the sport after his children picked it up.
   
   "It's a way of life.
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   Most skateboarders, inspired by urban architecture, consider themselves artists: musicians, photographers, sculptors, tattoo artists, even intellectualists - and a lot of it is "out of the box," says Anderson.