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Archive Home > 2004 > November > 05 > Downhill skateboarding lures locals looking for a surge of adrenaline

Downhill skateboarding lures locals looking for a surge of adrenaline

By Mark Morical / The Bulletin
November 5, 2004

Back in their skateboarding days, Chad Olson and his buddies loved to smoke.

No, not cigarettes or the like. They smoked skateboard wheels.

As they reached speeds of greater than 50 mph, smoke would literally fly from their melting wheels.

"We started videotaping," says Olson, who....

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