Downhill Life – A Tour of Maryhill

First time I saw this hill. I was marveling at the full face helmets and the crop-tops with the wind-mills spinning in the background. It was on youtube, I was bombing the largest hills in Florida at the time. “Mount Dora”

25+ MPH on a Piece of Wood

I had to kind of start over how to skate when I moved to the pacific northwest (PNW). I had to learn how to “foot break.”

So this hill was designed to drive on. I am going down it above, on a piece of 8 layer ply-wood, “precision” cast/machine trucks, ceramic ball bearings made in by the Swiss, and custom poured urethane wheels from California. Taken in Goldendale Washington, USA

I’ve skated since before “Popsicle” stick boards were a thing. think late 80s Tony Hawk.

Building the Board

I had to train and build my skills and gear.

Mary Hill History

Maryhill Museum of Art founder Sam Hill was one of the Northwest’s first and most vocal advocates for modern roads. He was president of the Washington State Good Roads Association and spent much of his life championing the importance of highways in the Northwest. In 1913 Sam Hill convinced the Oregon governor and legislature to visit Maryhill and see the 10 miles of demonstration roads he had constructed over the prior four years, at his own expense, as a way to experiment with road building techniques and surfaces.

Mary Hill Museum