Oh and I looove the skatepark name in Chinese: 北京时尚体育公园, that is accurately translated on the top of their website by: BFSP: Beijing Fashion Sport Park.
 
 
BTW, I don’t know why, but they have 2 websites totally different: www.woodwardbeijing.com and www.beijingwoodward.com
As their "Rates & Dates" page was just filled with "Coming soon…", I decided to contact them by email in order to prepare a weekend trip over there.
One month later, I’m still waiting their answer… I guess that they have the same management team as the Shanghai SMP skatepark…
Same big -deserted- skatepark, same story?

This set of three parties brings together Shanghai’s skateboarders, graffiti writers, BMXers and other underground street sports (parkour, inline skating,…) to show off their skills and try to build up their following. Turn up for a night of music and displays.

BEAT  STREET将向潮男靓女们展示轮滑运动，滑板运动，特技单车，街头涂鸦，跑酷运动和街舞运动的真正精髓。
 
 
More info / 更多信息:
http://www.cityweekend.com.cn/shanghai/events/56815/

I’ve never explored the East coast North of the bike park, so that was our plan.
Uuuh… Actually we rode almost 55km, and that, that wasn’t part of my plan! hehehe but was good for my legs! (see the green track on the map hereunder)

I’m not used anymore to ride long distances, with big wheels, on almost flat roads… Anyway, the fact that I was riding with Thibaut motivated me. For him, it was a piece of cake for sure! You can have a look at his blog: http://desroutesquimontent.blogspot.com (censored in China…), and so you will understand that he is a crazy guy! For instance, 100km rollerskating uphill in one day doesn’t scare him!

So, we started our ride along the lake, heading North. The small roads are composed of smooth concrete plaques, and the larger roads are made of quite good tar.

Sunny weather, didn’t wear t-shirt all the day!

请勿嬉水 (qǐng wù xī shuǐ): Please don’t play with water = Don’t close with water
Good advice for the people parking their yacht here.

We’ve discovered a nice new road towards 冲山村 (chōng shān cūn).

It was also the first time I saw sailboats on Tàihú, I mean navigating ones.









 
 
Here are all the pictures and a slideshow.

。地图在这个网页下面），应该也合适做轮滑速降。
我的朋友美女（他是男的）借给我们他的车子，所以我们周日早上5点半离开上海市区向清凉峰出发。

3个半小时以后我们到了马啸，我们吃颜色缤纷的面条，然后开始车上去华浪线：差不多20公里一直上坡到1300米的海拔。从马啸到上面，路面不错，合适做轮滑速降。你们可以看在下面的照片他们在修这条路。

华浪线上去到一个关口，然后开始下去。在那个关口，有沙子和小石头挺合适山地车（看橙色区标志在我地图上）。

在这里有一条小泥土路上去太子尖山顶，然后一直波峰沿着。我们停车在关口：温度很低，差不多12度没有风的话。我们没有带很多衣服所以感觉很冷！结果是我一个人爬山到山顶哈哈 在那里，风景很漂亮，很大的云在我下面，上去，过山，很多风。。。

应该合适徒步旅行和山地车在波峰沿着。下次要去调查（就是那个橙色线在地图上。应该开在Google Maps或者Google Earth，因为谷歌地图的位置不对，让这个GPS路线在不正确的地方）。

后来我们回来在华浪线上，准备做轮滑速降向源头村。那个录像就是那个下坡。有差不多10公里下坡。路面不是非常好，但是还可以。所以速度没有这么快，新手也可以欣赏风景。我拍照了这条路从太子尖山顶：

以后，我们打算去安徽省。可是我们的汽车马上没有汽油，所以需要加油。问题是太子尖附近，没有加油站。。。到了18省道，我们问一下在哪里可以加油：一个人告诉我们可能可以在龙岗的方向。所以我问他：可以还是他不知道？他回答他其实不是本地人。。。我决定这个人不知道呵呵呵。 所以我们再问一下一个人在旁边的酒店工作。他说有一个小加油站5公里在西边的方向。我们决定开车过去。在这个时候我们真的马上没有油。。。到了那个小加油站，服务员说没有93！所以我们问他在哪里附近有。回答：没有！！！其实他指出有一个小的，但是应该回来我们来的路，开车差不多25公里！没有别的办法，所以我们掉头。我们下列25公里有很大的压力。。。终于我们成功到了那个小加油站！而且他们有93！他们带来两个喷壶。价格跟一般的加油站差不多一样。我在我地图上标明这个位置，可能你们会需要

我们浪费很多时间跟这个事，所以我们快去浙江呼日村，然后走一条小路向安徽。到了关口，就是安徽省。从那里，路面开始不好，所以下坡到梅村真的不合适做轮滑速降。无论如何，我们备注有一条小泥土路一直下去从关口到马头岭脚，所以我们决定骑山地车下山。而且我们之前问了一个农民人这条泥土路是不是去马头岭脚。他说是去。可是我们发现这条路是很隘，而且是僵局的路。。。所以我们花一个小时下去在森林里和田地里。。。不好玩。但是我们试过了呵呵呵
晚上6点钟到了，我们放自行车在我们汽车外面后面和回去上海。
 
 
这里有所有的照片和两个相片秀。
 
 
道谢：
梅帮助我改正第一个段和第二个段。从第三个段到这里你们可以再识别我的自己的中文！！！

For us, in Shanghai, it was on Sunday, June 14th, earlyyy morning.

We’ve met at 3am in Shanghai downtown. Our 2 金杯 minivans (+ Ginger’s car) were packed with 21 riders!
I’m still astonished that so many people were ready for a ride starting at 4am and furthermore with a late notice from me (only 2 days before!). That’s great
Within these 21 people, we had 13 boys and 8 girls, 10 Chinese people and 11 foreigners (from France, Taiwan, Germany, Denmark, and Mexico).

I’ve edited a short video:
[See post to watch Flash video]If the video takes too long to load, you can watch low resolution on Youku.
 
 
Our aim was to start riding at 4am in 佘山 (Shéshān), but the highway was closed for unknown reason, so we had to drive thru small roads… then arrive at the starting point with 40min late.

北极星 is a real gentleman: helping girls needing solar cream

At 4:40am, it’s still a little bit dark, so we started to ride by night. Actually, at 5am, it was already dawned…

One more time, we enjoyed Diablotim eccentric outfit!

Here is the track map:

Our track was 49,69km long, starting in 佘山 (Shéshān, 30km outside Shanghai) and finishing at  淀山湖 (Diànshān Lake). It was a mix of smooth roads, bike paths, small roads amid Shanghai suburbs fields.

Weather was cloudy, and the temperature was fresh until 8am. For those who don’t know Shanghai during the summer, fresh means a temperature below 30 degrees hahaha

We arrived at 10:30am at 淀山湖 (Diànshān Lake).
I’ve to confess that I initially foreseen to arrive there at… 7:30am!!! But we wasted 45min at a crossroad, everybody was dispersed, and another reason was that we were more people than foreseen, so needs more time for everything.


I also admit that the scenery at the arrival wasn’t really great… (first time going there!) but we enjoyed a nice breakfast with cool people, so it was far enough
 
 
You can have a look at this page: all the results & pictures have been put together from all around the world! It’s nice to see where people have rode in Iran, Cameroon, Kenya, Brasil, Spain, Italy, Germany, USA, France, Belgium, Canada, Australia & Malaysia.
Thanks again to Clemens for organizing this event! Hope to join it again next year!!!

Special thanks to Shanghai DK INC. for sponsoring this event in Shanghai!!! One minivan for free was helpful!
 
 
More:
All the pictures are here
Slideshow
Chinese thread / 中文帖子
Pre-Event Announcement post

And here is a copy of the online version:

Cities and Mountains are like playgrounds

Why roller skating? Why not skateboarding or mountain biking?

Although the story of Atomic Skate began with roller skates, these events and trips are open to anybody who feels like getting an adrenaline rush on wheels. No limits, no discrimination–just some good fun between friends.

What do you love most about roller skating?

Its creative potential. Cities and mountains are like huge playgrounds. You can divert every element around you to create new paths and new uses. The number of possibilities is infinite.

How did the group decide on roller skating in Moganshan after being barred from Shanghai’s streets?

Moganshan is an incredible place for skating. It has beautiful downhills, perfect roads and great landscapes–it seems like this place was made for skating. At the time, the organizer already knew this spot pretty well so it didn’t take a long time before he organized trips up there. And Moganshan is just one of many great spots around Shanghai; Shengsi Island, Taihu Xishan and many places in Zhejiang have also played host Atomic Skate’s events–and will again!

Have you ever bailed out when roller skating?

Nothing’s worse than falling with each leg on either side a handrail when sliding down it…

Ouch, we can imagine! So what are the best spots for roller skating in the city?

Shanghai Concert Hall and the Shanghai Museum of Science and Technology for tricks, Nanjing Dong Lu at night for slaloming cones and Hongkou for chill free skate.

Matt Juggins

 
 
Source:
City Week End magazine, May 2009
Original copy

English

6月14日周日清晨：24小时轮滑全世界

This is an event supporting UNICEF.
Here is the idea:

Inline/quad skaters from around the world skate wherever they want scheduled in a way such that 24 hours are completely covered without a break.
The goal is to cover as many kilometers as possible and to knot a global net of skaters.
An additional goal is to help UNICEF, the United Nations agency to support children around the world.
Participation is free of charge.

More info: http://www.24skate.net/home_e.htm

 
 
If you wanna participate in Shanghai (or just have the details of the event), please leave a comment with your email in the email field (it won’t be visible on my website) before Saturday 6pm.

Only one hour away from Shanghai by car or train, the skatepark is located in Qīngfēng park (青枫公园).
First of all, here’s a short movie:

If it takes too long to load, you can watch the low resolution video on Tudou.
 
 
This skatepark is really different from those in Shanghai.
Changzhou’s elements are regular sized ones. Good combination of spins, medium half-pipe, funboxes and quarter-pipes.
The only bad points are the quality of the metallic plates (too thin maybe, so it’s trembling and denting) and the design of some elements (like the un-smooth vertical to curve transition on the medium half-pipe …).

As you can see, Pascal & Tim worked a lot on their "clothing" style:

We were also 3 riders using FSK skates (Salomon Crossmax 3, Rollerblade Twister 2 and Roces Majestic 1999?), and even 2 others guys with slalom skates

Some more nice shots of Pascal! Flying!!!

We’ve also found a small bridge in the park around: its curvature allowed cool jumps!

Additional stuff:
all the pictures
slideshow
 
 
Thanks again to 北极星 & Vic for the transportation!

Chinese thread - 中文论坛:
http://bbs.rollerfun.net/viewthread.php?tid=53774&extra=page%3D1&page=1

Photos credits:
北极星, 梅, Vic, Tim