"Calm" places/roads in the Chiang Rai area for longboarding

[crazyexchangestudent]

Hello there everyone! I have been here in Chiang Rai for only a bit over two months, and have decided to pursue a new outdoor hobby, longboarding, in order to get me out and about, exercising, and exploring the area a bit more. I haven't gotten my board in the post yet, so I'm not sure yet if this is a great or incredibly stupid idea.

Could anyone recommend me relatively calm neighborhoods or paved roads to practice on, basically ANYWHERE between Mae Chan and southern Chiang Rai city? I live in Nanglae and will be practicing mostly in my own driveway/neighborhood at first (and my school), but I want to use this new hobby as a push for me to go around and explore more of the area. Would a longboard be allowed on Chiang Rai Rajabhat or Mae Fah Luang campuses? Thanks for the help.

[stoneyboy]

Don't forget your safety gear,you'll need it here.

[crazyexchangestudent]

Haha that's basically my plan - have helmet already, am ordering pads with longboard. ^^Wish I could wear that every time I get on a motorcycle!!

[ripstanley]

Please ensure you have contact details for next of kin on your body somewhere.

[sceadugenga]

Welcome to the forum.

I cannot recall even seeing skateboards here so no doubt you'll attract curious onlookers.

Maybe head for the shopping center car parks before the shops open?

Edited September 22, 2015 by sceadugenga

[my friend I]

The old airport on the south side of downtown.

[Bardeh]

The old airport on the south side of downtown.

This is the best option. Trying to do it on a road sounds like suicide. If the bikes, cars and trucks don't get you, a pack of dogs probably will.

[toybits]

Not a good idea to longboard on the streets. Mortality rates are somewhat off the scale hereabouts... wink wink...

[boomerangutang]

When I first read your post, I pictured something which I saw a week ago on Lake Tahoe, on the northern California/Nevada border: people were renting what looked like large surfboards, standing while paddling peacefully along. Now it appears you're referring to a type of skateboard

The old airport on the south side of downtown.

16 yrs ago I went with a Thai friend to speak with an official there about setting up a skateboard park for the community. He didn't understand. He was air force old-school who had probably been transferred here to an inactive post, so his brain was mothballed. I drew pictures and tried my best to explain what I was offering to build. He refused to try to understand, and simply said I should contact the Royal Thai Air Force in Bangkok. Yeah sure.

That was another thing I saw in northern California on my recent trip. A skate board park. It was beautifully built, and the afternoon I was there, I saw dozens of kids (mostly boys) having lots of fun. Sure better than what most kids do in their spare time: hunched over tiny digital devices for hours, going cross-eyed and asocial.

[sceadugenga]

There appears to all sorts of activities at the old airport in the evening....

I'm sure a little skateboarding wouldn't attract official disapproval.

[my friend I]

They have earobics - exercise for the hearing impaired.

[my friend I]

When I first read your post, I pictured something which I saw a week ago on Lake Tahoe, on the northern California/Nevada border: people were renting what looked like large surfboards, standing while paddling peacefully along. Now it appears you're referring to a type of skateboard

The old airport on the south side of downtown.

16 yrs ago I went with a Thai friend to speak with an official there about setting up a skateboard park for the community. He didn't understand. He was air force old-school who had probably been transferred here to an inactive post, so his brain was mothballed. I drew pictures and tried my best to explain what I was offering to build. He refused to try to understand, and simply said I should contact the Royal Thai Air Force in Bangkok. Yeah sure.

That was another thing I saw in northern California on my recent trip. A skate board park. It was beautifully built, and the afternoon I was there, I saw dozens of kids (mostly boys) having lots of fun. Sure better than what most kids do in their spare time: hunched over tiny digital devices for hours, going cross-eyed and asocial.

Those large surfboards are called SUPS stand up paddle boards