anyone or anyplace to run in bay area california?

[blueb8llz]

i cant find no where nice to run my truck...any one got cool spots they know of?

[killjoyken]

Originally Posted by blueb8llz

i cant find no where nice to run my truck...any one got cool spots they know of?

Where in the bay area are you? We've got a few cool bashing spots in San Jose and Morgan Hill.

[blueb8llz]

im in alameda, right next to oakland. san jose is pretty deep to drive to run since gas is sooo high nowadays. you know of any spots around where i live? and what are the spots in san jose your talking bout? i have a few friends up in that area, so they might like to know.

[J3110]

Blue,
I live in marin, but if you happen to find youtself in the east bay:
You might try the Berkeley marina. Take university the opposite side of 580 from downtown berkeley and it'll eventually curve to the right and then the left again(around a building complex) to head out towards the water. Huge park area and there should be some nice areas closer to the water beyond the shrubbery where you shouldn't be hassled by any authorities patrolling the lot(not that I would know if they had issues with RCs).
Another place, if you happen to get over to berkeley, would be near the USPS shipping hub out 580 towards san rafael(maybe 5-6 miles west on 580 after 80 splits off to go north). I forget the exit, but it'll be on the left(maybe central?). Similar area to the berkeley marina, but nobody ever goes to this park, so it'll be all your's.
Since you're all the way out here, you might as well head to Point Molate right next to the richmond-san rafael bridge.
Heading west on 580, take the very last exit before the bridge and continue down that road till you see a park on the left right on the water. Again, a practically deserted park. Mainly because it's surrounded by huge oil storage tanks and pipes...hardly a natural surrounding, but I think the park kicks butt for bashing were it not accross the bridge from me, hence, a $4 toll just to go bash there is hardly a bargain.

If you ever wanna come out to Marin, I can show you some rather special areas in Mill Valley at the risk of being ejected by the locals. I'm guessing a buncha freestyle MTB/BMX riders wouldn't mind a couple high powered electric RCs bashing at their spot for a few, though.

Took me awhile to remember these 2 sweet bashing spots, but as it turned out, they are places I've known about for years, but never considered them for bashing until way later when I started getting into off-road RCs.

I was actually thinking it'd be cool to make a kinda parkour/urban RC tricking video in SF. Perhaps there would be legal issues, though.

What I need, now, is a local track so I can try my hand at staying between the lines. ;)

[blueb8llz]

j3110, thats funny that you brought up the berkeley marina cus i was just telling my frens that i remember my one friend telling me that he used to run his truck near berkeley marina ...like it was under the overpass or something...i forget. i dont keep in touch with him anymore so i have no way of asking. but he says there were lots of people that run their trucks there on the weeknd. i was just gonna go by that area one day and see if i can find it. im actually only like 15 mins from berkeley. so if im coming from oakland 580 i exit university? is there two university exits? like a east and west? because i know that exit but it usually veers to the right over the over pass. if its to the left, i can just make a u turn. so after i make that u turn do i just go straight and ill hit the park?

[J3110]

Exactly. Just make a u-turn and head out towards the water. Since you can't go straight, the road will go around the buildings that you'd run into if you went straight ahead.
I don't remember seeing any people running their RC near the freeway overpass, but now that I think of it, there is that long and narrow "lake" on the Oakland side of university and the Berkeley side of the freeway right there that has a waterski jump in it and I think guys run their RC boats there...now THAT could be the spot to go. I used to play frisbee golf in that park and seem to remember some cool spots that would be good for bashing. Lots of trees too, so you have some shade to beat the heat.
Kinda tricky finding it in a car unless you know where you're tryina go and then it's just a matter of finding the road that goes accross the tracks to get to the lot for the park there. It'd be like "get off on university heading towards berkeley, take a right on san pablo and then head down a few blocks till you can go right and get accross the train tracks".
So that's really 2 spots in berkeley. One on either side of 580 at the university exit.

See if I can get some maps goin on in a sec.

edit:

Berkeley Marina
Berkeley Aquatic Park
"Point Molate"

Hrm, had to fix the links because they seemed to be anchored in the center of berkeley(my initial map search) and kept defaulting back to the MLK memorial dealio. Fixed now.

[blueb8llz]

o yea i see that lake all the time. you just cant miss that waterski jump haha.
yea ill be def. checking these places out. ill report back here to let you know.
thanks for the maps btw.
do they have the address or street for those two other parks so i can put it in my navi.

[J3110]

Here's the last place I was thinking of:
Point Isabel Regional Shoreline
Checking google maps, it looks like the next exit(bayview?) at the end of S 51st St might have a park as well.
I am just getting the links by searching for the street name closest to where I need to link along with the city(zoom out if you don't see the city name yet).
You should be able to use any of those links and get directions to them and the destinations should all make themselves evident when you get to the locations I've linked.

I think the aquatic park probably holds the most promise for the least hassle with the Berkeley marina being a decent fall-back spot.
There's a playground in the aquatic park on the university end(there's a small parking lot right on that little lake).

Good luck and have fun. If you go on a wed, thurs, or friday, I could possibly cruise out as well for some bashin good times.

[blueb8llz]

sounds good. lemme get my truck running good first...right now, its have steering problems. then ill go scope out the sites and ill let you know.