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Who is Blueridge Project / About Us
Who is Blueridge Project / About Us
Hi, I'm Adam Ornelles, and together with my wife Hannah, we make distance longboarding media stuff. I also race under the Blueridge Project moniker (but there have been more of us). I'm hoping to get a gang together and film more again in the future if life allows it.
Things I'm most proud of in longboarding include:
Skating over 300 miles in less than 24 hrs at the Miami Ultraskate (multiple times).
Winning broadway bomb as an outsider.
Designing wheels for racing using modern FEM analysis, and developing board designs with Pantheon Longboards.
Placing in the top 20% of a cycling hillclimb series (but on a longboard).
Being a proficient downhiller skating around Asheville has always been something I enjoy the most.
Sam Robinson, Mitch P, Geran Mahan-Fredrick, and I (Adam) have all raced and filmed as members of Blueridge project. We have gone separate ways, spread across the country, but remain friends who meetup.
I use the Blueridge Project social media for skating media to have some personal life separation from skating.
Where Blueridge Project is Located
Where Blueridge Project is Located
After spending 7 years in Asheville, NC, trying to race my bike and then my board, I hit my limit living in an expensive tourist town, but don't get my wrong, we miss the mountains. We return regularly to Asheville where most of my friends and family remain.
We are now based in the bike-able, surprisingly utopian city of Madison Wisconsin, I haven't had to drive to work or buy groceries since we moved.
Checkout the free race we host: www.badgerboardrally.org
Fun facts about Madison Wisconsin
Has over 200 miles of bike paths
Home of Trek bikes, Schwinn, and Mangoose.
The town was placed between 3 lakes on a land bridge aka isthmus (reduced parking space means alternative transport is great here).
What is the "Project"
What is the "Project"
The Blueridge Longboard Project is the embodiment of the goal to increase accessibility and awareness of distance longboarding. Community is what makes a sport and I want to keep that alive.
I've believed for awhile that to grow and maintain the sport we need these three things:
Media to excite people doing the sport currently and show why it's compelling to those outside of skating.
Athletic feats to bring in racers from other sports, get headlines, and grow credibility.
Develop community and educational material to lower the barrier of entry to what is a relatively higher risk sport.
Most of what we do is centered around these 3 ideas.
What's Your Day Job
What's Your Day Job
I (Adam) am going back to grad school for my PhD as a research assistant after working as a state hydrogeologist. I have a masters in hydrogeology, a form of environmental engineering for water quality and contamination. Here's some of my work.
I don't make money on training, racing, and videos, so I am hoping to someday make a little skate store and videos that help make skating something I can continue doing at a high level.
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