Bluejake

It is getting harder to find original skate routes. Sure- I've been able to combine different elements to create skates like Park and Three Bridges, but without doing something insane like skating to the Bronx, I may run out of new routes pretty soon. With all that in mind, I decided to return to one of my favorite old skates- Two Bridges. To spice it up a little, I decided to skate it for speed. I took my time getting over to the base of the Brooklyn Bridge. It was windy as all hell as I ascended from the Manhattan side. The bridge was empty and the wind was against me. I was over and headed toward the base of the Manhattan Bridge in 12 minutes. Skating west toward Manhattan, I had the wind at my back, and it only took 7 minutes to get back to base of the bridge at Bowery and Canal. I've marked the timed portion of the route in green. I'd be willing to bet that a good skater could do the bridges in 15 minutes, and doing them in 10 would not be out of the question for an amateur in top form.

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