I bet this'll probably seem pretty ranty, but I don't know where else to go for help so I hope you don't mind. My problem is that in the town I'm from, I'm pretty much the only kid that rides. There's one other but he does cheerleading so he's busy all the time. I live in a small city, so it isn't that surprising that there aren't many riders, but I'm 10 minutes away from Pensacola, a fairly populous city, and the scene there is extremely weak. Neither Gulf Breeze (where I live) nor Pensacola has a skatepark that allows bikes, so even if I do go to the shitty parks we have, the odds of meeting a fellow rider are incredibly slim. I really love riding, but lately having nowhere to ride and no one to ride with has been really frustrating me. There are some street spots in Pensacola for sure, but me going by myself once a week without anyone to motivate me is only so fun. 99% of my riding is in my own small neighborhood.
I just really want to know if any of you have any tips at all regarding how to find other people to ride with. I want to keep rising for as long as I can, but it's hard because recently I've been getting so upset about the monotony of riding all alone. Please if any of you have the same problem or ANY tips whatsoever, please tell me. Thanks.
/rant
Refs: element4all, kroller