Since 2002
Broadway Bomb
you could die The holiest skateboarding day of the year!An 8‑mile longboard race down the entire length of Broadway, Manhattan. No permit. No closed streets. No entry fee.
The Route
Start at 116th & Riverside in Morningside Heights, ride the spine of Broadway through Midtown, Union Square and SoHo, and finish eight miles later at the Bull in the Financial District. This is a real city street, not a closed course. Cars, cabs and pedestrians are still out there, so ride accordingly.
History & Rules
Tales of the Broadway BombStarted in October 2002 with sixteen riders daring each other to make it the length of Broadway in one piece, the Bomb grew every single year until thousands were showing up by 2012. That's when a New York Supreme Court injunction declared the race unlawful and the NYPD started turning out in force to shut it down.
It hasn't stopped a single one since. Attendance has settled from its early‑2010s peak and so has the police presence, but the run down the spine of Manhattan still happens every third Saturday in October, exactly as it never officially should.
Co-founder Ian Nichols later put the whole philosophy in writing: no one person should run the Bomb or profit from it, so it happens on the same day every year and never costs a dime to enter.
The Decree
Per co-founder Ian Nichols- Always free, forever
- 3rd Saturday of October, every year
- Converge at 116th & Broadway, noon
- Helmet required
- No skitching
- First rider past the Bull wins
- Rained out? Pushed to Sunday, then the next Sat/Sun, until it runs
"the Broadway Bomb now and forever belongs to everyone"
Also standard on any city street: don't take out other riders or pedestrians, and stay on Broadway as much as you can.
Ian Nichols
