It sounded like the roar of the ocean on Thursday in Detroit's Hart Plaza as about 2,000 skateboarders hit the streets for Go Skateboarding Day. It's an annual event that takes place on June 21, but this year was special in the city because it was chosen as the site of the Ninth Annual Wild In the Street's mass ride.

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The ride took a route that shot up Woodward Avenue (with a slight detour into the Cass Corridor), then turned on Ferry St. to John R. and up Mack Avenue to Eastern Market. Afterwards, many of those who showed up chilled out and showed off their skills at a nearby abandoned tennis court. The Detroit police helped out with the event making sure car traffic didn't interfere with the ride and good times.

Timothy Nickloff is the global brand director of Emerica, a skate shoe company that helped organize the ride. He said Emerica chose Detroit for the ride this year in order to help the local skateboarding community set up a DIY skatepark in the city.

"It's amazing, just the show of all the people who have come out to support skateboarding," he said, adding that for many it was a one-of-a-kind opportunity to see some of the skating world's greatest stars. "When the pros come through, it's a big deal to the kids who look up to them."

The skate day wraps up Thursday night with a benefit concert for the new skatepark, RideIt Sculpture Park, with performances by Break Anchor (with former member of rock group Suicide Machines Jay Navarro), Child Bite, Snakewing, Drunk Dom & the Roaches and Wrist Rocket at Modern Skate Park in Royal Oak.

Check out some riders and tricks from the Wild in the Street ride in the gallery below.

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    24-year-old Auttiesh Danger of Grand Rapids warms up for Wild in the Streets on Go Skateboarding Day (June 21) in Detroit at the Bagley Pedestrian Bridge in Detroit's Mexicantown. "We came out just to be a part of history in the making," he told The Huffington Post. "The Emerica team is here. They got Michigan live. They got Detroit. They got the city live -- all of us came out. I know there's going to be thousands, thousands of kids out here."

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    Mike Hoag, 23, of Grand Rapids practices at the Bagley Pedestrian Bridge in Detroit's Mexican Town. "Brought the whole team out here," he told The Huffington Post. "We got three carloads deep of people coming out. It's about to be going down in the D."

  • Wild In The Streets Detroit

    These skaters are part of an amateur skateboard team from Grand Rapids, Mich. They showed up at the Bagley Pedestrian Bridge In Detroit's Mexicantown at about 9 a.m. in anticipation of the Ninth Annual Wild in the Streets event in Detroit. Pictured from left to right: Mike Hoag, Kenny Hoag, Auttiesh Danger, John Tod.

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    After the ride to Eastern Market, skaters get their tricks... down at the tennis courts!

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    Skaters participating in Wild in the Streets warm up at Hart Plaza before the ride around noon on June 21, 2012.

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    Skaters participating in Wild in the Streets warm up at Hart Plaza before the ride around noon on June 21, 2012.

  • Wild In The Streets Detroit

    Skaters participating in Wild in the Streets warm up at Hart Plaza before the ride around noon on June 21, 2012.

  • Wild In The Streets Detroit

    Skaters participating in Wild in the Streets warm up at Hart Plaza before the ride around noon on June 21, 2012.

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    Wipeout! Skaters participating in Wild in the Streets warm up at Hart Plaza before the ride around noon on June 21, 2012.

  • Wild In The Streets Detroit

    Skaters participating in Wild in the Streets warm up at Hart Plaza before the ride around noon on June 21, 2012.

  • Wild In The Streets Detroit

    Skaters participating in Wild in the Streets warm up at Hart Plaza before the ride around noon on June 21, 2012.

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    Jaimmy Miller, 16, of Farmington, Mich. (left) is pictured here with Emerica's global brand director TImothy Nickloff, 35. Miller said he was at the event to honor the memory of his friend, skateboarder Ryan Gaynier, who died in a car accident over the weekend. "It's all for him in my opinion," said Miller.

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    Wicked! The ride begins at Hart Plaza.

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    Skaters roll out at Hart Plaza.

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    Around 2,000 skateboarders take to the streets for Go Skateboarding Day 2012 in Detroit. Here they're cruising north on Woodward Avenue.

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    Wiiillldd in the Streets!

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    More skating on the streets of Detroit for Go Skateboarding Day.

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    Around 2,000 skateboarders take to the streets for Go Skateboarding Day 2012 in Detroit.

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    Wild in the Street-ers turn down Mack Avenue towards Eastern Market.

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    Skaters from Eastern Market to an abandoned tennis court to show off some tricks and chill out.

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    This skateboarder is clearly enjoying this once-in-a-lifetime Detroit moment.

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    Some of the Wild in the Streets crew get real wild and take a detour into Detroit's Cass Corridor.

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    A few of the skateboarders take a short break on a detour into the Cass Corridor.

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    After a slight detour, skaters return to Woodward Avenue.

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    Benjamin Schwandt, 23 of Mt. Clemens and Justin Bohl, 27, of Clawson took a slight detour and wait for the rest of the pack to catch up with them. Bohl said he and his friend came "just to skate and hang out with all our friends, people from all over Michigan -- and even from out of state." He added: "There's quite a few pro skateboarders here too who are legends in the skateboarding world. to see them and skate through the streets of Detroit is pretty amazing."

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    The Wild in the Streets crowd start the rush to get wild in the courts.

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    Skaters show their skills down at the abandoned tennis courts near Eastern Market and I-75.

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    Skaters show their skills down at the abandoned tennis courts near Eastern Market and I-75.

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    Skaters show their skills down at the abandoned tennis courts near Eastern Market and I-75.

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    Some skaters check out the fun down on the courts from a nearby building.

  • Posing

    <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Andrew_Geller"><img style="float:left;padding-right:6px !important;" src="http://graph.facebook.com/1801965889/picture?type=square" /></a><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Andrew_Geller">Andrew Geller</a>:<br />Emerica pro Brandon Westgate poses for a picture with 16 year old Andrew Geller from Birmingham, MI at Hart Plaza.

  • Sun setting at Hart Plaza - still skating.

    <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Reci715"><img style="float:left;padding-right:6px !important;" src="http://graph.facebook.com/1722841065/picture?type=square" /></a><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Reci715">Reci715</a>:<br />My buddy Fan and some awesome skaters at Hart Plaza near sundown.

  • Ed Templeton

    <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Lauren_Montgomery"><img style="float:left;padding-right:6px !important;" src="http://i.huffpost.com/profiles/1255107-tiny.png?20101010141342" /></a><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Lauren_Montgomery">Lauren Montgomery</a>:<br />The amazing Ed Templeton. Sporting a Lieca film camera around his neck. A pleasure to meet and photograph. (C) Lauren Montgomery

  • Jerry Hsu

    <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Lauren_Montgomery"><img style="float:left;padding-right:6px !important;" src="http://i.huffpost.com/profiles/1255107-tiny.png?20101010141342" /></a><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Lauren_Montgomery">Lauren Montgomery</a>:<br />Who doesn't love Jerry Hsu, Pro Skater for Emerica. Photo by Lauren Montgomery.

  • Brandon Robinson, Jerry Hsu, and Steve Carmickle

    <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Lauren_Montgomery"><img style="float:left;padding-right:6px !important;" src="http://i.huffpost.com/profiles/1255107-tiny.png?20101010141342" /></a><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Lauren_Montgomery">Lauren Montgomery</a>:<br />Pro skater Hsu with two Detroit skateboarders. Photo by Lauren Montgomery

  • Bryan Herman

    <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Lauren_Montgomery"><img style="float:left;padding-right:6px !important;" src="http://i.huffpost.com/profiles/1255107-tiny.png?20101010141342" /></a><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Lauren_Montgomery">Lauren Montgomery</a>:<br />Pro skater Bryan Herman of Emerica. Photo by Lauren Montgomery

  • Wild In The Streets, Detroit 2012

    <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Lauren_Montgomery"><img style="float:left;padding-right:6px !important;" src="http://i.huffpost.com/profiles/1255107-tiny.png?20101010141342" /></a><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Lauren_Montgomery">Lauren Montgomery</a>:<br />Photo by Lauren Montgomery

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