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Just Ride Skatepark

"This indoor park has a mini ramp, pro shop, street course, and a vert ramp *." 3209 North State Road 9, Anderson, Indiana *, 46012. (765) 644-7433 Search *
    (Categorized under Indiana)

California Increases Child Safety, Removes Freedom

Always the leader in restrictive legislation, the state of California *, led by Governer Grey Davis, has passed a law which requires all children under the age of 18 to wear a helmet at all times while riding a skateboard, scooter or inline skate. "Maryland * and Rhode Island * have helmet laws for children under 16 who ride scooters or in-line skate. New York * and New Jersey * laws apply only to children under 14. California, 12 other states and the District of Columbia * have helmet laws for bike riders only." Pretty soon there will be laws that you have to wear shoes on the sidewalk and carry band-aids in your pocket! (Full Article) Search *
    (Categorized under 2002 Archive)

Skateboard Women Increasingly Appear At Skateparks

"People always think of skateboarding as this tough scene, but I'm always out there with kids and their parents, just one big happy skate family," says Lyn-Z Adams *, 14, a phenom from Cardiff-by-the-Sea, Calif., who skates for the all-girl Roxy squad. "Growing up, I wanted to be like my brother," she says. "But today, maybe other young girls will want to be like me." (Full Article) Search *
    (Categorized under 2004 Archive, Female Oriented, Lyn-Z Adams/Hawkins)

Santa Cruz's Derby Park Considers Additions

Derby, built in 1979, is home to what parks officials say is the nation’s oldest (operating?) skateboard park, a long concrete bowl called "The Snake." "It’s always been a question, whether we should re-do Derby," said city park planner John Akeman. "We can’t alter hallowed ground, but we’ll enhance and preserve it." (extract: ...hockey rink at Derby. The process is just beginning, Akeman said, and after Jan. 1...rider himself. "Some kids really want to ride but give it up because they have...and Salinas, but the course is open just four afternoons weekly, he said. "There’s definitely...planner, knows it won’t be an easy ride. "It will get a lot of attention...) (Full Article) Search *
    (Categorized under Skatepark News)

A Performative Critique of the American City: the Urban Practice of Skateboarding, 1958-1998

About skateboarding, cities, and urban culture. An amazing essay by Iain Borden * on the interrelationship between cities and skateboarding, in which the author seeks to "focus on the compositional and representational mode of skateboarding, to consider how it represents the city without maps, and how it speaks something of the city, without recourse to theory or texts." Quote this in your term paper and make your teacher happy. (extract: ...space is a continual reproduction, involving not just material objects and practices, not just codified texts and representations, but also imaginations...some of the most famous include the skatepark at Marina del Rey (Los Angeles) and...20-40 million dedicated practitioners dispersed through just about every modern city worldwide. The centre...activity. Here, in the modernist city, skaters ride on to the walls, benches, ledges,...) (Full Article) Search *
    (Categorized under 2001 Archive, Museums/History)

Mark 'Gator' Rogowski - Free Fallin'

A reprint of the article from the Village Voice in April of 1992 *. About the history of "Gator *". Originally appeared at http://home.netcom.com/%7Ecoryjohn/gator.html (extract: ...skateboard park where Gator had his last ride, MacGill's Skatepark. There, a handful of teenagers skated the...got his chops down at a local skatepark's half-pipes, moguls, and pool in...sweatin' and laughin' and crackin' jokes and just snakin' each other. It was a full soul session, every body was just shralpin' it up. When they went...) (Full Article) Search *
    (Categorized under 2004 Archive, Mark 'Gator' Rogowski)

Tony Alva, Stacy Peralta Interviewed on SkateboardDirectory.com

Our mondo Dogtown * interview with Stacy Peralta *, Tony Alva *, and a few other East Coasters, touching on subjects including Tommy Guerrero *, Sean Penn *, Gator *, staying pure, Mark Gonzales *, Christian Hosoi *, and pool skating. (extract: ...targeting Phoenix, like doing the whole city, just hitting it big time, so I’m going...times. It's really weird, where they just said "Here, we got a camera, start...supposed to do this shoot for this skatepark, for the newspaper. Anyways, first thing I...you know, and a lot of people just pay us major compliments by just going "Thank you, thanks for just...) (Full Article) Search *
    (Categorized under Dogtown and Z-Boys, Lords of Dogtown, 2002 Archive, Stacy Peralta, Tony Alva)

Skateboard Shoes Now Dominant Athletic Footware

Skateboard footwear is gaining popularity even among kids who've never picked up a board. Skate shoes outpaced all other athletic shoes in sales last year, according to one study. Another study found that in 2004 *, skate shoe sales accounted for 28 percent of total retail sales in the category, more than sandal and jeans sales combined. (extract: ...14-year-old kid who doesn't ride a skateboard still wants to look like...Today, Board-Track measures that there are just less than 12 million skaters. But skate...X Games are a proven success, and skatepark construction is happening across the country. "The...) (Full Article) Search *
    (Categorized under DC Shoes, Nike Skateboarding, 2005 Archive)

Powell Team News, November 2003

Monthly update with mentions of Rodney Jones *, Pat Channita *, Jon Comer *, Danny Wainwright *, Steve Caballero *, Olver Buchanan, Silas Baxter-Neal *, Jordan Hoffart *, Tyler Hansen *, and more. (extract: ...put out! Talk about good timing! I just got back from B-more. I went...going to St Louis for an ESPN * skatepark demo. He was recently featured on 54321...Open in Italy * last month, then he just won his 3rd contest in Montpellier this...new Tony Hawk *'s "Underground" video game just came out and I have a new...to my car collection and a cool ride to cruise around town in. I'...) (Full Article) Search *
    (Categorized under Skateboard Company News)

Skateboard News Grab Bag: Gravity Games, Slam City Jam, Rye Airfield's Ramp Camp, and Atomic Warthog Russian Magazine

Updates about the Gravity Games *, the Slam City Jam *, Rye Airfield *'s Ramp Camp, and an upcoming russian magazine, Atomic Warthog. (extract: ...a bigger street course, a "huge" public skatepark, close proximity to clubs and hotels, easier...dates for Summer RAMP CAMP Summer is just around the corner and the folks at...skate park and BMX track" and islocated just one hour north of Boston *, on the...European magazines. Now we got only one skatepark in Moscow(capital of Russia *) and the...snowy, so it's impossible to skate/ride BMX on the street for almost...) (Full Article) Search *
    (Categorized under 2004 Archive)

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