Archive for March, 2009

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Las Vegas Weekly

Oh, the extremity of it all
Las Vegas Weekly, NV
By Allison Duck It seems strangely appropriate that upon entering the gates at Desert Breeze Skate Park for Extreme Thing ’09, my flip-flop clad foot was promptly run over by a skateboard. Though the security guards were doing their best to prevent ...

posted by skateboard - Google News on Mar 30


Core77.com

Book Review: New Skateboard Graphics, by J. Namdev Hardisty
Core77.com, NY
Graphics are such an integral part of skateboard culture that at first the blonde woodgrain on the cover of New Skateboard Graphics barely registers as the maple blank of a board. Nearly 300 decks are printed on the inside front and rear folds of the ...

posted by skateboard - Google News on Mar 30


Skateboarding Parrot Stolen from Cage
Zootoo.com, NJ
A popular skateboarding parrot named Gordo has been kidnapped, leaving his San Gabriel Valley owner devastated. The 30-year-old green Guatemalan parrot was snatched from owner Fred Mireles' front porch on Wednesday morning. ...

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COLUMN City needs to tackle skateboarding
MaineToday.com, ME
But if there is one issue that seems to have the resiliency of a rubber chicken, it's skateboarding. Since the city tore down the old skate park on Marginal Way to make way for development, a new park has been slow to materialize. ...

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Construction forces boarders to adjust
LSU The Reveille, LA
“I literally tie my skateboard to my bike with bungees and go ride for 45 minutes between classes,” Griffin said. Broussard has run Urban 9’s Government Street location for almost 15 years and kept a minipipe in the store for the last five. ...

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Calling All Skateboarders
West Virginia MetroNews, WV
If all goes as planned, skateboarders will riding the more than 6000 feet of skating space at Charlie McCoy Park by Saturday. Fayetteville City Manager Bill Lanham calls it the only site of its kind on the East Coast. "There are three bowls and one of ...

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Skatepark carves out date for grand opening
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, GA
BY BEN WRIGHT - benw@ledger-enquirer.com -- Shannon Szwarcsszwarc@ledger-enquirer.com Kyle Durocher, 16, becomes airborne over one of the pools at the Jonathan Hatcher Skateboard Park. The park is scheduled to have its official opening at noon April 11 ...

posted by skateboard - Google News on Mar 29


Flipping out at Le Taz
The Gazette (Montreal), Canada
The skateboard park on Papineau St. officially opened yesterday. With bone-jangling landings and gleeful glides, Casey McDonald got rolling yesterday during the official opening of Le Taz, Montreal's latest skateboarders' magnet. ...

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Skateboard ramp house is every skater's dream come true
Crooze.fm, Belgium
Speaking of things I would have wanted as a kid, take a look at this house: it's built around a gigantic indoor skateboard ramp. I absolutely love this guy's priorities. Yes, the ramp takes up the entire living room. Built in Athens, Greece, ...

posted by skateboard - Google News on Mar 29


Tampa Tribune

Input Of Kids Helps Build Land O' Lakes Skate Park
Tampa Tribune, FL
Making his way up the big ramp, Ryan O'Rourke's skateboard gets away from him as it flies out from under his feet. The 10-year old Land O' Lakes boy was among the many kids who came out to try the new skate park at the Land O' Lakes Recreation Complex. ...