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Nanuet 3/4 pipe - PFS team
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On 1/13/2009
Rick F.
wrote in from
United States
(65.183.nnn.nnn)
Nanuet, NY 1978
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Skateaway and north nj area skating
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On 1/12/2009 herbn
wrote in from
United States
(71.127.nnn.nnn)
The name will probabely come to me,bad skin,,,The manager wow just got it Tom Franse(sp?) i think his brother was the jock like skater with huge legs that used to get to the top of that quater pipe, they did change it into a lop sided halfpipe for that contest i think i got third overall.i did get wheelers in that little 3/4 the hard to ride half pipe across from that was weird because it only had 4 feet of flat between large transitions. Kermit wasn't the only one to ride between beams he may hav been the only on to do frontside and backside wheelers. I got sick of squeezing in there eventually and had more fun opening up my lines and covering a lot of ground across the ramp,going really fast. I think my bud norby was one of the few to air to the lower takeoff ramp out of the side of the big quarter. I think the ownwers name might have been gene,maybe jeff i definitely don't know his last name. Me and norby were gonna try to buy the second surface wood from the big ramp after they closed tom francis(sp)took it and stored it in his garage in the suffern area. Did you ever skate the full pipe in springvalley? i didn't get there until about 81 or so but it was three small (prob 8 ft)full pipes in a field about 2 or 3 miles west of nanuet and they were proabaly there for a long time,i don't have originals but i have the issue of my zine i copied them into, i'm just a tiny bit over vert straddling a little intersecting pipe with my back truck,i know i went over it once or twice. Do you know how kermit got those burley scars? i heard car accident,but also house fire i was to young and intimidated to ask. Do you remember the Fort Lee ramp? they were fairly famous right on lemoine ave across from the pizza place .Steve Schlosser built it ,he lived across the street that ramp was classic on a slight downhill 8 ft tranny three feet of vert, cool pool coping,24 ft flat 16ft wide a 4 ft high enterence ramp and a twenty four ft long starting platform eightfeet wide,they resurfaced it with paneling once it was AMAZING for about two weeks maybe a month, the crew that i remember from ft lee were Steve and Keith Schlosser,Simon,Charley,Steve mann, sort of a memorable dt type,long hair dt bigfoot and very snappy ft side grinds and very tucked ft side airs early on, like right when the bulldogs came out and before that,i only saw the bulldog.
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1965 skateboard video
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On 1/12/2009 M4RC10
wrote in from
Brazil
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Thanks Cat for sharing that... I loved it all!!
Thanks a lot!!
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Herb / Cat
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On 1/12/2009
Rick F.
wrote in from
United States
(65.183.nnn.nnn)
Herb - thanks for the post...Skateaway...I couldn't remember the name. They changed that from area by the spectators a few times. My first frontside airs ever were on that far wall...I remember it had that little 6 inch "deck" at the top of the tranny and you could "jib" (imagine that) off the wall above before they made it smooth transition. The little 3/4 pipe in the back was insanely tight! When people would fall off the over-vert a lot of times the board would shoot up into the flouro light above and smash it and the glass (and board) would rain down...we'd try to bail out the side as fast as possible to avoid getting hit. The bigger 8 foot wide halfpipe across from the 3/4 had that errible kink in the bottom. Herb - do you remember the name of the owner? Great guy!
Cat - that video is a find. I love the line in the beginning where the ABC announcer calls "nose wheelie" and "handstand" a "whole new terminology". Little 13 year-old Bruce Logan, and the Hilton brothers, were a real trip! And Torger - love the interview. That slalom was so sketchy...you could definitely tell who the skiers were...all the weight on the nose with clay wheels though - musta been the flexy G&S boards that did it!! Thanks Cat!
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Terry Whalen
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On 1/12/2009
Craig B Snyder
wrote in from
United States
(66.32.nnn.nnn)
Mr. Terry Whalen. Please email me as I would like to chat about some regional NY skate history for my skate history book, due out this year. There is already some NE history in it and you appear to have more information that would be helpful. Click on my name/email link, or send mail to: skateboard@craigsnyderDOTorg (replace "DOT" with ".")
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kermit and the gang,skateaway in nanuet
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On 1/12/2009 herbn
wrote in from
United States
(71.125.nnn.nnn)
i used to skate nanuet alot ,this guy rob and me were bus riding locals,used to take th 20 up after delivering papers on sunday morning(long day) and skate the 5 hr session i knew kermit,joey humerez,rita taverroni,rob ladd,i don't know there were others in the "nyack crew" they rode hobies(skitches and park riders reinforced with staples(he he) kermit kick flipped an eightwheeler and usually cranked out highteens on the 360's ,god the sh!t i remember when i start to type.rita had a pro model for a minute.Searching searching,remember guy's going up the wall from pushing from the wall by the spectator area this one guy who worked there used to go off the wood onto the wall supposedly hit the clock, it was mostly a pushing contest. i won the wheelers event in the contest 18 wheelers on only the one side, the otherside was higher so it was really hard to stay consistant.
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1965!
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On 1/10/2009 Michael
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United Kingdom
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thats BRILLIANT!!!!
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1965 American Skateboard Championships - Anaheim, California
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Photos - Terry's Nov. Post
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On 1/8/2009
Rick F.
wrote in from
United States
(65.183.nnn.nnn)
I love this forum - haven't spent enough time here. Rene and Chris - very cool to see that stuff. Terry - your post below is from November I know, but yeah, I skated both Huntington and Farmingdale...a friend may have some old negs of those, I'll check...did we talk about this already?? Anyway, Farmingdale had one of the worst surface I ever skated in a park back then, and the trannies in the snake run were brutal - I think it may have been built by guys who build sidewalks? The thing I remember most about Huntington was the local who was a Tony Alva alter ego - right down to the fedora he skated in, but he could rip...used to go off the corner start ramp and hit the left wall and see how many cinder blocks he could go up on the vert - usually almost to the ceiling, about 8+ feet if memory serves (it does so less and less I'm noticing). Did you ever hit the wooden indoor park in Nanuet, NY...had the huge half-pipe suspended from the ceiling by cables - went to just under vert, but there was this guy named Kermit who ruled it. His fav moves were to go all the way up and kickturn between the steel rafters (tight) or grab one and hang from a rafter while letting his board fakie back across the pipe and back and then he'd drop back onto it. Did you ever write up anything for Jack?
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That's my Lil Bro Chaz, Joe
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On 1/7/2009 Chris Yandall
wrote in from
United States
(66.91.nnn.nnn)
My bro chaz is in the phillipines with 28 kids... not all of his... he went out there on a mission with his wife and kids to run and orphanage with Horizons church here in San Diego. The picked up 15 kids out of garbage cans and euqally distressed environments and brought them back to life and he plans to bring them all back to the states someday if they choose to leave. His older kids have moved back .. they haven't forgotten 7-11's and 24x7 roybertos ....
anyways, i'm running across a bunch of stuff about that guy Chris Yandall :)
cheers matey!
cYa
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CYA in MI
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On 1/7/2009
joe i
wrote in from
United States
(65.198.nnn.nnn)
Hey Chris,
Happy New Year!
Who is your buddy in the pipes with you?
Joe
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Full micro Pipes in Michigan - 1977
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On 1/7/2009 Chris Yandall
wrote in from
United States
(66.91.nnn.nnn)
Not Mount Baldy Pipes but just as crazy since PI plays tricks on g's
ahh yes. memories of skating near the saginaw river. just peachy!
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G&S in Michigan 1977
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On 1/7/2009 Chris Yandall
wrote in from
United States
(66.91.nnn.nnn)
While everyone in Cali was celebrating the local stuff, I went back to Michigan and promoted skateboarding by setting up contests while skating for Pepsi demos. Here's a pic from Bay City Michigan 1976-77 around there where I'm handing out a G&S award.
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northport pipeline
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On 1/7/2009 herbn
wrote in from
United States
(67.83.nnn.nnn)
i went there once it had some cool sections, i remember the three(?) little round bowls in the corner,i think they were the most fun. The halfpipe was kind of tight ditto for pool, there was a big ramp into a large banked the bank was way to big or far away from the approach "hill" alot of stuff out here was lumpy and rough,did you mention the park in Queens that had sort of a tight pool,by then i could deal with stuff that had bad flaws, i sort of liked the challenge.
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BLaST FRoM ThE PaST ~ Photo:
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On 1/5/2009
Rene CANNONBALL Carrasco
wrote in from
United States
(71.129.nnn.nnn)
-thought folks would like to see this -
( Polaroid photo )
BELOW L-R:
JAY ADAMS, RAY FLORES, AND RENE CARRASCO
( WITH FANS ) @ 1977 PEPSI SKATEBOARD TEAM DEMO -
SAUGUS, CALIFORNIA.
Take care, & have a GREAT NEW YEAR !
.....-Rene Carrasco.
============================================
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New York / Long Island SK8 History
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On 11/26/2008
Jack
wrote in from
United States
(63.196.nnn.nnn)
Hey Terry, would love to include the New York / Long Island SK8 History in the book...and that pic!
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New York / Long Island SK8 History
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On 11/24/2008 Terry Whalen
wrote in from
United States
(72.85.nnn.nnn)
Just ran across this picture of me at the "Alive Pool" - got me thinking about NY skateboard history (if there is such a thing).
Was wondering if any Long Island riders remember the following parks and have any pictures of:
Huntington Skateboard Arena (name?), Huntington - Indoor - blue/red wood ramps that went to vert on the walls of the warehouse
Concrete Wave, Farmingdale - Outdoor concrete - snake runs / banks
Northport Pipeline, East Northport - Indoor concrete - little round pool with tile and coping, bowls, banks and long half pipe
Long Island Skateboard Arena, Plainview - Indoor long wooden half pipe lexan vert on one side over vert on the other
Sayville (Old Billy Blake's) - Indoor - Might have been an Old Fiber Rider Park - blue fiberglass "hill" with right sweeping bank
Terry Whalen
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Book Project - Lives on Board
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On 11/19/2008
Jack
wrote in from
United States
(71.102.nnn.nnn)
Hi,
I may have already mentioned this to some of you, or contacted you through The Skateboarder's Journal, I am writing a self-published book, the working title is "Lives on Board - Memories of a Skateboarding Generation".
I would like to invite you to submit a story or two, I'm looking for great memories from your skateboarding life, or how skateboarding has impacted or changed your life.
If you have high resolution images (300 dpi) I would love to include them in the book. Now for the surprise, the submission deadline is December 5th, 2008.
You can email your story/images to jack@theskateboardersjournal.com.
Please drop me an email if you have any questions.
All the best,
Jack
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Hot Wheels
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On 11/11/2008
John
wrote in from
United Kingdom
(86.27.nnn.nnn)
Hot Wheels and Big Deals was a cinema short, it was shot in London in the latter part of 1977.
Part 1 opens with Meanwhile Gardens (also known as Meanwhile 1, it survived until the '90s). Next is a comp at Skate City, London's major skateboard park near Tower Bridge. Street shots in Trafalgar Square and Portobello Market. Onto Skitch Hitchcock and the Hobie demo team from October '77. Then the South Bank on the Thames, which is still used for skateboarding, but is under threat of redevelopment. Finally, downhill at Crystal Palace.
Part 2 continues with Crystal Palace, slalom at Skate City, Brighton sea-front and Crystal Palace; and then riding the bowls at Skate City, with a bit more of Meanwhile.
Featured skaters include John Sablosky, Si Napper, Jeremy Henderson, Kadir Guirey, Tim Dunkerly. Main shoe is the Dunlop Green Flash.
If you want more info about the '70s UK scene a great place is the Skateboard! section of vintage skateboard magazines website Click here for link
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vid's
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On 11/5/2008
caddy
wrote in from
United States
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very cool vid's!
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hot wheels and big deals..
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Donations for Steven Picciolo
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On 10/30/2008
Steven A. Picciolo III
wrote in from
United States
(71.100.nnn.nnn)
Venice Break Water is where our father wanted his ashes to be spread. We have a week and 3 days to pick up his ashes from the state. We wanted to have a small ceremony for him donations would be greatly appreciated. We are all very young and have never experienced this before. If you would like to contact us please feel free to, we would love to thank you for your condolence. Our contact information is 813-842-8614 or 813-900-7888 Thank you.
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Legend Steve Picciolo RIP
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Arnie Hogue
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On 10/24/2008
utahcarver
wrote in from
United States
(70.98.nnn.nnn)
Hey Charles,
I talked to Arnie Hogue a few years back about an article I was writing on the now defunct Rocky Mountain Surf skatepark in Salt Lake City, Utah. He lives and works in SLC. Arnie was a strong skater. He applied that knowledge to skiing and boarding in later years. I hope this gives you a lead.
Mark
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Myrtle Beach Skatepark
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On 10/22/2008
Krsurfer621
wrote in from
United States
(76.182.nnn.nnn)
Does anyone have any pictures of the old Myrtle Beach park in South Carolina?
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