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Pools & Parks (4228 Posts)
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How old?
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On 10/28/2004
Dan Hughes
wrote in from
United States
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Skateboarder. 41 years old (and feeling like I'm a teenager). At the Ballard bowl last Sunday. One footed Carve Grind.
(Photo Mark Tegal) northwestskater.com
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Yo: Caddy!
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On 10/28/2004
John Dillon, Team Fun
wrote in from
United States
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Yes, in 43 days I will be 43 yrs old...though I feel much younger! Keep on skating!!
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Caddy
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On 10/27/2004 Hamm
wrote in from
United States
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Caddy is bored because CD is down. HAHAHA Caddy2HATE!!!!!
HAHAHAHA
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old/new
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On 10/27/2004
caddy
wrote in from
United States
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anyone over 40 in here?
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Ballard
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On 10/27/2004
Dan Hughes
wrote in from
United States
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Our hope is that the replacement is *Better* than the current bowl.
And yah, a little dry humor for you....not too much going on...
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Milford, CT coolness
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On 10/27/2004
Eric S.
wrote in from
United States
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Concrete snake and bowl in Milford? Not that's *very* exciting news! Please post more photos when the shaping is complete. What street is it on? Is it free municipal? Will it be just for skateboards and inlines? Can you share a model or plan overview? Can you tell I'm eagerly anticipating a great little park? I like Breaking Ground's website, and your posting the construction status here has me believing the surface will be smooth and right. Will the park be 'open' before Spring? Thanks for the excitement.
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Northwest Parks
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On 10/27/2004 Sasha
wrote in from
United States
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Wow!!! I hope you're joking about not much going on. All the construction sounds great! I wish something like that would happen around here. I am truly jealous. When we head up north again in May I hope to have more energy than last year to do more skating.
I am really sad about the Ballard Bowl and I'm glad we got to go. It truly is a great little bowl. I hope the "replacement" one will be as good as the original. At least the new coping will be fun for you guys to grind!!!
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Northwest Report
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On 10/27/2004
Dan Hughes
wrote in from
United States
(162.78.nnn.nnn)
First, good little write up on the ladies contest.
The northwest is seeing more dirt moving and concrete being laid here and there.
With Carnation/Milton/Ballard going strong, it's hard to know where to skate (tough problem, I know).
Ballard is still on the chopping block, and Airspeed is currently designing the replacement. Grindline opted out of the design process, due to weird rule that wouldn't allow the designer to build the new bowl. Strange I know. So Grindline is waiting to bid on the project. Sasha, and all those who came up and skated the Ballard Bowl, savor those memories. Because it will probably be gone in Jan. '05.
Mukilteo YMCA is getting a 15K square foot Grindline park, grand opening is November 6th. http://grindline.com/cgi-local/view.pl?view=mukilteo
Arlington is getting a Carbondale style "capped full pipe" due to be finished in January. (50 minutes north of Seattle)
Bellingham (near the Canadian Boarder) is next on Grindline's list, and should break ground soon.
There's a new Park in Vancouver Canada that I'm saving my pennies to go visit. It has a 18 foot diameter full pipe....
Port Angles (on the Peninsula) is getting Washington's first Dreamland park. Should be interesting.
I heard rumors that a bowl will be built in Bellevue, which is near where I work. I'm really stoked (lunchtime sessions!).
I'm a member of the Skatepark Advisory Committee for Seattle (SPAC), and we're working on both Ballard's design, and a new park near Green lake (Lower woodland).
So, really not too much is going on....
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Yea, Billybonebrake!
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On 10/27/2004
John Dillon, Team Fun
wrote in from
United States
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It's great to see new concrete skate parks going up on the east coast!-ECRW
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Northwest skater
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On 10/26/2004
Sasha
wrote in from
United States
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http://sgmag.com/skate/3crown_vert_04/
Here's the link for it.
So what's the latest skate news from up north???
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Girls skating
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On 10/26/2004
Dan Hughes
wrote in from
United States
(162.78.nnn.nnn)
Thanks Sasha. I'm going to have to read that article. The girl in the video did a indy grab above coping. She had braided long hair. Could have been you! :-)
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Damn Am
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On 10/26/2004 Sasha
wrote in from
United States
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My computer wouldn't load the page but Lyn-z and Apryl skated the contest...
Apryl is the new hottie for sure. I've never seen a little girl rip a bowl or vert ramp like her. Arab hooked her up with Vans a while ago so she's got Gail Webb as her right hand "man". It won't be long before she's beating both Lyn-z and CB. As a side note, CB got totally ripped off at the Triple Crown finals. She deserved first for sure. I did a write up on it for sgmag.com a few weeks ago. They edited it and added some things, so read it with a grain of salt..... As soon as my web guy gets around to it, I'm posting a gallery on my site with photos of the vert girls including Apryl.
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Milford, CT skatepark
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On 10/25/2004 BillyBonebrake
wrote in from
United States
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We're putting down concrete tomorrow on this 3,800 Sq. Ft. mini-snake run bowl setup. The design build is by Breaking Ground Skateparks. The bowl will be approx. 8' deep. This will be ready in another 3 weeks but the official opening will be next spring. This is a breakthrough for skateboarding in Connecticut, where the common denominator is modular ramps on old tennis courts.
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Volcom Bowl
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On 10/25/2004
Dan Hughes
wrote in from
United States
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Sasha, did you see the video that Rock'n Ron put up? I think there's a girl in there, is that Lyn-Z Adams?
http://www.californiabearing.com/video/damnamdesperationsquad.wmv
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Damn Am vert bowl
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On 10/23/2004 Sasha
wrote in from
United States
(4.243.nnn.nnn)
Check out the photos of the vert bowl at the Volcom Wearhouse on the concretedisciples forums or on damnam.com. It reminded me of the art bowl only way bigger with the wood bowl and what looks like pool coping.
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san rafael
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On 10/22/2004
richard marnhout
wrote in from
United States
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what in Gods'good name were they thinking when they did that park? it's too small for an 8 yr. old. the bowl's o.k.-kinda slick, but the rest? sheesh!! and if you go, beware! there are these little mini-hips and bumps all over the place, and some of them are invisible. really, the most fun was rolling around the perimeter and riding the whoop-de-doos, or whatever you call'em.
peace, richard oh, yeah, it also LEAKS WATER!
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new public park in central california
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On 10/22/2004
turner
wrote in from
United States
(69.85.nnn.nnn)
there is a new park in orange cove ca, that is compete and waiting to be ridden but the city is not willing to let anyone ride untill they get the other parks in the area done.
ther is a city councel meeting on the 27th of Oct, if you could make it, that would be great, we want to convince the city to let us skate on the weekends when its light and not raining. please help if you can
more info ar: www.payinginpain.com
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Hey Joe - next question...
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On 10/22/2004 GBMII
wrote in from
United States
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Who invented the layback air??
I'll give you a hint, he was at your park a few weeks ago......
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FrontSide R&R
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On 10/22/2004 Stinky Von Chucklins
wrote in from
United States
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Freddie DeSoto has the best FSRR.
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Scotts valley very cool !
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On 10/21/2004
Mark Johnson
wrote in from
United States
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Scotts valley rips, My favorite park in nor cal right by home(well almost) it has a huge combo bowl bank thing. Sunnyvale on steroids, don’t miss it! I am hitting it tomorrow, checking out the cold water classic also tomorrow, doing the same thing May be on Sunday, also hope to meet you soon mj Dates coming on Parking garage racing this weekend
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Scotts Valley
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On 10/21/2004 Sasha
wrote in from
United States
(4.243.nnn.nnn)
Any NorCal folks skated the Scotts Valley Park yet? Wondering how it is??? I'm hoping to hit it on Sunday afternoon after the Cold Water Classic finals in Santa Cruz since it's on the way home....Let me know your opinions please, thanx :)
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Re: F-side R&R and Harada
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On 10/21/2004
Sumdumsurfer
wrote in from
United States
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Yep! El Gato STILL rips and does those quite nicely.
As for Harada, the construction crew must've replaced the pool coping already. Trust me... MSK, Brad Edwards, Jesse Parker, and the rest of us were mortified when we saw the huge chunks missing from the coping. Then, to actually watch the bike riders come in there and destroy the stuff. YIKES!
I'm glad they replaced it so soon. Let's hope they keep the bikes out.
SK8/SURF 4 LIFE! Sumdumsurfer P.S. MSK, feel free to post those pics up.
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FS RnR is easier
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On 10/21/2004 GBMII
wrote in from
United States
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The frontside version of the Rock N Roll was first done by el Gato, Eddie Elguera. The man had a bag of tricks that was about a mile deep.
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R&R
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On 10/20/2004 Darren From Norco(Formerly Santa Cruz)
wrote in from
United States
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A Nor-Cal guy named Richy Delasoda invented the R&R, long after he started doing them Marting started doing them also and got credit for it. I stopped by the Harada park today, LAME!!!!!!!!! Didn't notice any chunks missing from the coping in the little bowl and I walked the whole thing????
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Thanks George
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On 10/20/2004 GI Joe
wrote in from
United States
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Cliff Coleman agrees with you that he who is credited is not the same as the other skaters that were developing it at the same time. Unfortunately, for Sk8 Skool purposes I need a single name. Now do you remember who invented the Frontside R&R? Hint, it wasn't the Jer, nor a skater from Florida.
Joe
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