Entries from January 2008 ↓

http://lib-tech.com/magneTraction/index.html

http://www.lib-tech.com/banana/index.html

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by the way…

http://lib-tech.com/tech/korrectKap.html

does your snowboard have a metal edge on the nose or tail? if so, it’s dangerous, heavy, stoopid and it sucks.

Patio

Rick66 busted out his ramp building skills, QuinT the Mad Scientist threw down some madd power cuts…and I built a Hoopty Kicker outta scraps from Glowing Rock.

We built a nice wedge/tabletop/wedge, and the locals were lovin it. woohoo!

It was fun to meet the Commerce crew…Y’all got some good energy goin on up there. Keep it real, and you WILL prevail.

thanks Ma’…that was some tasty pizza.

Patio

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pics up on the georgiaskater photo gallery…click link below.

http://www.georgiaskater.com/pix/

tomorrow’s forecast says 37 degrees at 9am??? YIKES.

(It’s supposed to be sunny and fitty by noon.)

maybe by ten, it’ll be about warm enough to get out there and try one of them noisy kickturns.

p

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skitch says flex is good.

bruce likes oak.

big deal.

who cares.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/25/sports/othersports/25xgames.html?ex=135900
3600&en=11b79863857774c3&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

thanks to NY Times reader QuinT for sending this in...

click for wezel’s protege’

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Hey y’all, this is what REAL is all about. If the city won’t help, you gotta help yourself!

If you have an extra ramp, wood, or ramp-building skills, PLEASE…come on down to Commerce

on January 26th, and help these kids build their skatepark! FREE LUNCH!

do something good for people.

thanks,

Patio

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My name is C.J. Peyton and I’m unfortunately from Commerce. What
little bit of progress we had towards getting a skatepark (or at least a
decent spot to skate without being hassled) has come to a complete
halt. Absolutely nothing at the “skatepark” is left skateable.This is a
shame considering most of the kids like me in this community can’t drive
out of town everytime we wanna skate.
This is why I’ve decided to take things into my own hands and plan
something. We’ve decided that on January 26th, starting at 9 a.m. and
lasting as long as people are willing to work, we are going to try to
get some ramps built and donated. We’ve got a sort-of sponsorship by the
hardware store next to the skate lot. They have agreed to give us wood
and other supplies as needed. A free BBQ lunch will be provided to
everyone too.
This really is our last ditch effort to get something done for
these kids. We’ve realized that if our city was willing to do anything for
us, it would have at least been planned by now. So if you we want
something done, we have to do it ourselves. I would muchly appreciate it if
you could post a bulletin on the Georgia Skater website home page
explaining our situation and encouraging people to help out. Any ramps and
wood people are willing to donate is appreciated, and every little bit
of elbow grease we can get will help. If our brothers in skateboarding
won’t help us out, who will? Nobody I tell you. Nobody.

Thanks for your time,
C.J. Peyton

…welcome skitching.com to the skateboarding links, and gulfster.com to the surfing  links!

river tidal bore surfing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX05gCni9Wg

Lake Surfing:

lake tahoe(???)

http://www.go211.com/videos/3028

great lakes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66xhQtZHvPg&feature=related

spillway surfing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn-_WfHfXqg

http://www.juicemagazine.com/MUNICHSURFOPENRIVERSURF.html

open river standing waves:

(how many of these are in Georgia? ask your local kayaker)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJSBShMTzx8&feature=related

Tanker Surfing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ubg5owRHg4o

Wave Pool surfing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5RPQyG1iV0

standing wave/flow rider:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkVrEcFMEns

skim/surfing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwdfJ0TFjXM

and finally…Ditch Surfing:

(kinda reminds me of the spoa fellas…)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99P4Grmq8vA

enjoy the snow, yo.

patio

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YI2ou3SZklE&feature=related

this is a cool backyarder. bag by bag…there’s alot out there about this one, just google.

http://www.skateboard.com.au/forum/read.cfm?forum=11&thread=40578

here’s how to build your own hidden away skatepark(think Burnside, FDR)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTKLjtj-C-g&feature=related

and a couple other small, fun looking things that wouldn’t take much concrete.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbmCu1dnhDA&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQS6r5Qb3gY&feature=related

the main thing about building a bowl is…

firast,

you gotta dig a hole.

p

this dude says it all.

you’d think he just put down his 40oz. energy drink, skimmed out, wrapped it around and got shacked.

in his trucker cap.

and you’d probably be right.

rad.

more pics from the swell at www.gulfster.com

roxy had never seen snow before. she was pretty excited about it.

Blake’s seen it all before. he wasn’t too impressed.

Roxy loves playing ball…and so she just kept trying to catch all the snowflakes.

we didn’t get quite enough to slide on.

Patio’s Sno-Sk8 park never opened.

dang. maybe next time.

http://www.wired.com/gadgets/mods/multimedia/2008/01/gallery_skateboards

thanks Juhs10 for the submission.

Are You Ready?!!!! Boost Mobile and Progressive Skatepark present a very special two stop EastCoast Tour. Pro’s Paul Rodriguez, Terry Kennedy and Jereme Rogers will be at Progressive Skatepark on January 19th from 10:00am until 2:00pm. They will be doing a demo and an autograph signing. This will be their only eastcoast stop. This one will go down in the history books. Be Here!!!!!! More details real soon!

http://www.progressiveskatepark.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQU7yiATHSg

it’s something cool I learned how to do, and I thought I would share with the artsy folks out there.

enjoy.

Patio

contest was held in smallish conditions.

 http://video.nbc11.com/player/?id=204533

greg long won it, but that ain’t the point…

just a few of the shots I took…

vilano inlet 12-23-07

a ripper, ripping at St Augustine pier 12-23-07

Marineland FL 12-23-07 (shot through the fish shaped hole in the fence)

kids of today…this is the stuff I grew up with…the day was not a safety conscious time in our society.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NE-txZE2ggg&feature=related

dangerous toys were the coolest things about growing up in the seventies.

so if I ever act all psycho and stuff…I blame it on the toys of my youth.

patio

2pm SPOA forecast calls for fitty degree, sunny and a bit windy.

latre’ skatres

Patio

(hope you ain’t wasting your new year hung over…again)