Entries from June 2008 ↓

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http://www.esa-ga.org/contests/schedules/schedules.htm

might be a little swell rolling in for the weekend…

http://forums.surf-station.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?s=3d81f347ad63bf2946aa129beaec1d45;act=ST;f=11;t=23985

first place speed demon, rick

second place, justin

third place, dustin(the wind)

5 bandaids, patio

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here’s a sequence of the battling for first/second.

Come Visit with us at Progressive Skate Park for a day of Skateboarding (FREE) Demos, Contest and free product toss……………………………. Saturday June 21 - GO SKATEBOARDING DAY : FREE SKATE FROM 12 - 9PM Skateboard Demo By:Foundation Skateboards : Corey Duffel , Angel Ramirez , Abdias Rivera and Sean Gregoire Free Contests: es. Game of Skate and THE KRUX Kickflip Challenge THIS DAY IS A FREE TO SKATE DAY Closing at 9pm. Check out www.progressiveskatepark.com www.progressiveskateboards.com

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solstice

another evening of semi-underground downhill skateboard riding, sliding, carving, street lugers and high speed launch ramps. june 21, 7pm at the biggest baddest skateboarding hill in ATHENS.

The hill’s a giant “halfpipe” with no cross traffic. verrry nice. get location/directions from Skate Shop of Athens. (I’m not posting location here, for fear of the google)

if you’re a downhillin newbie…I strongly reccomend trying the hill from halfway up the first time…then change yer drawers, tighten your trucks and try it from a little higher up the next time.

here’s a little viddy link…Georgia State Slalom Champion LowJ, going through the cones at 30+…

http://www.georgiaskater.com/pix/displayimage.php?album=146&pos=50

*Show Down is entirely dependent on theories involving “Show Up”.

someone has been going around my side of town…everywhere there was “gang” grafitti, instead of cleaning it up…they’re just spray painting U.S.A. over the gang stuff.

what a great idea.

the U.S.A. gang’s gotta keep’em in check, yo.

UnderSkatement…another of Jason Thrasher’s creations…a skateboarding oriented movie festival thing. artsy, skatey stuff…fun times.

learn more about Underskatement at their website.

Movie Night with UnderSkatement is brought to you in part, by the Skate Shop of Athens.

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this just in from the blackberry innernetts…

Today in NC, Lindsey took first in her age group and won overall for
women.  She got some crazy air over some hips and did a long 5050 grind.
  Kaden got first in his age group and 7th overall.  He lost in the
second round of the joust.  He finally landed his dream trick in a contest
the backside invert he followed that with some huge air and a layback
air.  Kai won his third straight age group concrete rodeo he lost first
round of joust.  He landed an awesome late grab over a hip for the
first time and aired out.  We will send pics when we get back.

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Overall: Codey Hudson / Under 8 - 1st Niko Howard 2nd Kai Campbell / 8-11 - 1st Kaden Campbell 2nd Connor Brewington 3rd Alex Cheek / 12-15 1st Codey Hudson 2nd Drew Trosclair 3rd Sam Adams / 16-20 1st Jason Steedman 2nd Zack Morrisey 3rd Jared King / 21 & over 1st Patio Mendino 2nd Chris Bradley 3rd James Griffin

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The Weather was Hot, like the skating that went down.

The Commentator was Smooth, like the concrete that was ridden upon.

The Parents and Organizers who donated time, effort, and awards to make this event happen are waaay cool, like the breeze that showed up from time to time.

All the skaters pushed their limits, but CornDog pushed it just a little too hard. Good luck with the injured arm…get well soon!

Subway had sammiches out there and were helping donate towards Phase2 of SPOA…thanks. yummm.

Everyone ripped it up. I know I saw a lot of new tricks and progression by the young guns today; Kaden’s frontside layback air is sick. Lindsea’s getting backside airs over coping. Jason’s backside boneless might have been the trick of the day? Old School’s coffin reminded me of Rick at the Crazy Lou’s Mr.P’s Street Thang. Connor nailed a sick transfer from the 6′, up over and into the snake run. and the list goes on…

I know I saw a few cameras out there…and we’ve got the contest photo gallery set up, so there should be some cool pictures rolling in soon.

later skaters!

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We headed East…to Tybee Island for the day. We arrived at the South End about an hour before high tide. Perfect Timing! There was a mushy thigh-waist high windswell. I got some pretty fun rides before the tide started going out(and taking the waves back to sea with it). There were still some “peaks” kicking off the end of the jetty…so I sat off the end of the jetty and picked up a few decent rights. Then along comes Robin and the camera about the time I caught a nice one(and she wasn’t lookin!). So I headed right back out, and there’s another nice one lining up. I didn’t bother to look back and see where I was in relation to the jetty. I jumped on it and took the drop…right about the time I’m bottom turning it sucks out from under me and I see Barnacle covered boulders…I tried to hold the turn and maybe, just maybe…then I heard a loud clunking, crunching, scraping sound(I immediately had that Maverick’s rocks scene in Riding Giants run through my head)…about the same time, I felt my thigh and hip contact rock with a solid SLAM, as my hand, leg, and feet cheese gratered on the Barnacles. I eventually made my way off the jaggedy rockpile and headed on down to Cafe Loco for lunch…and of course, we’ve added 2 more souvenir Wet Willies cups to our collection.

you can’t bleed if you’re just sittin there, watchin someone else do it for you…

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band-aids, hydrogen peroxide, neosporin- $20

surfboard repair-$75

robin’s best “sports action sequence” ever- PRICELESS

and don’t forget the skimboard contest at Tybee, yo. 

you’ll never get the chance now…

 http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/02/diddley.obit/index.html

R.I.P. Bo Diddley

First of all…I’d like to thank all the loyal spoa locals who showed up and got their GRINDS on, as well as the spectators who cheered them on to new heights in GRINDAGE!   If we get a crowd even half that size at next weekend’s SPOA event, that’ll be sayin’ something.

Cool overcast weather greeted the competitors, and a gusty wind pushed riders into the silo with extra speed. Many bricks were ground, and trucks got lighter. It was a fun competition indeed…and there was more noise in the park than I’ve heard in a long time…coo-ell.

First Place GROM was Doug! A brand new set of shining INDY trucks* was sitting on the bricks, waiting to be claimed by a grind…Doug took the trucks, by getting his first Brick Grinds EVER! congratulations…

And in the “adult” division…after much bickering and threats and name calling and crying, it came out a 3 waaay tie.

the Judges scored them as;

rick ty2k patio

ty2k patio rick

patio rick ty2k

too close to call.

“you” shoulda’ been there…

Patio

*(thanks to Skate Shop of Athens for providing the Prize!)