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Bunside News

Two things. Grover made a commercial for kids skate camp (in progress this week, not too late to show up!) and a press release announcing Burnside’s official 503c status as a non-profit, at long last.

Burnside: It’s for the kids, man.

Like the flyer says, bring your kids to Burnside next week(!) for lessons in skateboarding and etiquette (See potty mouth prevention.) What about a litter seminar? A little birdy told me Burnside finally has 501(c)(3) status.

Board Rescue auction

The skateboards from the Board Rescue show are up for auction on ebay. There’s no shortage of good causes these days, but you can’t go wrong with Board Rescue. SOme of the names associated with these boards go for big money on ebay when they are just old production decks, let alone one-off original art […]

Matt Kline Celebration/Benefit

Grind for Life and Jack’s Board House present a benefit jam session for Southern Oregon skate fixture Matt Kline who has been battling cancer. Ten bucks to get in, includes food and 10 raffle tickets. Proceeds to help Matt Kline defray the cost of his cancer treatment. Cash prizes for best rick over door, longest […]

2nd Annual Board Rescue show opens Friday

Gary Holl knows howto send out a press release, namely by including the flyer in addition to the same info in the body of the email, thus saving hapless web editors from the temptation of not bothering to type everything in themselves. 2nd Annual Board Rescue Skate Art Show Fundraiser September 16, 2011 7:00 PM […]

Dyrdek Foundation forks it over

A lot of talk recently about the X-treme sports television contest industry giving back to the community in the form of permanent skate facilities instead of building temporary throw away parks. The Rob Dyrdek Foundation and Street League Skateboarding series is kicking in: Newark, NJ – August 24, 2011 – Mayor Cory A. Booker, Members […]

Fallout

Reported on PDX Downhill, Eric Nagle, a Federal attorney in Portland Oregon made a presentation tonight advocating making skateboarding illegal in the Arlington Heights neighborhood of Portland, a wealthy area in the hills where the Zoobomb happens. If you’re not a local, Zoobomb is a essentially a free for all weekly-ish downhill event that is […]

Help Marginal Way DIY park get 25k

…and all you lose is a little Facebook anonymity. Seriously, I almost wasn’t going to do it because you have to grant the Pepsi app access to your wall and a bunch of other info. You can bypass Facebook and register with the Pepsi site to vote as well. What’s all this voting? it’s another […]