Trying to raise funds for the skate park in hood river. Purchase any image from the photo shelter site and 20% will be donated to help with a new bonus section.

Thanks – Carl Warren Photography

“On the third day of Marginal Way benefits, my true love gave to me… Three pool trowels, two coping blocks, and a square yard of rebarred concrete.”

That’s right. There are three consecutive days of Marginal Way benefits at three different locations this weekend. Information at the online home of Marginal Way.

NW largest ALL FEMALE skate competition
December 13th at Skatebarn in Renton, WA.
All ages, all abilities
Skate clinic for beginners
$300 cash purse for advanced
Ramp Jam (Gentlemen welcome!)
Live art and live music
Gals coming out from Vancouver BC, Oregon, and California (including X-games medalists).
Pre-registration and more info available at www.skatelikeagirl.com. Flyer after the jump.

I almost let this one slip by. L’Oréal Paris has a Women of Worth award. They donate money to the nominee’s causes. In addition, the annual winner will receive a donation of $25,000 to the cause of their choice. In the running this year is Seattle’s Nancy Chang, who is one of the Co-directors of the Skate Like a Girl. So let’s stack the deck and become Nancy-boys. It’s time to vote for Nancy! Voting ends on November 24th.

– Thanks to Bobcat for the tip.

An anonymous party painted over a graffiti covered bowl in the Corvallis, Oregon skatepark a few weeks ago. It was a solid one color job that covered existing graffiti, including the usual genitalia and swastika nonsense. When the city eventually got around to cleaning it themselves, they were annoyed and/or potentially embarrassed to find that the park users had taken matters into their own hands. They plan on spending an estimated $500 to remove it, an the police are treating it as an act of vandalism. Brilliant! Way to instill a sense of pride and community. I imagine the local activist group, the Benton County Skateboarding Alliance will have something to say about this. I leave it to them to take action, but we’ll report here if anything noteworthy happens. Fight the good fight! – Thanks to Danimal and Joesf for the tip.

[Source – Corvallis Gazette-Times]

The Missoula Skatepark Association was instrumental in raising funds for Missoula’s skatepark, but found themselves without a mission once the park was built. So, they changed their name to the Missoula Skatepark Association and they’ve been busy. So far they’ve helped out the towns of Helena and St. Ignatius through grants they received from the Lennox Foundation. Helena currently has a “lackluster park that was built a rollerskating stooge out of Colorado and some local contractors.” St. Ignatius is working on phase II of their design. Phase I was built last summer by Dreamland.

[Source: The Missoulian] – Thanks to Prickly Pete Brown for the tip.

Seattle keeps tearing them down! Alternatively famous sex advice columnist Dan Savage is covering the death of the “Wall of Death” skate spot online for The Stranger. He’s documenting his correspondence with the city and the bureaucratic responses. Check out the hatefully crude skate stoppers!

– Thanks to Adam Shahan for the tip.

Shortly before going off his medication, Colin Walsh sent in a couple pics and a short write up about a fundraiser/contest for the Benton County Skate Alliance (B.C.S.A.). The skate shots are decent, Collin. Maybe you should channel your energy in that direction instead of harassing the people that you want to have posting the shots.

“Health board blinks, suspends ban on backyard skate ramps.” That’s the title of the article in the Salt Lake Tribune. SLC ramp owners and would-be builders have a six month reprieve while county officials “…study the noise issue, hold more public hearings, then present a new recommendation.” Skaters converged on the Health Board hearing to protest the ban. I especially like one skater’s shirt that read “Skate Utah (just not in your own backyard).” Officials back peddled a bit in public statements, reminding me of a certain situation in Tigard, Or. Things are looking up SLC ramp builders. We’ll check back in six months. Until then, check Skate Utah for any updates. – Thanks to Tito for the tip.

[Photo: Adam Barker via Visit Salt Lake]

Another milestone has been reached. The Wasatch County Skatepark in Heber City, Utah is 300th skatepark to open that has received a donation form the Tony Hawk Foundation. You can read the press release after the jump, or head on over to Skate Utah to see pics of the actual park. It sure looks inviting from the shot above.