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BCSA benefit Saturday

Just a reminder to go to the Benton County Skateboard Alliance benefit if you are near the area in Oregon. The Corvallis Gazette Times wants you to go too. Another flier after the jump.

BCSA Art & Music Benefit March 14th

The Benton County Skateboard Alliance is holding their second annual music and art benefit for the skatepark they are trying to get built. These guys are making it happen, and if you are near that part of Oregon this Saturday you should make a point of helping them out. Last year’s event looked like it […]

Jim Murphy up for Lenox Extra Mile Hero award.

Vote for Jim Murphy

Lenox Industrial tools is running a contest of sorts similar to the Women of Worth award that Skate like a Girl co-director Nancy Chang was up for. It’s called the Lenox Extra Mile Hero. The winner gets 30k donated to the charity of his choice. Jim Murphy’s charity is the non-profit foundation Nibwaakaawin, whose goal […]

BCSA Call for Art

The Benton County Skateboarding Alliance, Inc (BCSA) is putting on the 2nd annual Art & Music Benefit 2009 in March at the Odd Fellows Hall. The BCSA needs art for the show (sale/silent auction). This event is a fundraiser for the new skate bowl addition to the Eric Scott McKinley skatepark in Corvallis. Artists must […]

President Obama gives the hang loose sign.

Hang loose, dude.

And good luck on your new job. I’m sure some hysterical nut is already falsely reporting that our new President is flashing gang signs, but he’s just showing some love to his Alma Mater’s high school marching band from Hawaii during the inauguration parade, just minutes ago. UPDATE: I’m a self confessed kook. Should have […]

Grind For Life events ASR

We don’t have an ASR correspondent this year. Bummer. The skateboard-centric cancer fighting, Grind For Life organization has two events at the ASR show, another installment of the winner take all high ollie contest and the potentially more interesting new event, the Hosoi Jump Ramp Jam. Surprisingly, the GFL-ASR web site has nothing on it […]

Revised Skatepark Guide

Sure, we may rib him a little on some of his endorsement choices, but Tony Hawk’s record on advancing the sport and and promoting concrete skateparks is unimpeachable. The Tony Hawk Foundation has just funded the printing of a revised edition of the very valuable Public Skatepark Development Guide which can be yours for the […]

Save the Indianapolis Skatepark

Indianapolis skateboarders are bout to get the shaft. Marian College wants to buy manage and use the Major Taylor athletic complex, land that contains a skatepark that is in the middle of a velodrome. Originally they had intended to demolish the skatepark, but thankfully, the city nixed that idea as a condition of the sale. […]

Fundraiser for Hood River

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