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 […]
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 […]
Shop Demos, video premiers, and GVK sightings?
The Exit Real World team is doing a demo and premiering a video at Windells Camp near Mt Hood in Oregon. IAlthough you’d be hard pressed to know that if you looked at their web sites. It’s this saturday at 1pm. The park is open from 9 -5, and lately Grover has been going there […]
GVK #42: St. Kilwag’s Day
Birth Day Grinch: Video proof of a skateboarding caveman. A man so old carbon dating can not determine his age. Happy Birthday, Dude!
Art Event Central
Yeah, sorry this has turned out to be Portland event central for the past few days at SNA. I had other plans but you know what they say about the best laid plans and opinions, or is that assumptions? Errrr, yeah. There’s one skate art show (Hecklewood’s Board Pushers) and one skate art auction for […]
Burnside Benefit
Ok then, here it is. The Burnside Benefit going down a the same time as the Bacon vid. Live bands and such at a bar, this event should go on much later if you want to hit both. Flyer after the jump.
Bacon Video Premier Friday
Bacon is premiering their new video titled Raw Dog and Falafels. Which reminds me: I at one of those middle-eastern pita sandwiches once, and boy did I FALAWFUL! Thank you! Don’t forget to tip your waitress. But seriously folks. The premier is Friday at DOS and they’ve rented out the bowl so the skating is […]
SLAG JAM: Wheels of Fortune
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 […]
Wisconsin Kickflip dominance
Remember when Wisconsin boy Zach Kral destroyed that pasty faced Dutch kid’s old world record? Well, some other kid beat him again, and I kind of lost interest in the whole thing. That is, until Zach broke it again last week (on his 14th birthday) at the 4 Seasons Skatepark in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I love […]
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