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Gabriel Official Opening July 11

Word from Portland Parks is that the official opening day for Gabriel skatepark is July 11, 2008 – a short 16 days from now but in fact it may open for skating sooner than that. Stay tuned for more details. update: No word on early opening. They still need to do some hydroseeding. There is […]

Lincoln City locals screwed this weekend

Lincoln City locals love their park, but unfortunately for them, so does everyone else. This weekend is gong put their patience to the test as the park is hosting both the annual Sleeestock, which is a weekend of debauchery and skateboarding, as well as an appearance by the 30th anniversary Independent Trucks tour on Sunday. […]

Oregon Trifecta news

Two of the event locations for this years Oregon Trifecta have been announced. For some reason one is still in Washington. The overall purse looks a lot bigger, and appears to include some sort of ATV. (Not that kind of ATV as seen on Wheelbite) What’s the stock photo graphic doing up there? It came […]

Vans Old is Cool 2008 – Swell Skate Camp, Brazil

Luciano Peixoto and Gustavo Tesch sent in some coverage of the 30th anniversary party at Swell Skate Park in Brazil. Vans sponsored an event called Old is Cool and kicked it off with a contest in the brand new bowl at the park. Check it out

Search for Mikey Chin premier tonight

No idea what this is about, it came in off the wire late last night. Sorry for the short notice but that’s how we do stuff over here. If you took part in last years’ Go Skateboarding Day “Search for Mikey Chin Video Challenge” than you need to make sure to stop by The Dept. […]

More killing it, Lifestyle at Glenhaven

Man, we are killing it with the lifestyle shots. There’s this thing called the Zumiez Couch Tour that came through town about a week ago. There was a contest for the locals and a pro demo. I contemplated checking it out. I figured I might get a couple good photos of some pros at our […]

From Sweden to Brazil

Yeah, we’ve got readers in Sweden, but we’ve also go them in Brazil (Excuse me, Brasil) too. My name is Luciano and I’m one of the people who make skateboarding run here in south of brasil (porto alegre,RS) we mantain a 30 year old skarte park named Swell Skate Camp, a skate park located in […]

Marginal Way benefits. Video and Skate Rock

This is a big weekend for Marginal Way benefits. May 10th is the date of the Seattle premiere of Dave Hupp’s excellent video “Why Wouldn’t You?” There’s additional footage since the Portland Premiere, and the video and sound have received the final master. DVD’s and T-shirts will be available as well. There is a $3 entry […]

May Day Skate Jam

Yesterday in Portland, Cal Skates sponsored a skate jam as part of the 6th Avenue Street Fair that seemed to be taking place in front of Cal’s and that’s about it. I’m always complaining about a lack of artsy fartsy ramps in the states, but we had some here for sure. The big quarter pipe […]