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Headless

This would have been a good photo, were it not for the fact the skater has no head. You go to work and you come You sit around every day You got a lotta, lotta Jackin’ down the street on my funky three Tell me why there’s people bigger than me Six foot yesterday, now […]

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Bears wanted a street plaza

Colorado’s News Leader reports that a bear who got stuck overnight in the bowl at the Dreamland’s Snomass skatepark was able to use a ladder to climb out. I wonder if they tried giving him a skateboard. We had a similar problem with homo sapiens at Pier Park.

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Mumble, mumble.

Here’s a shot of Mark Partain that I took at some event that I was at. Can’t seem to remember what it was called, or when it was. All I can remember is someone saying the crowd smells like beer. Enlarge-o-rama.

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Kona snake run

This is Jeff Stevens hitting the slalom portion of the iconic Kona skatepark. Damn, I wish we had one of those things around here. I know it’s not the most efficient use of concrete, dollar for dollar as far as skateparks go, but it sure looks like a lot of fun. Enlarge-o-rama and bonus. Oh […]

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America’s Best Skateparks?

If you weren’t paying attention to the Wall Street Journal’s article on how Portland became the skateboarding capital of the world, you might have missed the tab with the interactive graphic that is supposed to display America’s Best Skateparks. The graphic is actully kind of cool, but predictably, you have to take their selection process […]

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Bonus young guns

Here’s a couple extra shots of 12 year old Bend ripper Jake Selover. Enjoy.

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Hütteldorf skatepark

Ryan Hass sent in a couple pics of the Hütteldorf skatepark, mostly just to point out the seven stair set that the designers thoughtfully left in the bowl should you decide to slam. There’s also an eight feet deep channel on the opposite end. Where do these things come from? I mean, besides Germany Austria, […]

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Young guns from Bend

Scott Selover sent in a bunch of pics of some young rippers from Bend, Or. One of them is is son Jake. The other is his friend Dru. Here’s two from Pier Park. These kids are 12 years old. I guess there is a vert scene in Bend. I hear rumors about a 11 foot […]

New Seattle Center skatepark open

Seattle Center skate plaza open (?)

Or at least I have to assume it’s open, although judging by the photos aI got, it’s either wildly unpopular or a very well kept secret. Marek Litinsky is our man on the scene: Hey, so I went up to Orcas this weekend. Turned out I went with bunch of kooks who saw the park […]