SOTW 1-26-09: Adam Hopkins

Shot of the Week 1-26-09: Adam Hopkins, Burnaby B.C. Canada

This week’s Shot of the Week is Adam Hopkins skating in Burnaby, British Columbia. This is the teaser shot designed to disorient the viewr, the full frame shot will give you a totally different perspective. Dylan Davies took this shot in the fall of 2008. After you check outhte full frame Shot of the Week, […]

Gresham skate park meeting

Gresham Skatepark Meeting

I’m not sure what the heck is going on with the Gresham, Oregon skatepark plan. At first I heard they were just going to add some banks and more ledges, and make skating legal in the plaza in front of City Hall. Then I heard tale of a possible indoor park. I think the only […]

dh-closed

Closed for the season

Public skateparks should be open 24-7, and free to boot, but that’s a different rant altogether. Dan Hughes made a road trip recently, and ran into a bunch of padlocks.

Public Skatepark Development Guide

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 […]

SOTW 1-12-09: Dark at Pier Park

SOTW 1-12-09: Pier Park at dark

This is a shot from October of 2006. It’s been cropped to fit horizontally. It’s Mike McCarley, one of the owners of Shrunken Head Skateboards. Check out the full frame Shot of the Week.

Battle Ground Locals

Battle Ground Locals

As we were pulling up to the park yesterday I remarked how small this park seems now, compared to the vast expanse it felt like when it first opened. Battle Ground, Washington has a lot to offer, at least in terms of skateparks. I took some photos yesterday, catch them after the jump.

Medford Oregon skatepark

Medford skatepark with Justin Shirley

We’ve got a handful of shots of Jack’s Boardhouse rider Sammy Hagar Justin Shirley at the Medford, OR skatepark. Photos courtesy of Billy Runaway.

Save Major Taylor skatepark

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. […]

Team Pain enters prefab obstacles market

Beat ’em at their own game

I got an email with some computer renders from Team Pain that made me think they were dabbling with some prefab skatepark elements: Team Pain will be presenting their newest product line for the first time at the January 09 Surf Expo. Bringing a completely new feel to the show with some unique and artistic […]