Excuse me. The caption reads “…tries out a move…” which begs a few questions. What move did he try, and did he indeed like the move? Was he able to return the move without a receipt? Did he buy the extended warranty in case he had the misfortune to bust a move? Links and more after the jump.

MC’s roundup of declassified Hailey Idaho loop coverage.

No, it doesn’t. But try telling that to the kids at Beaverton Oregon’s skate park. These ramps were originally garbage picked, well donated by the X-Games. If you wanted to ride the vert ramp it usually meant you had to kick the kids off the flat bottom. These pics are from such a session, circa 2001. When the bottom rotted out of the vert ramp, local officials decided to replace it with more street obstacles made of concrete, even, I hear. Does anyone want to send in some pics of the new street developments? That would be great, mmm-kay? More after the jump.

Me take pretty picture. Nice. So far the only picture MC has declassified from the Hailey Loop of Death mission is this striking shot. Follow the link to see it in all it’s glory. It’s worth it.

Looks like I might have to add a loop category. As I type this, MC from

He lives. More details from Port Orford Oregon field correspondent Shoey about the loop mishap. He’s Zac “The MAC” McKenzie from Port Orford. He’s sixteen and destroys everything. He broke his jaw in two places, got a concussion and scored some groupies from the show. He’s all healed up now and back to throwin 3 foot frontsides in the deep end. Everyone give a big hand to the kid from OREGON !!!!!!!!!!!! Photos by Abe Lambright. Check out an animated image of the fall after the jump.

I had some fun here even though the inept builders of this skatepark in Champaign Illinois applied the Jersey Barrier theory of transition to these bumps in the street course. Could have been awesome, but once you get over your initial reaction to wretch, you can actually have some fun on these bumps. I almost broke my arm being a smart-ass by trying to hit all the bumps one after another. More after the jump.

For the five people that Read SnA but don’t read Antigravity Press, MC has a couple of posts on Portland’s Pier Park progress and the new Woodland Washington bowl that is about 24 miles north of Portland. OK, I’ll just cop to not having time to write my own posts right now. I’m pissed he scooped me on the Woodland pics. I’ve been following the progress but failed to post on it. Duh.

Now this is what we need. More contribtors like Matt Sefton. Originally intended as one of our scene reports It was just too long and too well done. So I made it a feature. Long time readers already know we have a U.K. connection in ex-pat House of Neil, so we’re glad to continue the tradition. Read the Newcastle feature.

I’d be stoked too If I lived in a city with a good skate park. Oh wait, I do. Anyway, The City of Stoke On Trent (True!) in England is coming up on the first anniversary of their skate park called, what else, but Stoke Plaza? It looks pretty damn good (from the Internet at least.) I’m not much for today’s street parks, but this one has plenty of banks and an interesting layout that looks fun. Topping it off is an outlying system of skate paths, an interesting concept that appears to be gathering momentum among builders and advocates. These pictures are from the UK Sketchy Skateboarding website.