Although I have many job titles — CEO, Executive Producer, Senior Consultant, Foundation Chairman, Bad Actor — the one I am most proud of is ‘Professional Skateboarder.’

NPR has a series called This I Believe which is basically a soap box for people to get on the air and foam at the mouth. Soetimes they have regular joes, but sometimes like on July 24th 2006, they have famous people like Tony Hawk.

Firefighters suspect arson in the August 16th fire that destroyed the vert ramp at Mount Trashmore – Virginia Beach. Looks like the Street Vs. Tranny battle has gotten out of hand. This long time landmark in skating has been rebuilt before. Hopefully it will rise from the ashes and the guilty party will hang from the deck. These things are usually the result of disgruntled park users who get kicked out, be they BMX riders who aren’t allowed or just troublemakers. Cold War bigwig Steve Grover is just weeks away from a vacation in Virginia Beach. Could this be his wife’s way of making sure he spends time with the family? Did someone forget to keep the damn racoons out my truck? Good news is that at least the big vert ramp came away unscathed and the park will remain open, forcing kids to learn how to drop in. Get the scoop from News Channel 3. More links and pictures after the jump.

Well folks, here it is. Coverage of the West Linn leg of World Cup Skateboardings Oregon Trifecta. Thanks again to Mike Estes for help with the names, and the Parks District of West Linn for forcing the uptight neighbors to listen to speed metal from their balconies and letting the rippers rip. The misguided isolationists at Aumsville should take a lesson from the City of West Linn. . That’s Joe Marrara up above.
Coverage continues here.

I’m still waiting for someone to send in a pic of the Wheelieboard, so I’ll post this for now. Plastic skateboards were a dime a dozen, so you had to do something to distinguish yourself. The longrider comes to you courtesy of an eBay auction a year or so ago. Right now the only place they are showing up is on defunct Australian eBay auctions. The colorized black and white picture comes from a cool Australian skate zine called GaP, which you can download. It’s in issue one, which dates back to 2005. You can see larger pics and the auction description which is packed with a surprising amount of background info on this 1983 vintage board after the jump.

In today’s Oregonian there is an article on yesterday’s casting call for the new Gus Van Sant film Paranoid Park. Has anyone seen Wassup Rockers? Kids left a bad taste in my mouth so I avoided Whassup Rockers like the plague. Even though the Wassup PR people kept sending us crap and Chad Muska and Roger Ebert both gave it a thumbs up, it seemed like it had the potential to be another creepy exploitive movie. Paranoid Park involves some young skaters and an incident at a local skatepark where some rough kids hang out. Guess which park they are filming at?

Well here it is finally. Coverage of day one of the 2006 Oregon Trifecta at Lincoln City. I’ll be doing these one day at a time. That’s Tim Johnson up above.

Aieee! It’s taking longer than I thought, getting the names and results. I wasted a lot of time building tables from PDF’s only to have the World Cup Skateboarding post the results in the meantime. Massive picture flood coming tomorrow. I’m going to do this thing one day’s event at a time this year. The picture above is just to tide you over. Sleestak local and Libtech rider Jesse Nelson aka Messy Smelson.

Not much to say here except congrats go to Mason Huggins for beating out such big names as Omar Hassan, Benji Galloway, Rune Glifberg, and Ben Krahn to win the Newberg part of the 2006 Oregon Trifecta. The Scrotes are living large! (WTF?) This year’s events went much smoother than in the past. Pics and words to come as soon as I sort through and process them all.

Mark Conahan scared the crap out of a lot of people at the Trifecta in Newberg Oregon today. He was coming down from a frontside air the capsule and met Salba charging head on. Mark had no idea what hit him, and he was out cold for about 3-5 minutes. He was having heavy ragged breathing, almost as if he was snoring. The flew him out on a helicopter, only to release him two hours later. He has a concussion (duh!) but otherwise is fine. I just left his house after downloading the pictures I took of him. I thought I’d give him a head start on posting this, but I still might beat him cause he’s not exactly the sharpest tack in the box right now. If he asks, tell him he agreed to leave Rebel and ride for Cold War shortly before blacking out. In all seriousness, Mark, we’re all glad you’re OK. That’s two concussions for our local crew in two weeks. These things come in threes, so I’m wearing my helmet. Oh yeah.. Trifecta Results. Women: Amelia Brodka. Masters: Glen Charnoski. Pro/Am: Mason Huggins! Now go check Mark’s site to see if I beat him to the punch. Update: He beat me to it! AND, he already has a comment! I’d like to point out that I didn’t snap any pictures untill after Mark was conscious and laughing at our weak attempts to bring some levity to the moment. Mark, Get up! Your up next!

West Linn Results are in. I took some pics which I’ll post in good time. No time now, got to go to Newberg. Here’s a teaser for you with more after the jump. Winners: Women: Mandy Esch Grand Masters: Steve Caballero. Pro/Am: Tim Johnson. Second Place: Benji Galloway. Third: Rune Glifberg Greek Update: He does have a broken elbow. He goes in for surgery next week. Out for at least a month. Pics above: Steve Reeves and Tim Johnson.