Huge news for PDX. Cal Skate has been a fixture in the Portland, Oregon skate scene since 1976. Other shops have come and gone, some loved, some not so much, but Cal Skate has always endured. Chris Nukala has been hanging around or working at this shop since he was 8 years old, and now he is officially the new owner. Former owner Howard Weiner was instrumental in promoting skateboarding in Portland. One local shop famously wouldn’t get behind the Skaters for Portland Skateparks program because the first park wasn’t going t one built near their shop. Not the case for Howard… Chris has been and will continue to be an advocate for skateboarding in Portland, above and beyond measures that just affect his shop. Did I mention he’s a music promoter too? I’ve known Chris since he was probably 14 years old. We would sometimes take him to contests and even “sponsored” him for a bit. He was always so eager when it came to skateboarding. It truly couldn’t have happened to a more deserving or hard working individual. Congrats to Chris, and congrats to all of us in Portland.

Source: Willamette Week

I went to the soft opening of a brand new Parklane skatepark in Portland Oregon with a bunch of old men, all of them better skaters than me, one of them probably better than you.

Pacific Northwest legend Pat Quirk, known simply as Q passed away. (no details) You may know him from his appearances in Fruit of the Vine and other videos. He was gung-ho, that’s for sure, the hot sauce at any session he was part of, even if he wasn’t riding.

Elias Parise has released the full length version of the Dreamland Skateparks promo titled Bridge to Bridge.

A very short documentary on Marginal Way Skatepark. I think this is the whole thing and not just a trailer. I would have liked to see more, even though the story is very simple, I feel like the filmmaker barely scratched the surface. I’m not sure what happened to the official web presence of Marginal Way, it seems to be limited to this Facebook group.

Here’s a eulogy for Brooklyn Street Skate Spot, no words, just photos from some of the last sessions. As I write this, I don’t think the actual demolition has begun yet. Fence hopping is a reality. Thanks to Shawn Reinert for the photos.

This is snake run is the first pour from Dreamland Skateparks at work in Eugene, Oregon. I’m not exactly sure if the entire park is already funded, but Skaters for Eugene Skateparks managed to raise $57,000, and look, work has begun! Additional shot after the jump.

– Thanks to Sarib Khalsa for the pics.

Blowing It starts off with a moving eight minute tribute fallen crew member Keita Farnsworth who died in 2012. The rest is dedicated to three years of good friends and good sessions. It’s amazing how many spots there are in the Oregon area. Watch Jake Arciniega Doug Weaver’s Blowing It after the jump.

Evergreen Skateparks is making progress on the Happy Valley skate spot. It looks like it has a couple interesting features already. They are splitting the construction updates between Facebook and their official site.