Skate and Annoy – Page 693 – Skateboarding in Popular Culture

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Skate Culture event – Ovenman reading

Jeff Parker will be reading from his novel, Ovenman at Mississippi Pizza Pub on August 30 from 6-8 p.m. as a cosponsored event with Powell’s Books. We were originally talking about this as a benefit for Skaters for Portland Skateparks but it will be a free event and the beer and pizza will be free. We may have a donation jar or sell sweatshirts or something.

I met the editor from Tin House at Pier Park where she was soaking up some skate atmosphere shortly after opening day. She asked me if I would be interested in reading a skateboarding related novel they were working on.

Delayed

That’s right, we’re pushing back our coverage a day. The pics are sorted and the coding is done, but I want to try and track down some names and polish it up a little instead of rushing it out. Look for it mid-day on Wednesday. I’ll tell you though, I’m about Trifecta-ed out by now. Anyone else? That’s ~~Benji Galloway~~ Kevin Kowalski peaking out below his knee.

Tigard on track

Here’s a shot of the progress at Tigard last Friday before the Trifecta. Click to see it larger. Also check out this recent Tigard Times story about the Dreamland park currently under construction. There are a few interesting details in there about the park and Dreamland Skateparks owner Mark Scott.

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Gabriel Park design update

Here’s the latest iteration of the Gabriel Park skatepark design from AirSpeed Skateparks. The public meeting where they presented this was not well attended so they are looking for more input. The comment period ends on next Monday, so get on over there and give them some feedback. You can see larger versions of the renderings after the jump.

Just one more thing.

First out of the gate.

The Skateboard Archives beat us to the punch with four pages of Lincoln City Trifecta pictures, including incidentals like this shot of Choppy Omega, Duane Peters and Ben Schroeder, which is a nice touch. Do those guys wave to their mothers with that finger?

2007 Oregon Trifecta coverage blocked?

Nope. It’s not blocked or being withheld. We’re just waiting for a few straggling pictures to come in, and then we’ll do one day at time starting Tuesday. In the meantime, if anyone else has it up, send in the ink. It looks like there was actually supposed to be a live webcast via 411 according to the Trifecta web site. Did anyone catch it? NWeyesk8, you owe ChrisBennett an apology for heckling him in the comments.

If it’s just results you want check out some of our previous posts from each event day.

Resistance is futile! Joey Neckchain Williams update.

When I went to college (the first time…) we had a nickname for the mindless goons and frat boys thugs that used to clog up the campus. We called them Joey Neckchains after the gold chains that were inevitably peaking out of their Izod shirts with the collar flipped up. Now, I suspect we’d have to change that to Joey Williams. There were protests and such after he was reinstated to his job on the police force after being cleared of wrong doing, in spite of being caught on tape acting like a bully instead of a police man. I’m of the position that just because someone acts like an idiot, a policeman’s job is to not act like an even bigger jackass. Surely his skin is thick enough and he possesses enough self control to not let a teenager get the better of him. I guess not. Scary thing is, that guy has a gun. Awesome. Anyway, I need to stop Jason Waite from littering the comments on Skate and Annoy with his petition spam, so check out the movement to get the Hot Springs, Arkansas Police Department to reopen the investigation. Yeah… Good luck with that. Tell you what, I’ll learn inverts and kickflips if you get that accomplished. Keep me posted.