February 01, 2007
Oregon Skatepark Pioneers
You gotta love Oregon if you are a skatepark addict. Plenty of great skate culture and a wide selection of open-access concrete playgrounds...
...roll on to part II...
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January 17, 2007
Bowling For Concrete
Bowling Green, KY's skatepark is slated to be finished early April. Wow. It's nice. Lots of banks, ledges, rails, stairs, and bowls.
RRRRrrrOOOOOaaaddd TTTTRRRRrrriiiipppp!
Here's a couple teaser pics, check out more at SkateTN.com
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Knoxville Skatepark News!
Jay Cabler sez...
Wally Hollyday was in Knoxville the other day to review the site for the upcoming knoxville skatepark. You can see his preliminary plans at http://www.knoxvilleskatepark.com/.This is just the first plans, and some changes are still in the works. We should be breaking ground around August of this summer.
In addition, the Tony Hawk Foundation also gave the Knoxville skatepark a grant for $25,000. Thanks Tony!!!! With this grant, and a bit more fund raising, and we will be looking at putting in a peanut pool.
We are Stoked!!!!!!!!
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August 01, 2006
Under the Bridge
Check out this slideshow about the DIY skatepark project in Seattle called Marginal Way, made possible by my SPS compatriots, Dan and Roy and the fine folks at Grindline Skateparks.
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Knoxville: bad news, good rumors
J Cabler says the Knoxville skatepark project is delayed for a year, but other sources say the Wallos ditch is back from the dead. Wallos, named after an infamous Hawaiian storm drain, was a classic KnoxVegas skatespot during the 1980's, near I-40 and Papermill Rd.
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July 26, 2006
Red Bank Ramp
Chattown Skatepark not for you?
There's just something about a fenced, locked, prefabricated, pad nanny skatepark that's sandwiched between fresh piles of doggie doo, a stinky foundry and a busy highway that makes it feel and smell like a concentration camp. Until the Chattanooga area gets a real skatepark, we'll just make do with hills, ditches, curbs, rails, ledges and other open-access, no-cost solutions.
And just to blow the stereotype of lazy, good for nothing skaters, we're also building a miniramp in Red Bank. We are gathering quarter pipes from around town, got tons of metal layer from an old vert ramp, and outside power for lights, music, tools! All we need are more brainless old skaters to help us cobble this mess together and keep us motivated to skate.
Geno Ollie to Disaster
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