Archive | April, 2008

Lincoln City Skatepark

Posted on 30 April 2008

The Lincoln City skatepark is one of the best Oregon Skateparks and gained immediate international recognition, being awarded a “‘9′ out of a possible ‘10′” by Thrasher Skateboarding Magazine (December 1999), the skateboarding community’s leading international journal, raising the bar for skatepark designs around the world. Dreamland Skateparks most unique shape yet, this pool follows [...]

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Concrete Skateparks

Posted on 30 April 2008

Here is one of the best Concrete Skateparks I have found around the web and its called Bologna Skatepark in Italy.

Building concrete skateparks is a huge job so you should tackle it in a few different sections. This will help control the amount of concrete going into your skatepark at one time. Here is one [...]

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H Street Shackle Me Not Hell Concave Summer Camp

Posted on 29 April 2008

Here is a video clip from the H Street Shackle Me Not Hell Concave Summer Camp. This is skateboarding at its best in 1988. Old School Skateboarding Yo! This H Street Skateboard Video is probably the first one I started to watch and what really got me excited about skateboards.

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Skateboard Distribution

Posted on 29 April 2008

Skateboard Distribution is big business these days. Here is a list of Skateboard Distribution companies
Skatelink Skateboard Distribution
aWh is a full line skateboard distribution company for almost 30 years. Their skateboard warehouse is located in Evanston, Illinois.
Ultimate Skateboard Distribution they are Canada’s leading distributor of skateboarding hard goods, skateboard clothing and skateboard accessories.
NHS Skateboard Distribution is [...]

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Nude Bowl

Posted on 29 April 2008

The nude bowl was famous skateboarding pool for about 20 years. They buried and and around 2000 Bluetorch went out there and dugg it out and reskated it. The Nude Bowl is a kidney shaped swimming pool that was at the nudist resort the Desert Gardens Ranch hence the name the nude bowl. It is [...]

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Quinton “Rampage” Jackson On Osiris Shoes

Posted on 28 April 2008

Quinton Rampage Jackson is on one the the best skateboarding shoe companies around which is Osiris Shoes. Check out a picture of his new shoe here

Here are some of Quinton “Rampage” Jackson Stats
Win Matt Lindland Decision (Split) WFA-King of the Streets 7/22/2006 3 5:00
Win Dong Sik Yoon Decision (Unanimous) PRIDE 31-Dreamers 2/26/2006 3 5:00
Win Hirotaka [...]

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Eddie El Gato Elguera H Street Skateboards

Posted on 28 April 2008

Pastor Eddie Elguera is the senior pastor at The Rock Church and World Outreach Center in Palm Desert, California. As a former 2-time world champion skateboarder, Pastor Eddie has traveled around the world, preaching the Gospel. With his practical, life giving principles out of the Word of God, and his down to earth approach to [...]

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John Sonner H Street Skateboards

Posted on 28 April 2008

This is one of my favorite Vert Skateboarding parts in the H Street Shackle Me Not Video. I was even able to grab a John Sonner deck for my collection a few years back.

Here is a video clip of John Sonner’s part in Shackle Me Not

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Matt Hensley

Posted on 28 April 2008

Here is Matt Hensley’s part in the H Street Video Shackle Me Not. Matt Hensley brought a few things to the skateboarding table over the years such as Cargo shorts, Biker Wallets, Mid top skate shoes and a handful of flat ground skateboard tricks such as the 180 no complies on flat ground. Matt [...]

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H Street Skateboards Shackle Me Not Intro

Posted on 27 April 2008

H-Street’s first feature length skate video changed skateboarding not only with its content but also its form. Shackle Me Not is shot entirely with video cameras when skateboard videos were until then shot with film. Mike Ternasky and Tony Magnusson’s “living room” editing approach changed the rules of skate video production and ushered in an [...]

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