Posted on 03 March 2010
A backyard session at the 99 pool in Sacramento with Christian Hosoi, Randy Katen, Dave Duncan and Royce Nelson. This is classic pool skateboarding from back in the day. Dave Duncan goes for a rollin and slams hard and then comes back with a few good looking shots over the death box.
Tags: 99 pool, Christian Hosoi, Pool Skateboarding
Posted on 11 February 2010
Jesse Martinez vividly remembers the first time he saw a jump ramp. “[It] was somewhere around ’82 or ’83. I went out to my grandma’s house out in Simi Valley to visit her. I just skated around town and I came across these guys skating a ramp. I said ‘Whoa! [...]
Tags: Jesse Martinez, ramp, Skateboarding
Posted on 14 November 2009
This would be an advanced skateboard trick. You will have to know how to ride vert pretty good or probably be an am or pro. What you do here is drop in and launch off the side of the vert ramp and go up and over the spine and land on the side of the [...]
Tags: skateboard, spine, vert ramp
Posted on 31 October 2009
Carpet Boarding is typically used for practicing ollie tricks without having to worry about your skateboard shooting out from underneath you. . Most people think that busting ollies while standing still is a lot harder than while rolling, but practicing like this can help your body learn how to do it. Pretty much the worst [...]
Tags: Carpet Boarding, practicing, skateboard
Posted on 18 July 2009
According to a post by made by espn it looks like X Games park builder Nate Wessel is talking to California Skateparks with regard to building a concrete bowl in the parking lot of the Home Depot Center. Hmm this is right down the street from my house I am going to have to get [...]
Tags: California Skateparks, concrete bowl, Home Depot Center, X-games
Posted on 24 June 2009
The Maloof Money Cup, presented by etnies and Monster Energy, unveiled its much anticipated 2009 Street Course this afternoon. Designed by Geoff Rowley and Joe Ciaglia with design assistance from Colby Carter, Mark Waters and pro skaters Lance Mountain, Braydon Szafranski and Erik Ellington, the course was inspired by real street spots, including LA’s Sunset [...]
Tags: Maloof Money Cup, Pier 7, San Francisco’s “3 Up -3 Down”, UC Irvine’s 6-stair hubba and rails
Posted on 02 June 2009
Wow some high schools are embracing skateboarding as a real sport. It looks like skateboarding in high school might finally be well recepted.
Tags: Skateboarding
Posted on 05 April 2009
I have heard of security guards and cops harrassing skateboarders for skating on private property but this video takes the cake! Basically this guy dropped in on a quarterpipe in the Milton Skatepark in Florida and got suspended from the skatepark for 30 days. It is hilarious to watch how the cop and security guard [...]
Tags: Milton Skatepark, quarterpipe, skateboarders
Posted on 14 February 2009
It’s Thursday morning at the Smelter City Skate Pit, and Ben Goodman Park is already swarming with skateboard enthusiasts from around the state, in-line skaters, kids on bikes and others just hanging out.
Sophia Mantz wielding a screw driver and tuning her well-used board, says the skate park gives young people a place to go and [...]
Tags: Anaconda Montana Snake Pit Skatepark, Montana
Posted on 29 January 2009
The Carlsbad Gap is an 11 stair set skateboard spot located in Carlsbad, California at Carlsbad High School. It first gained prominence in the early 90s after several pros started skating over it in addition to the stairs right beside it. Unlike many spots, the landing is an uphill one which adds to the difficulty.
Here [...]
Tags: Andrew Reynolds, Brandon Turner, Carlsbad Gap, Chris Cole, Erik Ellington, Tom Penny