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Skateboarding for Hope
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As part of the Youth Day celebrations around the country, the Northern Cape initiated Skateboarding for Hope road show teamed up with radio station, 5FM.
They will host a massive community outreach…
Bro Bowl controversy brings in USF for compromise
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Built in 1978, the Bro Bowl was the first public skate park in Florida during an era often considered the golden age of skateboarding, when tricks like the Ollie took the sport to new heights in American culture.
“I’ve…
The Vans Av Classic Has Arrived At Retail
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By Kailee Bradstreet
The AV CLASSIC is now available in four new colorways at select retailers and vans.com/avclassic. For more details, check out the message from Vans below, and watch AVE in the new AV Classic video on…
Vans Pro AV Classic
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By TWS
Watch AVE in the new AV Classic. This fall, Vans Pro Skate continues to bring you the ultimate in skateboarding performance footwear with the introduction of a new Anthony Van Engelen pro model the Av Classic.…
Plandome officials ban skating on steep hill
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By SCOTT EIDLER
Plandome officials have banned skateboarding and roller-skating on a steep street in the village, after residents complained of an influx of outside enthusiasts slaloming downhill.!-->!-->…
Our skate park deserves another chance
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By Christopher Edmunds
The Selma Times-Journal
Growing up in Birmingham, the nearest skate park was 45 minutes away in Alabaster. I loved skateboarding, and so did a lot of people in our area, but with…
Nike SB P-ROD 8 Paul Rodriguez’s New Signature Skate Shoe Officially Unveiled
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Similar to how Lance Mountain’s pragmatic approach to skateboarding by riding on a pair of Air Jordan I instead, so too was the design elements that went into the Nike SB P-ROD 8, Paul Rodriguez’s newest…
A ‘wheely’ big event
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It’s been a long time coming but the official opening of the all wheel skate park in the Nelson suburb of Rosemont takes place this weekend.
The May 31 official opening will conclude 12 long…
Volunteers needed for X Games
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AUSTIN -- The Circuit of the Americas is looking for volunteers to assist with the X Games Austin event slated for June 5-8.
Volunteers have the opportunity to work behind the scenes of action sport…
Vans Apparel Welcomes Geoff Rowley
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By TWS
Vans today announced the addition of Geoff Rowley to the brand’s apparel program. Geoff has designed numerous innovative and influential Vans Pro Skate signature shoes since joining the brand in ’99, and…
Milpitas skate park proponents grind for new site
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By Ian Bauer, Milpitas Post
Mike Griffin from San Jose practices in the deep end of the pit at the Fremont Skate Park, which opened in June 2013. The facility at Fremont's Central Park is the…
Webhits: 60 year-old skateboarder conquers the half-pipe
MANILA, Philippines – Neal Unger walks towards the neighborhood half-pipe with his trusty board in hand. Once he gets there, he performs a few neat tricks: a 50-50 grind, a lip trick, a low-level ollie.
He is no…
Injured man found on Sydney road
An eastern Sydney beachside street where a skateboarder was critically injured in a suspected a hit-and-run is notorious for cars "hurtling" up and down it, says a resident.
A 26-year-old man was discovered…
Man kicks son down side of half pipe in Fla. skate park
A woman in Florida says she has video of a man kicking his young son down a half pipe at a skateboard park near Jacksonville.
The woman says her son pulled out his cell phone and recorded the incident after…
Wilkes-Barre Police: Watch Where You Ride
Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County - As the weather continues to warm up, police in Wilkes-Barre are warning skateboarders and bicyclists to watch where they ride.
Thanks to a run in with police a few weeks ago…
Arts, skateboard parks needed for province’s future
Waye Mason was animated as he paced the stage during his presentation at the Growing a Creative Economy conference before dozens of representatives from the province's arts fields. He himself has gone from a career in Nova…