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Ocean Bowl
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On 7/10/2008
buddy rawls
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Thansk for the link, I have been to that site a few times, but do not remember the history page, and thats something I normally look for. I was in DC back around 2001/2002, but never got a chance to drive over to the ocean bowl. I ended up hitting the Vans pool many times, though.
Anyway, it looks like ocean bowl lagged Skatcity and Carslbad by a few months. still very early stuff though.
The park boom really cranked up in the summer of 76. By 77 it was in full swing. By late 77, even the non coastal type areas were even getting into the picture with parks.
whats the story on Vernon?
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Assfault
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On 7/9/2008 joe i
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I personally skated two asphalt parks in the Delmarva area. One in rehobeth behind City hall and one in Ocean City. History here http://oceanbowl.com/History/history.html
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Mt. Thrashmore
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On 7/9/2008 PG
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I think the asphalt park you are thinking about was called Mount Trashmore. It was built on a old Landfill. THe park os in Virginia I believe. It use to have a asphalt snake run.
PG
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asphault
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On 7/9/2008
Fatboy
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wasn't that asphault park in Maryland or something? I remember pictures of it.
Vernon park was...............interesting, like Herb said. The big trick in the "bowl" was to fly out and land disaster-style. Lotsa snapped decks! The "halfpipe" was horrible too, one side higher than the other and more of a "V" shape than a "U" shape.
And because it was on a hill, you'd be screamin' at the end of the snakeruns! We used to ride the snake catamaran - FUN!
But hey, it was pretty smooth!
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saddleback mountain
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On 6/19/2008
buddy rawls
wrote in from
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wasn't that a huge motocross facility too
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*EsCaPe CouNTRy .....Hang Gliding, BMX Racing, Skateboarding, & Music !?
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On 6/18/2008
Rene CANNONBALL Carrasco
wrote in from
United States
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Buddy Rawls ....
I talked to a senior city planner @
Rancho Santa Margarita,
and she said that she would get back to me
about WHEN Escape Country Skatepark was actually built.
It was wierd, back then....
the skatepark was up on Saddleback Mountain...
-there was Hang Gliding, BMX Racing, and Skateboarding
GOING ON - ALL IN ONE PLACE !
I understand that some Hang Gliding World Records
were set there too !
They would have Skateboard Racing early morning
on Sundays ( finish around 1:00 PM )
-and when we would be going home - - -
winding back down the mountain roads - - -
we would see HUNDREDS OF BIKERS & VANS passing us by -
riding UP TO Escape Country,
where they would hold Music Concerts
on Sunday afternoons !*&^%# #
( hey - it was the 70'S ! )
Well, I heard that someone got STABBED
at one of those Music Concerts -
So.....that's why they closed-up Escape Country !
Trippy, huh ?
Take care,
...............-Rene Cannonball Carrasco.
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Take care,
.............-Rene Carrasco.
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vernon, NJ
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On 6/18/2008
buddy rawls
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I am not familiar with Vernon, but I do know there was an asphalt park real early on on the east coast. It may have been Vernon. the first ocean bowl park was pretty early too.
the parks i am trying to really trying get on are the ones that existed prior to carlsbad and Skatboard city. these parks are always touted as the first, but there was definitely purpose-built terrain (not just a lot set aside for skateboards) prior to those. Frederick and escape country were definitely open in 75. An internet friend in the S/C area sent me pics of frederick. there is still one turn in place, right now.
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vernon nj
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On 6/11/2008 herbn
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vernon had to be fairly early, there should be a list compiled of lets say the first 100. cherry hill was 79/80 i think, i went for maybe a year or two during highschool, vernon was the first skatepark for me,i think it had my attention for a couple of summers there 77/78 (?) flying down the snake runs was really cool,emphasis at the time was in the bowl and halfpipe, which kind of sucked,they were built across the grade of the hillside and one side was higher than the other.
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Skatboard City
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On 6/9/2008
buddy rawls
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Thanks a lot guys for the info on Skatboard City. Bruce Walker's tieing the dates together is awesome.
the next question is where does Escape Country, Frederick Street, and others fit into this? they were all purpose built skate facilities, built prior to Carlsbad and Skatboard City.
Surfers World, from the 60's, was also something to consider. However, you have to draw the line between a lot (even with a slant) simply set aside as a area for skateboarding, as opposed to actual purpose built terrain. I definitely consider Escape country and Frederick as true blue skate terrain.
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Skatboard City
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On 6/6/2008
Jack
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United States
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Hey Bruce, good to see you here. I skated Skatboard City in August of 1976 after myself, Jeff French and Tom Filben finished our cross-country skateboard trek. I have some Super 8 footage of our visit, I'll try and get it posted.
Drop me an email if you have time: jack@theskateboardersjournal.com
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First Skatepark
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On 6/5/2008 Bruce Walker / Florida
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Charley Gonzalez is absolutely correct that Skatboard City in Port Orange, Florida opened before Carlsbad Skatepark in California. His January, 1976 date for Skatboard City is accurate in that the park was definitely under construction in January, and he was perhaps hired by the owners that same month. I'm pretty sure however, that the Port Orange park didn't actually open to the public until late February or possibly even the first week of March. I remember because in mid-late February we drove up from Melbourne Beach because we'd been tipped off that the last section of concrete in the big bowl had just been poured the day before. We set out at 5:30am and arrived at Skatboard City at 7am because we knew the construction crew would be showing up soon and we didn't want to be kicked out after driving for an hour and a half. Jacky Grayson, Jeff Klugel, Greg Mungall and I climbed under the locked fence and skated for a couple of hours before anyone else showed up. I filmed the session, got pretty good footage, and to this day, have still never released that footage to the public, which is true of most all of my early film footage. The final stages of construction continued for one more week and then Skatboard City officially opened.
About 2-3 weeks after the Port Orange park opened, I flew to California and skated and filmed the Carlsbad Skate Park. That was late March, 1976. Warren Bolster was there shooting and told me the park at Carlsbad had opened roughly 1 week before I arrived and that's why I'm certain that Skatboard City opened before Carlsbad.
A couple of weeks after that I was skating and filming the freshly poured concrete bowl at the Paved Wave in Cocoa, Florida. That session was about 2 weeks before the Paved Wave opened to the public.
From that point, there was a flurry of new parks opening all over the place and I skated as many of them as I could get to, which turned out to be quite a few. Warren Bolster told me I was the guy who had ridden more skateparks than anyone. I suppose I held that distinction for at least a short while.
I hope this information helps clear some things up.
Later,
Bruce Walker
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Boulder Board
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On 5/11/2008 bman
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Boulder Board on the Bay. Been a while since I've seen one like this, very rare!
VINTAGE SKATEBOARD NOS Skateboard Rare Dogtown
------Boulder Custom------- Item number: 130221253737
This thread should move to Vintage equipment.
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Triton Pictures
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On 5/10/2008 Pauliwog
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Hey BMan, Thanks for the link, I checked it out and that brings back good memmories. Adios -Paul
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Triton
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On 5/9/2008 bman
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http://www.artofskateboarding.com/Pg/aos_pg_results.asp?cat_search=z&comp_search=288&skate_search=z&artist_search=z&pagesize=15
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E.H. Wallboard
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On 5/9/2008 bman
wrote in from
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I have an undrilled / ungripped Wallboard stashed away in my garage. I will have to post pic for you. I was a team rider......
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E.H. Wallboards and Tritan
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On 5/8/2008
Paul Howard
wrote in from
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I grew up in Cheyenne Wyoming and rode a lot of things from Colorado like Kryptonics, BoulderBoards. Two really quality decks I had from Boulder(I think) were the E.H. Wallboard and Tritan. Anyone have any pictures of them?
Thanks - Paul
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Beam Decks...
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On 5/5/2008
Rene CANNONBALL Carrasco
wrote in from
United States
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Alva made a fine beam deck.
I used one for a while during my Pepsi demo's
for the ramp-riding.
( Thanks Pete Zender )
They had a cool design -how it came off the front truck.
Light as heck.
Here's a pic of one I'm holding in front of me.
Take care,
.............-Rene Carrasco.
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beam decks
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On 5/2/2008
caddy
wrote in from
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Lonny Hiramato had a beam deck...
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Boulder Boards
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On 5/2/2008 bman
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Calvin I can tell you a ton about Boulder Boards
- They produced the SAlba and Malba K-Beam models
- The produced the SHogo Airbeam and Muir Triplane
- They produced the Varaiflex Grisham ( and I think a few others)
- They did have their own brand as well and were popular with Boulder locals
- your Board is most likely from 79-80
Post a pic!
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Boulder Boards
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On 5/2/2008
Calvin
wrote in from
United States
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I was looking for information on a company from possibly late 70's into the early 80's called Boulder Boards. A kid in my neighborhood found one in a dumpster yesterday. It was just an early pig deck with a couple of vintage Town & Country stickers on it. Anyways... if anyone out there used to ride them or knows anything about the history of the company please let me know @ freshholemaker@yahoo.com.
Thanks!
Calvin
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Florida skateboarding
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On 5/2/2008
Charley Gonzalez
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Without a doubt , Scatboard City (Funny spelling)Port Orange,FL was open before Carlsbad Skatepark. I was The residential pro when it opened January 1976. Still have some old photo's.1-2 years later Tomoka moonforrest Skatepark opened in Ormond beach,FL. Remember this was always a debate on which park opened first.Well All the best to all the old and new skaters.If anybody needs to reach me, my email is stereotypes@msn.com Charley Gonzalez
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Gale
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On 4/28/2008
caddy
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Gale...
http://www.galewebb.com/index.htm
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Gail Webb
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On 4/28/2008 bman
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gail Webb still does demo's as I have seen her at the Orange County Scout-a-rama for the last 4 years.
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Gail Webb..........
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On 4/26/2008 Pauliwog
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......was THE BOMB!
Rene, Do you have any pictures of her?
I'm assuming she's still alive, anyone know what she's up to?
Schlater - Paul
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First to cross the US
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On 4/16/2008
Joe Lehm
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I know that Jack Smith did it in 32 days in 1976, but was he the first? If not who was?
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