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On 5/7/2004
steelwheel Bob
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JUST A WEEK AWAY! Woo-Hoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Skaters from Nor Cal, So Cal, Navada and locals are comin'
A follow up story ( with photos) will appear in Blue Edge magazine July issue.
FSK8 Open Am Flatland Skateboard Contest
Sunday May 16th
Santa Rosa Park Hockey Rink
Corner of Santa Rosa St. and Oak St.
Contest events are:
Game of S.K.A.T.E.
Team Game of S.K.A.T.E.
High Jump
Flatland Freestyle Jam (remember we have a user friendly 35 and over division)
NEW EVENT ADDED!!!!! 360's Open
Registration begins at 9:00 am and is open all day
Entry fee is : $12.00
Trophies and prizes to 3rd place
This is a benefit contest for the SLO skatepark fund.
For pre registration info contact: bobstaton@hotmail.com
805-705-4817
Thanx for donations From:
SK8Kings
Climax
Concrete Wave
Taildevil
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On 5/3/2004
renecarrasco.com
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John Pope -
.....CONGATULATIONS on gettin' yer RAD photo
[ triple board kick-flip from a handstand ! ].....
.....in today's Orange County Register newspaper !
Totally COOL brah !
Praise JAH !.........-Rene' Carrasco.
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On 4/30/2004
Diorandi
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My Home site http://www.diorandi.com
Free Style in Brasil - Champ da Mentira (FLIPS)Free Style Liga profissionais de skate - http://www.diorandi.com/freestyle/mentira/040404.asp
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On 4/30/2004 rUmOur mill
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Last nights jam @ Rengstorff park included a showing
of Mr. Ravitch on his new Casper Board. The old man still has
a few good moves. The PROfessor and The Iron Chef were there
as well as Orange J.
The highlight of the evening was a soccer game vs. the Mexican
National jr. team, They had this guy "Ivan" only 4ft high, but he could work the ball! We got spanked by jr. and his buddies.
Skating and Soccer ( oops thats football in the rest of the world )
kinda like Wheelie ( oops I meant Manual in the rest of the skating world )
Now that Vans has been bought by a major corparation, will it survive?
Time will tell.
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On 4/29/2004
Maria C.
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Jammin on Sunday (5/2) -- Don't forget. Edison Park HB. More Info on SK8KINGS.COM.
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On 4/29/2004 Gary H.
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NorCal Freestyle/Flatland Gathering tonight at Rengstorff Park 6PM.
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On 4/29/2004
ILSA
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We are proud to announce that the 2004 World Longboard Skateboard Championships will be held at the Mission Valley YMCA Clairemont Skatepark. For more information, go to the official ILSA site at ILSAskateboarding.com or to the NCDSA Contest Calendar. Get stoked.
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On 4/27/2004
renecarrasco.com
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....9 posts DOWN from this one - and you can see the
"Orange" HOBIE CLAWS IN ACTION .......they were fast & smooth !
IOWASK8ER - - - keep on makin' those cool skate videos !
............-Rene' "Cannonball" Carrasco !
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On 4/26/2004
IOWASK8ER
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HEY I just put some HOBIE CLAWS AND HOBE DECAL on ebay
You can Check them out
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=16264&item=3674629938
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On 4/23/2004 rumour mill
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Orange J spotted riDIng in his own cubilcle @ work.
Gary H SPOTTED TESTING PROTOTYPE " THE PROFESSOR " WHEELS
@ A TOP SECRET LOCATION. ERIK " TACO " SPOTTED TAKING GOLF LESSONS ?
JOHN "IRON CHEF " KIM WILL BE PUSHIN A BABY BUGGY THIS FALL.
MAYBE WE SHOULD MOUNT SOME OF THOSE "PROFESSOR" WHEELS ON THAT RIDE.
PIMP MY RIDE.
WHERE THE HELL IS "RAVITCH " ? WORKING ON HIS NEW HOME
IN OAKTOWN ?
SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY 9:30 AM.
SAME PLACE
WAKE UP HC "SLEEPING BEAUTY "
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On 4/21/2004 Gary H.
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Skatekings Freestyle wheels
I just rode my 1st production set of these wheels. I thought the prototype was good, this is the best wheel for freestyle. Great shape reminiscent of the classic Powell Bones Freestyle wheels but better....much better. Perfect 54x37mm in a perfect 101A.
Thanks Richy and Maria for making a wheel that is just right.
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On 4/20/2004
yoyo schulz
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World Champs 2003 in German Boardstein Mag
In the latest issue of the German Boardstein Skatemag you will find a 3 page report about last year's World Flatland Freestyle Champs.
Nice shots, great coverage.... written by Lillis Akesson and translated by Boardstein crew.
Here are the links to the three pages:
http://home.arcor.de/skateyoyo/Fotos/boardstein/boardsteinpage1.jpg
http://home.arcor.de/skateyoyo/Fotos/boardstein/boardsteinpage2.jpg
http://home.arcor.de/skateyoyo/Fotos/boardstein/boardsteinpage3.jpg
Here is the link to original text by Lillis:
http://www.wfsafreestyle.org/f/html/2003/worlds/worlds.html
So, click, read and imbibe.
YOYO
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On 4/20/2004 Gary "The PROfessor"
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Flatland Jam this Thursday night Rengstorff Park, Mtn. View 6-8PM.
-g-
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On 4/20/2004 steelwheel Bob
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Hi, MG
Well I did say it was "word on the street".
If we can split a hair here, and checking again with inside sources they stand pat on the Peggy Oki character thing. I thing what they are saying is that the scripted part for Peggy was dropped, she would not agree to it, that may mean that there will be some shots of her double as a skater but that is it ( according to reliable sources). I could go into much greater detail but I am not allowed to do so at this time. And it will not appear in the Blue Edge story either. My piece about Peggy will be something like 'Life after Dog Town..the movie and the culture'. I also have been working on an interview with Joan and Mary Zerkie. Joan is the most famous of the Dog Town mom's, she is Mary's mother. Mary was Tony's girlfriend during his rise to fame. The Zerkies lived across the street from me, Mary was on my first Staton Team. Tony used to call me mister Staton. A few years later he refered to the double end straight sided freestyle boards I was making for contest skaters as "popcicle sticks".
There were major players missing in the Dog Town movie, like Paul Hoffman and Billy Yuron. Hoffman, Alva and Adams were the core of the school yard crew, the other DT guys were more into pools. In the begining, for the most part, their moms took them to the pools etc. Those of us that were the parents of that era would love to do our own movie about Dog Town.
Billy became known after Alva was already famous. I saw him at a surf movie at Santa Monica Civic, they had a little surf and skate expo going on in the lobby and Billy was drawing a bigger crowd than the pro surfers.
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On 4/19/2004
MG
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Steelwheel,
Props for what you do for the freestyle community but you are dead wrong on the Lord of DT film. I spent two days on the set while they filmed the Del Mar contest. Peggy Oki is depicted in the film, and the young actress portraying her had beautiful skate style. The skating that I witnessed was incredible, the skate doubles for the Z-boys were badass, Chris Chaput replicated Russ Howell's style extremely well and the overall level of skill represented by the cast and crew was way high. Elements of the story have been fictionalized, but make no mistake the skating rips.
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On 4/19/2004 G
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We managed to ride between the rain on Sunday. The turn out was samll but I guess the rain scared a few riders. OJ continues to add tricks and all you open class riders better be preparared at SLO.
-G-
latest photos at: http://homepage.mac.com/garyholl then over to the Freestyle/flatland page.
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On 4/19/2004
renecarrasco.com
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Hey Barb,
....tryin' to remember ya - - - my bro. Richy and I were skatin' on the
Hobie Pro Team .....hmmmm.
"Cash" Macannillis was sure a good guy - wasn't he ?
Back then - did you ever ride the
"HOBIE RICHY CARRASCO 360 SPINNER WHEELS" ?
- - - How about those HOBIE "CLAWS" ! - - -
-FAST WHEELS! - - with that Bear Claw Logo.
-hope yer "Mamma Skate-O-Rama" goes good.
HERE'S TO "THE GOOD OLD DAYS" ON THE HOBIE TEAM !
{ -I'm using orange "Hobie Claws Wheels" in this photo }
-Can't wait to try out my NEW SK8KINGS wheels ! - Yeowee !
..............-Rene' Carrasco.
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On 4/18/2004
Barb Odanaka
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Hi all,
My name is Barb Odanaka. Back in the late 1970s, when I was still Barbie Ludovise, I was a freestyle fanatic who managed to get on the Hobie amateur team (in 1977). I still practice my old freestyle tricks today, especially across my living room floor. Anyway, I'm hoping to connect with other flatland freestylers--particularly women, as I started this just-for-fun club called the International Society of Skateboarding Moms. We're having our first event on Mother's Day, Sunday May 9th, at Laguna Niguel skatepark. We're hoping to rope off the back parking lot for freestylers. The event is called the Mighty Mama Skate-O-Rama, but it's open to non-moms too :-) (Male, female, young or not-so-young are welcome.) The skatepark charges $10/entry, but you can ride the parking lot freestyle section for free. :-) Anyway, I thought I'd mention it to this crowd as there are people who who actually appreciate a two-footed nose wheelie (not that I ever mastered it). If anyone is interested, my website is www.skateboardmom.com
By the way, I've been trying to expand my horizons and get into vert skating, but after a three-day, all-female camp at Woodward West skate complex this weekend, I now feel like I was trampled by the bulls at Pamplona. So a session of tail wheelies, daffies and 360s sure sounds pleasant.
Hope to meet some of you May 9th at Laguna Niguel!
Barb Odanaka
www.skateboardmom.com ps I've been having email problems, so if you're trying to reach me and the email bounces back, please consider trying again or leaving a message on my Guest Book (at the bottom of my home page). Thx!
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On 4/16/2004
renecarrasco.com
wrote in from
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Steelwheel Bob -
That "Golden Age of Skateboard Teams " article sounds
like a GREAT topic !
-see ya @ Bicknell Hill Race and - or - @ THE SKATEJAM !
...........- Rene' C.
BELOW:
This is The Pepsi Cola Pro Skateboard Teams' BIGGEST FAN !
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On 4/16/2004 steelwheel Bob
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Rene,
as you can see I did not get the '76 SLO contest in to the Central Coast article. The next article is about Peggy Oki. BTW her chatacter will not appear in the up coming Lords of Dog Town movie. Word on the street has it the she durned down the money they offered her for her story, also the movies focus is on the drug and rock & roll culturer of the time and not much on the skating.
After the Peggy Oki story I will be doing a street luge article. Somewhere along the line I want to do a piece called 'The Golden Age of Skateboard Teams' so start digging out you team stuff for that one.
Richy: the wheels look great!
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On 4/14/2004 SK8KINGS.COM
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One more time
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On 4/14/2004
SK8KINGS.COM
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WHEELS ARE IN -- WHEELS ARE IN -- WHEELS ARE IN . . .
Check the forum at SK8KINGS.COM
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On 4/13/2004
Maria C.
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Bob -- Post that slalom pic in question and we'll clear it up for you. Gotta see the faces. ;)
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On 4/13/2004 steelwheel bob
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The SLO contest info in on the Sk8KINGS site and this site also.
Rene: Here is the Central Coast Story, I turned it in today. You will recognize the ending from an earlier article. This should be out in three weeks.
I have some pictures of the 2001 Morro Bay slalom champiomship that robert took but we don't know who the skaters are. The had on numbers 17 and 22. do you know who they are?
A Tale of Skateboarding History on the Central Coast
By Bob Staton
Why is it that skateboarding emerged in the 1950's and not in the 1850's? The answer...surfing. Surfing created the fantasy environment for skateboarding to become what it is today. Before the movie Gidget came out in 1959 and helped to popularize surfing, skateboarding was a very small and localized activity in a few southern California beach communities. Pacific Beach is probably the place of origin for skateboarding. Unlike the mostly undeveloped beach terrain of the central coast, Southern California beach communities have had for decade’s miles long strips of concrete strand walk ways. The strands were perfect places where young people could hang around and watch what few surfers there were in the 40’s and 50’s at close range. Most likely some visionary grom in the mid 1950's was watching a few surfers at Crystal Pier from the strand overlooking the beach and was inspired to either take apart his skate scooter or scratch build the first skateboard and do a little side walk surfing.
A famous surfer back in the day named, Mike Doyle went to our high school in Inglewood and introduced skateboarding to our community. I remember at that time he and his friends telling us about an unusual event in San Diego in 1958. The story goes that after the showing of a surf movie there was a wild party at someone’s house near by where an imaginative young surfer had taken a skate scooter apart and was doing surfing tricks on the remaining wooden 2x4 with steel roller skate wheels. After the party, the traveling surfers who had come to see the surf movie, went back to ther hometowns up and down the Pacific Coast with the vision of the skateboard fresh in their minds.
While this may be a myth it does explain why skateboarding seems to have been "invented" around 1958 or 1959 in almost every beach community on the west coast as far north as Portland, Oregon. Here in the central coast few genesis stories can be found. I do remember talking to one ol’ timer surfer years ago at a surf movie in the Cayucos about the early adventures of skateboarders in the area. He told of the thrills he and a few other hearty young men had speeding down through canyons for miles at places like Cypress Mountain Road up in the hills near Morro Bay. Those were the soul skating days of wooden plank boards with steel and clay wheels.
Speed has remained a hallmark of skateboarding in the central coast. Jack Smith, known locally as the "Oracle" for his historical skateboarding knowledge has long been a central figure of regional skateboarding activities that include among many other things producing the World Championship of professional slalom racing in Morro Bay every year. Jack reflects on the days of the early 70’s and 80’s where local skate spots like the Morro Bay ditch and the Los Osos 3rd street ramp were gathering places of the emerging central coast skateboarding culture. Much like the early days of surfing where places like Rincon, and Pismo Beach were enclaves of the emerging central coast surfing culture.
These early skateboarding spots are where world travelers and locals would exchange stories of adventure, where networking began to form a global community and where local activists got their inspiration. In that period between the demise of the commercial skate parks of the 70’s and the predominantly community developed skate parks of present day, the micro skateboarding sub cultures that formed around such places as the “cito” ramp in Montecito, the Camarillo ditch in Camarillo, and the 3rd Street Ramp in Los Osos spawned some of the worlds top skateboarding stars. They were places where skateboarding organization and industry leaders got their vision and motivation. Colorful, and creative people like skateboard and snowboard pioneers Chuck Barfoot, and Tom Sims, top skateboard historian Scott Starr, promoters and activists Mike Taylor, Jim Fitzpatrick, and Patty Segovia, skateboard manufacturing legend George Powell, and female skateboarding legend Ede Robertson, grew successful careers out of the ditches, school yard banks, and backyard ramps of the central coast.
For us aging men of that first generation of skateboarders on the central coast, we look back fondly to the pioneering days of skateboarding. That first sound ta-tic-ta-tic-ta-tic of our steel wheel boards on concrete will echo through our souls all the days of our lives.
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