Skateboarding moms and their supporters will celebrate the first week of summer by gliding into the Hudson River Park skatepark for a day of shredding ramps as well as stereotypes. A raffle of cool skate goods will also be offered, with proceeds going to Rolling for Reading, a literacy ...
As a skater girl, my very first skate sesh with sPACYcLOUd at Palisades, Washington DC was an eye opener. My experience there helped me understand the true meaning of “girl power”. There are so many girls in our community who want to try out skateboarding, but only some would actually...
Jackson Springs Skate Park in Tampa, FL, offers a spacious concrete skate park for enthusiasts of all skill levels. The park features a variety of ramps, rails, and obstacles, providing ample opportunities for skaters to practice and improve their tricks. ...
The skating itself could use work there’s no way to keep pushing off to build up speed, buttons and thumb-stick can be unresponsive causing bail after bail. If you grind some of the ramps or jump something just wrong it will just fall through the map into grayness. Turning is wide an...
There are a few ramps in Platt Fields Park, which again is a good spot if you want to meet new faces. Undine: What’s next for you? Are you looking to branch out to other cities? Daniel: I’d like to meet more faces, and work more on this project. Photograph everyone and every...
The 12,000sqft. park and shop exists in a former bowling alley. During the demolition of the bowling alley, nearly everything was recycled or repurposed. Thousands of yards of 2×4 that once supported the bowling lanes (most about 50-60 years old) were turned into the frames of ramps....
a close relative of ballroom dancing—twirls and fancy footwork were freestyle's bread and butter. the skaters who soared off ramps generally scoffed at freestylers as timid and dull. but when mullen started to compete in professional contests in the early 1980s, even the most judgmental skaters...
and the attitude of the disaffected young surfers from Dogtown combined to create the perfect storm. California not only brought skateboarding back, it exported its particular take on the sport to the world. Skateparks, vert ramps, the X Games, even the sport’s upcoming Olympic debut – none...