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On 6/29/2003
steelwheel Bob
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I received the CD from Robert and I'm going through it now for select pics to email to those of you that were at the jam last weekend at Mitchell Park. Robert got pictures of everyone, event the girls. As I was going through the photos, I came across some great "out take" shots of people with their toung hanging out etc. I think I will put together an out take CD from the three jams we have had so far and from the next one...funny stuff.
Heads up for long boarders! WFSA has a contest coming up at a big name trade show later in the year. One of the events will be an open flatland freestyle longboard contest.
I was so impressed with some of you guys and your Bert slides that I'm going to include a "Dod Town Bert Slide Contest" as one of the side events WFSA will be doing at the L.A. Inner City Games.
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On 6/23/2003
steelwheel Bob
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Wow! Great turn out at the Mitchel Park Bowl Jam! Thanx to Manuel for the buffet.
These No Cal flatand jams that Robert, Manuel and I have been doing are always fun and we never know what to expect. I loved the setting at Mitchell Park, The grass, the trees, and the flat concrete "bowl" that was about twice the size I had visualized, very cool!
What we always hope to find at these jams are a few good skaters that really want to see the flatland freestyle scene in northern California take root again and take on a life of its own. What we would like to see happen is for a few locations to become regular gathering places for freestylers, this way the freestyle community will grow. Mitchell Park Bowl has an interesting history and was a regular freestyle practice spot for area Pros and top Am's back in the day. That may happen again, the way Edison Park has become the revival spot of choice for the So Cal jams.
The whole day went really well. Gary and Julius really added a lot to the flow of activity. Obviously they have a lot of experience with both spontanious and organized events. These WFSA jams are basically underground and, at this point, experimental, so watching Gary and Julius mold the random action into something that had the feel of a low key local contest, was inspiring.
They were also able to draw in the local street skaters that just happened by that were doing flatland along with us, with an ollie contest over the high jump bar, and made them a part of the group.
I had printed up awards to give out, just in case things went the way they did, so that everyone would leave with some recognition of their efforts that day. This is what we call the "ghost jam" approach to having a contest that no one around us, and not even the skaters know there is an event happening.
We brought the high jump bar to promote the Casper Classic contest a little, and also let skaters that had never seen or tried high jump before the opportunity to play around with it. As it turned out, the high jump became a major activity and brought out the competitive nature, and untapped talent, in a few of the skaters. The high jump bar itself was a little wack, using a foam nerf bar and velcro and we will probbly return with a more standard peg and PVC set up.
I will post the "results" of all the activity tomorrow along with tid-bits if the action from novice girlfriends braving their first ride on a skateboard to wild and crazy longboard power sliding, to blazing freestyle!
Big thanks to Robert, the WFSA photographer, that took several hundred pictures. He does a great job and manages to get shots of everyone. He will post a few of these photos on his page in the next week sometime. I will seperate the photos into individual groups and email them out as jpgs to the skaters that gave me their addy. Roberts photo URL is: http://users.hanson.net/rstaton/sk8, there is a photo essay there now from the Napa Jam last month. A CD of all the Mitchell Park photos will be available to anyone that wants one. CD's of the Castro Valley and Napa Jams are available also. I brought a copy of each for Manuel but forgot to give them to him. Hey! I'm old and forgetful so you might have to ask me about these things to remind me.
If you want one of these CD's you can contact Robert at www.rstaton@cruzio.com. This is not a product so he does not charge at this point. We will bring a few copies to the next jam. Robert does have available a CD called "This Way Out' that is the complete 2000 San Francisco World Freestyle Skateboard Campionship, and he does sell that.
Thanx one and all! See you at the next WFSA No Cal jam.
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On 6/23/2003
Julius
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Bob " Steelwheels "
Very cool little gathering.
The high jump was fun, even though I broke 1 pole, haha .
( pole was one of those foam swimming pool noodles ) .
The kids who showed had a great time with the high jump /
ollie over the bar contest.
Thanks to Manuel for the "picnic style lunch "
A casual and very fun afternoon.
Now it's time for me to practice that damn high jump.
Ride on.
J.
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On 6/23/2003 Gary H.
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Manuel, sorry about the "Manual". It was a pleasure meeting you. I think I speak for everyone when I say....we had a great time!
-g-
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On 6/23/2003
hc
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bob, thx for setting up the freestyle jam, glad to see everyone out there.
Gonna go make some of those high jump pole thingies ;-)
hc
geocities.com/sk8sanjose
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On 6/23/2003
Manuel
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Mitchell Park Jam was a Blast!!! I had alot of fun. Everyone was bustin sweet tricks!!! Thanks to everyone who showed up, and especially Bob Staton for setting it up, see you at the next one!!! Gary was rippin it up on his YO-YO board..keep skating freestyle!!!Freestyle ROCKS!!!!!!!By the way..my parents didn't name me after a skateboard trick that was origanally called a "wheelie" It's a Latino name spelled Manuel...Anyways they're still wheelies to me!!!!But what can expect from a guy who still likes single kick decks with no concave!!!HAHAHAHAH!!!!!!FREESTYLE RULES!!!!!!
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On 6/22/2003 Gary H.
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Bob "Steelwheel Bob",
What a great event today at Mitchell Park. I had alot of fun. thank you for setting this up,Thank you Manual for bringing the food and drink. I think everyone that showed up had a blast. I can tell that I still have some talent when it comes to Flatland/Freestyle...if only I practiced more then once a year!
Can't wait for the next one!
Gary H.
Midtown 4 Life
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On 6/18/2003
steelwheel Bob
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The Mitchell Park Bowl Jam is around noon. Great to hear more locals are going. Others include Manuel Rogriguez from Napa, Hung from San Jose, (probably) Denis Sopovic and friend David from Sweden, Nils Hanson from Redondo Beach, Robert Staton from Santa Cruz, and myself from Santa Barbara. A few others are sitting on the fence. Manuel is bringing sandwich fixins and drinks. Robert and Nils are bringing drinks also and chips .
Robert will be shooting lots of pictures and will post some on his page.
We will be doing flatland,high jump and 360's, could turn into an underground mini contest as a practice session for the Casper Classic.
Bring all your toys! longboards, slalom boards, 2x4's etc.
Flatland party time in honor of the traveling Swedes!
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On 6/18/2003
Richy C
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Time to get serious about maximum 360s. custom machined 360 wheels are going to be on the site-sk8kings.com as soon as We return from Switzerland. Who will be the next Champ? You can also email me for more info.....Keep on Spinning!
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On 6/17/2003
cadillac
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who's all going to the casper classic in july 2003 any old school freestylers?
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On 6/17/2003 Gary H.
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I want to know who's showing up to this Flatland/Freestyle event at Mitchell Park? John K., Julius, me and ????
I guess I'll have to dust off my freestyle boards for my annual session.
Lets havea 360 contest too...I haven't tried since last year to spin but it could be fun.
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On 6/17/2003 julius
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what time on sunday? Mitchell park.
man that's about a whopping 3 blocks from my house.
Put me down for about 3 360's and maybe a casper variation
of some kind to crash trick.
Man I really suck at flatland, but will show to ride
anyways. See you there Gary H.
J.
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On 6/17/2003 Gary H.
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Freestyle at Mitchell Park...what time on Sunday?
here are more specific directions:
Mitchell Park has two entries...one off of East Meadow and the other off of Middlefield Road. From highway 101, Exit San Antonio road heeading west (toward the hills, not the Bay), Make a right on Middlefield road just past Charleston Road you'll see an entry to Mitchell Park on your left.
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On 6/12/2003 steelwheel Bob
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There will be a phat flatland jam Sunday June 22nd at the Mitchell Park Bowl in Palo Alto. The "bowl" is actually a large round circle with a bench high wall around it. The park is on Middle Field Rd. Some of us will be practicing our runs for the Casper Classic. Bring your music, we may have a sound system by then. We will have a photo/video session with a mobile transmitter to a TvVcr monitor so we can do instant replays of our skating as a practice tool. We may also bring snacks.
I would like to see some old school No Cal freestylers, X Pepsi Team members etc. come out for this jam.
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On 6/5/2003 Dagoo
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Where did you learn to spell try to cap your i's because it looks funny,just a help full hink. I think your on the wrong board if your doing inverts rodeo's and 900's. Dagoo
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On 6/4/2003 apryl
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whats up its apryl.just wanted to say whats up.i havent been on in awile.i finally learned inverts!!im so happy.i hit my head today and like all i did was fall but for some reason its the best dAY IVE HAD IN A LONG time.isnt it weird when u get those days.thats just skating though,u never know whats gonna happen till u do it.i love it.im the type that likes to get a big rush u know and thats what skating does,never a dull moment u know what i mean??well i gotta go,hope to see u all soon.u all know im usually at vans if im not im at a comp or demo havin fun skating!!seeya,apryl.peace out
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On 6/4/2003 hc
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btw, IMO, sliding + freestyle = slopestyle
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On 6/4/2003
hc
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hormiga, (hmm, cool name..)
lots of crazy links on my freestyle page,
geocities.com/sk8sanjose/freestyle.h tml
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On 6/4/2003 hormiga
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hey longboarders, i longboard down here in mexico, in guadalajara to be more exact, can anyone please tell about some nice sites where i can see pics and techniques? thanks
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On 6/2/2003
Frank Lee
wrote in from
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Friends and fellow skateboarders:
Bobby "Casper" Boyden has been working very hard to get an event together, and now the Casper Classic, the flatland freestyle event of the year, is upon us! We are expecting top Pros and Ams, old friends and new, from around the globe to meet at the event. We are looking forward to catching up, exchanging ideas, and throwing down some great skating! We hope to see you there.
What: The Casper Classic
- USA Flatland Freestyle Championships
- The "Casper" Street Contest
- Major 360 Spin Off Challenge
- The "Casper" Game of S.K.A.T.E.
- USA High Jump Record Contest
When: July 17-19, 2003
Where: Long Beach Convention Center (Long Beach, CA)
For more details or to sign up go to the Casper Industries Web Site at http://www.casperindustries.com/ . (phone: 760-439-2919 e-mail: casperindustries@aol.com)
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On 6/1/2003 Dagoo
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Rodney rocks because he is a (A) student. I know plenty of skaters that Disipline in one art form and they skink. Rod has a gifted mind like the kid who sees dead people in the movies(Six Sence) thats his zone,he is just way out there. Know one can phanthom what he's doing because hes living between here and the after life. He has some kind of telekaneeses.I think he could still do those tricks if he did'nt have arms or legs. Dagoo
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On 6/1/2003 JRC
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sorry, not listening, reading....
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On 6/1/2003
JRC
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accually, in the last few years, some freestylers have started refering to 'freestyle' as 'flatland freestyle' or just plain 'flatland' to avoid this type of confusion. Yeah, it's true that skating is just skating in its basic form but there has always been disaplines and it doesn't really matter how much of a skateboarding purist some people think they are, slalom is slalom, longboarding is longboarding, freestyle is freestyle, etc. if some people are trying to find some purist form of skating, you should go down to your local skateshop a pick up just a plain ol' modern shaped board, now seriously, hear me out. These shapes are the most functional shapes seen since the old G&S teamrider. With the modern shapes, you could step out your door a crack a solid ollie off of a curb cut, roll up a driveway and bust a fingerflip, carve up a bank and style out a nice drop-knee turn, and then right before it gets dark, go hit up the local skatepark or a pool. What other shape can you do all of these at a high level, I can't think of one. All of these guys on this site know that there practicing specialist forms of skating and they know it, they enjoy it. How do you think Rodney Mullen became so amazing, by devoting all of his time to one type of skating. Thats one of the reasons skateboarding is so neat, there is a least one form of skating that somebody can relate to, some people relate to more, it's all costom to the person's interests. Well, I'm stepping off the soap box, thanks for listening...
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On 5/31/2003 Dagoo
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Yes,Freestyle the art of free expression! Whatever you do on a board is actually FREESTYLE because your expressing your emotion in your skate,Just like a ice skater or balae,or belly dancer. So if you happen to do a slide while doing 6 or 7 tricks,would you not still be a freestyler? think about that one and let your own mind answer your question. Dagoo
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On 5/31/2003 Jimbo
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I was looking at the speed master website and i noticed they classified sliding as freestlye.
do you guy/girl really classify sliding as freestlye?
i sure dont
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