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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
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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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On 4/12/2004 Gary H.
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Rene'/Bob,
no need for the "8" you can go to http://www.skatekings.com
-G-
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On 4/12/2004
renecarrasco.com
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Bob - that's www.sk8kings.com....there's an "8" in it.
Did ya ever find out about that 1976-1977 San Luis Obispo Contest
-right in the center of town on their Main Street? - -It was a doozy !
-hoped it helped your article about Central California Skateboarding.
...see ya @ THE SKATEJAM !
.............-Rene' Cannonball Carrasco.
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On 4/12/2004 RUMOUR MILL
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tHE PROFESSOR " GARY hOLL " SPOTTED DOING ANOTHER NEW TRICK
" THE SHOCK AND AWE " WILL HE PULL IT OFF IN SLO TOWN ?
tHERE'S A LOT IN HIS BAG O TRICK THESE DAYS.
LOOKS LIKE JOHN KIM " THE IRON CHEF " WILL BE A PAPPA IN NOVEMBER ?
WILL THAT BE A " LIL CHEF? OR LIL KIM ?
OJ IS GETTIN BETTER AFTER RIDING FLATLAND FOR ONLY 2 MONTHS
OR 8-10 SESSIONS OR 12 CHEESEBURGERS AND 6 PACKS OF HO HO'S.
SKATE ON.
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On 4/12/2004 Gary H.
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Bob, we are looking forward to the event! I know you mentioned you were posting info regarding the event over ont he f-forum site. Can you post it here on NCDSA and over at SkateKings.com too? Please and thanks you.
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On 4/12/2004 steelwheel Bob
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I was up in SLO this weekend promoting the May16th flatland contest. That went very well. The shops all posted the flyers and the skate types were all into the contest. It should be a good turn out.
I would like to see at least ten skaters in our user friendly masters division!
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On 4/9/2004 Gary H.
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Sasha Rules! We had our 1st weekday freestyle gathering yesterday. Sasha brings out this small freestyle board...flat...no nose...so ...she ends up riding my SkateKings deck since its more like a mini street deck. Next thing you know she's rolling with speed and doing 1/2 kickflips to casper and various kickflips. In my opinion Sasha is one of the best all-around skateboarders.
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On 4/9/2004
Maria C.
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2004 #3 -- These things are getting better every time -- about 50 people at the last one -- including some killer bmx freestylers. The scene is spreading -- come out and skate with some of the legends of freestyle.
Updates at SK8KINGS.COM
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On 4/5/2004 RUMOUR MILL
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SUNDAY'S RENGSTORFF PARK JAM BROUGHT OUT THE MAGIC CARPET.
GREAT FOR LEARNING NEW MOVES. THE PROFFESOR INVENTED A NEW TRICK
" THE GIRAFF " AND ABOUT 5 COMBOS /VARIATIONS OF THE SAME TRICK.
iT'S TOTALLY STUPID, WILL HE PREMEIRE IT IN SLO TOWN?
ERIK "TACO " SPOTTED SPINNING AND MIXED UP HIS CRAZY FOOTWORK
WITH CAR WASHING TIPS. HC " SLEEPING BEAUTY" WAS LANDING KICK FLIPS
AND PLAYING SOCCER WITH THE LOCALS.
MARO PUT US ALL TO SLEEP WITH A DEPESHHH MODE CD, LATER HE ROCKED
US WITH DA BEASTIE BOYZ.
NOW THAT THE DAYZ ARE LONGER, SESSIONS WILL BE THURSDAYS AND SUNDAYS.
OH YEAH, I DID LEARN THE FINGER FLIP, THANKS GARY.
RM.
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On 4/2/2004 ooops...
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wrong forum....
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On 4/2/2004 Dave - Skaterbuilt
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IMHO-I think one cover is enough...Folks are gonna think CW is trying desperately to copy Juice-since they just came out with three covers...which I thought was kinda pointless anyways.
I say: one big skatelegend interview and one big skatelegend cover per issue or things will start to get confusing.
When you ran the Jay Smith cover and interview and had an interview with Duane in the same mag-they kinda took away from each other...one skatelegend per mag would be the call-otherwise it just seems less focused and less attractive when you have more than one-it also makes the skatelegend feel a bit more important, therefore, feeling better about things in general...
I wish CW success with the 2 covers idea, and fully support them-just wanted to let them know that some might see it as a marketing stunt.
Dave - Skaterbuilt
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On 4/1/2004
Maria C.
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Bob -- on your mag article research -- have you checked with Powell/Skate One? They are based there and of course have a long history. Assume you have checked with M. Brooke too since he's been down that same road writing his two books. Best of luck.
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On 3/30/2004
steelwheel Bob
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The HB Jam was great! Nice to see such a variety of skaters and bikers of all ages. Thanx to Richy and Maria for the food and drinks. Thanx to Dan Gesmer form Colorado and Danial Trujillo and his two brothers from Nevada for making the trip. Thanks to Rene Carrasco and Dale Smith for keeping us stoked.
ATTENTION:
I need historical information, from the 1950's to the present, on all forms of skateboarding in the central coast area, Ventura to Cambria, for an article I'm writing for a large format newsprint freebie surf and youth fashion oriented magazine called Blue Edge. This will be the first of two articles on skateboarding for this publication, if the responce is good I will be asked to do more and it may develop into a regular feature assignment for me. Article size is 750 words.
I'm looking for names of pioneers, early skate spots and roads, early companies, team travel and adventures, skateparks and photos etc. This article is due Monday!
Thanx, steelwheel Bob
805-964-5208
bobstaton@hotmail.com
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