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Ann Arbor Skatepark: Public Meeting 03/26/08 8:48 PM
On April 2, the city of Ann Arbor is holding a public hearing about the proposed location at Abbott Elementary…
Ann Arbor Skatepark: Parks Advisory Commission Meeting 12/13/07 6:53 PM
Please come show your support for an Ann Arbor skatepark by attending the upcoming meeting of the Ann Arbor Parks…
Ann Arbor Skatepark 09/29/07 4:54 PM
We’re going to get a free, public, concrete skatepark built in Ann Arbor. If you skate, or if you support…
Taping Ducts 10/09/05 5:52 PM
Today was a red letter day in my personal history with duct tape. Rather than using it as a skate…
Protecting Minor Threat from a Major Threat 06/30/05 10:31 AM
Nike (right) ripped off Minor Threat (left) in a poster for a skate event. In his critique of this,…
A Temporary Reprieve 08/23/04 3:34 PM
Contrary to my previous report, it turns out that the Novi Vans skatepark will remain open until the end of…
Corporate Skate Still Sucks 08/05/04 12:47 PM
It’s official—Vans’ Novi skatepark is closing by the end of August, just two years after opening. Vans has been on…
Some Old Skate Photos 03/10/04 10:20 AM
A bunch of skate photos from the late 80’s (88-89?), courtesy of Steve Rinaldi. Me: big ollie Tim Cassell: smith…
Danforth, Tocco, Cassell 11/04/03 11:07 AM
Hah. Nine Bowl, 8.30.03 Looking kind of smithy in the third picture….
Skate and Then, Die 08/29/03 9:54 AM
There’s a new commercial for the Air Force in which they show a bunch of kids cruising around on scooters,…
Simple Math 06/23/03 8:48 AM
Killer concrete at the Mason, Michigan skatepark + too much speed - helmet = a lesson learned the hard way….
Inverted 06/05/03 10:20 AM
May 28: Greg: Invert…
Louisville Photos 06/05/03 9:52 AM
Drove down to Louisville this past weekend and rode the park down there, which was well worth the drive. Here’s…
Deep Slash 05/08/03 12:33 PM
Pittsburgh Akron 05/06/03 9:18 AM
So Pittsburgh is a pretty cool city with what appears to be a thriving downtown and art scene. CMK and…
Torn 03/05/03 10:36 AM
a ton of snow drive 25 miles to skate…
Third Time’s the Charm 02/26/03 10:19 PM
I met my goal for February—two days early to boot. Frontside grind on the roundwall in the deep end. Quite…
Modern Skate Park Grand Rapids 02/03/03 9:29 AM
I skated the Grand Rapids park yesterday and it was amazing. The cloverleaf bowl is so much easier to ride…
Concrete Insanity 01/30/03 8:35 AM
Skated the bowl at Vans last night with a couple of guys from Skatopia. They were insanely good—frontside roll-in at…
No Sucker, This One 01/29/03 8:40 AM
Nike is now making skate shoes. While the site’s really well done—when are Nike sites not?—I’m not at all convinced…
Grand Rapids Concrete 01/14/03 10:07 PM
I’ve been lusting over this place ever since I heard about it a few months ago. I don’t think it’s…
Oh, the Irony 12/13/02 9:18 AM
The doctor says I have runner’s knee. It looks like it’s caused by the outer quadricep muscle becoming much stronger…
Right on her Homepage 12/07/02 11:43 PM
What a difference it makes to not be afraid to bail. My knees feel 400% better and tonight I had…
skateSPAM 12/05/02 8:46 AM
Strange… I just got my first skateboarding spam.Skate DVD’s!Just in time for the holidays…Glacier Films brings to you the worlds…
Speed Freaks? 12/05/02 12:12 AM
I skate for fun and that’s it. If I don’t have fun, you’ll see me quit. That just came to…
Jealousy 11/26/02 7:41 AM
For Thanksgiving, Mark gets to go to Utopia….
Gleaming, Steaming 11/05/02 5:27 PM
Speaking of Tony Hawk (at work today), I got home, checked tvguide.com for “Journeys with George,” discovered that “Gleaming the…
Cement Parks 10/16/02 9:39 AM
Cement parks seem to be popping up all over the place. It’s a good time to be an old guy…
Coping 10/16/02 7:41 AM
A little tail block/ edger at full speed for your viewing pleasure….
Switch Stance 10/03/02 9:46 AM
Tony Hawk, pushing the Mac….
Skate photos 09/18/02 9:06 AM
Here’s some photos from the other night at the skatepark. First, a nice frontside grind coming out of a carve…
Pain 09/17/02 12:32 AM
The worst thing that can happen to you on a skateboard is that you lose your back foot and your…
Dropping In for a Session 08/29/02 8:52 AM
Last night was a pivotal session at the skatepark (no pun intended). After six or seven sessions of tiptoeing around…
Skate Buddies 08/16/02 10:00 AM
Skateboarding creates a certain camaraderie that I had forgotten about. There’s no pretension—nobody cares what you do for a living….
You Guys Want a Cool Party 08/11/02 12:25 AM
Another night at the skatepark, and I was definitely feeling like a bit of an old man—back pain, sore muscles…
9 Bowl 08/01/02 3:32 PM
I’ve always known that Greg and Davo are maniacs, but maybe this is more indicitive of their sanity level….
I’m from the Old School, Fool 08/01/02 8:15 AM
“Hey mister, did you used to skate at the old school?” So ended my five year hiatus from skateboarding at…
Lame Photos 07/25/02 9:25 AM
A bit of a handrail fetish….
German Engineering Meets Seven-Ply Hardrock Maple 07/09/02 12:35 PM
I’m sorry. That is not a skateboard….
Bloodied Palms 07/05/02 5:05 PM
3 seconds on a skateboard for the first time in years, and this is what I get: Damn streetplants!…
Old School, Fool 06/15/02 6:31 PM
We went to see Dog Town and Z-Boys last night. It was great. I didn’t know going in that Stacy…
The Pipeline 03/12/02 9:15 AM
Lots of talk at work about the sales pipeline—here’s a better pipeline: Upland, CA, 1988. Never mind that the…
So Old School I Spell it with a “ch” 01/22/02 12:02 PM
The Bones Brigade begins a journey in The Search For Animal Chin, back when everone knew what a slappy was….

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