Skateboarding and more ….
The saying goes:
If March comes in like a lion, it will go out like a lamb and if March comes in like a lamb, it will go out like a lion.
Well, it’s the last Foto-Friday of March 2007 and the weather here has been mostly lamb-like which is great for lion-like skating. Come inside to see Mike, Nukala, Billie, Ryan, Steve, Melissa, Sloan, Marek, Chris, Matt, Chuck, MC, Kilwag and Grover.
We go shoegazing on this week’s YouTube Tuesday with My Bloody Valentine and The Prids. Gazing at your shoes is about all you can do while waiting for Spring showers to end and Summer sessions to begin. So look down at your feet and tell us what you see. Vox? Vans? Pumps…???
Style is this week’s theme for Monday Covers and our featured skater is Steve McBride. Here Mr. McBride floats a stylin’ b-side ollie off the hip at West Linn. If you are lucky enough to be at the park when Steve is riding, take some notes. This guy flows through a skate park like few can and he makes it look so easy.
Congratulations Steve!
On this Foto-Friday, we embark on a journey across space and time. To a place where gravity is suspended just for a moment. A place where dimensional boundaries are pushed and shoes are optional.
Come with us on this journey as we step into the Pier Park Twilight Zone! Skaters in the zone include Danger, Randy, Shane, Tim, Shawn, Kim, Doug, Bud, Jessica, Xavier and Paul.
We thought we would try something a little more interactive here on the Earth Patrol blog just for grins. Above is a snippet of a larger picture. Notice that there is a dialog balloon strategically placed by each skater, our pals Kilwag and MC.
This is where you come in. Submit your comments for dialog ideas that you think might fit the situation. For example:
Red Helmet Guy: blah, blah, …, blah, blah, blah?
Black Helmet Guy: Ha, ha, … blah, blah.
Next week, we will post the complete picture along with filled dialog balloons that contain our favorite comment. Let your creative juices flow and do your best to keep submissions at or above a PG-13 rating.
The furry little guy on the left is Pupik[poo-peek]. He’s a dog that likes to fetch. The not-so-furry guy on the right is Marek. He is a human who likes to skate. Pupik and Marek are a fetch-n-skate duo.
Marek throws. Pupik fetches. Marek skates. ….Repeat until both are dog tired.
Oh yeah, and for YouTube Tuesday, here are some videos of Marek’s half of fetch-n-skate along with some photo extras. Enjoy!
Videos: Burnside, Lincoln City, Pool, West Linn 1, West Linn 2, Bonus Pool
Well, maybe not Saint but it was Grover’s day. Monday Covers are upon us and Mr. O’Grover looks for his pot of gold in the deep at Pier Park. Some say Pier Park is the pot of gold.
Congratualtions Steve!
I can’t remember what pro I saw doing the two-handed frontside air – probably in Skateboarder sometime in the late 70s. I started doing them back then for some variety. Later I started doing a hand-switch grab almost by accident when I was skating a big vert ramp a lot. It helped me land higher airs if I grabbed with the second hand. I think it helps keep you in it, if your leading arm flaps toward your back you tend to rotate away from the wall. I’ve been doing them for almost thirty years now.
Here’s how to do the two-handed or switch hand grab frontside-aerial.
It’s Foto-Friday and we have lots of fresh faces this week. Maybe you have seen some of these folks out shreddin’ the park and wondered “Who the heck is that?” Well, now you’ve got names to go with those faces. Step inside to see Paul, Billie, Willis, Damon, Chris, Sean, Matt, Veronica, MC, Nukala, Mike, Ryan and Lage.
Note: we modified the format of Foto-Friday so that we can bring you larger, more detailed photos of the skaters.
Veronica is stoked to know what everyone else is rockin’ in their ears while they skate. A list of her current top ten songs to skate to are:
So what rocks your roll?
