Skateboarding and more ….
This is the way you do it. Build yourself a killer bowl and then unleash. Check out this week’s Monday Cover skater, Matt Kline, unleashing on his recently finished backyarder. East coast style for miles. See the the full-frame photo after the turn.
Congratulations Matt!
Skate ’em if you find ’em. Mike sent us this photo of him skating one of his recent conquests, a now defunct backyarder. Photo credits: Rich-Joseph Facun.
In this case, the good friend is Pier Park. What a great place to skate. With all the excitement of summer skate trips and new park openings, we haven’t been out to Pier Park in quite some time. What a mistake. This park has it all and the locals are always down to skate. Enjoy some pics from a recent session in the gallery below. Pier Park rules!
We took a little trip out to Beaverton to check on the progress of the new bowl and street area being built by Grindline. While we were there, Jack, son of Grover, decided he wanted to skate the existing wood terrain. Check out Jack getting his shred on after the turn.
MC finding some solace in his preferred terrain. It seems Pier Park is his fortress of solitude. Click on the image to get your zen on.
Out of the garage and into your ears, here’s some music with some grit. This week’s YouTube Tuesday band selections include: Tennessee’s Jay Reatard, Quebec’s King Khan and BBQ Show, and Georgia’s Black Lips. See all the videos after the turn. Next week, we will finish our Alphabet of Sound series. EPM out!
The mid-Oregon Valley contingent of Team Cold War did some skateboarding at Newberg last week. Check out some pics and sequences of Josef and Dan earning their stripes.
Those perfect summer days have arrived here in the Northwest. This week’s Monday Cover skater, Dan Glowicki, took advantage of some of that weather with this stylin’ ollie over a hip at Newberg. Check out some more pics of Dan shredding Newberg after the turn.
Congratulations Dan!
It’s official. Gabriel Skatepark, the fourth in Portland’s planned nineteen park system, is open and operational. Check out a gallery of opening day activities below. Next on the list of parks to be built is Ed Benedict and word has it that it could be done by October of this year.
Last stop, Lincoln City. What a great place to end our four day, 14 session solstice skate adventure. We’ve said this before and we will say it again, best flippin’ skatepark on the planet. This was Shawn’s first encounter with the almighty snake king and the stoke factor was high. Lincoln City locals were killing it as usual and weather couldn’t have been better. Check out the gallery and photos from our final session after the turn.
