Skateboarding and more ….
For those of you that missed the Aumsville event, here’s your chance to get your park slalom fix. Tom “Wally” Inouye and Mike Estes are hosting the 2nd Annual West Linn Park Slalom this Saturday, June 23rd. Registration begins at 8 a.m. followed by racing at 9 a.m. The entry fee is $8 . Click on the banner for a larger view.
Bring the family and enjoy a morning of race filled excitement. See you there. Earth Patrol Out!
On June 1st, a park slalom event was held at the Aumsville skatepark as part of the Oregon State Games. The turn out was good and folks seemed to be enjoying themselves. Who would have thought a few plastic cones duct taped to the walls of a skatepark could be so much fun. Thanks to Pat and the other volunteers for putting on a great event.
For more pictures, links and race results, click on through to the other side…. Next stop on the park slalom tour is West Linn on June 23rd. Get all the details from our pals over at Skate and Annoy.
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!
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
It’s time for Monday Covers again! This week we thought we would pull a shot from our summertime archives to help take a little chill out of those winter skate blues. Mark Conahan cranks a stylin’ frontside invert for everyone at this year’s West Linn stop of the Oregon Trifecta.
Congratulations Mark, again, and we are looking forward to seeing more of those this summer.
Here it is, the first Monday Cover for 2007. Kicking-off the new year is the one and only Steve Grover mid-Madonna at West Linn Skatepark. You might recognize Steve from his weekly video blog, Grover’s Korner, over at Skate and Annoy.
Be on the look-out for Steve this year. Word has it that he is going to crank-it-up a few notches in pursuit of Trifecta gold. Congratulations Steve! May your backside airs get higher and flappier in 2007.
If Iggy Pop had a skate doppelganger, this week’s Monday Cover skater, Mark Partain, just might be it. Mark’s agility and sinewy style continue to keep him in the upper eschelons of competitive skateboarding. Check out more pics of Mark dominating this year’s Oregon Trifecta series after the turn. EPM “ain’t got time to make no apologies” Out!
Congratulations Mark!
That’s right, this week’s Monday Cover skater, Danny Tumia, a.k.a Skeletor, uses his super skate powers as he 5-0’s the tombstone at Lincoln City. Stoke! Take that all you skate He-Men. Trading in his Seattle skate lair for updated digs here in Portland, Danny kills it. Check out more pics of Danny during the 2010 Oregon Trifecta after the turn.
Congratulations Danny!
This week’s Monday Cover skater, Brad McClain, knows all about cranking up the volume to 11. Brad took overall top honors at the 2010 Oregon Trifecta by going huge, case in point, this strato-boned air on the bank wall at Tigard. Check out more pics of Brad turning it up “one more” after the turn.
Congratulations Brad!
