June 30th, 2009 — ALL POSTS
I met up with a few of the SPOA locals for an early tuesday assault on one of the latest concrete creations in Georgia. I got totally lost and suddenly the place popped up right in front of me. Chin was guiding my way…like he did back in the day.<G>
CLICK HERE for Bay Creek Skatepark video.
temperatuere was 61degree weather at 8am. it was niiiiice.
the park has a little bit of everything…street, transition, more street(including some FO’real hubbas, rails and stuff). everywhere you look, there’s cool stand-alone streety items, from launch wedges and loading ramps, to steps and jersey barriers.
no big GNAR…the bowl is a big, multi-section thing…it has a decent flow, but you gotta be able to see around the corners…<G>
CLICK HERE for photo gallery of the park.
June 26th, 2009 — ALL POSTS
I had a chance to check this place out today. It was HOT as any warehouse in the Georgia summertime…CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS
The main concrete floor is smooth and fast…the ramps are smooth, with masonite surface…nice solid, well built stuff. The mini is a fun little no-hangup ramp. Great for learning…and alotta fun for more experienced riders…first time I’ve done a frontside smith in ages…<G>
overall, the park is well suited to beginner-intermediate riders…nothing super-gnar, although the 18′ wall ride is waaaay massive. The staff said they plan to build more features(which should add more flow to the park).
$5 per hour, open thursday-sunday. I think the sign said Adult Skate Night is thursday evening.
June 24th, 2009 — ALL POSTS
I recently had a chance to check out these decks, from Bio-Head Skateboards out of Macon, GA. They have a nice concave, and are solid, stiff boards…good pop! The unique feature of these boards is the graphics. Instead of painted or heat transferred graphics, Bio-Head uses a vinyl wrap design. The vinyl wrap should help the board last longer, as board slides won’t immediately start wearing into the wood. Check’em out!
for more info, contact Bear Davis at Bio-Head Skateboards.
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June 17th, 2009 — ALL POSTS
Concrete Rodeo comes to Georgia this weekend.
The Concrete Rodeo is a travelling contest, giving local skatepark riders a chance to compete on their Home Turf.
so come out this weekend to SPOA(SkateParkOfAthens) this Saturday 6/20, and then Brook Run(dunwooty) on Sunday 6/21…bust out your best skate moves, or watch those who can…<G>. there’s sure to be some great local skating going on.(and some of the travelling circus have got some siiiick moves as well)
for more info about the contest, click;
http://www.concreterodeo.com/
…checking the results, looks like SPOA locals codey and lindsea did some damage in Florida.<G>
June 15th, 2009 — ALL POSTS
weeknight baykrete rollin out for a mass assault get on the wagon train and gitUsummm son.
u no hootoo axe
June 14th, 2009 — ALL POSTS
get ready for the Concrete Rodeo! here’s a listing of the contest guidelines;
http://www.concreterodeo.com/guidelines.html
…get familiar with the format, know what the judges are looking for, then get out there and show’em what you got!!!
for all the latest, up to date Tour info:
Concrete Rodeo’s Home Page(click here)
or check their myspace page…
http://www.myspace.com/concreterodeo
June 7th, 2009 — ALL POSTS
June 4th, 2009 — ALL POSTS
(potential FREE advertising for PAY to skate park has been removed by the site administrator)
Bay Creek Skatepark and Settles Bridge Skatepark both in Gwinnett county…both are FREE concrete parks. more creations finished by california skateparks. Looks like the new concrete’s getting plenty of use. spend your money for gas, not to PAY for a skate session. time for a road trip, yo.
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(skatepark owners, we’ll set up a photo gallery for your park! this is free advertising…)
thanks!
p
June 4th, 2009 — ALL POSTS
June 3rd, 2009 — ALL POSTS
Summer officially arrives in a couple weeks, when the Concrete Rodeo hits town.
with temperatures already reaching 90, looks like it’s time to leave those mid-day sessions for the outta-school kids.
werd is, the tuesday/thursday after-work sessions have been going off! cool. I’ll be all up in that.
same as it ever was…
p
June 1st, 2009 — ALL POSTS
The 2009 Atlantic hurricane season is an event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. The season officially started on June 1 and will end on November 30. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin. However, for the third straight year, the season started early when Tropical Depression One formed on May 28. Pray for Surf.
it’s lookin like a Tybee Trip saturday…
May 28th, 2009 — ALL POSTS
some of you might remember this past winter, when Booterboi arrived. Clueless and deaf(ipodded), HE PROCEEDED TO MAKE FRIENDS BY DROPPING IN ON EVERYONE.(click HERE to see past january’s viddy) It was explained to him, what a dangerous thing that is to do…especially when you got wheels on your feet and no helmet…you can’t run out and your head’s gonna smack like a hammer.
so then in february, he dropped in on someone and got knocked out. He got lotsa’ attention and took a ride on the Ambulance Machine.
since then, he’s been back at SPOA…doing silly flips and stuff without a helmet. you can jump off a skateboard, but when those booters wipe out, dude…it’s not a pretty sight. like running on marbles. I guess he hits his head enough to make himself really smart and stuff…
Today he paid(again). he front flipped outta the deep and on the way, smacked his forehead on the coping. as it usually goes when one smacks their forehead, he split the skin and bled a little. Immediately, he was all dramatic again, “somebody HELP ME!!!” …which of course goes against the “I’m an adult, my helmet choice only affects ME” clause in the Skater Code.
dooood, I’ve been trained in bloodborne pathogens…and I ain’t about to get Booter Blood on me and risk my life! It wasn’t a concussive head whack on flatbottom or anything. Truth is, after seeing him whack his head over and over and over…and seeing/hearing his piss-poor attitude towards everyone out there…one word, KARMA.
I told him he needed to stop doing this crap to people and get a helmet.(these bloody sorta’ things really affect the whole skatepark)
I offered to give him some gauze from my medical kit if he promised to buy a helmet…if he was gonna ever come back. He gave me the bloody finger and said, “YOU ARE THE MOST UNSUPPORTIVE PERSON EVER.” So I guess he decided to use his t shirt or something. hmmmm, he didn’t seem to want my gauze.
then after counting his fingers, he threw his skates into the roadway, jumped in his car and wound up that little black VW and tried to drift outta the parking lot. unfortunately, he couldn’t quite break the tires loose and just scrubbed the sidewalls on the way out.
btw
it’s amazing to see how many people will go outta their way to drive over a pair of froot boots…
…to be continued, fo’sho.
p
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May 1st, 2009 — ALL POSTS
see how many POSERS you remember…from back in the day when skating SPOA was cool.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5EIyfJndHE&feature=channel_page
April 22nd, 2009 — ALL POSTS
gonna head down for a fun saturday on the fresh’crete. looks like the Athens crew will be arriving around noonish…
we’re meeting up with the elusive JohnnyB for a big session.
all day* photo session for the website, so bring the Gnar and wear your fancy skateboarder costume.
it’s gonna be siiiiick.
Patio
April 21st, 2009 — ALL POSTS
high noon litter pickup session
pre-skate safety meeting in the silo
take only pictures
leave only carbon footprints
April 19th, 2009 — ALL POSTS
this just in…
Lindsea won the giant slalom and is the 2009 menehune girls national champ
got silver medals in 1/2 pipe, slalom, and boardercross
got bronze in slopestyle. 5 for 5—–not too shabby for an oconee county kid
she was given the gene gillis award for excellence in snowboarding by team summit——2nd yr. in a row she got a team summit award.
you can see pics of nationals at vastaction.com under 2009 national championships—-click on the ” read more ” box—-then click on the spot that says ” view and order action photos here “—-then click on group 3——–then click on 4/10 1/2 pipe—–when the pics page comes up—search lindsea in the search box——she has 3 pages—-on third page is a 5 shot sequence of her awesome hand plant—-it shoved her into 2nd place and got her a silver medal——-TOTALLY INVERTED W/ ONE HAND!
tommy