Skateboarding

It’s NYC’s biggest skate weekend of the year rolls out tomorrow with 5boro’s Back To The Banks on Saturday June 6, 2009 and Red Bull’s Manny Mania on Sunday June 7, 2009. There are going to be a lot of wrecked people come Monday.

[Link: 5boro via SkateTheory and Manny Mania]

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After reportedly eating some “mushrooms” Jereme Rogers “pulled off his boxer shorts about 6:40 a.m. Monday and climbed onto the roof of the two-story house he shares with roommates” in Redondo Beach, California and began preaching naked from his rooftop, according to a story in the Daily Breeze.

Redondo Beach police Lt. Jim Acquarelli climbed about 20 to 30 feet to the roof, where he found Rogers yelling and screaming. Acquarelli said Rogers’ roommates told him that he had ingested the hallucinogenic drug. . . .Rogers ran back and forth around the roof’s perimeter, sitting down at the edge with his back to the street. “He would have fragmented, interrupted conversations with people that weren’t there,” Acquarelli said.

After using a conversation to get close the two officers grabbed Rogers and “sent him to County Harbor-UCLA Medical Center for 72-hour observation. He was not arrested but possibly could face charges later.”

[Link: Daily Breeze via Skatedaily.net]

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Tailtap.com’s Buddy Carr has collaborated with New York based graphic designer Antonio Carusone on the Hello Skateboard according to a post on CLDFX.com.

“Built around the simple idea that form follows function, Hello is not just another skateboard wrapped in a pretty package. Hello has been well thought out and designed for getting everyday skaters around the local campus, onto the board walk for surf checks and for casual rides at the local skate park. Hello’s smaller deck size allows it to store easily in lockers, under desk’s or small spaces. It’s softer wheels provide good grip, while also absorbing the bumps along the road. The trucks, with their ultra turning geometry and high rebound urethane bushings, allow for quicker turns, all of which add up to a fun and highly enjoyable ride.

Looks like something Kanye West could roll with. . .

[Link: CLDFX.com]

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Now, from our rarely updated “Smart Things Policemen Do” file comes news that the Police Department in Taft, California has decided that rather than hang out at the skateboard park writing tickets for kids skating without helmets they’re going to hang out at the park and give helmets away to kids for free. Genius. . .

Taft Police, with help from the Taft Rotary Club, are going to make sure that local skateboarders have helmets on when they go boarding. . . Police will be at the Taft Skate Park on Saturday to hand out 140 Mongoose skateboard helmets. . . The helmet giveaway will be held from 9 a.m. to noon.

But they’re not all rocket scientists in Taft. No, only kids who are at the park with their parents will get a free helmet. Which kind of defeats the purpose, in our opinion? Kids with parents who care enough to visit the skatepark with them probably already have helmets. But it still is a nice thought.

[Link: The Midway Driller]

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Wallenberg’s swan song? We didn’t go, but everyone we know did. Said it was amazing. Here’s a little of what the SF Weekly had to say:

As Jimi Hendrix’s version of the Star-Spangled Banner christened the event, Jake Phelps — Editor of Thrasher and Master of Ceremonies for the day — yelled, “Wassup? You ready to jump this thing?” Evidently, people were. No sooner had Hendrix’s last wave of feedback ceased than Marissa del Santo flew off the top of the stairs — nearly landing. The crowd went crazy.

Chris Cole marked it with authority and Lizard King, well, what did you expect. Bummed we missed it. Click here to see all the video from Thrasher Magazine. Another thing: it’s always good to see Craig Stecyk up on the front row.

[Link: SF Weekly and Thrasher Magazine]

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