by The Editors on March 2, 2009
Terry Schroeder, the owner of Midwest Skate Park in Rochester, Minnesota says if business doesn’t turn around he’ll have to close the park next year when the sub-lease agreement for the warehous ends.
The 4,000-square-foot park at 1020 Seventh St. N.W. is no longer making enough money from skating fees and merchandise sales to support itself, Schroeder said. Business declined sharply this winter, he added, as the novelty of the park has worn off and a shaky economy has made parents less willing to give kids money for skateboarding. . . “It hurts to think that the kids won’t have a place,” he said recently.
Yes it does.
[Link: Post-Bulletin]
by The Editors on March 1, 2009
We met Dirk Vogal, Daniel Schmid, and Jürgen Blumleiu (the guys responsible for Made For Skate; The Illustrated History of Skateboard Footwear) at The Berrics last night. They’d just finished a book singing at HUF LA. And when we said we were bummed we missed it they told us about this signing on March 7, 2009 at the Skatelab in Simi Valley.
Made For Skate is required for any skate book collection. And you can pick up the Mike V. issue of skatebook while you’re there.
[Link: Skatelab]
by The Editors on March 1, 2009
Idaho’s Tamarack Resort, which filed for bankruptcy protection in mid February, 2009 is now set to close on March 5, 2009 and stay closed until finances get sorted out, according to a story in the Idaho Statesman.
The financially imperiled Tamarack Resort will close March 5, spokesman Ken Rider said Friday night. . . .How long is unclear. . . .”It’s a new development. We’re still working on it,” Rider said. . . .He believes it was a judge’s decision to close the resort, which has been run by San Diego, Calif.-based receiver Douglas Wilson Co. since October. . . .Douglas Wilson will issue a formal announcement over the weekend, he added.
Sadly, we never even got the chance to ride the classicly financed real estate development resort. We hear it’s pretty dope.
[Link: Idaho Statesman, NewWest, Outside.com, via Bored Yak]
by The Editors on March 1, 2009
A stand-up paddle surfer who was cruising the edges of the Roxy Pro Surf contest at Duranbah(which got started today) was hit and injured today by a runaway jetski, according to a story in the Couriermail.com.au.
The surfer, aged in his 40s, was taken to hospital with a badly broken leg after the incident at Duranbah Beach about 9.30am. . . . He was riding a stand-up paddleboard beyond the break when he was struck by the riderless ski. . . .A lifeguard patrolling the break for Roxy Pro organisers had been knocked off the ski by a wave, but the machine kept going.
The surfer, in his 40s, was taken by ambulance to Tweed Heads Hospital according to the story.
[Link: Couriermail.com.au]
by The Editors on March 1, 2009
A Pensacola Florida skate spot was the scene of a robbery last week when Mark Furches, 20, found himself “looking down the barrel of a shotgun” instead of his video camera, acording to a story in the Pensacola News Journal.
He had been filming some of his friends skateboarding at a makeshift skate park on Massachusetts Avenue, and he didn’t notice when two men, one armed with a shotgun, approached from some nearby woods. . . “By the time I turned around, he already had a gun on me,” Furches said. . . . After a few tense moments, the men made off with Furches’ $3,500 video camera and another skateboarder’s cell phone.
Kind of reminds us of walking back to our car at The Berrics. Okay, not really.
[Link: Pensacola New Journal]
by The Editors on March 1, 2009
If you’re wondering where XX Wins The Berrics War story went, here’s the deal: Danny Bickerstaffe wanted us to pull it down saying:
We would greatly appreciate the removal of your Battle At The Berrics winers post since we have not yet posted the video on the site.
Nothing like trying to pound a big, fat, blue Genie back into a bottle, huh? But since we were invited guests plus the fact that easily half the people who saw the results were pissed that we “spoiled the whole thing for them” we have pulled our two sentence post. Danny did say that “The final game will be posting on Monday.” So we can all quit hitting reload on The Berrics site now and give those servers a break.
See what happens when you invite a bunch of wired, social media connected people to your private TF?
Terry Schroeder, the owner of Midwest Skate Park in Rochester, Minnesota says if business doesn’t turn around he’ll have to close the park next year when the sub-lease agreement for the warehous ends.
