by The Editors on August 24, 2009
On August 18, 2009 The Town of Mammoth Lakes, California officially shut down bikes at the Volcom Brothers Skatepark. According to the press release:
The decision was made after extensive consultation with the Town’s insurance authority regarding options to consider for potential joint use by skaters and bikers. Throughout the consultation it became apparent there were no valid options to pursue for joint use. Mammoth Lakes Police Department will continue its random patrol of the park to ensure existing rules and ordinances are being followed by the users of the park.
According to the Mammoth Times after a short trial period “it became apparent to the town’s Tourism and Recreation Department that mixed use wasn’t a viable solution in this particular park.”
Can’t even pretend to say we’re bummed, those pegs just rip stuff up.
[Link: Visit Mammoth Lakes via Examiner.com and Mammoth Times]
by The Editors on August 24, 2009
by The Editors on August 21, 2009
by The Editors on August 21, 2009
by The Editors on August 17, 2009
by The Editors on August 16, 2009
The New York Times‘ coverage of the Andy Kessler memorial last night (August 15, 2009) at the Autumn Bowl by Colin Moynihan.
Photographs of the New York City skateboarding pioneer Andy Kessler decorated the walls inside the warehouse, and bouquets of roses sat on a table next to handwritten messages addressed to Mr. Kessler, who died last week at age 48 after an allergic reaction to an insect sting. . . .In another sort of tribute, dozens of skaters took turns whizzing around a 2,500-square-foot, 7-foot-deep birch skateboarding bowl, as a boom box blared songs by the Beastie Boys and the Who.
Click the link to read the rest.
[Link: New York Times via @beaker4369]
by The Editors on August 16, 2009
Sacramento skate OG and N-Men instigator Randy Katen apparently has a Sunday night radio show streaming online from The University of Montana in Missoula, according to a post on SkateDaily.net. Katen’s show is called Generation X and here’s what he says about it.
I was born and razed in Sacramento California. My love of music started out when I was 10 or so with Janis, Jimmy and all the 70 greats. However, I never played along with the masses and thought that popular was good in any aspect. I was the upstart, the rebel, the Skateboarder, the Snowboarder so when this ( X ) generation of bored teenagers took flight I was part of the flock. Being a professional skateboarder and skating in San Francisco and the Bay area almost all the time from 79-84 put in me the western hub of the new wave, punk, alternative music seen, and I was lucky enough to see a lot of bands on their (sometimes) one and only U.S. tour. I will fill you in on some History of Bands and you will here some Interviews with some of the greats of the music. Listen to my show and hear music that is fast and energizing! Be careful. If you play it in your car you will get a speeding ticket!
Generation X with Randy Katen airs/streams from 5-7 PT, 6-8 MT, and 8-10 ET. Click here to listen.
[Link: KBGA via SkateDaily.net]
by The Editors on August 16, 2009
We’re still trying to figure out who cares most about the whole Dew Tour in general and we’re not really sure yet. We do know that people care deeply about those competing: Chaz Ortiz (pictured above) is on a roll, Andy Mac is running his best year in a long while, Ryan Decenzo took best trick, and PLG is PLG.
So, for historical purposes, follow the jump for the final skate results in one place.
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by The Editors on August 14, 2009
by The Editors on August 14, 2009
The Skateboard Film Festival kicks off tonight August 14, 2009 in Seattle at the siff cinema at 321 Mercer Street, McCaw Hall, Seattle Center.
The festival weekend will kick off at 7:30pm with a small selection of films in our Creative Short category followed by a local premier of Scott Yamamura’s A Day at the Park. Nominated films will be screened Saturday, August 15th with an award ceremony later that evening. Skatopia has been selected as the last film of the festival weekend.
Click here for a list of the films and to buy tickets. A film fest pass is $20.
[Link: Skateboard Film Festival]
On August 18, 2009 The Town of Mammoth Lakes, California officially shut down bikes at the Volcom Brothers Skatepark. According to the press release:
