Poolside Skateboards

"Designed for the old school poolstyle rider... All products are American Made." From Oregon *. www.poolsideskateboards.com Search * Related
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Bowl Rider

"Dedicated to the art of Pool Riding". Damn that intro is long, though. A little bit o' vintage stuff. bowlrider.com (Keywords: 'poolriding, old school') Search * Related
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Tony Alva, Stacy Peralta Interviewed on SkateboardDirectory.com

Our mondo Dogtown * interview with Stacy Peralta *, Tony Alva *, and a few other East Coasters, touching on subjects including Tommy Guerrero *, Sean Penn *, Gator *, staying pure, Mark Gonzales *, Christian Hosoi *, and pool skating. (Full Article) Search *
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San Francisco Skateboarding Task Force Planned

The San Francisco * Department of Recreation and parks "voted unanimously to recommend the formation of a 15-member Skateboarding Task Force. ... What skateboarders said they want is a good skate park... full of the sort of blocks, benches, ledges and steps that fill public spaces. They also want to be able to use their skateboards to get around town ... just as bikers and bladers do, without getting $75 tickets." Jymi Shores and Nikhil Thayer * are mentioned. (extract: ...d get like an A-plus in school for this," said Thayer, holding a crumpled...1980s when rugged street skating replaced swimming pool and ramp skating as the style of...) (Full Article) Search *
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Tony Hawk: Skateboarder and Cultural Icon

This article, reprinted from the Boston Globe *, gives a brief overview of Tony's skateboard career. Tony's career has taken him from 12-year-old Bones Brigade * rookie to 14-year old pro, through the skateboard industry doldrums to the mega-limelight of today's Warped Tours *, X-Games *, and skateboard video games. Even through this all, Tony Hawk * is clearly one of skateboarding's most positive and lasting role models, and we all owe him for that. Now if we could just stop the ads... (extract: ...He tried to conquer the Olympic-size pool underwater, and grew angry when he couldn...on his blue banana skateboard. By grade school, Hawk could regularly be found at the...executed. By his senior year in high school, he was making $70,000 a year...and he picks his kid up at school. Tiger and Jordan are both engaging, personable...) (Full Article) Search *
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Network Marketers Target Skateboarders, Surfers

"With corporate giants like AOL Time Warner, Nike * and Sony *, as well as youth-oriented retailers like Abercrombie & Fitch and Old Navy looking for ways to tap into the formidable spending power of American kids, network officials said it was only a matter of time before action sports arrived." (extract: ...the steep side of an empty swimming pool at the YMCA of the Palm Beaches...launch himself above the deck of the pool. After pulling his favorite trick - an "air...lands safely on the inside of the pool and continues his ride. Zach and his...a 17-year-old Lake Worth High School student and a member of Rogers' skate...) (Full Article) Search *
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The Skateboard and One Illinois Skate Team

Nathan Kipnis, an award-winning architect of environmentally responsible buildings, is in jeans and plaid shirt. He has his skateboard out, preparing to demonstrate how to do a kickflip. (extract: ...not how they do it now. 'Old School,' they call it." Old school, or new school, perhaps it's about time the latest...and construction sites were ideal locations. One pool that belonged to Helen Brach, the one...) (Full Article) Search *
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Tony Alva interview with Heckler Magazine, 1995

Tony Alva * interviewed by John Baccigaluppi of Heckler *, covering topics as diverse as cars, rock stars, skaters, Tony's style and musical history, more. With photos and videos. As Tony puts it, "Defy authority. Don't let people tell you how to run your life. ... Your Dharma is your purpose in life. You can't stray from that when you find it. Skateboarding is my Dharma, the center of my universe." (extract: ...to skate a secret Santa Monica * backyard pool a mile or so from Tony's...now. By this time we reached the pool and started to skate. Tony tore this...We had a ripping session at the pool. T.A., a kid from France * named...be mixing old footage at the Gonzales Pool with some new footage and have worked...a deal with the owner of the pool to drain it for the video...) (Full Article) Search *
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Mark 'Gator' Rogowski - Free Fallin'

A reprint of the article from the Village Voice in April of 1992 *. About the history of "Gator *". Originally appeared at http://home.netcom.com/%7Ecoryjohn/gator.html (extract: ...local skatepark *'s half-pipes, moguls, and pool in the shape of a bra dubbed...ring. You know, 'Give me my high school jacket and my class ring because we...) (Full Article) Search *
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Lyn-Z Adams/Hawkins Interview: Skateboarding's Next Generation

Our interview with Lyn-Z Adams */Hawkins, covering topics including her skateboard history, travel, zoology, skateboard videos, Cara-Beth Burnside *, and layback airs. (extract: ...finals boys division Nov. 24, 2002 *...Basic Pool Contest Southern California * -- 6th place womens pool Nov.10, 2002...Hollywood Skate Park, Bellflower...) (Full Article) Search *
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