Rovercam Daily Surf Report

Surf report "live from the Loma Del Mar Surf Camp * in Playa Hermosa, Costa Rica." Also home of the Loma Del Mar Surf Camp. Search * Related

Land Image Skatepark Designs

"We believe in designing skateparks * that work for the full range of users." From Chico, California *; design team includes Chet Thomas *. Search * Related

Andy Macdonald releases signature model Swatch and Tech Deck collectables (Posted 11/16/2001)

Andy Macdonald * and Swatch * have teamed up to offer a yellow and aluminum analog watch bearing a silhouette of Andy Macdonald performing a "Japan * Air" on the face. In addition, Andy has teamed with the manufacturers of Tech Deck * to create "Andy Macdonald's Big Air Straight Jump play set and the Andy Macdonald Brigade miniature skateboard." Search *

Movement To Reopen LOVE Park Gains Steam (Posted 6/12/2003)

Skaters and citizens in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania * are moving to make skateboarding a part of LOVE Park * once again. Search *

Valentine's Emerica Video Premier, Skatepark of Tampa (Posted 2/14/2003)

About a a free premier of Emerica's new skateboard video, "This Is Skateboarding", at the Skatepark of Tampa *, Valentine's day, February 14th, 2003 * at 7:30PM, featuring the skateboarding of Andrew Reynolds *, Erik Ellington *, Heath Kirchart *, Donny Barley, Chris Senn *, Tosh Townend *, and others. Search *

Skatepark in design for Dade City, Florida (Posted 6/17/2002)

This article, reprinted from Florida *'s Saint Petersburg Times, gives a little insight into the planning and implementation of a local skatepark * in Dade City, in part using fingerboards and miniature versions of the ramps. Search *

The Skateboard, The City, and Socio-Spatial Censorship (Posted 4/29/2003)

Here Architect Iain Borden * discusses "skateboarding and socio-spatial censorship in the late twentieth century city" in his article "An Affirmation of Urban Life." Says Iain: "Cities are always places of contestation and contradiction, conflict and counter-cultural engagements. ... But of course cities are also places of power, and the contradiction between homogenization and fragmentation of urban space is continuously fought over, as urban managers of all kinds ... seek to dictate the character of social space. The urban practice of skateboarding is one such area which they seek to control." Search *

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