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Volunteers revamp skate park - Staunton News Leader - STAUNTON - David Howdyshell and Daniel Hester would rather be skateboarding a 13-foot vertical drop into a concrete bowl than hammering nails in the summer sun. Although the building they're doing at Gypsy Hill's Action Skate Park won't create ...
Dog parks leap in popularity - Des Moines Register - Iowa dogs - and their owners - are enjoying their own public space. Dog parks, once a rarity in Iowa, have taken off in the past five or six years. Ames and Waterloo both opened dog parks in recent weeks. The parks are showing up in the state's ...
Entry fee lowered for Saturday skate event in Pottsville - Republican & Herald - In an effort to attract more skateboarders to compete in a special event Saturday in Pottsville, the organizers have lowered the entry fees to $10 for all skaters and $1 for spectators. We felt that the price was limiting the kids to sign up and ...
Room to skate - Bozeman Daily Chronicle - By noon Friday, more than a dozen kids and young adults were crisscrossing the ramps and bowls in the skatepark at Bozeman's Kirk Park. And while collisions were avoided that morning, skateboarders said they're not uncommon. The skatepark is ...
Skateboarding class rolls into town - Austin Daily Herald - Eighteen years ago, a then 11-year-old Andrew Conway took up skateboarding in Austin. Starting next week, Conway will be teaching the sport to a new generation of young, local skaters. Conway, an area musician, will be holding summer skateboarding ...
Local business thinks Joplin could become skateboarding hub - Joplin Globe - Zac Davis thinks a free skate park in Joplin is a great idea. Davis, 17, from Carl Junction, said he and his friends don't have many nearby options when it comes to taking their skateboards out. So he and another friend braved broiling heat on ...
E-mail this story - Joplin Globe - Globe/B.W. Shepherd Damon Johnson goes airborne during a demonstration skateboard event arranged by American Ramp Co. Saturday at Memorial Hall. Published June 27, 2009 10:05 pm - Zac Davis thinks a free skate park in Joplin is a great idea. Davis ...
Local skaters brave soaring temperatures - Galveston County Daily News - GALVESTON - Triple-digit weather might send many people looking for the comfort of an air-conditioned room, but diehard skateboarders at the Jonathan M. Romano Skate Park at Menard Park see it as just another sunny day. Dropping into the outdoor ...
Competitors flip, grind, fall in city - Republican & Herald - Jevin Reeve wielded his skateboard with the daring of a circus performer, kick-flipping and sliding across the top of a concrete Jersey barrier. On one attempt Saturday morning, he fell and scratched his left arm. I was trying to do the barrier. I ...
Tony Hawk Uses Skateboarding to Build Kids' Confidence - Voice of America - Skateboarding took off as a popular pastime for American youngsters in the 1970s and soon became a competitive sport. By the 1990s, Tony Hawk was its top player. Today, the champion skateboarder has retired from competition, but has stayed involved ...
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December 8, 2008
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