Archive for the ‘Midwest’
Sioux City hosts free skateboard clinic
The Sioux City Skateboard Association in conjunction with the Sioux City Parks and Recreation is hosting a skateboard clinic for area youth and parents to come and learn the fundamentals of skateboarding and or improve their current skill of the sport. This clinic will also act as an alliance of skaters that will essentially be [...]
Churches’ mission: Pray, play, skate together
LIVINGSTON, MI-Skateboarding is not a crime; just ask Brighton Nazarene Church family pastor Tim Wessel, whose church has taken the phrase “holy roller” to the extreme.
With an indoor skate park, video arcade, indoor cafe and a paintball course, “The Naz” has also taken an unconventional approach to connecting with area youth, making it one of [...]
City proposes new skatepark at Himebaugh Lot
COSHOCTON — Coshocton Mayor Steve Mercer and Recreation Director Steve Jones made a presentation to the Coshocton City School Board Thursday during its regular meeting for a partnership to erect a new skate park at the Himebaugh Lot on Orange Street.
“It’s one of the most often made comments by the youth in Coshocton is that [...]
Skatepark bid resurrected in memory of friend
Family members and friends of Alex Gullickson hope to resurrect a skatepark proposal that never came to fruition and build the facility in his memory.
By all accounts, Alex was an avid skateboarder before he was killed in a traffic accident on his way to class at Madison Area Technical College on Jan. 13.
Within hours of [...]
Skaters and riders are welcomed at new skatepark
If you like skateboard stunts and extreme bicycling — but you’re tired of being told where you can’t ride — the city of Lawrence has a place for you.
The Lawrence Skate Park, which opened Saturday at Lawrence Community Park, 5301 N. Franklin Road, has ramps and rails and steps, a bowl and a half-pipe. There [...]
Killer Skate Park and Shop opening Saturday
EVANSVILLE — In the world of skateboarders, the use of the term “killer” is considered a good thing.
For example, when a skater is doing really well on his board, he’s having “a killer session.”
On Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., the locally owned Killer Skate Park & Shop LLC will open in a former [...]
Workshop First Step Toward Design of A2 Skatepark
About 60 people, the great majority of them skaters and young people, came to Slauson Middle School on October 18th to give their input on what they’d like to see in the Ann Arbor Skatepark. We had a good representation from our City and County governments as well. Ann Arbor City Council members Mike Anglin, [...]
