The biggest event of the Summer is on the way! Skate Off will be flying in to high gear Saturday, August 15th 2015 from 9am-4pm at Stan Goldman Memorial Skate Park located at 800 Knights Rd, Hollywood, FL 33021. Come out and showcase your skills against the best amateur skaters in South Florida. As well as a spectacular showcase from our sponsors and judges. To read up on this event, go to the city of Hollywood’s Event Page.
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Headliners to Drop In for Demo at Amateur Skate Contest
HONOLULU, HI – T&C Skateboards, Dakine and Stereo invite skaters to come out and show their skills at Kamiloiki Skate Park in Hawaii Kai on August 15th. The T&C / Dakine / Stereo Sunburn Classic, is sponsored by FreeSurf Magazine, Boardstories TV, PACt Cranberry Extract Water and The Boys & Girls Club of Hawaii.
The event is one way T&C Skateboards gives back to the community. The event lets skaters get some contest experience, kick back at the park with Dakine and Stereo pro skaters and walk away with a ton of sponsor giveaways. Entry fee is one canned food item. All canned food collected from the event will be donated to a local food bank.
Be sure to get there early to secure a spot. Registration opens promptly at 8:15 a.m., and divisions will sell out quickly. Competitors skate in one of five divisions; 9 and under, 10-13, 14-17, 18 & over and sponsored (A&B-team riders). The contest starts promptly at 9 a.m.
Preliminary rounds will consist of twenty skaters showcasing their skills one by one. Riders with top scores advance to the finals. A trophy and a massive prize pack, will go to the top riders in each division.
Flying in is the Dakine skate team members Chris Haslam, Jordan Hoffart and Walker Ryan put on a skate demo and sign autographs. Everyone is encouraged to bring their board, backpack or T-shirt for their favorite skater to sign.
Entry blanks are available at all T&C Surf locations on Oahu or TCSurf.com/news and will be accepted only on-site the day of the contest beginning at 8:15 a.m.
For more information , visit Sunburn Classic Event Page on FLSK8.
SFLA Boys Rock-n-Roll at GFL
It’s enough the park is home to local legend Jamie Foy.
It’s enough the park is revamped with pro-level ramps and rails, but The Board’r to come in and hold an all out who’s who of south Florida skateboarding is ample icing on the cake! Oh, and Chad of Oh Cake was in the house too.
No matter the division, locals from Miami, Broward and Palm Beach took top slots in just about every division. In a place dominated by northern competitions by the like of Tampa and Jax, it’s relieving to see our local talents shine on their home turf(s).
Board’r put the event together in tandem with Grind For Life, the organization whose mission it to wipe out cancer, better known as “Skate & Destroy Cancer”. Ramp 48 staff did a stellar job accommodating skater needs in the hardware, service, food and service departments while Rob’s team went to work orchestrating another world class contest in our backyard. I’m pumped to have been in attendance.
The Marinela’s tasty free treats were also
Pics and vids coming soon, promise!
Clint Bangs/Josh Steals Show
With guns blazing, Clint came out banging, at the finals of the sponsored division at the Valentine’s Day Massacre at Tampa skate park where a rare spectacle of talent as Douglas, Beswick, Hunt, Foy and Montoya took the course by storm. Pumping on adrenaline from hard-fought battles all afternoon long, these 5 showed why skateboarding is the REAL talent in sports these days. Assembled as a 5 minute jam, each skater used the park to carve out distinct niche’s in matching their talent across the course terrain.
Despite Beswick’s smashing run, Josh Douglas stole the show. He overpowered all, even Montoya to claim victory as the champion at Tampa’s VDM. Marcos Montoya was rocking it hard, but in the judges eyes, it wasn’t enough to grab the top platform on the podium. Jamie Foy and Dakota Hunt were on course to rank among the stars; placing 4th and 5th respectively.
The Sponsored Division finals are where Clint and Josh killed it along with Dakota, Jamie and Marcos. Here’s the video of that 5 minute jam.
The judges for the contest repped the Dickies brand all day long!
Family Embarks to Build Park
LAKE CITY, FL -A family is doing all they can to bring attention to the need for a skate park to be built in the community of Lake City in Florida. The plans started after a 9 year old boy and his dad began to imagine how great it would be for the kids to have a skate park built. So they went to the town officials and started the lobbying process to have a skate park constructed.
After a short period of time, they realized how difficult it was, and started reaching out to others who might of experienced similar dismay. they contacted the Tony Hawk Foundation, and had architecture renderings of the “park” drawn.
This is a 20,000 sq ft facility that will have a 5ft x 24ft mini vert, 13ft x 52ft vert ramp, 9ft deep and 6 ft shallow pool and plenty of flow for all skill levels. This facility will cost between $850k – $900k.
After a few meetings with the town prolonged their desired result, they rethought their plans and decided to go “BiG”. That’s when they reached out to Tony Misiano, skate park developer and architecture guru to help with their plans. Now they have some initial drawings on how the park might be built. But their story is just beginning and we are trying to get the word out for them, so if anyone can help these guys out, please reach out to them, here: Organizer Lawrence Lerwick [email protected]
Please Attend Our Town Meeting on January 20th at 6pm!!!!!
The following information are those who people can contact to express their wishes to have this built and for competitions to be held there as well.
The Board of County Commissioners
Office Hours:
Monday-Friday
8:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M.
Location:
135 NE Hernando Avenue,
Suite 203
Lake City, FL 32056-1529
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 1529
Lake City, FL 32056-1529
Phone: 386-758-1005
Commissioner Scarlet Frisina
Contact 386-758-1005 or 386-365-0687
Commissioner Bucky Nash
Contact 386-758-1005
Commissioner Rusty DePratter
Contact (386)-752-2451
City of Lake City
205 N. Marion Ave. Lake City, FL 32055
(386) 752-2031
Wendell Johnson
City of Lake City
City Managers (386) 719-5784
Stephen M. Witt
Mayor at Lake City
Home: (386) 755-0876
Office: (386) 755-2863
[email protected]