For July 2015 we present Santiago Montoya Tabares, a 14 year old street skateboarder living in Columbia, a resident of Florida.
Santiago has been skating for many years and he is absolutely passionate about street skating.
Skate News
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!
Tony Hawk on the Olympics
Graham Bensinger Show – Tony Hawk opens up on skateboarding in the Olympics.
Tony on the Olympics and Skateboarding “Kids don’t wanna watch ice skating, they don’t want to watch swimming, they come from a new generation who wants action, they wanna watch skateboarding.”
Tony says he got tired of trying to champion for it, there’s so much red tape he gave up on it.
St. Pete Skater Dies Skitching
St. Pete, FL : A 15-year-old boy fell to his death after trying to skateboard while hanging off the back of a car.
Austin Demauro was clinging on to the right rear corner of a Mercedes sedan, being driven by his friend in St Petersburg, Florida.
The pair were trying out a stunt known as ‘skitching’, where the skater holds onto a moving vehicle then lets go to gain extra momentum.
But at 6pm on Sunday, Demauro was trailing his friend’s car on Atwood Avenue North near Fossil Park skate park when he lost balance and hit his head on the road.
Read full story: Skitching Death
