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Saturday 04/12/08 |
| Started the day bright and early with a fun little session at Homewood park. The day was sunny and beautiful, but slightly chilly (55 degress) with a weird cold front and VERY windy!
I had fun skating the little mini-ramp again, and was pleasantly surprised to see Peter Karvanen and Ben Gilley show up. I hadn't seen Ben in about 8 months. We caught up
on all he as been up to in his life as a pro skateboarder. haha He is home for a short while but then off again to travel and skate all summer. Rough eh? Peter and Ben were
playing some games of SKATE. I was just playing around, going through my tricks just to make sure I had them still, and teaching a LOT of the little kids how to pump and/or
drop in. It's always fun to teach the next generation. Around 2 PM, I headed off to Vets skate park. It was PACKED! Along with the usual 20 or weekend locals, a church group
from Cullman showed up with about 25 more kids! Eddings and Spinosi were holding court at the bowl. I jumped right in and had a blast. Great day to be skating. Too bad we
don't have the other old regulars showing up. Maybe that will change soon. |
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Peter tranfers over the hip with a nice ollie as the kids look on
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Peter pops a sweet backside ollie to tail
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Unknown transfers over the hip into a frontside 50-50
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Peter midway in a nice ollie
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Ben Gilley pops out of an ollie blunt
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Ben pops another ollie blunt
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Peter follows up with an ollie blunt too
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Peter and Ben...old friends
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Ben pulls a tip-toe backside ollie to tail
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Skaters and spectators around the bowl
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Not much unused space in the street section
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Line up to the bank and rails
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Busy bowl for once
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Eddings in the thick of the crowd
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Jason learns double truck carve grinds in the shallow!
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Line up in the street section
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Mark hucks up a frontside air
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Jason hits another double-trucker as Eddings looks on
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Another shot of Eddings in a frontside air
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Gonzo from Cullman ripping the bowl
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Ground level as Eddings takes to the sky
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Eddings plays king of his kingdom
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Scott rides a 50-50 down the 5-stair hubba
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Jason Green's company gets represented!
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