Nike Skateboarding's Debacle @ Kona Skatepark

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4 for 48, Manny Mania Announcement coming soon!

I've been really busy in the past week, but I wanted to let you guys know that I'm working on another contest round, but with a new twist. Not ready to announce it yet, but if you want to prepare yourself early, I'd go ahead and work on filming some manual tricks, and using a date marker similar to what Nate Cary and Trevor Stevens did for the 4 for 40 submissions.

Speaking of which, Trevor needs to get at me so he can get paid!
For more info on Red Bull's Manny Mania, check out the official site here.

Clyde Singleton's Walk With Me 5.0 | Transworld Skateboarding

Clyde Singleton's Walk With Me 5.0 | Transworld Skateboarding

A photo gallery of people having a good time on Go Skate Day, courtesy of Transworld Skateboarding and Clyde Singleton.

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Clyde Singleton presents: Go Skate Day pt.2 Bangers for Bucks

Part 2 of Clyde Singleton's Summary of Go Skate Day 2009 in Jacksonville.

Clyde Singleton presents: Go Skate Day pt.1 Kona Skatepark Fantasy Cup

Clyde's summary of Go Skate Day has begun over at Transworld Skateboarding's website, on over to the site to check it out the full story. I'm glad to see Transworld featuring some quality skateboarding content from Jacksonville. Don't forget to check out the video:



Thanks to Josh at East Center for the update.

Here is your replacement for OP Park in Orange Park FL

I don't think the town planners in Orange Park are actually smoking crack, but after seeing this proposed redesign of the park, it would certainly seem that way. Why would they take an already great looking park that is built by skaters to last for years, and replace it with what looks like a rejected 'build your own park' from Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2? Apparently the budget is the reason for this barren wasteland of a skatepark design. According to Jason Baldessari of Spohn Ranch (whose logo appears on the above image):

"The design you saw that was put together for Orange Park is a direct product of the available budget for the available area. From what we were told the existing ramps were going to be scraped but if the park is in good shape that is a whole different story."

So basically this means whomever contracted the designer of the new proposed park intends to scrap the thousands of dollars worth of safe, skateable, built-to-last skate ramps and obstacles currently at the park that you have all worked so hard to get, and replace it with what looks like what Optimus Prime might crap out after a small meal. Kind of a slap in the face, isn't it? I mean sure, the small collection of tiny obstacles might be decent in quality, but seriously - that picture looks like a collection the Lego blocks that got lost behind the couch.

I'm having a hard time coming up with contact information for the people responsible for this, but here is what I have-

Town Manager:
John W. Bowles
Phone: 278-3018 (Town Hall)

Orange Park Town Clerk:
opclerk@townoforangepark.com

Please contact these people and try to find out what is going on. Let them know what you think. Let ME know what you think. Thanks.


On a final note - Check out the Spohn Ranch website to see what the designer is capable of. They are by NO MEANS the bad guy here. Just look at what is possible, and think about how you would apply that to the park design. Check out what they built at UNF:

Volcom Wild in the Parks, Tampa 2009