“When it was skateboarding for skateboarding's sake - Los Angeles Times”

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When it was skateboarding for skateboarding's sake - Los Angeles Times Posted: 30 Sep 2010 04:12 PM PDT Back in 1975, photographer Hugh Holland was driving up Laurel Canyon when he saw a strange sight. Bobbing bodies off to the side of the road. When he moved closer, he realized that they were skateboarders using a drainage ditch that was mostly below street-level. Their figures rose and fell as they glided by. Holland was fascinated by this display of speed and grace. He parked, took out his camera and approached them. "As soon as the skaters saw the camera they perked up. I was immediately welcome," he tells interviewer Steve Crist in "Locals Only: California Skateboarding 1975-1978" (Ammo: $39.95). "In those days, there were far fewer cameras around, so the camera was my 'in.' " With that invitation, Holland went on to hang out with skaters all over Southern California, taking action shots of their spectacular feats in drainage ditches, empty pools, schoolyards and skate parks, in places such as Hollywood, Balboa, Reseda and Del Mar. "Locals Only" is the result — Holland's big, oversized, glorious photographic tribute to what skateboarding was all about in the pre- Tony Hawk, pre-extreme sports days. Skateboarding wasn't about video game or clothing endorsement deals, it was about scrapes and dirty feet, about risk and getting to know gravity in a very personal way. There were no rolling waves of water under you if you fell — only the street. Forget surfing. Especially if you were a kid growing up far from the beach, had no way to get there and couldn't afford it, surfing was just a pipe dream. But you still had your skateboard. "Locals Only" offers fantastic images of flexibility and balance — there's Danny Kwok doing a handstand on his board at Balboa and an unidentified kid shooting past two bikini-clad girls on a sidewalk in Huntington Beach. Holland's book also captures the mood of a brief time period — his photos span just three years in the middle of a decade — and that special feeling of freedom you felt if you were fortunate enough to find yourself in the late afternoon at the top of a hill with, say, half a mile of smooth asphalt ahead of you. Any fortysomething who still gets out there with the kids might feel like a traitor to don a helmet now or to hear sensible questions popping into his head: What's the best way to fall to avoid spinal injury? What if I pull a hamstring? No one in Holland's book probably sweated over these things — like Trey Hall, whom Holland photographs wheeling up to the coping of a drained swimming pool. Awesome. Holland explains that he used ultra-wide lenses to "capture the drama — using the slight distortion to advantage — with the limbs flying out and the boards flying everywhere. The drama was outstanding." "Locals Only" is a celebration of youth. Muscles, wiry bodies, long, tangled hair. A kid might have been in one of the most awkward stages of adolescence, but when he was sailing around an empty pool, Holland reminds us, he was something else entirely. He was perfection. nick.owchar@latimes.com This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php Five Filters featured article: Beyond Hiroshima - The Non-Reporting of Falluja's Cancer Catastrophe.

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“Valrico Girl, 8, Sees Her Father Gunned Down - The Ledger” plus 1 more

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Valrico Girl, 8, Sees Her Father Gunned Down - The Ledger Posted: 27 Sep 2010 11:40 PM PDT Published: Monday, September 27, 2010 at 8:26 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, September 27, 2010 at 8:26 p.m. VALRICO | David James was enjoying an afternoon game of basketball Sunday with his 8-year-old daughter when he was shot and killed in front of her by a neighbor trying to chase away skateboarders, said friends and authorities. Click to enlarge A police officer walks past the body of David James, who was shot and killed in front of his 8-year-old daughter during an altercation at a Valrico basketball court Sunday afternoon. Buy photo SCOTT MCINTYRE | St. Petersburg Times Neighbors say James, 41, was defending the skateboarders, telling a man who lives across the street there was no sign to prohibit them from skateboarding on the courts. "I see a sign," the assailant replied as he pulled a gun, neighbors said. The suspect, who was not identified by authorities, then waited next to the body for Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office deputies to arrive, neighbors said. The man was questioned by detectives and the State Attorney's Office officials and released Sunday night, said sheriff's spokesman Deputy Larry McKinnon. "Additional details of the investigation will not be publicly released at this time," he said. In some killings, suspects have invoked a "stand your ground" defense, which relies on a state law that allows people to meet force with force when they feel threatened. "Whether this case meets those guidelines remains to be seen," McKinnon said. A key witness in the case is likely to be 8-year-old Danielle, who used her father's cell phone to call her mother after the shooting, said the victim's 17-year-old stepson, Garrett. "At first she wasn't too bad," Garrett James said. But she broke down after being questioned by investigators. "She's taking it worse than anybody," the younger James said. Deputies responded Sunday about 4 p.m. to a call about a shooting at 3207 Partridge Point Trail, across the street from the basketball court. At dusk, neighbors gathered on the usually quiet streets outside the crime tape. "It's a classic example of someone losing their temper over something silly," said Rhonda Norris, 40, who described her Twin Lakes neighborhood as family-friendly. A recent concert in the park drew hundreds for free hot dogs and music by the Single Malt Brothers. Christmas brings performances by the high school band. The suspect, though, had a reputation for nagging neighbors about loose dogs, and yelling and swearing at the skateboarders who like to set up ramps and rails on the community basketball court to practice their moves. "I'm not surprised it fell out the way it did," Garrett James said. His stepfather, who retired two years ago after serving 20 years in the Air Force, was the type of man who would stand up for people he thought were being treated unfairly, he said. "He was a really good man," he said. "If he hadn't been there, you'd probably have two teenage kids dead instead of my dad." And as one of the neighborhood's many skateboarders, he said he had his own run-ins with the suspect. So did his friend, Bill Myers, 16. "He's given me a lot of trouble throughout the years," Myers said. "He likes to say he paid for that court himself." The court, along with tennis courts and an athletic field, are maintained with dues from members of the homeowners association. Myers and Garrett James say they have tried to petition the Twin Lakes homeowners association to build a skateboard park, collecting signatures from sympathetic parents. Although there is a no-trespassing sign on the basketball court, they think that applies only to people who don't live in the neighborhood, which has a security booth at its entrance where a guard takes the names of visitors every day after 6 p.m. "Everybody's lives have been changed by a conflict and an irrational decision," said Derek Matthews, who lives across the street from the scene of the shooting. "It's a terrible, sad situation." This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php Five Filters featured article: Beyond Hiroshima - The Non-Reporting of Falluja's Cancer Catastrophe.

Deadly Shooting's Aftermath Leaves Valrico Bewildered - The Ledger Posted: 28 Sep 2010 01:30 PM PDT Published: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 at 6:00 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 at 3:30 p.m. Click to enlarge Kanina James, wife of Valrico shooting victim David James, said she can't understand why there's been no arrest in her husband's killing. Her son Garrett, 17, at right, said he had had confrontations with the neighbor they say shot James. Buy photo EDMUND D. FOUNTAIN | St. Petersburg Times Click to enlarge Hillsborough sheriff's deputies have arrested Trevor Dooley, left, and charged him with manslaughter. During Sunday's fatal argument, Chief Deputy Jose Docobo said, Dooley took the gun from his waistband and confronted David James, who reached for the gun. Then, Docobo said, Dooley fired. Buy photo Willie J. Allen Jr. | St. Petersburg Times School bus driver Trevor Dooley was led in handcuffs from his home on Partridge Point Trail and booked into the Hillsborough County jail. "The suspect fired the gun. There's no indication the victim pulled the trigger," sheriff's Deputy Chief Jose Docobo said in a news conference this afternoon. The shooting stemmed from a dispute over skateboarders. David James, 41, was killed Sunday in front of his 8-year-old daughter. Dooley and James started arguing Sunday afternoon after Dooley confronted a boy riding a skateboard across a basketball court and James defended him, neighbors and authorities said. The men got into a "physical confrontation," according to Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies. Dooley was carrying a gun, and James was fatally shot. The Sheriff's Office had not earlier named Dooley as a suspect or charged him with a crime. Authorities said they were investigating who pulled the trigger or whether the shooting was justified. Dooley did not drive his bus route this morning, a school district spokeswoman said. He and his wife, Patricia, who also drives a bus for the school district, called in sick Tuesday. The morning after the shooting, Dooley drove his regular school bus route. Cobbe said the Sheriff's Office did not notify the school district of Dooley's involvement in the shooting until after he finished his route The incident began when Dooley walked out of his suburban house Sunday afternoon, past his trimmed lawn and nice landscaping, to confront a boy riding a skateboard on the basketball court across the street. That's against the rules in this neighborhood, and Dooley was carrying a gun. James, with 20 years in the Air Force, was playing basketball with his 8-year-old daughter. They played every Sunday. James stood up for the skateboarder, neighbors said. The men argued and got into a "physical confrontation," the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said. Then, in front of his daughter, James was shot dead. What authorities don't know is who pulled the trigger, or whether it was justified. The Sheriff's Office has not named Dooley as a suspect or charged him with a crime. When police arrived around 4 p.m., he was waiting with the dead man. He invoked his right to remain silent and called his lawyer. "We haven't named him yet as a suspect. I'm not going to say he's not," said sheriff's Col. Albert Frost. "We have various witnesses and various conflicting statements at this point to start with. Obviously, that doesn't help us. We're trying to sort out the facts and trying to determine what really happened." Neighbors said Dooley is a fine man with good intentions. They couldn't understand how a man wound up dead. "It's just really sad and it's stupid," said Sam Romano, 50, a neighbor. "None of it made any sense to any of us." Mark Cox, a State Attorney's Office spokesman, said he couldn't yet explain why no charges have been filed. "It's still very much a pending investigation," he said. "We're working on it diligently." Neighbors said James was defending skateboarders, who they said have had multiple run-ins with Dooley. "We've gone off on each other before," said James' stepson, 17-year-old Garrett James. James' wife, Kanina James, can't understand why Dooley is free. "It's over and it's done and it can't be undone," she said on the phone to a friend Monday morning. "Yeah, they caught him and they let him go. I don't know why." She smoked Marlboro Golds on her back porch in the Twin Lakes neighborhood, on a white wicker bench, blotting her eyes with a paper towel and trying to make sense of how a father-daughter basketball game turned deadly. Kanina James said her husband was a good man. "He would help anybody out. I think that's what happened yesterday. I think he was just trying to help someone out." The two met when Kanina worked as a cocktail waitress in Las Vegas. She was taken by his big muscles and his eyes. "I remember thinking, 'He's just so beautiful.' His eyes were so pretty." They married a few years later, in 1998. James loved his daughter Danielle. The two played basketball every Sunday and rode around the neighborhood on a Kawasaki Vulcan motorcycle with a special seat for Danielle. "He and Danielle were so close," Kanina said. "He was her best friend." Kanina said she learned her husband had been shot when a woman called from his cell phone. She hurried to the park and noticed that paramedics were not working on him. She tried to run to him but deputies held her back. At the scene, Danielle asked her mother why no one was helping her dad. "I just said, 'He already went up to heaven.' " Detectives interviewed the girl Monday. The Sheriff's Office said she was traumatized, which complicates the investigation. "The minute we can reach a point we have a finding and something we can move on, we will," said Frost, the sheriff's colonel. 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Valrico Girl, 8, Sees Her Father Gunned Down - The Ledger Posted: 27 Sep 2010 10:42 PM PDT Published: Monday, September 27, 2010 at 8:26 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, September 27, 2010 at 8:26 p.m. VALRICO | David James was enjoying an afternoon game of basketball Sunday with his 8-year-old daughter when he was shot and killed in front of her by a neighbor trying to chase away skateboarders, said friends and authorities. Click to enlarge A police officer walks past the body of David James, who was shot and killed in front of his 8-year-old daughter during an altercation at a Valrico basketball court Sunday afternoon. Buy photo SCOTT MCINTYRE | St. Petersburg Times Neighbors say James, 41, was defending the skateboarders, telling a man who lives across the street there was no sign to prohibit them from skateboarding on the courts. "I see a sign," the assailant replied as he pulled a gun, neighbors said. The suspect, who was not identified by authorities, then waited next to the body for Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office deputies to arrive, neighbors said. The man was questioned by detectives and the State Attorney's Office officials and released Sunday night, said sheriff's spokesman Deputy Larry McKinnon. "Additional details of the investigation will not be publicly released at this time," he said. In some killings, suspects have invoked a "stand your ground" defense, which relies on a state law that allows people to meet force with force when they feel threatened. "Whether this case meets those guidelines remains to be seen," McKinnon said. A key witness in the case is likely to be 8-year-old Danielle, who used her father's cell phone to call her mother after the shooting, said the victim's 17-year-old stepson, Garrett. "At first she wasn't too bad," Garrett James said. But she broke down after being questioned by investigators. "She's taking it worse than anybody," the younger James said. Deputies responded Sunday about 4 p.m. to a call about a shooting at 3207 Partridge Point Trail, across the street from the basketball court. At dusk, neighbors gathered on the usually quiet streets outside the crime tape. "It's a classic example of someone losing their temper over something silly," said Rhonda Norris, 40, who described her Twin Lakes neighborhood as family-friendly. A recent concert in the park drew hundreds for free hot dogs and music by the Single Malt Brothers. Christmas brings performances by the high school band. The suspect, though, had a reputation for nagging neighbors about loose dogs, and yelling and swearing at the skateboarders who like to set up ramps and rails on the community basketball court to practice their moves. "I'm not surprised it fell out the way it did," Garrett James said. His stepfather, who retired two years ago after serving 20 years in the Air Force, was the type of man who would stand up for people he thought were being treated unfairly, he said. "He was a really good man," he said. "If he hadn't been there, you'd probably have two teenage kids dead instead of my dad." And as one of the neighborhood's many skateboarders, he said he had his own run-ins with the suspect. So did his friend, Bill Myers, 16. "He's given me a lot of trouble throughout the years," Myers said. "He likes to say he paid for that court himself." The court, along with tennis courts and an athletic field, are maintained with dues from members of the homeowners association. Myers and Garrett James say they have tried to petition the Twin Lakes homeowners association to build a skateboard park, collecting signatures from sympathetic parents. Although there is a no-trespassing sign on the basketball court, they think that applies only to people who don't live in the neighborhood, which has a security booth at its entrance where a guard takes the names of visitors every day after 6 p.m. "Everybody's lives have been changed by a conflict and an irrational decision," said Derek Matthews, who lives across the street from the scene of the shooting. "It's a terrible, sad situation." This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php Five Filters featured article: Beyond Hiroshima - The Non-Reporting of Falluja's Cancer Catastrophe.

Deadly skateboard shooting in Valrico leaves questions - St. Petersburg Times Posted: 27 Sep 2010 08:19 PM PDT By Ben Montgomery, Danny Valentine, Shelley Rossetter and Jessica Vander Velde, Times Staff Writers In Print: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 Kanina James, wife of Valrico shooting victim David James, talks Monday on the phone with James' former wife about his death as son Garrett, 17, sits at right. David James was shot and killed Sunday after an argument over skateboarding. [EDMUND D. FOUNTAIN | Times] VALRICO Trevor Dooley walked out of his suburban house Sunday afternoon, past his trimmed lawn and nice landscaping, to confront a boy riding a skateboard on the basketball court across the street. That's against the rules in this neighborhood, and Dooley, 69, was carrying a gun. David James, 41, with 20 years in the Air Force, was playing basketball with his 8-year-old daughter. They played every Sunday. James stood up for the skateboarder, neighbors said. The men argued and got into a "physical confrontation," the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said. Then, in front of his daughter, James was shot dead. What authorities don't know is who pulled the trigger, or whether it was justified. The Sheriff's Office has not named Dooley as a suspect or charged him with a crime. When police arrived around 4 p.m., he was waiting with the dead man. He invoked his right to remain silent and called his lawyer. "We haven't named him yet as a suspect. I'm not going to say he's not," said sheriff's Col. Albert Frost. "We have various witnesses and various conflicting statements at this point to start with. Obviously, that doesn't help us. We're trying to sort out the facts and trying to determine what really happened." So Dooley went back to work Monday morning, driving a school bus loaded with kids. Hillsborough schools spokeswoman Linda Cobbe said the Sheriff's Office did not notify the school district of Dooley's involvement in the shooting. "We didn't know of any kind of allegations until we got a call from someone," Cobbe said. "Then I talked to the transportation manager, but by then he was done with his route for the day." Would they have acted differently had they known about Dooley's involvement? "Possibly," she said. "It didn't become evident to us until we started getting all of these calls. … We err on the side of caution when student safety or employee safety is at risk." Dooley, a New York City transplant, drives a route for Barrington Middle School and Newsome High School, both in Lithia. He also picks up elementary children who missed the bus. Cobbe said he will be reassigned "for his safety and the students'." School Board member Candy Olson struggled to put her surprise into words. "He's a school bus driver who drove — oh, my gosh," she said. Olson said the Sheriff's Office should have immediately contacted the district if it knew a bus driver had been involved in such an incident. "They certainly owe us the information that they have," she said. "For his safety and the safety of his students," said board member April Griffin. "People are angry about this. There are definitely some questions that need to be answered." Dooley, who listed his previous employer as Ted's Transport Services in the Bronx when he applied here to drive buses, didn't answer his door Monday afternoon. Neighbors said Dooley is a fine man with good intentions. They couldn't understand how a man wound up dead. "It's just really sad and it's stupid," said Sam Romano, 50, a neighbor. "None of it made any sense to any of us." Mark Cox, a State Attorney's Office spokesman, said he couldn't yet explain why no charges have been filed. "It's still very much a pending investigation," he said. "We're working on it diligently." Neighbors said James was defending skateboarders, who they said have had multiple run-ins with Dooley. "We've gone off on each other before," said James' stepson, 17-year-old Garrett James. James' wife, Kanina James, can't understand why Dooley is free. "It's over and it's done and it can't be undone," she said on the phone to a friend Monday morning. "Yeah, they caught him and they let him go. I don't know why." She smoked Marlboro Golds on her back porch in the Twin Lakes neighborhood, on a white wicker bench, blotting her eyes with a paper towel and trying to make sense of how a father-daughter basketball game turned deadly. Kanina James said her husband was a good man. "He would help anybody out. I think that's what happened yesterday. I think he was just trying to help someone out." The two met when Kanina worked as a cocktail waitress in Las Vegas. She was taken by his big muscles and his eyes. "I remember thinking, 'He's just so beautiful.' His eyes were so pretty." They married a few years later, in 1998. James loved his daughter Danielle. The two played basketball every Sunday and rode around the neighborhood on a Kawasaki Vulcan motorcycle with a special seat for Danielle. "He and Danielle were so close," Kanina said. "He was her best friend." Kanina said she learned her husband had been shot when a woman called from his cell phone. She hurried to the park and noticed that paramedics were not working on him. She tried to run to him but deputies held her back. At the scene, Danielle asked her mother why no one was helping her dad. "I just said, 'He already went up to heaven.' " Detectives interviewed the girl Monday. The Sheriff's Office said she was traumatized, which complicates the investigation. "The minute we can reach a point we have a finding and something we can move on, we will," said Frost, the sheriff's colonel. Times staff writer Tom Marshall and researcher John Martin contributed to this report. Ben Montgomery can be reached at bmontgomery@sptimes.com or (813) 310-6066. 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“Hurricane Skate & Surf sells more than just skateboards - Bradenton Herald”

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Hurricane Skate & Surf sells more than just skateboards - Bradenton Herald Posted: 22 Sep 2010 09:01 PM PDT Skateboards. Bikinis. Designer jeans. Peace signs made in Haiti from recycled oil can lids, too. And handmade purses from Nepal. Welcome to Hurricane Skate and Surf, 6600 Manatee Ave. W. "It's eclectic," said owner Susan Chully of her family business. "There's a need for a shop like this in this area. When we opened, people said, 'Are you out of your minds? With this economy?' But I feel lucky." The shop, which opened in April 2009, carries merchandise geared predominantly toward the skateboarding community. A good portion of one wall is covered with skateboards of all colors. They've got exotic brand names, too. Black Label. Creature. Gibbon. Girl & Chocolate. Mystery. Zero. "There's a ton," said Matt Helmer, Susan's son. "Every company has a different vibe. Some are funny. Some are serious. Some are scary. But it's all about skateboarding." Skateboards range from $20 to $50, plus wheels ($28 to $44) and trucks or axles ($65 to $25). There are a couple of surfboards for sale, too, but the shop's primary target is skateboarders. "This is not the island. That's the beach culture there," Helmer said. "The skateboard culture doesn't need beach to enjoy themselves. Just concrete, rails, curves, driveways, parking garages, stairways. "The skateboarding niche comes in waves. It's popular, then it's not. But diehard kids come back, that's who we try to cater to." During the past five months, though, Hurricane Skate and Surf has begun to diversify. Besides skateboarding T-shirts and shoes, the owners have added things like designer women's clothing and jewelry. "We're keeping the core skateboards, but my sister and I and my daughter added our style," Susan Chully said. "We've been adding women's things, designer clothing and jewelry, dresses, bikinis from California, picture frames from reclaimed wood and metal. We're going to keep broadening and broadening. It's fun for me." It is a family business in the real sense. "The whole family helps out," Helmer said. That includes his aunt Sarah and sister Sarah Wortman. "It's a good thing we all have full-time jobs. We would probably starve if we didn't," joked Susan Chully, a registered nurse at Blake Medical Center. Tucked away at the east end of a small shopping center, Chully said they've tried to be creative to attract customers. "It's not real accessible so we're trying to get something more visible on the street — hanging out sundresses, bathing suits, art," she said. "If some people think it's only a skateboard shop, they'll not stop. But if they realize it's other things, they will." Vin Mannix, local columnist, can be reached at 745-7055. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php Five Filters featured article: Beyond Hiroshima - The Non-Reporting of Falluja's Cancer Catastrophe. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

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“Skateboard icon Tony Hawk, 42, tells fans to ‘Do it because you love it’ - Knoxville News Sentinel”

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Skateboard icon Tony Hawk, 42, tells fans to ‘Do it because you love it’ - Knoxville News Sentinel Posted: 24 Sep 2010 09:42 PM PDT Tony Hawk graced the rim of several of the bowls at the Knoxville Skatepark on Friday afternoon. The warm afternoon at Tyson Park was filled with the not-so-dull roar of hundreds of skaters from 4-year-olds to adults. The skaters traded tips, showed off newly gained and mostly harmless injuries, and speculatively eyed the demo for the soon-to-be released Hawk video game, pausing only to scan the park's surroundings for any sign of one of the most recognized names in alternative sports. When Hawk finally walked into the park around 5 p.m., his entrance lacked the fanfare of an entourage, fireworks or even a banner. He was just a normal, if exceedingly tall, man with gray hairs starting to show in his sideburns and a skateboard curled under his arm. That is until one of his young fans spotted him near the entrance and alerted the crowd. "It's Tony Hawk! It's Tony Hawk!" the little boy screamed as the crowd started to cheer. "People sincerely appreciate the effort of coming out here, and they come out here in droves," the 42-year-old Hawk said over the shouts of fans clamoring around to take pictures of him. "Do it because you love it, and continue challenging yourself," Hawk said as advice to young skaters. The park was filled with plenty of teenage skaters trying their hands at various tricks on the park's equipment, but weaving through, under and around the mix were quite a few young children being cheered on by parents sitting in the shade or stands. Proudly displaying newly earned road-rash on her elbow, 15-year-old Emma Otten was one of the few girls skating at the park. While she gave up the sport for a few years because she was tired of being made fun of for skating as a girl, she picked her deck back up a few months ago, and was more than excited to see one of her favorite skaters ride the rails around her favorite park. "He's taught me some pretty sweet tricks off of his YouTube videos," Otten said. "He's probably one of the gnarliest skaters I've ever seen." This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php Five Filters featured article: Beyond Hiroshima - The Non-Reporting of Falluja's Cancer Catastrophe. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

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“Hurricane Skate & Surf sells more than just skateboards - Bradenton Herald”

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Hurricane Skate & Surf sells more than just skateboards - Bradenton Herald Posted: 22 Sep 2010 09:01 PM PDT Skateboards. Bikinis. Designer jeans. Peace signs made in Haiti from recycled oil can lids, too. And handmade purses from Nepal. Welcome to Hurricane Skate and Surf, 6600 Manatee Ave. W. "It's eclectic," said owner Susan Chully of her family business. "There's a need for a shop like this in this area. When we opened, people said, 'Are you out of your minds? With this economy?' But I feel lucky." The shop, which opened in April 2009, carries merchandise geared predominantly toward the skateboarding community. A good portion of one wall is covered with skateboards of all colors. They've got exotic brand names, too. Black Label. Creature. Gibbon. Girl & Chocolate. Mystery. Zero. "There's a ton," said Matt Helmer, Susan's son. "Every company has a different vibe. Some are funny. Some are serious. Some are scary. But it's all about skateboarding." Skateboards range from $20 to $50, plus wheels ($28 to $44) and trucks or axles ($65 to $25). There are a couple of surfboards for sale, too, but the shop's primary target is skateboarders. "This is not the island. That's the beach culture there," Helmer said. "The skateboard culture doesn't need beach to enjoy themselves. Just concrete, rails, curves, driveways, parking garages, stairways. "The skateboarding niche comes in waves. It's popular, then it's not. But diehard kids come back, that's who we try to cater to." During the past five months, though, Hurricane Skate and Surf has begun to diversify. Besides skateboarding T-shirts and shoes, the owners have added things like designer women's clothing and jewelry. "We're keeping the core skateboards, but my sister and I and my daughter added our style," Susan Chully said. "We've been adding women's things, designer clothing and jewelry, dresses, bikinis from California, picture frames from reclaimed wood and metal. We're going to keep broadening and broadening. It's fun for me." It is a family business in the real sense. "The whole family helps out," Helmer said. That includes his aunt Sarah and sister Sarah Wortman. "It's a good thing we all have full-time jobs. We would probably starve if we didn't," joked Susan Chully, a registered nurse at Blake Medical Center. Tucked away at the east end of a small shopping center, Chully said they've tried to be creative to attract customers. "It's not real accessible so we're trying to get something more visible on the street — hanging out sundresses, bathing suits, art," she said. "If some people think it's only a skateboard shop, they'll not stop. But if they realize it's other things, they will." Vin Mannix, local columnist, can be reached at 745-7055. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php Five Filters featured article: Beyond Hiroshima - The Non-Reporting of Falluja's Cancer Catastrophe. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

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“Boys and Girls Club Shuts Down Beloved Skate Park - Santa Monica Mirror”

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Boys and Girls Club Shuts Down Beloved Skate Park - Santa Monica Mirror Posted: 07 Sep 2010 10:09 PM PDT Sorry, Readability was unable to parse this page for content. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php Five Filters featured article: Beyond Hiroshima - The Non-Reporting of Falluja's Cancer Catastrophe. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

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IMPORTANT: Bing News RSS feed has moved! Posted: 15 Sep 2010 11:07 PM PDT http://www.bing.com/newsSearch Results for skateboard girl at Bing.comNews20010These XML results may not be used, reproduced or transmitted in any manner or for any purpose other than rendering Bing results within an RSS aggregator for your personal, non-commercial use. Any other use requires written permission from Microsoft Corporation. By using these results in any manner whatsoever, you agree to be bound by the foregoing restrictions.http://www.bing.com/s/a/rsslogo.gifhttp://www.bing.com/newshttp://www.rssboard.org/rss-specificationhttp://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/09/15/wednesdays-intriguing-people-25/http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/09/15/wednesdays-intriguing-people-25/The girl even has her own take on the famed Anna Wintour bob and oversized glasses ... skateboard legend Tony Hawk, "American Idol" host Ryan Seacrest, singer Lenny Kravitz, actress Jessica Alba, singer Alicia Keys ...2010-09-15T15:52:28ZCNN (blog)http://www.cnbc.com/id/39162437http://www.cnbc.com/id/39162437... skateboard ride in platforms down the catwalk and another wore American-flag stiletto ... You got to give the girl something her closet doesn't already have." With a pink kid bike of her own that she rode down ...2010-09-14T02:03:18ZCNBChttp://runway.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/02/fashion-week-preview-the-faces/?hphttp://runway.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/02/fashion-week-preview-the-faces/?hpshe reported in an e-mail message: "Just saw a girl Jessica Clarke @DNA ... You can picture her leaving a casting and jumping on her skateboard." Ms. Brokaw and Ms. Gregori-Boina say that clients want models with ...2010-09-03T00:28:58ZNew York Times Blogshttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/ff42d5d2b3db42fab97fe7ce672461e4/US-FEA--Fashion_Week-Betsey_Johnson/http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/ff42d5d2b3db42fab97fe7ce672461e4/US-FEA--Fashion_Week-Betsey_Johnson/... skateboard ride in platforms down the catwalk and another wore American-flag stiletto ... You got to give the girl something her closet doesn't already have." With a pink kid bike of her own that she rode down ...2010-09-14T01:56:08ZRepublichttp://www.ocregister.com/common/redirects/next.php?id=266244&category=Newshttp://www.ocregister.com/common/redirects/next.php?id=266244&category=News... skateboard park, a caller said. 1:58 p.m. Petty theft. 900 block East Avenida Pico ... A girl was lying on the side of the road near a gutter and a trash bin, a caller said. 9:52 p.m. Disturbance-family dispute ...2010-09-13T20:41:11ZOrange County Registerhttp://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2010/09/fug_girls_tk_at_betsey_johnson.html?+vendors+and+style+from+the+New+York+City+region+of+New+York.http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2010/09/fug_girls_tk_at_betsey_johnson.html?+vendors+and+style+from+the+New+York+City+region+of+New+York.... skateboard, and earned a supportive whoop from the crowd when she lost a shoe and had to ... Sounds like a girl who appreciates the glories of a croissant as much as we do.2010-09-14T04:47:56ZNymag.comhttp://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/archives/2010/09/live_maluca_and.phphttp://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/archives/2010/09/live_maluca_and.phphe closed out with a slew of hits -- "A Milli," Busta's "Touch It," Juelz Santana's "Whistle Song" -- mixed into each other so quickly that the girl in front of us barely ... skateboard-toting locals. One of the ...2010-09-13T15:11:54ZVillage Voice (blog)http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20100912/LIVING/309120020/1311/ADVERTISINGhttp://www.citizen-times.com/article/20100912/LIVING/309120020/1311/ADVERTISINGas well as Blue Eyed Girl. The Apple Chill Cloggers will perform with traditional mountain ... Push Skateshop and Gallery is premiering its first skateboard video, "PUSH," at 9:30 p.m. Thursday at Asheville Pizza ...2010-09-12T04:21:41ZAsheville Citizen-Timeshttp://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/entertainment/art/2010/09/ART-REVIEW-The-Worst-is-Yet-to-Come-1975-Gallery-Booksmart/http://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/entertainment/art/2010/09/ART-REVIEW-The-Worst-is-Yet-to-Come-1975-Gallery-Booksmart/two artists held in high regard for their designs in the skateboard industry with companies including Alien Workshop, Element, DC Shoe Co., and Girl skateboards. "We're both at the age where we've seen things rise ...2010-09-08T14:20:34ZRochester City Newspaperhttp://www.dailyrecord.com/article/20100910/COMMUNITIES/100909028/Not-your-average-suburban-backyard-Family-keeps-goats-chickens-beeshttp://www.dailyrecord.com/article/20100910/COMMUNITIES/100909028/Not-your-average-suburban-backyard-Family-keeps-goats-chickens-beesVincent Preschool and mother to three boys and one girl. She and husband Joe have spent the last few ... The family's farming investments sit adjacent to a skateboard half-pipe and batting cage for their sons;2010-09-10T08:05:57ZMorris County Daily Record This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php Five Filters featured article: Beyond Hiroshima - The Non-Reporting of Falluja's Cancer Catastrophe. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

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“Pool party, skateboard tournament this month in Oxford - Oxford Press”

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Pool party, skateboard tournament this month in Oxford - Oxford Press Posted: 01 Sep 2010 04:22 AM PDT 1:14 PM Tuesday, August 31, 2010 Labor Day Pool Party: Noon to 3 p.m. Sept. 6, Oxford Municipal Pool. It's the last day of the summer season at the pool. Play games and win prizes. DJ John will be playing all your favorite tunes. Pay general admission or use your pool pass. Community Yard Sale Rescheduled due to Rain: Stop by the community yard sale from 8 a.m. to noon Sept. 18 at the TRI Community Center, 6025 Fairfield Road. Skateboard Tournament: A skateboard tournament will be held Saturday, Sept. 18, hosted by Oxford Parks and Recreation. There are three categories: beginner, intermediate, advanced. G-Rides will once again be on hand to judge the contest, sell gear and award the prizes. A DJ will keep the music going all afternoon. Helmets are required. The competition will begin at noon. Register and warm-up from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Registration is free. For more information, call (513) 523-6314. Officials Needed: Officials are needed for flag-football. Must be at least 16 years old. Apply at the TRI Community Center. Games will be Monday and Tuesday nights at Oxford Community Park. Youth Basketball League: Oxford Parks and Recreation will be accepting registrations for the youth basketball League. Boys and girls grades first through 10 are invited to participate. Evaluations will be in October (all players will be placed on a team). Practices will begin after Thanksgiving and games will begin Jan. 15. Instructional league (first/second grade) practice/game times TBD. Register at the TRI Community Center by Oct. 9. A $10 late fee will be assessed to all late registrations. For more information, call (513) 523-6314. Call the Oxford Parks and Recreation Department for more information on these and other programs: (513) 523-6314. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php Five Filters featured article: Beyond Hiroshima - The Non-Reporting of Falluja's Cancer Catastrophe.

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“Fug Girls: Skateboards, Sailor Outfits, and Secrets From One Tree Hill at Betsey ... - Nymag.com”

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Fug Girls: Skateboards, Sailor Outfits, and Secrets From One Tree Hill at Betsey ... - Nymag.com Posted: 13 Sep 2010 10:02 PM PDT Kelly Osbourne, Carmen Electra, and Ciara at Betsey Johnson's spring 2011 show.Photo: Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images for IMG At Fashion Week, logically enough, the bulk of celebrity interviews tend to revolve around the subject at hand: clothes, the acquisition of clothes, and the adoration of clothes. But some questions are simply too important, too vital to our national identity and welfare, to leave unasked. And so it was with this great mandate from the universe that we inched toward One Tree Hill's Shantel VanSanten at Betsey Johnson on Monday and asked how the CW soap could possibly top the episode in which a villain watched a dog eat the heart that was supposed to be transplanted into his chest. "It's hard to top that," she admitted. "In fact, I don't think you do top that. I think that is the top." VanSanten, who started modeling at 15 to put herself through college, was friendly and poised in the Betsey front row despite copping to occasional nerves about the pressure of the spotlight. "Everyone thinks, 'Oh, that looks so easy, how fun,' and it is fun, but I can't help feeling so much anxiety," she said. "Like, 'Should I do this? Should I sit down? Do they want my picture or am I in the way?'" If it were us, we'd take one look at those hot, bright flashes and run headfirst into the nearest croissant, so she's already about a hundred paces ahead of where we would be. But there were still pressing issues to discuss: Last we saw VanSanten's character, Quinn, she'd been shot in the gut by her super-hot boyfriend's dead wife's look-alike, played by Jodie Sawyer from Center Stage (a ballet movie, which ties us back to Lincoln Center — synergy!), and we were worried for her. "I was a little worried for her, too," VanSanten laughed. "But you know, on One Tree Hill, people come back alive, they come back as ghosts … you never know." And would her onscreen paramour, played by Robert Buckley, do us the courtesy of taking off his shirt anytime soon? "I think there might be a little of that," she grinned. "I just wish [their characters] would have sex already. I mean come on!" Then she paused. "Honestly, even if he were hideous, he'd still be the nicest person alive. He's like my brother." Yes, and people with super-hot brothers are honor-bound to hook them up with their friends. And we're pretty sure our conversation makes us friends … right? VanSanten sat next to reigning Miss USA Rima Fakih, who wore a dress with a tutu skirt and her iconic sash. One aisle over from them sat Kelly Osbourne and Carmen Electra, who — like Denise Richards across the way — had spent the half-hour between Chris Benz and Betsey quickly changing their clothes, yet magically without mussing their hair or makeup. We're always so curious as to how and where they manage to do this. Backstage with the models? In their limo? In the stall of a nearby restaurant's public bathroom? Richards opted for pink sequins, Kelly looked very spring/summer in a floral dress, and Electra — her seatmate, with whom she gabbed a fair bit during the show, picked black. Just as the lights went down, we saw Ciara perched on Electra's other side, wearing thigh-high leather Louboutin boots and a polka-dot garter-belt dress. Ciara must have had a tough day: She was at the VMAs Sunday night, and flying cross-country in time to look pretty and alert at a fashion show is no easy feat. In that respect, it's a good thing Ciara was at Betsey, because there is no livelier event in town. It's like ocular caffeine. This year's event had a cycling theme, "Tour de Betsey," beginning with the song "Bicycle Race" by Queen along with video footage of Johnson riding two-wheelers all around Manhattan with her grandchildren. Backed by that, the models came down the runway in various sporty outfits with jackets and bling that encouraged us all to — caps hers — "RIDE ME." One model came down the runway on a skateboard, and earned a supportive whoop from the crowd when she lost a shoe and had to get off and shoulder the skateboard all the way back up the runway. Then we got some sailor outfits to the tune of "In the Navy," and a neon array of Betsey's signature froufy party dresses. Betsey closed the show by coming out on a bike, performing her signature cartwheel, and then flopping triumphantly — and exhaustedly, we're sure — onto her back for a second while her models came out wearing yellow-jersey-themed outfits and waving checkered flags. The models flouncing down the catwalk at Betsey always seem to be having as good a time as the crowd does, but VanSanten did say there are definite benefits to being in the seats instead of on the runway. "Before, I always loved watching the shows and walking in them," she said. "But now I can eat and watch the shows. It's like, 'Aha!'" Sounds like a girl who appreciates the glories of a croissant as much as we do. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php Five Filters featured article: Beyond Hiroshima - The Non-Reporting of Falluja's Cancer Catastrophe. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

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“Fug Girls: Perrey Reeves Talks Diet Tips at Nicole Miller - Zimbio”

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Fug Girls: Perrey Reeves Talks Diet Tips at Nicole Miller - Zimbio Posted: 11 Sep 2010 07:34 PM PDT Perrey Reeves, Cassie, and Keisha Whitaker at the Nicole Miller Spring 2011 show. When we walked into Nicole Miller Friday afternoon, the first seat we saw was marked, "Michael Gross." Could it be? Was Family Ties' beloved paterfamilias, for some unimagined reason, making the foray to Fashion Week? We indulged a lengthy fantasy which culminated in our finally being introduced to Michael J. Fox — the greatest dream of our childhood — before we remembered that surely this chair was for the writer Michael Gross. Apparently, our days of skateboarding with Marty McFly are as far off as they ever were. It was the first of a few sad disappointments. We'd heard rumors Diddy was going to attend the show, but unless he was in disguise as a Voguette, we saw neither him nor a chair tagged with his name. Ugly Betty's Michael Urie did at least have an assigned seat next to Tessa Thompson's (you probably don't remember her from the CW's short-lived Hidden Palms, but might remember her from Veronica Mars), but we didn't see him either until after the show ended, when we almost bumped into both of them standing outside on the sidewalk looking perplexed (and, in Urie's case, sporting three days' growth of scruff and a totally jazzy suit). Did they accidentally miss the show, or were they just confused because we didn't come over and yammer on inarticulately about Hidden Palms, as we are wont to do? We also didn't get to ogle Mad Men's Alison Brie nearly as much as we'd have liked, as she sneaked into the show through standing room at the very last minute (although we saw enough to confirm she looked smashing in a short, bright blue cocktail dress). And, in the final blow, we overheard Entourage's Perrey Reeves telling a reporter that she's a vegetarian and does a lot of yoga. Personally, we were hoping that the secret to such a petite figure as hers was actually to, like, eat extra cheeseburgers in hopes that the excess calories somehow eventually cancel themselves out and actually become a negative number, but apparently it's all vegetables and exercise. Boring. All was not lost, however: In addition to Reeves, we did spy singer Cassie — who continues to sport that half-shaved head, like it's still the summer of 2009 where she is — and Sarah Wynter, who looked low-key in a black sheath. Best of all, when we happened to glance up in the middle of the show, we spotted a red-haired woman standing behind a back row, bobbing her head in time to the music. It was model-actress–former Stallone paramour Angie Everhart — officially the last person we expected to see standing around, well, anywhere, much less tucked under a shadowy brick archway like an underage dude loitering outside a liquor store. The good news for her is, when you see the back of a statuesque woman with a red mane, the name "Angie Everhart" is still the first to leap to mind. Julia Roberts can't even claim that, so in that respect, the show closed on an up note for both us and Angie. Sigh. We do love a happy ending. See the full collection here. Read more posts by Fug Girls Filed Under: new york fugging city, angie everheart, designers, fashion week, hidden palms, new york fashion week, nicole miller, spring 2011 This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php Five Filters featured article: "Peace Envoy" Blair Gets an Easy Ride in the Independent. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

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