“Tod Swank, pre Foundation, taking a picture of me taking a picture of him. 1988 or ‘89 at the curbs by Lou’s Records in Del Mar. Note the Big Black tee.”

Caption says:

“A member in good standing of the no
b. s. school of skateboarding”

R.I.P. Bob, you are remembered.

see : Original Z-Boy Bob Biniak passes away

Localizado no Parque Garota de Ipanema o bowl do Arpoador foi inaugurado no ano de 1991. Idealizado por Cesinha Chaves, o bowl já foi visitado por grandes nomes do skate mundial.

Em agosto de 2008 o jornal O Dia anunciou que o bowl seria demolido e daria espaço a um observatório ambiental. A notíciaa uniu skatistas de todo mundo, que se mobilizaram em um abaixo assinado em favor do bowl.

Em setembro de 2009 a Converse reformou toda a área do bowl do Arpoador, entregando á população com um grande evento, trazendo 40 skatistas de 4 gerações, que nasceram, cresceram, evoluiram e até aqueles que ainda não sentiram o gosto do copping block do bowl.

direcão:Alex Kundera
producão: Drops.tv
realização: Converse
cameras: Sony V1, Sony Z1, Canon HV30 e Canon T1i / 500D
lentes: Canon lens EF-S 18-50mm 3.5, 50mm 1.8

[via sk8.net]

big up @ 2-fre, El Gato Negro et tout le crew sk8.net !

skate days : a wonderful collection of pics.

Some memories of the good ole days. Used to be on the Pepsi skateboard team back in the 70s on the East Coast. We would put on shows at verious locations in New England and abouts..We went to New York a few times for a few parades including the Macys day parade where we skated with Tony Alva during his hayday. Steve Ellis AKA Woody Woodflow and later known as Cholo (of Hawaii) was also on the team..Some of the great parks we skated in this erra were Cherryhill in NJ, Shooting Star in Mass, Vernon in CT, Centrifical Force in RI and of coarse Yawgoo Valley Ski resort of RI… (our roots)

Indy, Sceaux 1991 ou 92 via his fb

richie jackson – death skateboards

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