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edwards this place looks like a larger version of westminster (using alot of the same trannys). grand opening fri sept 2 2005

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we are finally getting this scene some good stuff after years of slacking back, things are looking pretty good for vert roundwall skaters around colorado. denver is turning out to be quite a skate city with the skatecolorado ramp being bowled in inside the fallen warehouse; 2 team pain backyard pools done; the backyard vans clover is gonna be insane; north in longmont wally holiday via eric dawkins is building some sorta bowl (probably a mellow teaser); and tim altec (ft collins) is building another bowl in spring creek. then in the rockies the landscape architects (whom needed a swift kick in the ass) that built westminster are almost done with a vert pool coping tile bowl in edwards; grindline is almost done with a park in fairplay that has plenty of oververt and pool coping; and theres 2 backyard bowls around up there. got all that?


fairplay update grindline has expanded the design, added some features, and are trying to bust a break thru colorado park out for us. the changes are (so far): a deepend of 9 and 1. the entire bowl on a downhill slant toward the deep & cradlw. the cradle is a funnel cradle starting at 18 and slowly going down in size to 15 or 16 at the end. it will be a funnel cradle, so it will have a full pipe feel going into it. they have added an 11 ft oververt dish & the biggest bank wall they have ever built. there will be ballard hips going into the bank wall on each side. all trannies will have vert or just about go to vert...and it will be 100% pool coping all around.


champ again! jason mitchell has been killing it in the slalom skateboarding circuit and the Paris Slalom World Cup event was no exception. he placed third in the slalom and won the giant slalom recently over there in france.


mountains of trannys will be unveiled in denver at the fallen warehouse. saturday may 28th. for 5 bucks you can see the vid, hear live bands, and jam some pool coping on the kickass mini in the warehouse.


nederland is really interested in getting the word out about their skatepark. Its going to be in a sweet spot down by the reservoir, I think it will be place to visit for any serious skater. No mistakes are going to be made in the construction process. It will be well designed and built correctly. Town has already given us the land, even increasing the size of it from 7200 sq ft to 13,000 sq ft. This town needs a good kick in the ass and this park will be just what the doctor ordered!!

Here is a link to our Web Site www.nedsk8.org



funtest The 2nd (annual?) Conspiracy Funtest will be going down Saturday, May 14th at the Trinidad Skatepark. The skating starts at 2pm. Then there's a showing of Conspiracy's "DIE.. SKATE OR DIE" video and the skatecolorado mountains of trannys video at the Droppin' In Skate Shop at 8pm.



team pain is slated to build a concrete park in winter park soon. them and a few other reputable park builders (wally and dreamland) are also bidding the longmont concrete park which will include a pool and flow course.



westminster is set to open may 11. 5:30 to 7 is the ceremony. now my friends and i will finally have a concrete vert bowl to skate.





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The Cheyenne Wyoming skate park needs your help. Please cut and paste the message below and send it to the mayor of Cheyenne and the President of the Cheyenne City Council. Please put CHEYENNE SKATE PARK in the subject bar. Please forward this to ten friends who skate and tell them to e-mail the Cheyenne city officials as well. Cheyenne Wyoming skate park bowl structure is pictured above. goto. http://profiles.myspace.com/users/15794443 or http://www.geocities.com/jdz2004bowlplan for more info.

MAYOR'S EMAIL jspiker@cheyennecity.org

CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT'S EMAIL patrick@mail.bicyclestation.com

Hello, I am _____________ and I live in _________________. I have seen the pictures of what the
Cheyenne, Wyoming skate park is going to look like and I hope the Cheyenne city government will
back this project with every donation that has been made. From what I understand one donation was
$150,000. Please match this donation because I am going to come to Cheyenne when this skate park
is built. Thank you for your time.


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its official, march 22, 2005. grindline guaranteed 100% penrose pool coping in colorados first all pool coping park, the south park skatepark. construction will begin may 1 2005! and be done in time for burropallooza, the big fairplay town party. congrats to all involved in getting them there!

South Park Skate Park killed Kenny, You Bastard!



need a park? we hear at skatecolorado.com want to get great parks built in this state. we can help cities and private owners find the right people for the particular job. we'll be glad to point potential park proprietors in the right direction. the thing we like to stress is skateboarders should be building skateparks. the trinidad mayors letter about their park sums up what a crew of skateboarders did for their community.

heres a westword story that expands on the above statement, more than a little.



louisville recently fell victim to a skatepark being built by non-skateboarders. it seemed good on paper, but the pours were horrible and the trannys were banks in alot of places. the bowl has already been nick-named 'the piece'. it is a disgrace to see a city giving $380,000 to contractors who dont care. this park is all around terrible- to small, bunk obstacles, terrible trannys, huge kinks, banked walls and hips, pourly set coping. this is a DTC Group project. please warn cities of this firms disasterous blunders!



westminster on the otherhand... this park has the potential to turn out pretty good. the flat is poured and some coping is set. the imaginary curve between them seems nice and steep. can Architerra capitalize on past mistakes and make a great bowl??



jason mitchell of louisville, recently rocked the slalom racing world by winning the super G, and overall world champion for all of the events at the morro bay, worlds in oct. he was seated 59th going into the event, and in a do or die race, jason opened it up and took it all. congratulations! and people, im sure lessons are available.

jason mitchell indy
jason rips all terrain. this humbler hip indy is plenty-o-proof



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