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Brothers of noNSense Art Show

Posted on 20 June 2009. Tags: , , ,

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Brothers of noNSense Art Show

BB and Moüse are having an art show. Its going to be in Los Angeles on June 27th. Head on out there to show your support for art and skateboarding.

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Jereme Rogers retires from skateboarding

Posted on 19 June 2009. Tags: , ,

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Last night Jereme Rogers announced that he is retiring from skateboarding. I am not sure how you just retire from skateboarding I think you just kind of fade away. The only person I know of actually retiring from a part of skateboarding was Tony Hawk back in the late 90′s and he only retired from the competition aspect of skateboarding. We can only speculate why Jereme is retiring from skateboarding injury free at such a young age but I suspect it has something to do with the adventure he had with mushrooms a few weeks ago in Redondo Beach. Here is a clip from that news story.

Plan B pro Jereme Rogers apoligised to his Redondo Beach neighbors last Wednesday when he apparently “ate some mushrooms and bugged out”. He was preaching naked from his rooftop to his neighbors about god. Jereme apparently pulled his boxer shorts off around 6:40am. Climbed onto his roof of the two story house he rents on Havemeyer Lane and Goodman Avenue in Redondo beach, California. Jereme ran around naked on his roof back and forth getting dangerously close to the edge. Lieutenant Acquarelli stated “He would have fragmented, interrupted conversations with people that weren’t there,” he also said “He never lost his balance,” the lieutenant said. “The potential was there for it. If he had taken a few negligible steps to the right, that would have impeded his balance and would have led to his demise.” Jeremy who has religous tattoos and often speaks of spirituality acredits his skateboarding skill as a gift from god. The responding officer used this to his advantage lurred Jereme off the roof by informing him that he was a Catholic high school teacher talked with Jereme about spirituality and success. When he finally got close enough he and another officer grabbed Jereme off the roof and brought him down to safety. Jereme was then taken to County Harbor Medical Center for an observation period. He was not arrested but he could face possible charges at a later date.

Well whatever Jereme ends up doing from now on we wish him the best and he was one hell of a skater!

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Paul Rodriguez Skate Park In Pacoima

Posted on 19 June 2009. Tags: , ,

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In its continuing effort to give Los Angeles-area youth new places to play, Nike, The LA 84 Foundation and the City of Los Angeles joined Nike SB pro Paul Rodriguez, Jr. and his dad, legendary comedian Paul Rodriguez, Sr., to inaugurate the Paul Rodriguez Skate Park at Ritchie Valens Public Park in Pacoima, California. Constructed in an area of Los Angeles near where Paul Rodriguez grew up, this new skate park’s design pushes current standards by recreating famous Southern California skate spots and incorporating them into the natural fabric of the existing park. As popular as skateboarding is around the world, a majority of famous skate spots in the United States are on private property and are illegal to skate. This skate park has no fences or traditional skate park elements, just natural, skate-able architecture, as skaters would find in any neighborhood.

“I wish I was 15 again so that I could grow up with such amazing terrain nearby,” said Rodriguez, Jr. “If you wanted to, you could film here—there is no difference between this park and a real spot. For example, the ditch at the end of the path is a re-creation of the Griffith Park run-off ditch, and the blue handrails in the plaza are replicas of the nearby Sylmar rails that are no longer skate-able.”

The Paul Rodriguez Skate Park was designed and constructed by Joe Ciaglia and California Skateparks. As industry leaders in forward thinking design and construction, the firm was the logical choice. Skate legend and fellow Nike SB team rider Lance Mountain was also the co-designer of the park. He sums up the park’s concept:

“The process starts by thinking the way most street skaters feel about skating: skate to a spot, have a session and then move to the next spot. The challenge is to build a place where skaters can hang out and feel like it’s a real session in the street or schoolyard without getting kicked out. And if you want to film there, the photos and video should look like a real skate spot. Just freedom—you should not feel like you were being punished or sentence to skate here.”

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