“The 80′s are DEAD!” 80′s Zombie Skater Jam results…
words and photos – Jones Skate Rags pants: check, Vision Streetwear hipsack: check, Painters Cap: check, 169 Indy’s: check, and lookin like a Zombie: check! Thanks to everyone who dressed up and came out to skate! Thanks to Beer Run Skateboards, FishBanks Skateboard Shop, Lost Highway, The Tool Skatetool and Red Curbs for throwing down product as [...]
13th Annual “Tim Brauch Memorial Bowl Contest” 9-24-2011
September 24th2011: The TMB Memorial Contest went off and is getting bigger and better every year! San Jose was home to Tim Brauch and is home to the Lake Cunningham skatepark with it magnificent “Skull Bowl”. The street contest was held at Scotts Valley Tim Brauch skatepark the following weekend and more shredding went down! [...]
7th Annual “Toad & Salmon’s CHILI BOWL” Contest 2011!
words and photos -Jones The 7th Annual “Toad & Salmon’s CHILI BOWL” Contest August 27th 2011 went off at Potrero Del Sol Skatepark in San Francisco California! Tons of people, Tons of chili and tons of great skateboarding. First place “Kids” went to Reid Nickalaus First place “Girls” went to Lizzie Armanto First place “Masters” [...]
“Skate the Lake” last of the 2011 Summer comp…
words and photos Jones The Last of the “Skate The Lake” Summer 2011 contest series at San Jose’s Lake Cunningham Regional Skatepark went down on August 13th 2011… 1St Place Mini Bowl 12-16 yrs – Angel Ortega 1st place Street 12-16 yrs - Jake Kottke Best trick – Jake Kottke – air to extention tail [...]
“Push it to the Parks!” San Jose’s Go Skateboarding Day 2011
words and photos – Jones I almost forgot about the annual “Go Skateboarding Day” that was about to happen on June 21st 2011 if it was’nt for a guy in France. Yes, France. He messaged me through skatevirus.com and asked “are you guys doing anything for Go Skateboarding Day?”. I knew I had totally forgot [...]
FISHBANKS Skateshop Jam: Best Trick comp!
Well…congrats to Fishbanks Skateshop in Sunnyvale California for being around for 6 years. In a world of “we could care less about the local skate scene” chain store skate shops its nice to see a local shop support true skateboarding. It was a nice spring day at the Sunnyvale skatepark and there was a lot [...]
12th Annual 2010 Tim Brauch Memorial Bowl Contest Lake Cunningham Regional Skatepark
The 12th Annual 2010 Tim Brauch Memorial Bowl Contest at Lake Cunningham Regional Skatepark was phenomenal! With a higher turnout compared to the 2 years past at LCRSP it was an awesome vibe all day long. Ladies, Locals, Amature, Pro and Masters were the divisions. Steve Caballero took first in the masters with Mark Partain [...]
Tim Brauch Memorial Contest weekend! Oct. 2&3 2010
Its that time of the year again when the Tim Brauch Memorial Contest comes through Scotts Valley and San Jose. Street contest will be at Scotts Valley Skatepark on Saturday the 2nd and the Bowl Contest will be at Lake Cunningham skatepark in San Jose on the 3rd. Sessions will be the main sponser of [...]
SF “City Underground” Mini-Ramp Contest 5-8-2010
The City Underground Mini Ramp Contest went down May 8th 2010 at Fort Mason in San Francisco. Skull Candy sported the mini ramp that Raven Tershay ripped and Brad McClain won taking home two Gs! Hightower played next to the ramp, The Adolescents and Face to Face played later on the main stage. It was pretty rockin! [...]
Nor-Cal Surf Shop mini ramp comp 2010
Pacifica California aka “Fog City” is a very popular Northern California surf city. About 15 minutes south of SF its a nice get away for the city types to hit the waves. It also has a great skateboard scene, a legacy of skateboarders and an awesome skateboard park. So along those lines Nor-Cal Surf Shop [...]
Buena Vista Pool Contest 2009
These photos are from 2009 when the legendary Buena Vista Pool, just south of Santa Cruz California, was unearthed for some rare sessions and a contest. I believe Josh Mattson won by hitting all the tranny and lips he came across. Josh “Screech” Sandoval was doing roll in reverts and backside bonlesses into the deep [...]
Toad & Salmon’s SF “Chili Bowl” Competition 2010
The 6th Annual “Toad and Salmons” Chili Bowl contest went down at Potrero Skatepark in San Francisco on Saturday August 28th 2010. And once again Brad “Die-Hard” McClain took first place by going off in his last run and clearing the big gap from small bowl to small bowl. Competition was hot with lots of [...]