Greg will be at the ASR show in San Diego for the next couple of days. He will be skating the always fun Jim Bell ramp. It will be a good time to hang with some old friends and a chance to meet some new ones.
We are on our way to San Diego. This trip we are taking our time enjoying some killer skate spots.
First stop Amarillo TX ,Grindline park. Day 2 we are meeting up with our friend Thad in Albuquerque NM. He is taking us to the ditches and the new cement park.
Day 3 Phoenix. Check back for up dates and photos.
UPDATEAlbuquerque was rained out for skating but we did get to see Thad. He showed us his town. Looks like they have a great skate scene. We hope to make it back this way sometime.
We made it to Phoenix late last night after driving through a nasty blizzard. We had to drive all the way to AZ to get in a snow storm, we could have stayed home for that.
Raining in Phoenix this AM should clear off later. Check back for some photos late tonight.
UPDATEThe rain continued so the only skating was a game of SKATE with some locals. We did find a grass roots skateboard shop. Underground (
UBF) in Apache Junction. Nice folks and some very cool artwork hanging around.
Today NO RAIN!!!! we will keep you posted on how that goes.
UPDATEToday started off a little rough. The first two parks we stopped at were closed due to water in the park. The 3rd park was in Tempe. It was open and it was great! Greg said it was a very creative set up and had good flow.
We then went to the Phoenix park. We ended the night with a session under the lights in Apache Junction.
On to Cali. Check the photos and keep checking back for updates.
UPDATEWe are in Palm Springs today. $12.00 for a cheese burger? Oh well, nice skate park.
UPDATEWe made it!On the way in from PS we stopped at the Vans park in Orange. After about 4 hours of skating we headed south down the 5 to San Diego. I must say the Escort did a great job getting us here, at a couple of stops 40 MPG.
Today we are getting dialed in on the new surroundings and then a late session at the Y Encinitas.
UPDATECoronado today, Etnies tomorrow. The weather is warm and sunny. The skateparks are hot.
UPDATE Met up with JT and his crew today. We had a great time catching up. Headed up the 5 to Lake Forest. Etnies was packed. Greg said it was like a game of Frogger skating around the groms.
Fun session in the skull bowl. No clue what is on for tomorrow.
UPDATEClairemont was the stop today.
The bowl is being reworked so we were not able to skate it. Greg got in a few runs on the vert ramp and then we headed back back to JT's for a BBQ. The temp is 72.
The road trip comes to an end. We had a great time. I am back in the sub zero weather and Greg is in SoCal skating.
12/24/2007
Greg's New Deck
Pool King now has a new division,
Deep End. The first deck was designed by Greg. He picked out the size and drew the tattoo artwork. You can find the deck at some select Skate Shops and Tattoo Parlours or go to
Pool King at our link page.
To find out more about
Deep End and the deck click on the
Deep End logo while you are visiting the PK website.
Vinny's 1st Contest
Nice turn out Friday for Vinny's first contest. PK Army and Team did well. Lloyd and Pat finished in the top 5 for advanced and Jordan took home the Trophy with a 3rd place finish.
Holly finished in the top 5 in beginners and Steven locked down 1st with 2 back to back flawless runs. No more beginners for you. Ryan took 2nd in intermediate. Greg was the MC and was one of the judges. The other judges: Dave from BBB, Nick from BC, and Pat from Next Gen.
All in all everyone seemed to enjoy the night.
12/01/2007
Come one come all!!!!
Vinny's is hosting a going away party for Greg on January 4. The skating starts when you get here. 6PM or so. Live music by the infamous Mercury's around 7PM. They are sure to ROCK the house!
This is one you won't want to miss. Greg will be graduating midterm from Millard West High School. He will be moving to San Diego to skate. He will be skating all over SoCal but I am sure you'll able to find him at Encinitas YMCA or the Y at Clairmonte.
Please join in on the fun and give him a great send off. Vinny's is in Omaha just north of 72nd street and HY 370.
11/17/2007
Full Page Tracker Ad
Check the latest issue of Concrete Wave. On the inside back cover you will find a full page Tracker Trucks ad with a photo of Greg doing a FS Invert. Photo by MRZ.
We would like to thank Buddy Carr of Tracker for using Greg's photo and we would like to thank MRZ for taking such a killer shot. You can fine CW at your local Barnes and Noble or you can subscribe by visiting CW at our link page.
10/27/2007
Big Contest Weekend
We traveled to 3rd Lair for our 4th annual Midwest Bowlriders Contest. This has been one of our favorite comps. MWBR are a good group and the 3rd Lair is one of our favorite places to visit.
G and J both enter the advanced division. Jordan took 9th and Greg finished 2nd.
While we were there, the Edge held it's annual street contest, along with Phil and his gang from Precision Skateboard Shop.
We are please to announce The Edge Team did great! In advanced: Pat place 1st and Lloyd 2nd.
10/09/2007
NINJA BEARINGS
Greg met with the owner of Ninja Bearings at ASR in Sept, he asked Greg if he would try a set of Ninja bearings. Greg said, "sure". He handed G a set of Apex 3. Greg looked at them thinking this is going to be a step down from my ceramics. He changed out one wheel and gave both the 3's and the ceramics a good hard spin. The Ninjas kept spinning long after the ceramics stopped.
But the real test was skating Clairmont. A couple runs on the vert ramp, a session with some friends in the bowl and closing down the park on the street course proved Ninja to be a very high quality product.
No they are not cheap, not made cheap or sold cheap.Yes! you do get what you pay for.
You can find Ninja Bearings at these fine skate shops: Edge in Lincoln and at BC in Omaha.
We would like to thank Ninja for the flow.
9/10/2007
ASR 2007
We just returned from San Diego where we attended the ASR show.
Greg skated all but the last demo. Jim Bell did the ramp again this year with some cool additions. 10 foot vert section was one of the nice changes.
We had the chance to meet some new folks and get together with some old friends.
One of the highlights was meeting Christian Hosoi. Christian had some very important words for Greg. Words of encouragement and advice on staying strong in his faith.
Our good friend Ray Zimmerman managed to get around on his injured ankle taking some killer shots of Greg at Clairmont.
Some more exciting news on our trip to follow.
8/15/2007
Vans Warped Tour
We just returned from The Warped Tour. Our first stop was
St Louis. The skating was hot! It could have been the 100 temp. We met up with Motto team rider Dakota White. Dakota took fifth place. at age 9 that is GREAT! Greg took second place and a nice cash prize.
We then headed to Kansas City for the next Warped stop. Greg placed first and won a bundle of cash.
The music for the jam contests was none other than Mike V's new band
Revolution Mother.Mike got a session in on the ramp after his last
set.
Rick Thorn brought his bike and showed his no holds bar style of BMX.
All in all a couple of killer days. Thanks to Vans and everyone involved.
8/08/2007
Fuel TV
Check out First Hand on Fuel TV.
They were shooting the Bucky Lasek F.H. when we were in Orlando for Bucky's clinic. They interviewed Greg and got some footage of him. It airs this week. Check it out.
7/15/2007
Heartland Festival
What an incredible turn out!
Lives were changed in Omaha this weekend.
The livin It folks are
great!
Chaos on Wheels BMX,
Riders For Christ FMX, and the Untitled Skateboard Team. Dave, Jud, Tom, Evan, Shawn, and Ben were kind enough to let Greg and Jordan skate the demo with them. G and J were representing Edge 64 skatepark.
This is a time we will never forget.
7/04/2007
Pool King Skateboard Company
Pool King is featured in this months Concrete Wave. It tells the story of Michael Early, founder, owner, and team rider. It is a great read! He even gives a shout out to the fountain bros. It has some killer photos as well.
We have been in San Diego for the week skating with JT and Michael. We are working on a new Pool King ad. Check out a few of the photos.
We head north to Hollywood for the rest of the week. keep checking back for photo and video updates.
6/23/2007
CONTESTO MAGNIFICO
Council Bluffs IA hosted the first annual Contesto Magnifico at their downtown skatepark.
It was a great turn out! The contest started at 10:30AM and did not end till 4:00 PM.
Top skaters from Iowa and Nebraska showed up to win the CASH and some very sick trophies.
4 divisions. Groms, Intermediate, and Advanced. The contest ended with the Old School dudes throwing down to win the one of a kind Hosoi Deck trophy. 2, two minute runs added together to total the best score. Two minute runs are LONG, they had to give some oxygen to a couple skaters.
In the advanced class only 1 point separated first and second place.
Jordan took home cash and a second place trophy. Greg snagged the first place trophy and a nice chunk of change (the green kind).
Thanks to all the sponsors for a full day of skating.
6/19/2007
Biggest Event to Hit Omaha
This could be the biggest event to ever hit Omaha. Over 140000 attended Tampa over 90000 in Nashville. The Heartland Festival will arrive at the Quest Center on July 14 and run through the 15. This is a must see! Top Musical Groups like Toby Mac and Jeremy Camp along with many others. BMX and Freestyle Motocross Pros will be bringing their world class show to Omaha. And
yes SKATEBOARDING!!!!
Performances from pro skateboarders and Livin It DVD stars Jud Heald and Jared Lee, plus amazing amateurs Shawn Hale and Alex Vestal.
Representing The EDGE Skatepark Greg and Jordan Fountain. G and J are stoked to get the invite and look forward to skating in the event and sharing their faith.
We hope to see you there.
AND IT IS FREE!!!!!!!!!!!
6/13/2007
New Sponsor Motto Griptape
We would like to thank our new sponsor Motto Griptape. Motto has asked Greg to join their team.They supply him with some of the sickest GT known to man.Every deck needs Griptape, why not use the best? Motto has contracted with some top artists to design art that Motto laser cuts, making your deck your own. You may have already used Motto without knowing it. Some of the top shops across the county use their tape!
6/09/2007
DAMN AM 2007
Third Lair hosted for the 5th year the
DAMN AM, a national level AM contest with skaters from Canada to Florida from East Coast to West Coast. Last night was the infamous Bowl Jam. Ryan from Skatepark of Tampa said "this was the sickest by far". Here is how it went down, 2 heats, each skater two 45 sec runs deciding the top ten qualifiers to throw down in the jam.
Greg made the cut qualifying 5th. The next 15 minutes equaled a F5 tornado with the same devastating aftermath. After some blood, sweat, and yes tears, it was over.
Greg took 5th overall.
Jordan finished a strong 13.
Conan nailed down 15th. Check out our 3rd Lair link for all the standings.
6/02/2007
Bucky Vert Clinic
We just got back form Orlando.
Bucky held a 2 day vert clinic that Greg was able to attend.
Not only did he get some new tricks, he was fortunate to meet some of the nicest folks in skateboarding.
Vans skatepark did a nice job taking very good care of all the skaters. Jose and his group got it going on.Thank you
Vans. Thank you
Bucky!
4/23/2007
Jordan in this months Concrete Wave
Get your copy of Concrete Wave at Barnes and Noble.
Jordan is featured in the section Next Wave. Jeff Tatum did a great job on the write up. The photo was shot at the Pala Pipes in SoCal.
4/17/2007
Jam at the 712
Sunday we found our way to Sioux City. A bowl jam
was going down. Just back from his tour with "Boy Butter Your Bacon" Skateboards, Roadkill was there along with Dave, Mark, and others. Props have to go out to Mark he was doing some wild riding! He was just a blur flying around the bowl. Dave with a fakie ollie over the channel,
WHAT! It is always a good time with that crew.
3/08/2007
New Article Featuring Greg
Take a few minutes and go to the
Concrete Disciples web site. You can find them on our link page.
They have a featured article on Greg. You can see some great photos by Ray Zimmerman and a nice write up.
Thanks
CD!!
2/28/2007
Texas Demo
The demo went off without a hitch. It was one long drive. 40 hours in the van, but worth it.
Skate a demo with sunshine and temps hitting 90 or shoveling the drive with Jordan.
Thanks Dave for thinking of me.
2/20/2007
Road Warrior
We got a call late last night from our good friend, Dave Nelson.
Dave asked Greg if he was available to do a demo this weekend.
Where might this demo be? McAllen TX. 21 hours straight south. After checking the weather map and seeing a temp of 87 for Saturdays demo, Greg quickly said "
"I'm In!!.
Please pray for safe travel. We will be posting updates on the trip.
2/05/2007
A Day with Ray
Day 3 of our SoCal trip had us meet up with Ray Zimmerman of Concrete Disciples fame. In the recent Skateboard Mag Ray was recognized as one of the top skate photographers. We met up with Ray at Chino, with one wild session going down. Not even 30 minutes in, Greg had a full speed collision with one of the locals making the whole crowd groan in sympathetic pain. Shortly after that G managed to nail a nice stalefish over the hip which brought a little smile to Ray's face. From there we moved on to Montclair, with the smoothest cement terrain known to man. It was a great session with big airs and smith grinds. We even avoided a $300.00 ticket from 5-0 by Greg sliding on his elbow pads. We finished the day with a gorgeous California sunset for the back drop of the last session in Corona. Ray is going to allow us to post a few of the pictures on our site soon;but for the full blown photo session and article, check out www.concretedisciples.com. We'd like to thank Ray for the time he spent with us. Here is a man with a tremendous amount of integrity and sincerity, sometimes hard to find in the industry and in life.
KREW
Day two we found ourselves in L.A. at the KREW Warehouse. Jesse from KREW gave us the okay to swing by and check out their indoor skatepark. Greg and Jordan were surprised at the size. It is a nice set up!
For the first hour the Pool King team had the park to themselves. J.T., Michael, G,and J.
Lunch hour hit and the park quickly filled up with the folks from Krew.
Here is the reason why this company is so in touch with this market. THEY ARE ALL SKATERS! Jesse gave Greg some major league flo, setting him up with a Krew wardrobe. We definitely want to visit Jesse and Krew when we come back to CA and we want them to know they can come check out the Omaha skate scene anytime.
1/16/2007
2006 In Review
We would like to take this time to thank the folks that help make 2006 such a great year.
Pool King, Tracker Trucks, Pro-Tec, Vans, Pleasure Tool Bearings, Concrete Wave, Concrete Disciples, Not Of This World Clothing, Edge 64 Skatepark, BC Skate Shop. JT, Marv, Michael, Buddy, Luke, Jesse, Conan, Ed, Mr.Z and many more.
This passed year we were able to skate in contests, do some demos, sessions and even hold some skate clinics in spots like: Tampa, Orlando, Minneapolis, San Diego, LA, Kansas City.
We look forward to 2007. Thank you for your continued support.
11/28/2006
My short trip
Video now up
11/26/2006
Concrete Wave
Make sure you pick up the new Concrete Wave Mag.(Vol 5 #3). Pool King Has a very cool ad with Michael Early, Pool King Team Rider and Owner.
Jeff Tatum Pool King Rider/ Team Manager has a sick ad for Pleasure Tool Bearings.
Greg, Pool King Team Rider has an ad in as well. Page 57 features a spread on Pool King Team Rider, Bill Billing.
Keep checking P.K. web site. New boards are being developed and the company has some very exciting things on the horizon.
We are glad to be a small part of a grass roots skate company like POOL KING.
November update
November has been a very busy month.
Yesterday, Edge hosted a clinic and contest for the groms. We have seen the future of skating in the Midwest. It looks bright. Note to the groms:
It is all about time on the board. Keep it up and we will see some bigger air on the next one.
Greg traveled to San Diego last week to get some skating in. J.T. (Pool King Team Manager) met G at the airport and the skating started right away, 5 days of sunshine and new terrain to try out.
J.T. was a great host as always. He even arranged a photo shoot by none other than MRZ, Ray Zimmerman. Ray has a portfolio of skaters so large that it would take the Govinator himself to carry it. We are still awaiting the shots from that day and hope to share a few of them with you.
Thank you Ray!
Nolan Johnson of Team Goon showed up to skate. Nolan had just skated the GVR Pro pool comp. One of the parks on the list to hit was the Vans at Orange County. J.T. had managed to steath in a video camera to get some of the skating down. Vans has banned cameras in the park. We are glad he did, he managed to get a shot of Greg's biggest air to date. J.T. thinks it was over 12' check out the video.
11/07/2006
TRACKER TRUCKS
You can now buy Tracker Trucks at the Edge.Edge 64, Nebraskas only indoor skate park has made available the ledgenary Tracker Trucks. Check out the link page to get some more info.
11/05/2006
Thrasher Full Page Ad on God's Love
Omaha's very own, Dave Nelson, has a full page ad in Dec 2006 issue of Thrasher Magazine,page 218.
The ad is for Untitled Skateboard company. It is a great shot of Dave doing a 50/50 grind down a huge rail. The message is on Romans 8:38 and 1 Corinthians 13:8
Check it out and visit Untitled's website, go to our link page.
10/28/2006
2006 Midwest Bowl Riders Contest
Wow! It just gets better and better each year. The level of skating in each division has jumped noticeably. Canada was even represented by Adam Hopkins one mean ripper.
Dakota White ran away with the intermediate division taking first place, next year you skate with the big dogs!
Expert division shook out like this:
Character team skater Mighty Mike Owens third,
skating for
Pool King Greg Fountain took second,
and
Bacon boards very own Popcorn takes first.
You could'nt have taken him off his board even with a strong shove.
A crowd favorite was Conan skating on a
Pool King Pirate board .
Props go to the Third Lair, what a great vibe the shop and park have. They are all very cool, helping the groms and going out of their way to make everyone feel welcome. This event would not go down with out Glen and his group. MWBR keeping the action moving giving all the skaters a chance to show their stuff.
Note:We vote our man Lucas as most improved skater, keep going we dig watching you skate. Check out the photos.
10/22/2006
Vert ramp 6 hours North
We made the trip this weekend to a new park (
Showcase) in Minnesota.
It has a vert ramp with a open bowl on one end.
Check out some of the pics.
9/20/2006
FLO FROM VANS
We would thank LJ from Vans. He had a chance to see Greg skate at the ASR show and was nice enough to send some very cool shoes and goodies.
It is great to get support from a company that we have always supported.
"Vans since 1966"
9/11/2006
ASR San Diego 2006
Over 20,000 folks showed up for the 3 day event held in beautiful downtown San Diego.
Pool King Skate Board Company was kind enough to invite Greg out to represent them in the skate demo held on the Jim Bell 8 foot mini ramp in the convention center. The guys running the demo were
Ryan and
Brian of Skate park of Tampa fame. Never a dull moment with them on the microphone!
We were privileged to participate in the Jay Adams book kick off party hosted by Concrete Wave "100% Skateboarding magazine" and Pool King.
The book features many never seen photos of Jay taken by his step-father, Kent Sherwood.
Kent was at the party signing books and visiting with all the guests.
You can only imagine who was in attendance! Yes, some of the founding fathers of skating! We managed to get some photos that we will treasure forever.
All the proceeds from book sales will go to Jay's family.
7/26/2006
TRACKER TRUCKS
We would like to thank Buddy Carr of Tracker Trucks for putting Greg on the Team.
Tracker Skateboard Trucks - founded in 1975 - were the first trucks designed specifically for skateboarding. More than thirty years ago the Tracker engineers based their original design on performance, reliability, and durability. Today those three words continue to be the driving force of Tracker Trucks. Over the years, the original Tracker design has been copied by our competitors many times. Renamed and re-packaged, they all fall short in comparison to today's legendary Tracker Skateboard Truck. If dependability, performance and a long standing reputation for quality products is what you want, go with Tracker...trucks you can trust since 1975.
Some of the skater on the team:
Benji Galloway
Tim Byrne
Mike Early
Lyn-z Adams
Shogo Kubo
Neil Blender
Alan "Ollie" Gelfand
Buddy Carr
Kevin Staab
Jeff Tatum
6/20/2006
VANS WARPED TOUR 2006
Greg takes
first place at the 12th annual Warped Tour in KC hosted by Vans.
$400.00 cash prize (and a backpack).What a fun crowd. If the Warped Tour hits your town make sure you go.
Check our Vans link for upcoming shows.
6/15/2006
Pool King Down South Tour 2006
PK treated us to a backstage pass of all the hot skate spots.
1. Pala Pipes
2. Backyard swimming pools
3. Encinitas YMCA
4. San Diego YCMA
5. Washington Street
6. VANS, Orange County
7. Memorial Park
8. Etnies
As if this weren’t awesome enough, PK hosted us to a day at the beach, surfing the waves.
Props go out to Jeff Tatum (JT) for being one incredible tour guide. Not only did he show us the hot spots, we got a history lesson from one of the Who’s Who’s of skateboarding, one of the orginals. JT was an awesome host.
Here some of the folks we got to skate with: Micheal Early, Doug (George), Stefaun, and Bill B. While at one of our skate sessions even Chris Miller showed up to destroy the bowl. Check these skate spots out on our new video footage.
Concrete Wave
Send for your Concrete Wave Magazine at www.concretewavemagazine.com
You will find a great review on Jeff Tatum's Pool King board along with an upcoming article featuring Greg.
5/05/2006
Thank you EDGE 64
Marv has asked Greg and Jordan to skate for the Edge Team. If you have not been to the Edge yet make sure you check it out soon. As team members Jordan and Greg will be skating the first Team DEMO in CB IA on July 15 at the outdoor park.Please go to our link page and take a look.
4/20/2006
Pool King Skateboards
Pool King Skateboards have been known for making some of the finest skateboards. They use only the best materials available. And they put these rock'in boards together in San Diego, CA.
Recently, owner, Michael Early called Greg and asked him if he and his brother, Jordan, would be interested in skating for Pool King. Greg had the chance to skate with some Pool King team members while at the Tampa Am and thought they were very cool.
So he said yes and that started the ball rolling.
After researching some shapes and sizes, they came up with the board that G and J are now skating.
Pool King's team captain is none other than ledgendary pro skater Jeff Tatum. You will get to see more on Jeff as he is to be our next skater spot light.
Thank you Pool King for supporting the Fountain Brothers. We look forward to traveling to So.Cal and skating with you soon.
3/05/2006
Edge 64 Now OPEN
Lincoln, NE opened its only indoor skate park Friday night. Over 200 skaters showed up to try out the course.The skaters took shifts so the park was skatable.This park has a great vib and we look forward to spending time there.
Marv and his crew are working hard to give everyone a safe, fun place to hang out and shred.
Greg is holding a skate clinic for new skaters on the morning of the 18th of March.
Contact
The Edge 64 for more info.
2/25/2006
The Last Contest for Grinds
Grinds held the last contest before they close. The turn out was so big they had to turn skaters away at the door. It was the largest advanced class Grinds had ever seen. Greg finished first, Bruce second, and Pat nailed down third. Katy from Lincoln took home first in intermediate.
In the bowl jam everyone in advanced killed it. They all laid down almost flawless runs. Greg first, Pat second, and Jordan third.
We will all be sorry to see Grinds close. We will have great memories.
Thank you to all that participated and all the folks that helped.
Please check back on this site for updates on where you can find indoor skating .
1/29/2006
TAMPA AM 2006
The folks from Skate Park of Tampa know how to throw down one great contest.
With close to 300 total,combining street with vert,
it was ran like a fine oiled machine.
Greg placed 19th in the vert contest.
We were treated to the best AM skateboarding around.
There were skaters representing the globe from Australia, England, Brazil, and Colombia to name a few.
It seemed like every state was represented as well.
Check out Tampa's web site for all the details. Some of the highlights from the trip;
bowl jams every time you turned around,
getting to know the skaters and talking with the locals.
We hit Orlando skating the Vans and downtown.While we were skating the bowl in downtown Orlando,none other than Lance Mountain shows up to skate.
Please check back for photo and video updates from the trip.
note: If we got a photo of you at Tampa or downtown, please sign the guest book and I will email them to you.
1/01/2006
Road Trip
January 1 and the temp is 47 this calls for a road trip to Nebraska City.
Check out the photos.
12/31/2005
kicking off the new year
2005 was a great year for skating. We traveled to IA,MN,MO,KS,CO,DC and Mexico.
What we have found is skater are the same wherever you go. Good people that share the love of skateboarding. We are looking forward to where skating will take us for 2006.
Keep checking the site for updates.
We have some new photos up now and new videos soon.
11/14/2005
From the 3rd Lair web site
"The advanced division was pretty gnarly. People came in from all over the Midwest to get their shred on, with crews coming from Iowa and even Kentucky. After the initial runs were taken, the Slayer was put on for the remainder of the contest, which was a jam format. What ensued was a storm of skateboarding awesomeness. If you’ve never seen a bowl jam go down, you gotta come next year. You get near collisions, very close calls, and some really good skateboarding too. Right before the jam turned into a category 5 snake sesh, London Luke chilled everyone out by skunk flipping right into the wall in the deep end and splitting his eye open. Don’t worry, after a visit to Dr. (Brian) Perry and some New Skin, he was fine. The momentary break in the action chilled everyone out, and what came after was a great session. Greg Fountain found himself in a very respectable 5th place. Greg skates really fast, loves leopard printed pads, and can no footed frontside air like it’s none of your business."
10/30/2005
Midwest Bowl Riders Contest 2005
On Saturday 3rd Lair hosted the Midwest Bowl Riders Contest.
This event just keeps growing and growing. We watch some of the best skater from all over. One young skater, Morgan was from Kentucky! Jordan placed 5th in
intermediate. Greg took 5th in
expert.
Someone one you know took first place! None other that Sioux City's
ROADKILL. He left nothing in the bowl other that his DNA.
Thanks 3rd Lair and the folks from the Midwest Bowl Riders Association for all the hard work.
9/27/2005
Thrasher Magazine Stoke of the day
Jordan was picked for Thrasher Magazine's website cover shot "Stoke of the day".
Cover reads Lavista NE, it was actually shot this summer at the ESPN skate park in Denver.
Check this shot out on the photo page or at the Thrasher Magazine's website.
8/27/2005
Grinds Summer Contest
Expert Division with 240 points Greg was awarded
Grand Champion.
Jordan took second place and Cory finished 3rd.
The contest took all summer six contests in all. We would like to thank BBB for the great prizes and trophies.
A special thanks goes out to Mike. He is helping skateboarding grow here in Omaha.
8/14/2005
Best Trick Over Hip
Grinds had the best trick over the hip contest on Saturday Aug 13.This is the fifth in a series of six.Greg 1st, Jordan 2nd, Shane 3rd.
Next contest street, see you there.
7/30/2005
Ledges and Rails Contest at Grinds today
Todays contest was based on a point system ;number of tricks landed in a jam format.
In the expert class Nick took 3rd, Cory 2nd, and Greg placed 1st
Next contest BEST TRICK over the HIP on Aug 13. See you then.
Remember support skateboarding, support Grinds.
6/18/2005
Fountain Bros take 1st and 2nd
Greg and Jordan took 1st and 2nd in the bowl contest. The first contest held in the
Grinds Skate Championship Summer Series;
3 divisions, 6 different type contests. The skater with most points at the end wins the BIG trophy. Please see our Grinds link for more info.
Katy took 3rd in intermediate.
Mike and the Grinds gang did another fine job.
"Grinds where you can have your cake and eat it too."
6/12/2005
Greg wins the BIG CASH
URRACA and Precision Skateboards with A & R Skate Center Hosted
"This Is Skateboarding" Contest
Over $1000.00 in giveaways Element-Santa Cruz-Toy Machine to name a few. Let's not forget the CASH for the expert street division provided by URRACA.
(With over 90 skater signed up this makes this one of the largest contest in Nebraska.)
Alex took the goodie bag for 1st in intermediate. Jesse snagged a ton of prizes for 1st in Advanced and Greg took home the cash for 1st in expert.
After the street contest they had a half pipe jam competition. Greg won some great prizes with a first place finish.
Check out www.nebraskaskateparks.com they should have some photos up soon and maybe even some video. Make sure you check out the
shirts they have available.
Help support the folks that help support skateboarding:
> URRACA/Precision/A & R/nebraskaskateparks.com to name a few.
5/30/2005
Answer to prayer
Today's fund raiser for the Tommy Craft Skate Center was an unbelievable event.
The only day we've had without rain for quite some time. We had over 1000 riders and no injures or mishaps. To say it was a success would been an understatement.
The lady that spear-heads this organization is Roz Fahey "The Poker Run Queen".
She is truly something. The bikers who won the poker hand gave half back to the charity. The biker who won the 50/50 drawing gave it all back. In both cases it was several hundred dollars. Bikers Against Youth Violence is something that is very close to their hearts.
We are well on our way to make this vision a reality.
Thank you to all the folks involved.
next event Pre-Sturgis Rally July 30/31 at Dillon Harley Davidson- 173 & Maple, Omaha
5/25/2005
THRASHER
Greg had a cover photo on Thrasher web page under "stoke of the day" a copy is on the photo page. This was shot in Norfolk on the last tour.
5/23/2005
Skatepark Tour 2005
17 skaters, 370 miles, 5 skateparks one day.
Go to the link page.
www.Nebraskaskateparks.com
All the skaters and spectators had a great day.
Thanks
5/19/2005
Mike V hit Omaha HARD
Mike V blew up Grinds last night. Mike V, Levi and Dallas from Element Skateboard Company put on one smok'en demo.
Everyone at Grinds had a smile from ear to ear shaking heads in disbelief on the amazing talent that hit their home town park.
After the demo Element sponsored a contest, Greg took best trick and scored a very cool board. Check out the photos.
3/16/2005
Grinds holds contest for bowl riders
Omaha's indoor skate park Grinds hosted a contest for their
NEW bowl.
Pat, Katy, Jordan, and Greg represented VNDK8 clothing company in fine form.
Katy took 3rd in intermediate, she missed 2nd by only one point.
Greg and Jordan were in the advanced group.
Jordan took 3rd and Greg placed 1st.
We are very lucky to have Grinds supporting skating here in Omaha.
Thanks to Mike, Angelica, and all the judges for a great event.
3/05/2005
Contest in Lincoln
We traveled to the Capital city last night for a mini ramp contest.
Greg 1st,Pat 2nd,Jordan 3rd,Nate 4th see photos
Phil of Precision Skateboard organized and judged the event.
Precision Skateboard has the honor of being the oldest skate shop in Nebraska,opening the doors over 18 years ago.
Over the years Phil has been a big part of skating in the Midwest.
As the graffiti sign on the mini ramp says,Thanks Phil
2/26/2005
Contest at Grinds
RNS Skateboard Shop hosted the 3rd annual Heartbreaker's Bash at Grinds today.
3 divisions with over 30 skaters.
The VNDK8 team did a great job. Katy,Jake,Pat,Jordan and Greg all ripped in the advanced/sponsored class.
Jordan 3rd,
Greg 2nd,
Pat 1st
Greg took best trick with a huge kick flip to flat from the pyramid.
Thanks to RNS and Grinds for putting on a great contest, see you for the 4th annual HBB.
2/14/2005
New Ramps
Please click on the Tommy Craft Skate Center
you will find 3D artwork of the ramps.
12/08/2004
Thanks
Here are some people that have been very important to us in our skating here in Omaha.
Guy (World Wize)
Bruce and his family (RNS)
Ryan (BC)he has not been here long but has made a big impact.
Conan (read skater spotlight)
Dave Nelson ,What a great witness.
Mike and his family and friends (Grinds indoor skate park)
The amount of hard work that goes into operating a park has to be large
Thank you