NEWS

Roberts Skatepark Gets Face-Lift

noreply@blogger.com (nebraskate) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:37:00 +0000

We just got off the phone with Parks and Recreation. They said that Roberts Skatepark is just getting some much needed repairs done.
The park will remain the same after the reconditioning. It should be done by the end of September.

Vans Warped Tour LA 2008

noreply@blogger.com (nebraskate) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:09:00 +0000

The Vans Warped Tour 2008 had their final stop in Los Angeles today.

They have a skate contest at each event . Greg was invited to skate at this huge venue.

He managed to take first and is bringing home a fist full of cash.

Greg will be back in Omaha before heading out to the ASR show in San Diego.

The Vinnys skate team along with Greg will be doing a demo this Wednesday night at 6pm.

After the demo Greg will be doing a free clinic, so make sure you come out and say hi.

Woodward West it is a Rap

noreply@blogger.com (nebraskate) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:48:00 +0000

Woodward West has another great year. Greg taught the last two weeks. They broke a record for skaters in attendance for their last week of the season.
Greg had a lot of cool stories about the skatepark and the campers.
It just so happened before Greg packed his bags he found out that the California Skateboard League was holding their end of summer blow out skate contest at Woodward. Bowl Jam, Street, Best Trick and Mini Ramp .Greg joined the league as a member early in the year. So he decided to sign up before he hit the road.
6 hour later the dust had settled and he had a 1st in street, a 1st in the bowl jam and 1st in the mini ramp and yes, managed to take best trick.
He was happy he stayed to skate.

Woodward West

noreply@blogger.com (nebraskate) — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:59:00 +0000

Greg got a call from Woodward West they wanted to know if he was available to teach at their skateboard camp for the remainder of the summer. He said YES! He has been there a week now and is having a gas.
Hope to have some photos and new videos soon.
Check back.

Fountain Bros Hit So Cal

noreply@blogger.com (nebraskate) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:43:00 +0000

Jordan headed back with Greg to San Diego yesterday. He will be there for the next week.
They are going skate as many spots as possible. Day one Clairemont Y with Michael Early owner of Pool King.Then on to another park with lights so they could do some night skating.
Park 2 had a huge spine that reminded Jordan of the old World Wize days.
I will let you know how day 2 shakes out.
Day 2 :Encinitas Y, McGills Skate Shop, then back to the park with the killer spine.
Day 3 :Vans at the Block then met up with good friend Ray. Ray took G and J to a private back yard ramp/bowl. Going around to skate spots with Ray is like having the editor of The Rolling Stone taking you to a concert.
Day 4,5,6 skating, skating, yes more skating.

Custom Grip

noreply@blogger.com (nebraskate) — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:30:00 +0000

Greg has been working on custom art for his Motto griptape. He has designed many new pieces that you can find at some of the top skate shops. The world famous McGills Skate Shop in California and in the Midwest at Vinny's.
If you have an idea that you would like to make a reality on your grip give us a call.
Pricing ranges from $11 to $500 (for one off elaborate pieces).
Contact us at fountainua(@)msn.com for more information.

Chino and the Vans Warehouse

noreply@blogger.com (nebraskate) — Sat, 17 May 2008 01:01:00 +0000

Today started early. I wanted to get some shots at Chino. They were calling for a temp of 100 by 1pm so we were in and out by noon. A quick stop at K1 Karts and then off to Vans warehouse.
They have a very nice ramp. It must be a requirement for Vans employees to skate. While we were there several of the guys from Vans took breaks from their workday getting in a session here and there. They all ripped!

Pro Tec Pool Party

noreply@blogger.com (nebraskate) — Fri, 16 May 2008 14:32:00 +0000

The folks over at Pro-Tec set Greg up with some tickets for the Pro-Tec Pool Party. So I jumped on a plane and here I am.
This is one of the biggest baddest bowl events known to man. It is held at the combi bowl at Vans in Orange, CA. This is one bad to the bone bowl. All the big names will be there. Bucky, Omar, Bob, Benji, and some of the Masters: Cab, Mountain, Peters, Miller and many many more.
We will be posting updates, so check back. By the way I just snagged a fisheye, check out some of the latest shots.

Top Shop 2008

noreply@blogger.com (nebraskate) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:37:00 +0000

Vinny loaded up the team and headed north to 3rd Lair Skatepark in Minneapolis MN.
They left on Thursday and got back late last night.
What a great time. How blessed we our here in Omaha to have a shop like Vinny's to support skateboarding. By Vinny taking the team to this national event shows his commitment to the Omaha skate scene.
The skating was top notch. We have traveled to many events and this one rivals the best.
The trade show and all of the activity surrounding the event made it non stop action.
As always Mark, Steve, and the gang from 3rd Lair went out of their way to be great hosts. We hope to go back next year.

Death Race 2008

noreply@blogger.com (nebraskate) — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:44:00 +0000

Concrete Disciples hosted Death Race 2008 at Skate Lab in Simi Valley CA.
They limit the race to 30 AM and 30 Pro riders taking the top 10 from each for the showdown. Some of the past winners Christian Hosoi in 06 and Bengi Galloway in 05.
This was Greg's first Death Race, he said it was a blast! Greg finished 2nd in the Pro division winning a chunk of cash and a very cool deck trophy that reads "No one gets out of it alive"
I am sure he will always have a special spot on the wall for that one.
Props go out to the CD Crew and Skate Lab for doing a great job with the event.

Street Contest at Vinny's

noreply@blogger.com (nebraskate) — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:54:00 +0000

Sunday night at Vinny's was the place to be. Over 40 skaters showed the crowd some fine skating. The top 3 in advanced took home a new pair of Vans along with a nice trophy.
Props go out to Vinny and his crew along with the judges from KC, BC, BBB.
Working and skating for Vinny's Skatepark has lots of perks one being able to skate the park almost everyday. Pat 1st, Jordan 2nd Lloyd 4th.
Next for the V Boys: Top Shop Contest hosted by the 3rd Lair in Minneapolis.
On a special note: Steven (Iceman) placed first in intermediate. This means he will be skating in advanced from here on out.

Art and Skateboarding

noreply@blogger.com (nebraskate) — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:35:00 +0000

Skateboarding and Art go together. Skating is an art and many skaters are artists. Here is an art show that embraces the life style of skating. C.O.S.A. Collaboration of Skateboards and Artist.
April 4-27 at The Hot Shops Art Center. 13th and Nicholas.
Greg will have a couple of his canvas pieces on display along with his latest deck design.
Greg will not be able to attend the opening but will be at the show on April 19th at 5PM
Stop on by check out the show and say hi.

Sunday

noreply@blogger.com (nebraskate) — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 03:49:00 +0000

Sunday Ray invited Greg to skate at Pala with some friends that were in town for the
Grind For Life Fund Raiser. After the sesh, Ray asked if Greg was up for some vert -"sure".
Ray smiled and said follow us. They led Greg through back roads, allies and warehouses until the car came to a stop. The door opened and behold a million dollar vert ramp just waiting to be skated.Wow!
How did the ramp skate you ask? BETTER THAN PERFECT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Clash at Clairemont 2

noreply@blogger.com (nebraskate) — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 01:30:00 +0000

Clairemont YMCA held its second annual Clash at Clairemont. It is a fund raiser for
Grind For Life "Helping People With Cancer" for more on G.F.L. check out grindforlife.org
G.F.L. CEO Chris Conway met Greg at a skate session at the YMCA in Encinitas and invited him to skate in the event. Greg was more than happy to show his support. He said "it was a very high energy event". Greg got to skate with some of the worlds best skaters and help a great cause.
Check Fuel TV in the up coming weeks and Concrete Disciples for more on Clash at Clairemont.

Vinny's Bowl Jam

noreply@blogger.com (nebraskate) — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 01:05:00 +0000

What can you say about Vinny's Skatepark. What a great place to spend time. Vinny, Karen and the kids along with Pat and Todd make it feel like family.
The park was host to the 1st Bowl Jam Contest. Check our Vinny's link for all the results.
In the Advanced class 1-4 ; Pat, Jordan, John, and Lloyd all representing Vinny's Skate Team.
Nice job Vboys.
Make sure you are at the whole park contest on Sunday March 30. It is sure to be a great event.
Support skating. Support Vinny's

etnies gap

noreply@blogger.com (nebraskate) — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:32:00 +0000

Check out the photo by JT. This is a large gap. The street course to the deep end of the bowl.
The park manager said it was the first time he had seen it done.

A week in LA

noreply@blogger.com (nebraskate) — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:00:00 +0000

Greg spent the week in LA. The first part of the week he was hanging with his friends at KR3W.
They skated some local spots and managed to get into a couple of the warehouse skateparks owned by some of the larger clothing and shoe companies.
Later in the week Greg met with our favorite photographer Ray Zimmerman. The next couple of days MRZ took Greg around to some spots that he had never skated before. They met with a couple Pros and had a great time and some great sessions. We can't wait to see what MRZ came up with for photos.
Greg is back now in San Diego heading to Clairmonte today.

ASR Photos

noreply@blogger.com (nebraskate) — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:41:00 +0000

MRZ was at the ASR show blasting away. He got a few shots of Greg on the ramp.
We hope to have some of them up on the photo page soon.
You can see MRZ's work at our Concrete Disciples link page. They have a section on some of MRZ favorite stalefish shots. You can see a shot of Greg at the Clairemont bowl.

Pool King Website

noreply@blogger.com (nebraskate) — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:38:00 +0000

Check out the team page at our Pool King Skateboard Company link.
Jordan has some new pics and Greg has a new video up.

ASR 2008

noreply@blogger.com (nebraskate) — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:25:00 +0000

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.

Road Trip 08

noreply@blogger.com (nebraskate) — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 02:52:00 +0000

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.

UPDATE
Albuquerque 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.

UPDATE
The 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.

UPDATE
Today 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.

UPDATE
We are in Palm Springs today. $12.00 for a cheese burger? Oh well, nice skate park.

UPDATE
We 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.

UPDATE
Coronado 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.

UPDATE
Clairemont 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.

Greg's New Deck

noreply@blogger.com (nebraskate) — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 17:39:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (nebraskate) — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 17:16:00 +0000

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.

Come one come all!!!!

noreply@blogger.com (nebraskate) — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 22:47:00 +0000

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.

Full Page Tracker Ad

noreply@blogger.com (nebraskate) — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 18:34:00 +0000

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.