We joined the Holystoked skateboarding crew from Bangalore and the 2er building crew from Hannover, along with 24 skateboarders and builders from around the world to build the first, free public use skate park in India. Professional skateboarders Chet Childress, Al Partanen, Stefan Janoski, Omar Salazar, Lennie Burmeister, and Rob Smith all joined in on the build and skated the finished project.
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On 4th July 2013 the Supra Team came to skate a demo at Skatehalle-Berlin along with: Erik Ellington, Chad Muska, Lizard King, Stevie Williams, Jim Grecco, Neen Williams, Terry Kennedy, Furby, Spencer Hamilton, Keelan Dadd, Boo Johnson, Lucien Clarke, Nick Tucker, Pat Rumney, Kevin Romar und Javier Sarmiento.
In the 1960s, an Air Force medic named Jack Smith made skateboards for kids on his base. Now, a half century later, his son – also Jack Smith – is skateboarding across the country in his father’s honor, raising money for the disease that devastated him.
“It was sad and difficult to watch,” Smith, of Morro Bay, said about his father’s battle with Alzheimer’s. “My dad had a very sharp mind.”
After ceremoniously leaving Morro Bay Thursday, Smith and four other skaters headed to Oregon … More