Archive for the ‘Skateboard & Mountain Board’ Category
The premiere episode of the second season of DRIVE finds Mike entering his 20th year as a professional skater, only to suffer a serious ankle injury while skating a demo in West Chester, Pennsylvania. Mike visits with his orthopedic surgeon, and undergoes surgery receiving eight screws and a plate to repair his broken ankle. After two months in a cast Mike begins a rigorous physical therapy routine to rehabilitate his ankle and make his way back to skating at the level he did prior to the accident. The episode culminates with Mike skating his first demo since the accident in Freehold, New Jersey before thousands of fans.
Tom Penny and Rune Glifberg skate the Firestone ramp at the Firehouse in St Louis circa 1990’s
Filmed by NY skate videographer Steve Marino, get a behind the scenes tour — led by Geoff Rowley and Steve Rodriguez– of the site for the 2010 Maloof Money Cup New York (June 5-6). Geoff and Steve take you to Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens and the Astral Fountain where the MMC street course is under construction. Video also features a rendering of the NY course design, which replicates (as closely as possible) top skate spots from each of the city’s five boroughs. They MMC street course will be donated to the city after the event
