online.wsj.com - 7/30/2009
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Spensor Hill in action at the Ed Benedict skatepark in Portland, Ore.
snowboarding.transworld.net - 7/24/2009
photo.skateboard-revolution.com - 8/7/2009
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Well, I’m back. Back from my little escape
from reality.What reality? Reality to you might be drinking...
beers all day and skating whatever at anytime and trust me that used to be my reality too. Then responsibility creeped up on me out of nowhere and the next thing you know I ...
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Off the plane and back to reality. Time for more Fritz files
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Portland: Skate Capital Of The World?
Boardistan —
... The Wall Street Journal staff skateboard writer Conor Dougherty makes the case that Portland, Oregon may be the most skateboard-friendly town in America in his story ...
Institutionalized
boil the ocean —
... Interesting bookend to yesterday’s posting comes to us today from Rupert Murdoch’s wood-pushing beat reporter Conor Dougherty, who has a rundown on the state of play in Portland Oregon where skateboarding has corrupted “the system,” as opposed to the other way around: ...
How Portland, Ore., Became the Skateboard Capital of the World
Skate and Annoy —
... The Wall Street Journal want’s you to know that Portland, Oregon is Skateboarding Capital of the World. If only my father were alive to read that. Ruining my life, indeed! As soon as I get home from work tomorrow I’m going to actually read it. I’m up past my bedtime. Holy cow if it isn’t S&A reader and sporadic commenter, Tom Miller in one of the photos. Why can’t we enlarge that one? Where’s that Bush Beater we gave you? And no inside scoop either? Miller, Miller, why have you forsaken us? That’s OK. I’m still voting ...
Friday News Bits
The Skateboard Mag Blogs —
Ke’Chaud Johnson joins up with Citystars. The Wall Street Journal calls Portland the capitol of the skate world. Make It Count premieres online tomorrow (Saturday).
Portland: Skate Capital Of The World?
Longboarding and Skimboarding Commentary and News —
... The Wall Street Journal staff skateboard writer Conor Dougherty makes the case that Portland, Oregon may be the most skateboard-friendly town in America in his story ...
What’s next for Portland skateparks?
Skate and Annoy —
... The Wall Street Journal recently called Portland the Skateboarding Capital of the World and a lot of hoopla surrounds the 19 Skatepark System Plan. Five skateparks parks in the ground, posted skateboard route, skateboarders in City Hall, we’ve got it made right? Not so. City officials will stop taking their bows and soon will forget all about us as all the other things they have to deal with compete for their attention. ...
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artinstitute-portland.com 10/22/2009 — Welcome to The Art Institute of Portland The Art Institute of Portland prepares students for careers in culinary, media arts, design and fashion. And, for more than 40 years, The Art Institute of Portland has enjoyed a reputation for providing ...
Cruisin’ Portland
osirisshoes.com 7/20/2009 — Ben Hucke makes a brief appearance in this video from a day session in Portland.
Ben Graham: Portland, OR
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Shot a street spot with Ben Graham tonight near my house in SE Portland. Originally he just planned to 50/50 the horizontal support of this fence out of a small bank below, but after he got that done he figured he’d move on to try and nosepick it. When we were down to our last slivers ...
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A rare sighting of snow in the city
Words: Taylor Murray Photos: Darcy Bacha, Aaron Rogosin, Drew Diehl
Portland has a reputation for being a weird city. Even as a PDX local, you’re bound to stumble upon new oddities nearly every day. ...
Two Portland Skaters Jumped By Drunks
boardistan.com 3/17/2009 — Portland skateboarders Taylor Appelo , 20, and Clayton Hunt , 16, were waiting at the MAX line Skidmore Fountain station early Saturday morning March 14, 2009 when they got jumped by four men in their 20s, according to a story on OregonLive.com .
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Putting a Fence in It's Place
beta.bfd.com 9/2/2009 —
Jared Souney shot some street photos in Portland with Ben Graham including the 50/50 and nosepick above. Ben's an up-and-coming street skater from Montana who moved out to Portland to skate, and hold together Portland's "Call Before You Dig" program.
Osiris Team @ Portland Dew Tour
osirisshoes.com 8/17/2009 — Osiris riders Rob Darden , Marcus Tooker , Ben Hucke , Kevin Kiraly , Dane Searls , and Ronnie Napolitan were all in attendance at the Portland stop of the Dew Tour. Marcus is still holding down third place overall in park, so he’s got an automatic finals spot in Salt Lake! Check out some ...
PLG Dominates Vert in Portland
osirisshoes.com 8/15/2009 — The 3rd stop of the Dew Tour took place this weekend in the city I love the most, Portland Oregon. Once again Pierre found himself to be the victor after making his dream run of some 720’s, halfcab crooks over the hump, and a slew of other tricks, and he did all of this in a really cool ...
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