Skaters for Public Skateparks Forum

name: Ian Ho-Wong
age: 21
yrs skating: 8-9
location: SF; for now anyways.
main board: Anti-Hero shop owners Large, 55 spitfires, 139 indy's
favorite skatepark: haven't built it; found it yet.....
how did you find sps: through asking on sleestak about the 1st BASC meeting.
profession: student; volunteer tutor; underground writer
married/kids/pets-no,no,no
what did you want to be when you grow up?: still searching
arrested for skateboarding?: nope, just got the boot when skating w/o full pads, told to move on when skating street; yadda yadda
sps summit: not sure. haven't ridden enough to make a valid opinion.
heroes:Lee Ralph, bones brigade
10 years from now, i'll be: hopefully still skating, travelling, doing what i love.
final thoughts/jokes:most people don't realize that it takes a unifed vision to make a skatepark work, the results of which are a marvel to behold, a vertible stonehenge of stoke.

Name: Eric Burch
Age: 30
Location: Willits, California
Profession: Newspaper graphic designer/copy editor
Years skating: Almost twenty, with a break in there somewhere
How did you find SPS? Through Kent
Main Setup: 7.75â€

Name: Xavier Thill
Age: 23
Location: G.D. of Luxembourg, Europe
Profession: student
Years skating: 10-17 years
How did you find SPS? surfin' the net ...
Main Setup: 8â€

Name: Tony Davies
Age: 38
Location: Seattle, WA (Ballard)
Profession: Digital Data Support (Boeing)
Years skating: Around 30
How did you find SPS? Dan Hughes (who else?)
Main Setup: 18" Wheel Base Alva, Indys and Powell Bowl Bombers
Favorite Deck: My Current one
Favorite Skatepark: All of them
Beer of Choice: Fat Tire, Bass, PBR
Married/Kids/Pets: No/2 teenage boys/not right now
What did you want to be when you grew up? Old Skater
Arrested for skateboarding? Chased but not caught
Heroes: Anybody over 35 still riding for the pure joy of it.
10 years from now you’ll be: skating my backyard pool hopefully
If we had a SPS yearly summit, where’d it be? Somewhere with a good park and 70 degree F weather.
Worst injury: I think I cracked a wrist last year.
Computer you use: I have to many.. I'm a nerd
Final thoughts: Skating makes me happy and rounds out my life. If I don't skate I'm a sad boy. All these new parks makes me an even happier boy.

Name: Christopher Wigginton
Age: 31
Location: Tyler, TX
Profession: Web Designer/Developer
Years skating: About 16 (off and on)
How did you find SPS? Mike at hometownskates.com
Main Setup: Popwar Chad Timtim Stealth deck, pink Royale trucks, and wheels of some sort
Favorite Deck: current one
Favorite Skatepark: Havik near Dallas was the nicest I've been to recently
Beer of Choice: Not a drinker
Married/Kids/Pets: someday
What did you want to be when you grew up? A stunt man. I think I watched the Fall Guy too much.
Arrested for skateboarding? No
Heroes: Great show!
10 years from now you’ll be: Couldn't tell ya. Life takes so many crazy turns.
If we had a SPS yearly summit, where’d it be? Texas!
Worst injury: Got a concussion. Don't remember but small bits of that 8 hours of my life. And during that 8 hours had forgotten everything that happened two weeks prior.
Computer you use: One I built from components. Need a new one though.
Final thoughts: Glad I found this site. Happy to be back on the board.

Name : Jacob Schwartz
Age : 16
Years skating : 1998-present so 8 or 9 years
Location : Cleveland Ohio but i travel to Medford Oregon alot and Columbus.
How did you find SPS? I came across it while googling "pool coping"
Profession :East coast frozen custard, soon to be manager.
Main Board : 1031 usually just get any small company board 8.25 +
Favorite skatepark :Klamath Falls, Oregon
Married/Kids/Pets : girlfriend and a dog
What did you want to be when you grew up? I dont want to grow up
Arrested for skateboarding? Nope never ticketed either
Heros : True skaters
10 years from now I'll be: hopefully out of college and continuing to skate and build
If we had a SPS yearly summit where'd it be: Either Lincoln City oregon or Skatopia!
Final thoughts/jokes : none

Name : Travis Garringer
Age : 16
Years skating : about 5
Location : Cabot AR
How did you find SPS?: myspace
Profession : dont have one yet
Main Board : Foundation,Indys,Pig Bearings,flip wheels, shop hardware
Favorite skatepark?: probably Riverview
Married/Kids/Pets : girlfriend and a dog
What did you want to be when you grew up? I dont want to grow up
Arrested for skateboarding? Nope never ticketed either
Heros: who ever invented the skateboard
10 years from now I'll be:
If we had a SPS yearly summit where'd it be: somewhere tight
Final thoughts/jokes: 2+2=fish

Name: Nathan Powers
Age: 24
Location: Winfield, Kansas/Salisbury, MD
Profession: full time student/IT tech
Years skating: 10 years with a few breaks
How did you find SPS? luck
Main Setup: Element deck, tensor trucks, 53mm blank wheels
Favorite Deck: a zero deck i use to have
Favorite Skatepark: winfield public skatepark!!
Married/Kids/Pets: married/4 kids/no pets
What did you want to be when you grew up? rich
Arrested for skateboarding? no, i run like hell
Heroes: you guys!
10 years from now you’ll be: better at skating
If we had a SPS yearly summit, where’d it be? donno you tell me
Worst injury: broken hand

Name Josh
Age 16
Years skating 6-7
Location: foot hills of the appalchian mountains
How did you find SPS? on the skatopia forum
Profession: talkin' ...
Main Board: ominous deck, indys, spitfires
Favorite skatepark: dry ridge, ky
Married/Kids/Pets: no/no/1 dog
What do you want to be when you grew up? pilot
Arrested for skateboarding? no, but i was almost arrested building a transition up a wall at our skatepark/halfpipe
Heros: hosoi, drehobl, childress
10 years from now I'll be: building something
If we had a SPS yearly summit where'd it be? channel street, marginal way, burnside. washington street or FDR
Final thoughts/jokes: N/A

Name Kerry Grant

Age 44

Years skating couple... Mostly supporting my 12 year old son!

Location California MD

How did you find SPS? Cody Perry, Louisville Parks and Rec

Profession Retired Navy and now working for NAVAIR

Favorite skatepark Lexington Park MD

Married with three kids

What did you want to be when you grew up? Pro Motorcycle Rider

Heros JC

10 years from now I'll be: Helping other cities build skate parks

Name: Matt Neighbors, more affectionately known as Otter
Age: 24
Location: Longview, TX (the middle of a skating DESERT!)
Profession: Draftsman, Architectural
Years skating: about 6 or so
How did you find SPS: Actually met one of the Core contributors at the park in Round Rock, TX and shared my skatepark-less woes.
Main Setup: Almost Impact series, Daewon model (7.865"), Silver Trucks, Pig Wheels (52mm), Bones Reds bearings, Jessup Grip
Favorite Deck: Either my Daewon edition Impact deck, or the Alien Workshop OG Camo I used to have. Serious pop...
Favorite Skatepark: The one that's open and free!
Married/Kids/Pets: I will be married this December, and no, no pets. :(
What did you want to be when you grew up: Fantastically happy, and probably a pro baseball player.
Arrested for skateboarding: Nope. Thankfully, the cops in Longview are super chill. They actually realize they have better things to do than give us tickets.
Heroes: Terrible show! Oh people... :P Well, my dad, mostly. And Jamie Thomas.
10 years from now you’ll be: 34, and God willing, I'll have learned nosegrinds by then.
If we had a SPS yearly summit, where’d it be: Somewhere I can get to!
Worst injury: Perpetually minor broken hand, jacked ankle.
Final Thoughts/Jokes: Best friends are like slinkies; they don't really do much useful, but you can't help but laugh when they fall down the stairs.

DaOtter wrote: Final Thoughts/Jokes: Best friends are like slinkies; they don't really do much useful, but you can't help but laugh when they fall down the stairs.

Yea, you're from Texas.

Name: Drew Dungey
Age: 40
Location: Lansing, Michigan
Profession: Owner of DED Recreation LLC/ I sell skate park equipment
Years skating: I started skating in the late 80’s on a big box store board then in 90 got my first pair of Rollerblades.
How did you find SPS? Web search
Main Setup: Rollerblade Lightning TRS (from the 90’s) not the new one
Favorite Deck: the deck I got from my friend George at Modern
Favorite Skate park: Anyplace I can put my wheels
Married/Kids/Pets: yes/working on it /not right now
what did you want to be when you grew up? Actor
Arrested for skateboarding? No
Heroes: Every kid that has the you know what to skate no matter what people think.
10 years from now you’ll be: Happy I hope.
if we had a SPS yearly summit, where’d it be? Somewhere warm
Worst injury: Pulled muscle while skating a 14’ half pipe in Germany while in the Army. No skating for 2 months.
Computer you use: I have to many... I'm a nerd too.
Final thoughts: I believe that if you town has a place to play basketball, baseball, or tennis for free then there is no reason there should not be a place to skate for free. Stop paying for new parks until you Finnish the ones you have with a skate park.

Welcome aboard Drew. We appreciate having a vendors perspective on these forums. However, since you are a vendor we need to label you as such.

Please list the companies you rep. Thanks!

Carter Dennis wrote:Welcome aboard Drew. We appreciate having a vendors perspective on these forums. However, since you are a vendor we need to label you as such.

Please list the companies you rep. Thanks!

Thank you. I think I have done that. I am the Michigan sales rep for Solo skate park equipment. My screen name is DEDREC. I have already posted on a few forums.