Great Quotes from the News |
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Saturday, 22 March 2008 |
Dan Hughes at his morning constitutional.
For years SPS Core Contributor Dan Hughes has been collecting clipping news items that mention skateboarding and skateparks. Here are some bits from that collection that we found particularly interesting.
Obesity rates have tripled over the
past 40 years for children and teens, raising their risk of diabetes
and other diseases. For the first time, Carmona said, children are
being diagnosed with high blood pressure.
— Richard Carmona, U.S. Surgeon General, 2002 – 2006 (source)
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 22 March 2008 )
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2008 Skate by State Activity |
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Saturday, 15 March 2008 |
A state-by-state summary of skatepark news.
California (southwest)
Some folks have an idea about turning one of the bunkers at Angel’s Gate Park in San Pedro into a skateable space. There was a public Parks meeting a few months ago but we haven’t heard yet how that went.
The town of Tulare should be under construction by now. Anyone who has any news should post up in the Southwest forum.
The 40,000 square foot Lake Cunningham skatepark in San Jose
opened up in April. This incredible park features too many weird and
awesome structures to fairly describe. Most importantly, this park
demonstrates the utter collapse of the 5-6’ rule that California seemed
to be applying to skatepark design.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 17 March 2008 )
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Saturday, 08 March 2008 |
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Skaters for Public Skateparks Annual Summit is on May 17th, 2008 in Washington D.C.
Registration information » [4th Annual SPS Summit]
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 29 March 2008 )
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