If you’ve ever skated Dreamland early in the morning on the weekend, you were have bound to have met Big Mike… a big guy that you’d immediately befriend once you started talking to him.
All of us were friends of Mike’s, and it saddens us to share that we recently lost him. We sincerely send out all of our love to not only Big Mike’s family, but the rest of his friends as well… to whom Mike always treated like family.
To Mike: It was our pleasure to know you. You were good people.
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Note: The flyer should say that registration starts at 11 am, not 1pm.
I just got word that Fast Lanes reopened on Thursday, and will remain open for the foreseeable future… it looks like it will be changing ownership, but until then, it’s still a viable place to ride.
On a side note, it has an incredible miniramp that everyone should experience at least once!
Sorry for the short notice, nobody contacted us about it… here’s the info:
Friday, November 09, 2007 | 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
You are invited to attend Skate Jam at BREC’s Perkins Skate Park, 7122 Perkins Road from 7-10 p.m. Onstage: King Square. Onscreen: Guitar Hero? BEST TRICK COMPETITION…FREE HELMET REGISTRATION. For more information contact Jason at 218-0918.
7122 Perkins Rd
Sad news: Fastlane Skatepark out of Harvey, Louisiana has closed it’s doors for good. The land lord/owner of the building doesn’t want to rent it anymore, as he’s trying to sell it and cash out. This is really lame news to pass on, as that place had one of the most epic mini ramps ever… hopefully all of those ramps will find a new, comfy new home.
An anonymous messenger sent me this link of a skatepark being built in West Feliciana parish (about 15/20 minutes from Baton Rouge). I’ll refrain from any commentary as it looks like it’s at the very beginning stages, but rest assured our crew of trained skate geeks will get over there to further document the progress.
Here’s what it’s going to look like. Sadly, it’s yet another ARC park, but as a person originally from the Felicianas, I’m glad they’re getting something. But still… ARC… the more municipalities use ARC ramps, the more we’re going to see those places spring up… while I’ve skated some ARC ramps that were indeed decent, they’re still far inferior to locally built ramps, and even more inferior to concrete. Not to mention, ARC overprices everything to such a degree that it’s almost as funny as it is sad.
Much love to Jordan, Thomas, Trey, Bankhead, Greg, Todd, Colin, Cody, Brandon, Chris and Matt for going to Mississippi and doing a parking-lot session demo in an effort to help our neighbor state in their park-building efforts. Basically, Kerry dropped some knowledge about how a good skate scene is built (especially with the aid of a bad ass park) and the rest of the fellas killed what they were provided with. Word has it that everyone was stoked.
After that, everyone went to a 7-stair rail and killed themselves… I heard a few sick tricks were landed as well. Were they documented? Only time will tell…
If you recognize the dude in the photo (Gerrell Harrell) and you see him at the park, call the cops on him. Don’t approach him, don’t talk to him, just call the po-poes. He’s constantly starting shit at the park, he doesn’t skate, and we can’t let anyone make our park a lame place to be.
Hammond PD can be contacted at 985.542.3500.
As mentioned just two posts down… the big Forest mini ramp BBQ/board release get together is today from 2-’till. Get out there, foo!
