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So we agreed to get bak down to Philly EARLY on Sunday. Well, of course
i overslept. But we still made it down in time to get a good spot in line.
That assured us a slot in the little skatepark. We hung out in line for
abt an hour and a 1/2 and met a lot of kewl people that showed interest
in our boards.
Soon as they let us in(10am),we signed up for a 1:30pm time slot in the
little skatepark. While signing up for our slot, we met Lou Dini. He's
an FDR skatepark regular/founder. He is also known by his alter-ego 'Hurly
P'. He was tellin us to head over to FDR later so he can see us snake
it up. We told him we'd be there. So then we walked around a bit, watched
the fools do pull-ups at the Marines booth. I drooled over the red custom
Military Hummer with the Marines sword painted on the side.
After a while it started sprinkling and we feared our little skatepark
session would get cancelled, but by 1:30, the sky had cleared and all
was dry again. Time to get the snakes on yeahhhh. We skated for about
20mins and people were askin us to ride the 6ft pipe. So i jumped in the
middle and started pumpin to the top, wen 2 seconds later, an XGames guy
runs up to me and says "you cant skate on this." I said "why not?" XGames
guy, "Bikes aren't allowed." I looked down, in case I suddenly had a bike
attached to my feet and said, "ummmm, this is not a bike." XGames guy,
"I know, but bikes and snakeboards arent allowed in the halfpipe." I said,
"I was just skating for 20mins over there on your little streeetcourse,
yet Icant skate on this? What's the difference???" XGames guy, "Look,
my boss only told me that bikes and snakeboards aren't allowed, but you
can skate on the streetcourse all you want." I was done wasting my time
with him and went back to finish my time on the streetcourse. Go figure
tho, thats ESPN for ya.....idiots.
So, with our time over, and totally sick of the whole ESPN political nonsense,
we went to leave, but everyone in the little skatepark waiting/viewing
area mobbed us asking about our boards and wanted to try them. Well, 3
demo-ing hours, autograph signing/pix taking and 100 Flipside biz cards
later, we had to pry ourselves away from those charmed by the snakes,
in order to head over to FDR Skatepark.
FDR Skatepark. Underneath RT95. All cement. Except for a huge 12ft metal
vert. Wow, the place is so smooth. Maddest of flow. The cowboy guy was
rippin it up at lightning speeds. And of course it was fun to snake it.
We saw Lou Dini there and he was siked to see us snakin his park. It started
raining again, but we were safe under the cover of RT95, yeah! I went
over to the Vert ramp and crashed an awkward 540flatspin, making a Philly
local run for cover. She thought i had hurt myself, but i got up laughing,
seeing her run away. It ended being a good day after all. And this time
we remembered to bring sweatshirts, for the ride back home.
~Kara and Keith...of Team FLIPSIDE |
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each Pix for Larger View
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Marines Red Hummer!
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"Look
at me mom!....Im snakeboarding!" |
This kid loved
snakin' so much, he refused to give up the board & others
wanted to try it so bad! |
The 3 Stooges
posin with a snake,
doing the XGames 'X' |
Kara mute-grabbin
in the 'Bathtub' section of FDR Skatepark |
Great view
of FDR under RT95....Find snaker Keith in the middle of it all
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