Chris Levack created an ‘iron wave’ and a prehistoric inspired shade structure for the Austin Skatepark that just opened. Here’s a video telling the story of the skateboarding artwork:

The House Park Skatepark (AKA the Austin Recreation Center BMX Skate Park; doesn’t that just roll off your tongue) has a tentative grand opening set for Thursday June 16th per my inside guy. We all know how carved in stone that kind of info is…but we can hope! I’ll keep you updated. Get ready for the biggest snake-fest in Austin skatepark history.

We tell stories of the greatest gap ever jumped all the time. Was it the Gonzollie? Frankie hill’s playground hammer? Jamie Thomas at Remac arena? Half the stuff Cardiel did?

Here’s the latest fish story with video to back it up of Aaron “JAWS” Homoki carving his name in the history books.

I can’t wait to get my wheels on the new skatepark here in Austin at House Park. The thing looks all kinds of tasty! The only bummer is that it looks like it’s going to open right when it starts to get hot here in Austin and so far I can’t see any sign that it is going to have lights to get your night session on. They are still finishing up the landscaping and it should be open in the next few weeks.

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In the wake of the massive earthquake in New Zealand, the skaters there have some ready made natural terrain to get down on. Here is a great clip of some of the possibilities.

I’ll be keeping an eye on Status Kobe for clips from Japan in the aftermath of the tragedy there.

Leave it to skaters to find hope and beauty amongst so much pain.

Check out this mini doc of Jamie Thomas. Jamie is a really cool cat that I wouldn’t mind hanging out with. Hit me up some time Jamie.

Frankie pretty much just disappeared at what seemed to be the height of his career. Maybe it was the tech progression that blew up in the early nineties while Frankie Hill was just going big.

I can’t wait to see what they end up producing.

Deanna and Ed Templeton are doing a show here in Austin on Saturday March 12th at Domy Books.

I’ll be checking out SXSW so I hope to push on over to check it out.

Watching this clip I am reminded of the old Bones Brigade days when the most important part of a session was having fun. The focus on progression in the last ten years has taken some of the fun out.

Enjoy: