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Charles River Skatepark

Dec 22nd, 2008No Comments

I grew up my whole life skateboarding. I used to ride for Vans and some local skateshops but it has been a while since i’ve been on a board. Still have a huge love for the game though and once in a while if I have enough beers I will hop on my old deck. I am really excited to see this skatepark going up. When I was younger skateboarding was so frowned up and now with areas like the Charles River Skatepark going up I think it is a great thing for the city. I will def. get a new skateboard once this bad is built and probably throw out my back but its all good. The love ie fierce and a pinched disk is worth it.

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Old School Boston Skateboarding

Oct 23rd, 2008No Comments

If you rode a skateboard in Boston 15 years ago than you will remember skateboarding the fountain at Copley square. Hands down the best place to ride at the time. You could show up and there would be 45 kids skating and just having a good time. The fountain ledges where not all banged up back then and slid and grinded amazingly. My friends and I would go down and bump into guys like Panama Dan and Robbie Gangemi to just name a few. Undercover cops would occasionally jump out from a Buick and grab the first skater they could get their little cop hands on. Those were the days. I found this old footage of Robbie Gangemi tearing it up in the city. If only I was 15 again.

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