Seattle residents can thumb their noses at the Eastside all it wants, but thanks largely to long-time skaters and Parks department employees Joe Moormon and…
John sitting with the entire City Council, The Parks Superintendent, and The Mayor, at the opening ceremony for the Ballard Bowl #2. MLJ: Without burning…
MLJ: It seems like your dissertation relies heavily on remarkable circumstances that you couldn’t have planned. How much did fate factor in to your paper,…
MLJ: Tell us a little about growing up as a young skateboarder in New Mexico. JNC: You assume I grew up. I was a teenager…
I remember the first time I met John Carr like it was the day after yesterday. It was at a meeting of the Project Advisory…
Skaters rejoice! Today Seattle City Councilmember and mega-supporter of Seattle skateparks, Richard Conlin, has just earned himself the seat of City Council President. The entire…
For skaters in Seattle, last year kinda sucked. It started off crappy. I remember January 3rd, 2007 like it was yesterday. I was sitting at…
The illustrious Seattleskateparks.org Rusty Bearing Awards for 2007! It’s predictable and cliche, but who cares? These are the people and organizations who made an extra…
Back in August, the Tacoma News Tribune published this piece on South End skateparks and explored their successes and failures. It was about as good…