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All decked out: Museum's Tony Hawk skateboard exhibit ready to roll
FORT LAUDERDALE How to roll lessons about skateboarding, physics and creativity into one cool package? A new exhibit at the Museum of Discovery and Science is ready to show you how. The Tony Hawk: RAD Science Skate Exhibit features 25 interactive...
Tags: Applied Physics, Science and Technology, Tony Hawk, Arts and Culture, Museums
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Skateboarding + physics = RAD
Skateboarders generally view their activity as more of an art than a science. They don't worry about things such as inertia, force or velocity. It's more about creating while in the moment and pulling off another trick. But it doesn't hurt for the...
Tags: Tony Hawk, Science and Technology, Arts and Culture, Museums, Museum of Discovery and Science
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Hello, Ollie
Before skaters recorded tricks on their phones and ESPN began airing the X Games or "extreme sports on TV," a Hollywood Hills High kid so slight that he looked more like a sixth-grader leaned back on his board and popped it into the air — without...
Tags: X Games, The New York Times, Tony Hawk, Science and Technology, Arts and Culture
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Meet 'ollie' creator at 2-day SkateFest
To celebrate its new traveling exhibit, “Tony Hawk: RAD Science,” the Museum of Discovery and Science will put on a two-day RAD Science SkateFest May 25 and 26 presented by Ramp 48 and Island Water Sports. The event will feature Create-A-...
Tags: Tony Hawk, Science and Technology, Arts and Culture, Museums, Museum of Discovery and Science
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Stanford, Lincoln County could discuss possibility of skate park
ben@theinteriorjournal.comSTANFORD — Local government officials may begin looking into the possibility of building a skate park after a Stanford grandmother brought attention to the lack of space for skateboarders. Brenda McFerron told Stanford City Council members last...Tags: Tony Hawk
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Lake Louisa State Park longboard racing competition to highlight skater safety
CLERMONT — Competitors from 6 to 62 will take part Saturday in the first in a series of skateboarding contests that aim to promote sanctioned longboard racing in Lake. Lake County is co-sponsoring the event with the Ian Tilmann Foundation, a...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, State Parks
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Street patrols keep an eye on skateboarders
Driving along Cliff Drive on a recent Monday, Laguna Beach civilian officer Alfred Casas spotted a 19-year-old holding a skateboard. Casas, 6-foot-4 and burly, calmly approached the man and respectfully asked if he knew about a city ordinance that...
Tags: Fines, Crime, Law and Justice, Punishment
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Skateboarders and artists welcome one of their own at Film Forward screening
Staff WriterThe risks and rewards of forging one’s own path were displayed Wednesday night at a screening of perhaps the most surprising film on this year’s Film Forward program of movies. “Bones Brigade: An Autobiography” is the story...Tags: Movies, X Games, Entertainment, ESPN (tv network)
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Bristol Indoor Park A Winter Refuge For Boarders, Bikers
The Hartford CourantAshley O'Gorman loves skateboarding enough to want to do it all year, even when it's bitter cold outside. "I really like the adrenaline rush," Ashley, 15, says. So her mother, Debbie, drives from Pawling, N.Y., to Bristol as frequently as she can, so...Tags: Bristol (Hartford, Connecticut)
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Skateboarding in uptown now illegal in Martinsville
WDBJ7 Reporter"The police said we had to put up no skateboarding signs or there was nothing they could do," said Reverend John Fulcher. The signs are up and the message is clear but at First Baptist Church in Uptown Martinsville the point hasn't gotten across. "I...Tags: Baptist, Christianity, Martinsville (Martinsville, Virginia), Religion and Belief
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Martinsville City Council wants skateboarders out of uptown
WDBJ7 ReporterSkateboarding in Uptown Martinsville could soon be illegal. City council wants to ban the sport on public and private property because of damage. Skateboarders like Andrew Fulcher don't like the idea. "I don't particularly like parks. My history is...Tags: YouTube, Martinsville (Martinsville, Virginia)
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Can Huntington Beach become Skate City USA?
Huntington Beach is known as Surf City USA, but another board will strengthen its foothold in the city when Vans holds a ground breaking ceremony on its "Off the Wall" Skatepark on Thursday morning. The world-class skateboarding and BMX complex will be...Tags: Vehicles, VF Corporation, Services and Shopping
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