524: Birdhouse team and Friends: Elliot Sloan, Lyn-Z Adams, Jean Postec and Bucky Lasek
March 7, 2010
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474: Bernie O’Dowd…Then and Then?
January 13, 2010
Bernie O’dowd 1987 Hell Ramp Bucky Lasek watching on.
Bernie O’dowd 2008
These two pictures of Bernie say more then I can…so I will let them.
Jason
467: Delaware Water Gap Vert Facility: Gets bowled in for 2010.
December 30, 2009
The new Bowled end at DWG Vert Facility…. Here is the BEFORE shot
Photography by Paul Puccio
Remember how exciting it was when the ramp got a new layer!! Maaaan have times changed…Looks like Allen Gibson has decided to Bowl up the entire deep end of his Masterpiece….Looks like The East Coasters have it all wrapped up now…Bucky has his concrete Heaven out West and AG has his Wooden Vert Facility on the East…You do know you can Skate this…right? (On Saturdays only) Email me.
Jason
Allen “Guts n Glory” Gibson he has his home court dialed in
Irene Ching Vert Roller Skatings reigning Queen and Spokesperson.
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463: The answer to The House of Steam’s Tony Hawk Ride trivia contest is……… and the winner is……….
December 17, 2009
The answer to the question who bested Tony Hawk in a 1992 Florida contest is…..Tom “The Rock” Boyle!!
Tom “The Rock” Boyle Stalefish
So who is Tom Boyle you say… he was the rider who was the first to pull frontside kickflips on a vert ramp and along with skaters like Danny Way and Colin Mckay helped usher in the final bit of modernisation that brought all the street skating tricks of the early 90′s onto the vert ramp. Things would never be the same. Let’s take a look at Tom and these guys skating back then…Shall we?
Tom Boyle…1994!
Danny Way, Colin McKay…1997
So its now 1997 and vert riders can perform magic on the ramp, its no wonder the sport started coming back out of the darkness. Who would not be excited after watching this level of skating. We all know a bit of what is to come in the new millennium skating audiences wanted skaters to go from being magicians to plain old death defying stuntmen….and the sport moved into 360 Loops, Mega Ramps, Helicopters and Great Walls in China. By making things bigger and more daring almost overnight there where 1,000 new first to be attained in the sport…first to do the loop, first to pull any trick across the mega ramp or on its wall….Has anyone done a 25 foot frontside ollie to grind yet? .Well I for one am pleased to report that with the influence of East Coast Legend Bucky Lasek and his new bowl ‘Heaven’ it seems vert skating is trending back to a healthy balance of everything. That bowl looks like skaters skating something that is humbling for all the right reasons.
Yes, Yes I know that there were countless other skaters involved in these decades least of which Tony Hawk who’s contributions to the sport of skating need not even be taken into question but when you crack open the history books be sure to pencil in Tom “The Rock” Boyle if you find his name missing.
Ohhh and the winner of the Tony Hawk Ride (chosen at random from the correct entries) is……..MATHEW KLEIN
That is young Mathew Klein circa 1987 about to drop in on the quarter pipe…while I (Jason Oliva) skate his vert ramp
Well, Thanks to everyone who entered and thanks to Tony Hawk and the good people over at THRIDE for sponsoring!!
Look for more trivia contests soon in the new year. Dont forget to check out THRIDE and spread the word.
PS…. for those of you who may not know about Tony Hawk’s contributions on and off the board to the sport of skating this video is a good place to start…Nice run Tony!
Thanks,
Jason Oliva
462: ROB MERTZ Skating at Bucky Lasek’s new pool “Heaven”
December 14, 2009
Been skating Bucky’s pool almost everyday, (until I jacked my back again about 6 weeks ago…). The pool rules! Probably the best thing I’ve ever ridden!!!! I’m sure everyone has seen video of it by now. The daily sessions were me, Paul Wisnewski, Chris Conway, Tony Mag, Miller and Owen Neider and Bucky of course! The pool is as big as a modern vert ramp but, with all the hips and corners of a pool! So, if you’re a vert dog who loves pools, (like me), you are S-T-O-K-E-D!!!! Big thumbs up to Bucky for making it happen and letting this old vert guy skate it!!! Thanks Buck!!!
Rob
380: A young Bucky Lasek 1988 Photo Ben Cornish
March 17, 2009
Young Bucky Lasek Hell Ramp 1988
Photo Ben Cornish
A longtime ago I made a “WHo’s on Deck entry” with Bernie O’Dowd skating and East Coast’s finest Bucky Lasek sitting on the platform of the Hell Ramp
Who knew Ben had a great shot up his sleeve all these years later. I dig when stuff like this pops up. Hopefully sooner then later Ben will put the finishing touches on his book and we can all have one for the coffee table.
