Element is allowing anyone to vote for one of six Element flow riders to go on tour with the team, and we’ve got a Utah head named Morgan Cope who’s in the running. So if you’re in Utah, go cast your vote for Morgan. Personally I think he has the best part, but I’m kind of biased. Matt Fink has a…
utah skateboarding
I grew up in Arcadia in Southern California skating Chaffey, Pioneer, Pasadena, and my own town, but now I’m in Utah, so I try to cover things in the area a little bit. Guess who else is Utah folk? That’s right, Lizard King, Dyet, Bork, and Tyson Bowerbank. Tyson who? Well, you’ll know who he is in a few years.
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The recent ban on skateboard ramps in the Salt Lake Valley area of Utah (where the majority of the population in Utah lives) is attracting attention from the news media.
Keep up the work kids. Get your parents to contact the powers that be. Talk to the news media. Be on your best behavior. You have more power than you think.
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On August 7th, 2008 the Salt Lake Valley Health Department passed a new ordinance which prohibits the use of any skate ramps on a residential property. The reasoning they have used to issue this ordinance is based on “Noise Pollution”. The ordinance can be found here on the SLVHD website. It is Regulation # 21, and reads as…
Utah’s own Tyson Bowerbank, a nice young chap I’ve skated with several times and who is better than both you and I combined, won the King of the Groms contest at Minnesota’s world-renowned 3rd Lair skatepark.
3rd Lair guys, please get a better website. Let me know if want to do some trade work. I’ll hook you up if you hook me…
I’m in Utah at the moment, so I’m adding a “utah skateboarding” section to the blog. After all, the scene deserves some special recognition.
First up is Austin Namba. I don’t know the guy, and I’ve never heard of him until today. But check out the Austin Namba footage on Filmbot Fridays and you’ll see the kid kills some of the Utah…
