Suburban Blend Team skateboarder Mike Berdis took 1st place AND best trick in the 2010 Cowtown Showdown The Arnold Sports Festival @ Ohio Sk8 University.
Snowboarder Frank the tank Knab got a $700 wad of cash for KILLING it @ Holiday Valley for the Red Bull Butter Cup. Way to represent boys! Well done!
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MIKE BERDIS INTERVIEW
By John Centi, Photos by Tim Garvey
Age: 13
Years Skating: 8
Sponsors: Suburban Blend, Destructo, Osiris and Murder One Clothing
Home turf: Erie, Pa.
Set up: Destructo Trucks, Speed Metal Bearings, Suburban Blend Deck, Hubba Wheels.
What is your favorite thing about skateboarding?
Practicing, learning new tricks and winning comps…winning is always good.
Someone gets in your way at the skatepark what do you do?
I get mad but I try and not let it bother me. Sometimes I’ll go and let them know it’s not cool and teach em some skatpark etiquette.
How stoked are you that your family just so happens to share a similar dream with you?
Stoked….I’m really happy they stand behind me and share the same vision. They believe in us, me, my brother and sister and that’s cool.
What’s the coolest thing about your family?
We’re the most functional,dysfunctional family you’ll ever meet!
What’s your favorite thing about McDonald’s?
The food…and the loonies that hang down at Mcdonadls on State st.
What’s up with your little bro, he shreds too.
Ya, sometimes, he’s got his eye on the prize. I have won some pretty cool stuff and gone some pretty cool places, he digs that and wants in, but the practice and commitment…not so much.
You have been competing a few times, what events did you do and what was the coolest thing about them?
Maloof Money Cup, Play Station am jam, Free Flow, King of the Groms-3rd Lair.
Hands down…the Maloof cup, it was awesome, being in California, sharing stage with the pro’s…
It’s was like the visa commercial…priceless
How’s school?
It’s like doin’ time and we’ll leave it at that.
Who influenced you the most in skateboarding?
Kris Phillips..Hey you out there Kris?!
What music are you listening to when you skate?
Rap and Pink Floyd.
What’s was the last trick you learned?
Ghetto birds.
What was the last trick you landed and was really stoked about?
Flip bs board on a flat rail.
- Lil Mike with a big move
- This kid is fluid on the rails
- Mad style and tons of control. Mike has got it folks. You would be stoked just to see this kid skate.
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September, every year you come and bring the change of the seasons. the Summer is but a memory now as we break out our jeans and sweaters, bask in the beauty of the autumn colors and drag ourselves back to school. (ugh…) |
It wasn’t until 1959 when skateboarding hit the market place. Skateboards were sold everywhere, toy stores, convenient stores, etc. The first professional boards were made by a company called Makaha. And the first fiberglass boards were made by a company called Gordan and Smith, a.k.a. G&S. But, of course, these things were very dangerous at the time. The completes, which was a plank of wood, trucks that came from rollerskates and the metal wheels that were on them. It took them a while to find out clay wheels were safer. And it took even longer to find out wheels made of urethane were not only safer, but smoother and grippier as well. Cadillac, a branch off of the skateboard company Bahne, was the first company to invent the urethane formula for skateboarding wheels.
Skateboarding died for a few years after being called unsafe. It wasn’t until 1973, often known as the second wave, that skateboarding became popular again. The birth of the urethane wheels brought the sport back to life. Finally companies designed trucks that were manufactured for skateboarding, such as Independent, Tracker, Gullwing and Bennett. The disciplines of the sport also rose. There was now slalom, freestyle, downhill, etc. Another discipline that came out of it was pool skating. Many skateboarders became famous. Skateboarders like Tony Alva, Jay Adams, and Bruce Logan were put into many magazines and helped shape the sport. Because of the high numbers in the sport, Florida decided to make the first skatepark. It definitely sparked the fire. Soon after that, skateparks were being built all over the country.
In the late 70’s, Alan Gelfand invented the "ollie" or no-hands aerial and moved skateboarding to the next level. Skateboarding started to become more rebelious. Skateboarders listen to music that was about “Anarchy” and committing crimes. Skulls were often used as a graphic on the bottom of skateboards. But safety once again became an issue. Insurance became so expensive that skatepark owners closed the parks and had them demolished. In 1980, skateboarding died another death. Three years later, in 1983, skateboarding started up again and fell in 1991. In 1993, skateboarding made a comeback, and To this day, skateboarding has been killin’ it ever since.
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Jamestown, NY’s 2nd annual Go Skateboarding Day
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More photos from Bob Knab: rkgraphics.smugmug.com/gallery
