Archive | May, 2011

Meet Ryan Garcia, BMX Rider and Fresno Parks and Recreation Supervisor

Fresno might be the most BMX-friendly city in California. They have the largest concrete BMX facility in the U.S., a racetrack, dirt jumps, and several BMX-friendly skateparks. As a result, their scene is on the rise, with amazing local riders and a thriving bike shop.

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Lake Cunningham Regional Skatepark Presents BMX & Skateboarding Summer Camps!

Are you looking to improve your current skills on a BMX bike or skateboard? Are you a new rider looking to gain comfort and confidence in BMX or skateboarding? Check out the LCRSP camps, where all ages and skill levels are welcome.

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Media coverage of the Protest for the Ben Soto skate park

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — They had iPods in their pockets rather than guitars on their laps, and the flowers in their hair more likely hailed from the Mall than San Francisco’s hillsides. But the spirit of the 1960s, of civil disobedience and of fighting for what’s right, pulsed just the same yesterday through the crowd [...]

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Staten Island’s New Dorp High School protests demolition of skate park.

Commissioner Long Where’s our Park? Arthur     Crowd I love BMX 300 Students protesting Front of New Dorp High school BenjaminSoto Deserves our Respect. Sit in. Skate on the Bull Horn. Tommy John speaking to the crowd.   Ed Pollio speaking to the crowd.   Protesters tied up.       Charlie, Steve, and Alissa. [...]

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