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Badlands Anniversary Bash.

This year marks the 35th anniversary of the Upland Pipeline Skatepark. The City of Upland and Utility Board Shop put together a celebration this past Saturday to honor Stan Hoffman, owner of the original Pipeline, and the Hoffman family for putting Upland on the map.

Stan Hoffman and his Pipeline plaque

When Salba talks, people listen.

People from all over the country, along with the legends of skateboarding, came out to honor the Hoffman family. Lance Mountain, Tony Hawk, Steve Caballero, Mike McGill, Christian Hosoi, Jay Adams, and Eddie Elguera are just a few of the guys that came out to show their support, not to mention all the Badlanders that hold down the IE on a daily basis.

Lance Mountain

Tristan Rennie

Mike Perez

Dogtown/Badlands

Eric Salazar

Charlie Blair

Danny Sandoval

After some heavy shredding at the park, the party headed over to Utility for a signing and then to The Grove Theatre for a special screening of the new Bones Brigade documentary.

The night ended at Corey Miller’s Timeless Art Gallery for an epic collection of classic Upland art, old relics and photos by Grant Brittian, James Cassimus, Dave Swift, Jim Goodrich, and Chris Ortiz.

Grant Brittian photos

Art Miranda sighting!

Cassimus photos

Miller board

Sick Dave Swift photo of Miller at Convict Pool

Goodrich photos

Salba’s box

I’m going to guess that Chicken made this…so cool

Shirts

Hand done Malba graphic

Everyone headed out back to finish the day off with some free Black Star Beer and live music by Powerflex 5.

P5 with Spidey on guitar and Chuck Hults ruling the mic

The day was amazing beyond words. Skateboarding’s roots are strong in the Badlands and with the out pour of support I witnessed from the community and the number young guns coming up, I don’t see it dying out any time soon.

Peacock posted up some video of the event. Check it out here:

Desert Dessert.

Went out with Ozzie and KB to meet Jake, Randy and Doug in the desert a couple weekends ago. It was super hot and we almost went to jail, but wouldn’t have had it any other way. Always a good time skating with these dudes.

The start and almost the end of the day

Kevin

Randy

Next stop

Doug

It’s hot

Kevin

Randy

Stoked we got to ride with Randy and Doug on their trip out here from New Orleans. They left us some stickers as a parting gift. Until next time…

Photos by Ozzie

Badlands Anniversary Bash – May 19, 2012.

Badlands Anniversary Bash, Saturday, May 19, 2012

The tentative time line is as follows:
Award Presentation 12:00–12:30
The Pipeline Skatepark Founder Stan Hoffman by City of Upland — Upland Skate Park

Skate Park Demo 12:00–1:30
Skateboarding legends at Upland Skate Park

Signing 2:00–3:30
Skateboarding legends at Utility’s Upland Store
Utility Board Shop: 167 N. Second Ave., Upland

“Bones Brigade” Showing 4:30–6:30
Special showing of Stacy Peralta’s NEW film — $10 ticket donation to the Tony Hawk Foundation. Buy tickets here: http://www.utilityboardsupply.com/Utility/Bones-Brigade-Movie-Ticket
The Grove Theatre, 276 East 9th Street, Upland

Sk8rospective Art Show 7:00–10:30
Featuring photos from the artists who captured skateboard history during The Pipeline era; including James Cassimus, Grant Brittain, Dave Swift, Jim Goodrich and Chris Ortiz. Live music by Powerflex 5. At Corey Miller’s Timeless Art Gallery, 126 N. 2nd Ave., Upland, CA 91786

Pro-tec Pool Party This Saturday.

The 2012 Pro-tec Pool Party is happening this Saturday in the Combi. Heavy ripping has been going down in preparation and MRZ has been down there documenting it all.

Bucky Lasek

Check out http://www.vans.com/eventsites/poolparty/post/whos-been-practicing/ to see who’s been practicing.

S-One posted up some of last years action.

Check http://www.vans.com/eventsites/poolparty/ Saturday for the webcast.

Also, check out Blue Tile Obsession for some one-on-one exclusive interviews with some of the Pool Partiers, http://ozzieausband.wordpress.com/

Paul Wisniewski

Sheckler Foundation’s Skate for a Cause.

The third annual Sheckler Foundation Skate for a Cause was held this past Saturday at Etnies Skatepark in Lake Forest. This event raised over $57,000 for The A.skate Foundation. A.Skate is a nonprofit organization that helps autistic children through skateboarding. Russ took a break from the festivities and shot a couple photos.

Jim Gray

Sergie Ventura

Aaron Astorga

Mike Rogers

Some footage from the event.

For more information on The A.skate Foundation and their mission to help children with Autism through skateboarding visit http://www.askate.org/

Coachella.

Went out to Coachella over the weekend with Cam. Long story short, it was fucking hot and miserable at times. Refused, fIREHOSE, The Buzzcocks, and At The Drive-in all killed it. A fun show, just way too hot. The positive side to the heat was that a lot girls decided to leave most of their clothing at home.

Refused

At The Drive-in

Took a break from the show to do a quick pool mission. Drove literally 5 mins and found an epic left hander. Got in, got some grinds and got out in 10 minutes flat. Skating in 105 degree heat is not fun, but we couldn’t walk away from this desert gem.