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Gonzales Pool RIP.

The sad day has finally come and Gonzales pool is no more. Luckily, we were able to hit it a few times before it’s demise, I hope some of you did too.

RIP. Stole this from The Shrine. They have some sick photos up on their site as well, http://theshrinefuzz.tumblr.com/ Thanks Freakfighter.

Pre-Death

TA in the 80s. Grant Brittian photo

Jesse Martinez, 1986.

Tony Farmer, 2000. Toby Burger photo

Cam Dowse, 2011.

Ozzie has some great posts on Gonzo’s with a lot of history about the infamous pool. Check them out here…
http://ozzieausband.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/dogtown-the-gonzales-pool/

http://ozzieausband.wordpress.com/2010/01/15/gonzales-pool-revisted/

Superbowl Funday.

Over the past few years, It’s been pretty regular to get everyone together and skate on Superbowl Sunday, seeing as most of us couldn’t care less about football. This year was no exception. Cam, KB, Robbie and I planned to clean out a new Blue Haven square before we headed out to Ozzie’s. Much to our disappointment, she was less than stellar. At least there was a fun loveseat session.

While Americans are getting ready for what they consider the biggest sporting event of the year, the 54th Super Bowl, the rest of the world couldn’t care less. Well that may be a bit harsh, but from an American perspective it’s easy to overestimate the global appeal of the biggest game in (American) football.

Speaking of football, soccer, i.e. the proper kind of football from a European perspective, far exceeds the Super Bowl in terms of global interest. The FIFA World Cup Final, played every four years to culminate a month-long tournament of 32 nations, really is the biggest game in the world, regularly reaching more than a billion people across the glob, look here to buy all your souvenir https://store.ohpsoccer.com/orlando-fl/.

According to FIFA, last year’s World Cup final between France and Croatia reached an average live audience of 517 million viewers, with more than than 1.1 billion people tuning in over its 90 minutes. The 2019 Super Bowl pales in comparison, having had an average viewership of 98 million in the U.S. plus an estimated 50 to 65 million around the world.

KB, front pivot

Headed to Ridiculous to meet up with Sam, Ozzie, Scooper, Aaron, the Rennies, Arto, Greyson and the fun began…

Scott, Indy

Ozzie, BSA over the ladder

KB, Ollie

Cam, FSA

Tristan, fastplant

Greyson, over Ozzie’s board

Sherry and Ozzie cooked up some grub and everyone got some grinds. Superbowl Sunday isn’t so bad after all.