Sentences with phrase «wilmette skateboarders»

The company boasts all the trappings of a modern tech firm: The 54,000 - square - foot office in Montreal's up - and - coming Point - Saint - Charles neighbourhood has an indoor halfpipe for skateboarders like De Baene, the obligatory foosball tables and a full - time barista.

They already had something good, but I felt with my expertise, connections and direction, we could really make it authentic and fun, so that real skateboarders would appreciate it, but also that video gamers would enjoy playing it.

You know, I'm 41 and I'm still a professional skateboarder — it's just insane!

I used it at the X-Games taking photos of skateboarders catapulting into the air.

Legendary skateboarder Tony Hawk has built a billion - dollar video game franchise.

It's almost as if the music gods came down from the sky and said «Autotune users will be jailed,» or city bureaucrats posted a «Skateboarders will be prosecuted» sign on my driveway.

He dresses like a skateboarder, or a drummer who might have just stepped off the stage at the Biltmore: on this day, a Whitney Houston concert tee, Nudie jeans, nerd - chic sneakers.

Current Venture: An avid skateboarder, Kim hated the women's boarding sneakers then available — «Pink, puffy pastel things that you couldn't even skate in,» she says.

Legendary skateboarder Tony Hawk explains how his obsessive work ethic has served him well in the long - run.

Located in Park City, Utah, Skullcandy was founded by Rick Alden in 2003, targeting its products exclusively to skateboarders and snowboarders.

One of our episodes, Lacey Baker - Defiant Skateboarder, became a Vimeo staff pick, and that video is still getting a lot of views.»

Witness Nike marketers a few years ago hanging out with skateboarders in an effort to increase the company's «cool quotient» and crack a new market for its shoes.

Over the past two decades, snowboarding's rise to mountain prominence has been nothing short of meteoric: once a dismissed counter-culture led by skateboarders, it now gains attention from moms, dads and the Olympics.

Hey, I just put a transsexual skateboarder on the cover of my magazine and Nike helped pay for it, how can I hate on them?»

Skateboarders rejected Nike's overtures because the shoe giant made TV ads but didn't sponsor skateboarders, events or sell its products in skateboard shops.

The legendary skateboarder describes his early entrepreneurial wipeouts and the hard lessons he learned from them.

While the Big O no longer has a single professional sports team that uses it, there is one bright spot in all of the misery: the Big O skateboarding pipe — originally the entrance to the Olympic park — has become famous among Montreal skateboarders as a must - skate landmark.

One friend described him as nice, quiet and a talented skateboarder.

He has been very into his art lately, creating a series (crayon on paper) of skateboarders doing tough jumps.

There were mums and dads and kids everywhere with kids playing in the sand, two little boys fishing from the pontoon, skateboarders and people eating and people walking the path around the lake.

As skateboarders, my crew is about videos.

EPIC hosts competitions for scooter riders and skateboarders, and allows for drop - in entrance throughout the year for scooters, skateboards, and even BMX bikes for special events.

EPIC Indoor Skatepark, which has welcomed skateboarders and scooter riders to the 365,000 square foot facility in Rocklin since 2009, may have to close its doors permanently at the start of November.

While the scooter crowd may have to work harder to gain the respect of the skateboarders (think early skiers vs. snowboarders issues), it is slowly gaining acceptance in the skating community.

Nineteen - year - old snowboarder and skateboarder Shaun White is nearly as famous for his hair as for his dazzling dual - sports skills.

«The real skateboarders were on the set every day.»

And she gave her brothers the honor of naming the boy, who they promptly named after their favorite skateboarder of the moment (Bryan Herman - oh the things a Mama must remember).

If your child wants to be a professional skateboarder, why not give her a head start?

«It is important for me that my kid can stay in his city,» said Naperville resident Tammy Jones, the mother of a 15 - year - old skateboarder.

Following the meeting, local in - line skaters and skateboarders will work with Thompson Dyke and Associates, the architect for the site, to construct clay models of what they want to see in the skate park.

He said that the skateboarders were causing nicks, cracks and dents in the concrete and other structures around the gazebo and that they were jumping on tables and railings, which also were showing early wear and tear.

Last month, Naperville Park District officials agreed to construct the temporary park for skateboarders and in - line skaters until a permanent skate park is completed next summer.

HIGHLAND PARK — Highland Park's Park District Thursday night agreed to create a committee to look into building a park for in - line skaters and skateboarders.

«Everybody is like, «Skateboarders?

Lisle skateboarders could have a park to call their own after Park District commissioners agreed to move ahead with plans for such a facility.

All it needs, besides the equipment for the skaters and skateboarders, are parking and bathroom facilities, Grodsky said.

Highland Park has many skateboarders with no place to go, said Dave Harris, superintendent of special facilities.

Skateboarders need proper skateboard parks, instructions and safe equipment before their sport can achieve the stature of other recognized sports, Morrill said.

ORLAND PARK — The Orland Park Village Board voted Monday night to approve plans to build a public skating park for skaters and skateboarders.

ELK GROVE VILLAGE — Depending on the generosity of the state, Elk Grove Village skateboarders will be trading flatland for half - pipes by next summer.

«Skateboarders are great kids.»

Park District planners would look to skateboarders for help in designing the site, Buczowski said.

That is, the flat village parking lots that skateboarders frequent now will be replaced by plywood ramps in a corner of Audubon Park.

ORLAND PARK — Village trustees Monday night tentatively approved a plan to build the area's first public skating park for in - line skaters and skateboarders.

It's time to give skateboarders their fair share of resources.»

Elsewhere in Logan Square, the Park District is working on creating a park for skateboarders under the Kennedy Expressway bridge at Logan Boulevard.

Skating features include quarter - pipes, a spine box, and several small ramps for use by skateboarders and in - line skaters.

The skate park includes a course made of wooden ramps with jumps and half pipes to challenge skateboarders of varying talent levels.

Depending on the generosity of the state, Elk Grove Village skateboarders will be trading flatland for half - pipes by next summer.

Middle and high school students from North Aurora have apparently persuaded village officials to support building parks for skateboarders and in - line skaters.