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Message 177 (6. Apr. 2002 06:05) (Tree)

irene
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1979 — Vert Rollerskating
This is a photo from 1979. Skateboard City, Staten Island, NY
My first skatepark experience. 2 hours by public transportation.
All fiberglass on metal frames, no platforms. His name is JP and he's wearing Molly shorts. The bowl in the background had a channel and staircase. The halfpipe had roll-in's about halfway up the ramp on one side. It was cool to be able to see a skater carving around the bowl from the outside.
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irene: 1979 — Vert Rollerskating (6. Apr. 2002 06:05)
 This is a photo from 1979. Skateboard City, Staten Island, NY
My first skatepark experience. 2 hours by public transportation.
All fiberglass on metal frames, no platforms. His name is JP and he's wearing Molly shorts. The bowl in the background had a channel and staircase. The halfpipe had roll-in's about halfway up the ramp on one side. It was cool to be able to see a skater carving around the bowl from the outside.
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Bernhard: 1979 - Vert Rollerskating (6. Apr. 2002 14:42)
 : This is a photo from 1979.

Wow! I like to see such pictures from the days before I was on skates. Makes me feel nostalgic ...
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RollerSkater Dave: 1979 — Vert Rollerskating (6. Apr. 2002 17:27)
 : This is a photo from 1979. Skateboard City, Staten Island, NY

Cool! Now Bernhard and I have proof for Mr. Fuhrmann in the rec.sport.skating.inline newsgroup that ramp skating was NOT invented by inliners ( since Scott Olsen and Rollerblade didn't start marketing them till the mid 80's ).
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matt: 1979 — Vert Rollerskating (11. Apr. 2002 11:22)
 : This is a photo from 1979. Skateboard City, Staten Island, NY
: My first skatepark experience. 2 hours by public transportation.
: All fiberglass on metal frames, no platforms. His name is JP and he's wearing Molly shorts. The bowl in the background had a channel and staircase. The halfpipe had roll-in's about halfway up the ramp on one side. It was cool to be able to see a skater carving around the bowl from the outside.
go you 8 wheeler

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Bupsy: 1979 — Vert Rollerskating (30. Apr. 2004 00:40)
 : This is a photo from 1979. Skateboard City, Staten Island, NY
: My first skatepark experience. 2 hours by public transportation.
: All fiberglass on metal frames, no platforms. His name is JP and he's wearing Molly shorts. The bowl in the background had a channel and staircase. The halfpipe had roll-in's about halfway up the ramp on one side. It was cool to be able to see a skater carving around the bowl from the outside.


Hey, do you have any more pictures of this skatepark? ive been riding (bike) for 5 years and have always been going to jersey to ride due to lack of anything here in staten island.. me and my friends have tried very hard to get a skatepark built here, we finaly got an ok.. but they never acted and our hopes were crushed :( all thats here are some ramps in the woods that are falling apart fast
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Hicks: 1979 — Vert Rollerskating (21. Apr. 2011 03:30)
 This is an old thread, but I'll put this up just for the hell of it in case anyone is interested. I grew up in NYC and went to Skateboard City 2-3 times. Here is one shot of 4 that I still have. This is from a 13th birthday party of a friend.
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Bernhard: 1979 — Vert Rollerskating (21. Apr. 2011 09:08)
 Hey Hicks, thanks for pulling this up. But your pic didn't make it into the posting. Maybe it was bigger than 100 KB. Then you should make it smaller and try again.
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Hicks: 1979 — Vert Rollerskating (21. Apr. 2011 14:16)
 oops - didn't realize there was a size limit. Here it is.
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Hicks: 1979 — Vert Rollerskating (21. Apr. 2011 14:22)
 Thanks for alerting me to that Bernard. Here is a shot of me in 1979 (12 or 13 at the time) on the plexi half pipe. You can sort of see that I am riding a Pine Design deck. (With Sims blue snakes & tracker full tracks - sadly it got stolen a year later.) I also posted a pic in reply to my original failed post.
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steve: 1979 — Vert Rollerskating (8. Jul. 2011 21:43)
 Oh man, i used to go there every other sunday. My dad or my friends dad would drive us in from brooklyn. they had the trailer for the office/proshop. I still have some pics of me in the bowl and on that halfpipe your riding in the back. Ive gotta find those pics. great memories. i was 15 at the time.
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biffsk8er: 1979 — Vert Rollerskating (8. Jul. 2011 22:45)
 I've always wanted to skate a plexi ramp. They look like a cool experience!!
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