The grand opening at the Maple Skatepark was this past
Sat the 20th! The weather was just perfect, the crowd of
around 200 were stoked all day. The session never got to
crazy with around a hundred skaters skating the street setup
in the parking lot and taking time out to come ride the
bowl with quite a few locals. They started with a ribbon
cutting and an announcement that the park will never be
moving, contrary to what you here on the radio and news,
and that phase II will happen in 2008, bring it on. Then
the session started and carried on into the late afternoon.
When I get a complete list of sponsors, I will update.
I will thank a few people, I'd like to thank Jason Forrest
who is the rep for NHS, Independent, and Creature , thanks
for setting up your tent and providing the tunes all day
and free videos. Also the guys from Savage, The BoardRoom
out of EC with the AC skate shop on wheels, and Twisted
Tree Skateboards of EC for donating boards. There was another
shop from the VA area, names soon and myself (ECA) I guess
for kicking in a couple of boards and tshirts. Thanks you
Shane Thomas for the MC heckle all day, great job as usual.
Another big thanks goes out to the Oneal's not only did
Big Ron, Ronnie, and Dylan hold it down in the bowls all
day, Lisa and her little ladies kept the Raffle going all
day and raised $400 bucks for finishing off the decks and
getting the hill stabilized with vegetation to keep the
sand out of the bowls. A real big thanks goes out to Jason
Weeks from Currituck Park and Rec, everything was real easing
going all day and everything went smooth as the crete in
the keyhole. You can thank him for the "FREE"
concrete skatepark we have in this area of NC, he was very
pivotal in making sure we got the best park possible out
there and he stands behind making it even better in 2008.
Thanks to everyone who donated product and participated
even if it was just watching. It was a great day for skateboarding
in NC!!! Lets do it again next year!
All the pics below were shot by me (Rob Nelson) except
gor the very last two. Look for more updates listed on my
home page as they come in.
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