Pro Skater Rodney Mullen Set to Skate For the Green
Pro Skater Rodney Mullen is coming to Ojai for an appearance at Skate for the Green event at the end of the month. I thought it would be cool to post a video of his amazing skate tricks. Below the video is a full event press release from Jody James.
YouTube - Best Of Rodney Mullen
SKATE FOR THE GREEN, 2008
CONTACT: DALE SUMERSILLE, 646-1872
The Ojai Recreation Department and Skate Ojai proudly presents “SKATE FOR THE GREEN” Saturday, May 31 from 12 noon until 4:00 with a FREE skateboarding movie at 5:30 pm. This is a FUNdraising event at the Park n Ride lot (414 E. Ojai Avenue), to celebrate skateboarding, the environment, our Ojai youth and to raise money for our new skate park. This event has something for everyone, no matter the age….skateboarders and non skateboarders alike….Skitz from 105.5 fm will be doing a live radio broadcast remote from the event, playing great music and giving away lots of stuff! There will be a host of vendors including skate shops, Robyn Wells our local henna tattoo artist, hoola hoops, and more. Come taste the newest organic ice cream from our local Jungle Ice Cream, tamales from Gourmet Tamales or a nice frozen coffee drink from Phyliss and the Java 33 coffee cart. Take the Ojai Trolley or the Gold Coast Transit bus and be dropped off right in front of the event!
Kicking off the day at 12:00 noon is One Way Board shop and Bones who will be bringing their ramps and their skaters to put on some great demo rides as well as demos from our valley’s own Skate Team! Bring your boards, AND YOUR HELMETS, and enter in one or all of the street sessions. There will be 3 events beginning at 1:00 and the first 100 registered entries will receive free goodie bags full of fun gifts such as t-shirts, water bottles, CDs, stickers and more! Killer prizes will be awarded and door prizes will be given out throughout the day! Registration begins at 11:30 a.m., with a $2 suggested donation, and is open to everyone. In order to participate in the street sessions you will need to have waiver form signed by your parent or legal guardian. You can download a waiver from the City Website at www.ci.ojai.ca.us Or the Ojai Skate website at www.ojaiskatepark.com, or pick one up at the Recreation Department at 510 Park Road in Ojai. Your parent/legal guardian must sign the waiver in person at one of the following places ahead of time or at the event; One Way Board Shop, or the Ojai Recreation Department. A parent/legal guardian must sign a waiver form before you can participate.
Stick around to meet Rodney Mullen at the Chaparral Auditorium (right next to the Park n Ride lot) at 5:15 p.m. GLOBE int. will be featuring FREE skateboarding movies with Rodney in the Auditorium at 6:15 p.m.! Rodney will be making a personal appearance at 5:30 p.m. to sign FREE autographs and give away some great posters and gifts.
What a fun way to support our new Skate Park! All monies raised will go towards the new Park. Between April 30 and June 30 double your donation!! An anonymous donor will match all community donations up to $50,000!!!!So come down May 31, and have some fun while helping us reach our goal.
For more information go to www.ojaiskatepark.com or www.ci.ojai.ca.us or call 805-646-1872.
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Comments (7)
so, uh, let's see, this guy has one trick, he flips his skateboard over and lands on it in one move, and that's his trick, right? he does that same trick about a hundred times in the first three minutes of this video. after that i turned it off. did i miss something?
Comment #1 Posted by: Anonymous | May 20, 2008 03:30 PM
i don't know if you noticed but he was chewing gum at the same time
Comment #2 Posted by: sk8ter | May 20, 2008 04:00 PM
Chris: thanks for posting this. Rodney Mullen shreds!!
Comment #3 Posted by: Mike DiDj | May 20, 2008 10:38 PM
Hey, Comments 1 and 2 - who cares what the guy is doing? I could put on a clown wig and ride a bigwheel on that ramp - the goal is to get the Ojai Skate Park up and running. My wee ones are future loitering teenagers and I want that skate park in place for teenagers present and future!
Comment #4 Posted by: kate | May 21, 2008 08:05 AM
Can someone tell me what a skate park has to do with the green movement? I cannot see anything environmentally friendly on cementing a piece of land. Don’t get me wrong, I am all for a skate park in Ojai – just not right in the center of town. Move it a couple of blocks more east.
Also a skate park is only appealing to a small group of the youth in Ojai. Maybe all this money would be better spend in a project that attracts all youth of Ojai – like a public pool, reopen the bowling center, …
Comment #5 Posted by: Anonymous | May 21, 2008 08:08 AM
I like the sk8 park right where it is -- right in the center of town. (But then, I like just about anything that irritates the Gentrification Squad.)
Comment #6 Posted by: phalarope | May 21, 2008 10:34 PM
Hi my name is Sunday and my husband and I have 3 children, 19, 17 and 9 years old. Our family is loves skateboarding and surfing. So volunteering my time to help build a new in-ground concrete skateboard just makes sense. I don't get excited about football, tennis or soccer but if a group of grandparents, parents, local business owners and kids in Ojai wanted to raise money and awarness for the need to have a safer space for them to be active and enjoy the sport they love I would support them 100%. We have over 13 million skateboarders in the United States and when I had to print the flyers for our upcoming event, I had to print 3000 so that every child would receive one, public and private Ojai schools. That's a lot of kids! The skatepark will be a beautiful new space for all kids to enjoy. By leaving it right where it is Ojai sends a message that it cares about kids. I also agree that we need a community swimming pool, but the funds we have raised are for a skatepark. I would love to make the swimming pool my next grassroots effort for the families of Ojai. Come on down to the event this upcoming Saturday at the skate park. We will have an information booth with SKATE OJAI members that can answer all your questions and you will be able to meet hundreds of fellow Ojai folks that think a skate park would be a great addition to the many physical activites that we offer the youth of Ojai. See you then!
Comment #7 Posted by: sunday rylander | May 25, 2008 08:57 AM