http://www.nationskateboarding.com/ Skateboarding in Western NY en-us Wed, 26 Dec 2007 21:40:05 -0500 Wed, 26 Dec 2007 21:40:05 -0500 Evan Schapp http://www.nationskateboarding.com/home/t_shirts/ T-Shirts are now available. Contact Matt or Ev to get you some good lovin'. Wed, 26 Dec 2007 21:40:05 -0500 Matt West http://www.nationskateboarding.com/home/indiana_and_portland_trip/ Last week Evan and I flew to Indiana to see Jake Korenstra for his 21st birthday. It was a great time and his wife helped take awesome care of us. Here are some pictures from before I broke the camera I borrowed and rolled my ankle. The next day we flew to Portland to Ev could check out the Art Institute and we could skate Burnside. I wasn't able to do much more than roll around the place because of my ankle but Ev had a good time. If you're planning on checking out Burnside there are a few things to keep in mind. Portland has a pretty large population of homeless, almost as many as we saw in San Francisco. I was told that the east side of the river was most ghetto but we saw homeless everywhere from the south towns up to the airport. The west side of the river had a night life that ran for more than 10 square blocks and was fun to walk around and check out. The locals at Burnside like locals anywhere else. If you respect them and their park and don't act like an idiot they will be cool with you, which they were with us. They have a self-imposed no camera policy. One kid told me the reason for this was that random kids will show up and sit on the wall with cameras and poach for photos or footage. A lot of times the photos or footage will end up in mags, videos, and online without permission. Luckily, because I was only filming Ev there weren't any problems. The next day we drove around and checked out a few other parks in the area. This got us out of downtown and led us into the nicer southwest Lake Oswego area. Look for a mini video compilation of the trip here in the next few weeks. On a side note I got my MK1 lens in the mail yesterday, wee. Thu, 18 Oct 2007 17:04:02 -0400 Evan Schapp http://www.nationskateboarding.com/home/jacob_k/ Congratulations to our good friend Jake K. for his recent marriage. Cheers to your future buddy! Tue, 24 Jul 2007 00:13:14 -0400 Matt West http://www.nationskateboarding.com/home/honeoye_park_now_open_all_day/ Apparently the Honeoye park is now wide open from 9am to 8pm and is no longer supervised. The signs say helmets and pads required but no one has ever wore pads there and I see no reason to start now. Bring a helmet just in case. If anyone gives you problems remember to be polite and courteous, since being an asshole doesn't make friends with important people. Thu, 14 Jun 2007 23:54:56 -0400 Evan Schapp http://www.nationskateboarding.com/home/art_opening/ This April 1st at 7pm there will be an Art Opening at Boulder Coffee (100 Alexander St., Rochester). Come check out some artwork by Lea & I. Plus, it's on a Sunday and The Hounds of Hell will be playing so there is no excuse to miss it! Wed, 07 Mar 2007 20:55:01 -0500 Matt West http://www.nationskateboarding.com/home/join_us/ It's that time of the year again, indoor park season. Come skate with Evan and I [almost] every Sunday at X-Dreams in Rochester. If you're feeling the snow instead of the masonite than get a pass and meet Nate up at Bristol Mountain. Gabe? Him and his band, The Hounds of Hell, can be found every other Wednesday at Fuul in Canandaigua. Mon, 29 Jan 2007 23:05:14 -0500 Matt West http://www.nationskateboarding.com/home/some_footage_of_evan_the_hounds/ I had some footage of Evan from X-Dreams that was burning a hole in my pocket to use so I threw it together with some footage of The Hounds of Hell show this past Saturday at Füul, enjoy. Unfortunately, after the show my video camera done got broked so until that gets fixed no more fun. The holidays suck anyways. Edit: The video is now nutsack free. Wed, 20 Dec 2006 22:09:16 -0500 Evan Schapp http://www.nationskateboarding.com/home/myspace/ Evan has finally caved in and gotten a Myspace account, yee haw. Check it out and add him. Wed, 13 Dec 2006 23:36:20 -0500 Evan Schapp http://www.nationskateboarding.com/home/f_winter/ FFFFFFFFFFFF winter!!! Wed, 06 Dec 2006 09:32:41 -0500 Matt West http://www.nationskateboarding.com/home/new_camera_videos/ I have uploaded two new videos. Nothing too significant, one is footage of the October snow storm in Buffalo and the other is some B-roll footage from Sweden skate park that was filmed last month. Sat, 18 Nov 2006 17:03:33 -0500