Getting Close to Completion

Cactus came by with the last large piece of our counter make over at Southside Skatepark last week.  Took me a little while to find the time to update.  Nice large drawers for the truck boxes, with inlaid Walnut Cactus' a trademark on all the handles.  We are waiting on the sheets of thick black rubber matting coming in from Grainger, hopefully soon.  That will complete our new and improved board build area.  I will put up images of those once I get that installed.
 

Counter Update

Slowly but surely Southside's new countertops are being delivered. Your looking at real red oak, to match the floor. Intricately cut in a radial pattern for the top, and set to match the red oak on the vertical sides. Cactus does amazing work and if your shop is in need of a custom fixture overall, we would be more than happy to provide with his contact info.

Custom Counters Never Hurt Nobody

Check in window corner...












Check out counter...











Yeah Cactus, looking forward to taking possession of those and the rest as they are made complete!

Roman's First Flight

Happened to catch this just after take off. Roman, Janine and I head out to Agenda/Costal Carnage for some work/play out in Hunington Beach, CA. So far the trip has been great but the flight out here was pretty tough. It started with a gentleman's agreement where Roman and I agreed to sleep for 20 minutes before embarking on our 2.5 hour wrestling match. He was good for most of the flight, napping occasionally but was certainly very squirmy and occupied every inch of Janine and my two seat area. Sometimes laughing, sometimes moaning and even crying momentarily just before landing. Glad to be here, wish we could just zip back instead of having to put him through it again. Apparently the lady next to us thought he did great. Seeing as how she is a grandmother, she would probably be a better authority on just how tough or easy he actually was.

Day 1 of a Custom Fixture Build Out for the Proshop

This is Cactus and if you want to get a quality product made the right way, the old way, the artistic way...the way they just don't do it anymore...ask me for his information. Here's images of his warehouse and I am going to try to take you through this process with us over the next couple of weeks.

Southside's "Texas Am Showdown"

I havn't been sleeping well lately after witnessing the carnage at this years...Texas AM Showdown. It was so insane that it has just kept me up thinking way too much while trying to go to sleep. I skated a little bit harder today thinking about it. The John Danielson edit ended up getting posted on Thrasher's website. http://www.thrashermagazine.com/articles/trash/texas-am-showdown-2010/
At this point everything seems that much righter in the world to me. Hope you enjoy it and thanks to Roger Skateboards and Gnarbro!

Es Game of Skate Finals at Southside Skatepark November 6th during The Johnny Romano Skate Jam

Okay, so we have been getting a lot of media attention apparently as of late.  Just had a call from Channel 39 and they are wanting to do a piece on us.  Heres the kicker, Dakota answered the phone, the lady on the line said she would call right back and he didn't catch her number.  Goobye Channel 39 Southside Skatepark piece as the lady has not left us a voicemail or called back, score!  FUEL TV actually ran Volcom's "Wild in the Parks Qualifier" contest segment with Southside Skatepark in it.  Although I have not screened it myself, I am hoping that we are mentioned by name in it.  Reason being is that there have been some questionable coverage of various events here in our park.  Put simply, in segments past we were not a physical location and the events must have been held in someones mind.  ESPN Magazine is doing a piece on skateparks around the nation and we are submitting images to them per their request.  Looking forward to checking that out once it is completed.  Sunday June 12th was THINK Skateboard's demo filmed by John Danielson.  It seemed to become and internet sensation appraoching 10,000 views on our www.vimeo.com/southside account in 48 hours.  Thrasher Magazine put it up on the news feed on the left hand side of their mainpage at http://www.thrashermagazine.com/ .  Then, I am thumbing through the new issue of SkateboardMAG and I find this Es Game of Skate ad.  This is going to sound weird but this was how I recieved the news that Southside Skatepark is the site for the offical Es Game of SKATE finals.  Luckily enough we were mentioned on the offical schedule listing at http://esgameofskate.com/schedule/ , so check for a location near you.  Seems as though they will be held during the Johnny Romano Skate Jam benefitting the Make a Wish Foundation of the Gulf Coast!  We havn't even ever had an offical Es Game of SKATE sanctioned stop here...we always do our homegrown Shut Up and Game of SKATE (which draws over 100 entrants twice a year).  Hey, I am not complaining but if you were manning this ship with us, you might be scratching your head too, don't you think?