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?

Dakota Roberson...Shaun Mefford Photos!

I havn't had much time to update the blog in a while, so here goes...these are some photos of Dakota Roberson skating some fresh new spots around Texas, enjoy.

Stefan is repping a Guru Deck in the new Thrasher Venture Ad!

While flipping through the new Thrasher that showed up in the shop the other day I was checking out the new Venture ad and noticed that Stefan Janoski while not only doing an amazingly high switch crook just so happened to be riding a Guru Khalsa deck.  This just had me so hyped, so I shot a picture of it and texted it over to Guru because sometimes I see things in various publications before he does as when it is your life all the time you probably tend to tune out a little bit.  He texted back "Haha nice.  Sick photo too!"  Anyway, funny thing about it now is that I thought he was riding the ledge and doing a kind of a come from behind up and over switch crook...wrong, Stefan has more pop then that, everyone knows that except me I suppose.  Unfortunately it is sad to say that I might of just dated myself on that one, oh well...so be it.

Southside "Johnny Romano Skate Jam 2010" Festivus Article

This years SkateboardMAG 73 "Festivus" article on the 13th Annual Johnny Romano Skate Jam was right on point.  The photos were great, the session was amazing and we really appreciate the way the article was layed out.  Other publications in teh past have gone so far as to not even mention where the event was held at.  Can you believe that, when we read such article in the past do you know how crushed we were?  Could you imagine dumping upwards of $50,000 in renovations to your skatepark just to not even be mentioned in the article that dropped about your park in the 90 days after the park update.  SkateboardMAG is the best magazine going right now in our opinion, they get it right and get to the point about who, what, where etc.  Thanks so much staff at the SkateboardMAG, you guys are legit, in a time of lameness...

Eazy Dolly X Southside Skatepark Collab filmed by Bigo

Eazy Dolly X Southside Skatepark Collab from Southside Skatepark on Vimeo.