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Vans Skatepark
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November 13, 2004
Skateboarders
get in flips as Milpitas park shuts today
By Cecilia Kang, Mercury News
Skateboarders from as far as Stockton and San Francisco went
to the Vans Skatepark at the Great Mall in Milpitas on Friday
to do one last kick-flip or ollie before the indoor skate emporium
closes its doors indefinitely this evening. The Bay Area's only
indoor skate park will be replaced by a Kohl's department store,
according to staff members of the Milpitas Vans retail store
and skate facility.
Note: This page will be kept up for its history and its
links.
An enthusiastic crowd of invited Milpitas leaders attended
the grand opening of Vans Skatepark in the Great Mall of the
Bay Area on Thursday, June 22, 2000. A number of Youth Advisory
Commissioners were there wearing their inline skates or toting
a skateboard under their arms, eagerly awaiting the opening ceremony
to end.
Vans WAS located at the north-west end of the Great Mall,
1150 Great Mall Dr., Milpitas, CA.
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Star skateboarder, Steve
Cabellero, welcomes Milpitas City leaders Cliff Williams
(Planning Commission), Althea Polanski (School Board Chair then,
now on City Council), and Charles Lawson (Police Chief)
Steve
was instrumental in designing the Milpitas Vans Skatepark. He
did some pretty amazing tricks on his skateboard for us. Wish
my digital took action shots!
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Mayor Henry Manayan and Chief of Police, Charles Lawson, are
thanked for their help to bring Vans to Milpitas by Youth Advisory
Commissioner, Scott Zeise.
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Willy Santos signs a poster for Evelyn Chua, Planning Commissioner.
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Willy Santos mugged for the camera, but Youth Advisory Commissioner,
Samir Lalwani, kept a straight face.
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Youth Advisory Commissioner, Daniel Hay, gets some skateboarding
advice from Steve
Caballero.
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Action was fast! Here's a dude taking on The Washboard.
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A member of Vans PeeWee Competition Team slows down the motion
momentarily for the camera.
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Willy Santos, champion skateboarder, signs a poster for your
Milpitas Guide, Ann Zeise.
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Skateboard
Links
NEWS
Sun, Jan. 30, 2005
East
S.J. welcomes first skate park
By Esther Landhuis, Mercury News
City leaders, community members and skaters gathered Saturday
to celebrate the grand opening of East San Jose's first skate
park. ... The $611,000 skate park -- among the largest in Northern
California -- caps a four-year effort initiated by young skaters
of Plata
Arroyo, an ethnically rich, lower-middle-class neighborhood.
WHERE TO GO NOW!
Ben Lomond Skatepark
Santa Cruz County.
Mike
Fox Skatepark
Coming soon to Santa Cruz. Help with the planning and design,
if you want.
Northern
California Skateparks
Tons of pictures, video clips, directions, weather reports and
more. Still has Vans listed, so may be dated. Call before going.
Scotts
Valley Skatepark
To get to the Tim Brauch Memorial Skatepark in Scotts Valley
from Highway 17 South take the Mount Hermon road Exit. and head
right. Continue on Hermon for about a mile and make a right onto
Kings Village Road. Follow down to the end of the street and
the skate park will be on your left hand side. The address is
361 Kings Village Dr.
SKATEBOARDING
Nick's
Skateboarding Page - Tricks
How to do the Ollie, Manual, Kick Flip, Heel Flip, 50-50, Dropping
In, and many more.
Real Skate
A supportive site for skateboarders, pros, ams, beginners, fans,
and supporters of skateboarding. Based out of Santa Cruz.
Skateboard
Directory
Megasite directory of skateboarding resources as well as related
sports.
Skateboard
Science
In a blur of flying acrobatics, skaters leap and skid over and
onto obstacles, executing flips and turns of ever increasing
complexity--all at top speeds. How on earth do they do that?
Skateboarding.com
E-zine with lots of features and skateboarding tips and events.
Skateboarding
Word Search Puzzle
So you can't get out to skateboard today. You gotta do homework.
Learn something. Hey! This is a vocabulary lesson or spelling
lesson or something educational like that!
Sports
Resource
Skateboarding links and resources.
PEOPLE
Steve
Caballero
A native son of San Jose, Steve Caballero has left his mark on
three decades of skateboarding. Interview by Brian Brannon on
Skaterock.com.
GETTING STARTED
Build a Park
Commercial site: Stop trying to assemble scrap and get a park
through the mail - instant air! Wild Extreme Sports has partnered
directly with skatepark manufacturers to bring you Launch Ramps
- Wave Ramps - Breaker Ramps - Spine Ramps - Grind Rails - Quarter
Pipes for home or park use.
Skatepark.Org
This site serves as a resource for everyone involved in the process
of getting a public skatepark built, and generally promoting
skateboarding.
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Contest Entries
and Visitor Comments
 I think The Vans
Skatepark is a good to skate. It has alot of ramps, boxes, pools
and rails you can do big tricks on. One of my favorites was the
mini half pipe that was next to the fence which was near the
entry. Another one of my favorites was the small pool which was
behind the medium half pipe. I also liked the way the pro skaters
designed the skatepark it is pretty SWEET!!! -- Lil
Lil, age 10, won two signed posters from Steve Cabellero and
Willie Santos. He's had a lot of time lately to surf the web
and do some writing as he broke his leg. One guess how.
Van's Is the Sickest park I've ever skated.. The Wave Pool
and the Mickey Mouse pool are the funnest parts, but the new
outdoor part is pretty sick to.The comp sized Half Pipe is awesome
because no one's ever on it, so it's fun to mess around on. I
hurt my wrist pretty bad on the backyard-bowl because it was
all slippery. The reasons I want the posters is because Steve
Cabellero is my fav. skater, because he's 35 and still a ripper.
Would do anything to skate with him. -- Greg
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