Hardcore rap and some great skateboarding from local Brainerd Minnesota skateboarders.
Imagine if we had a skateboard park like most towns our size!
Minnesota, Skateboarding DIY Spots, and Random Topics
Thursday, April 30, 2015
Brainerd Minnesota Skateboard Montage
Hardcore rap and some great skateboarding from local Brainerd Minnesota skateboarders.
Imagine if we had a skateboard park like most towns our size!
Friday, April 24, 2015
Video of Brainerd Native Jake Specht Skateboarding in Duluth Minnesota
Requirement flow. Jake Specht
Skateboarding in Duluth, Minnesota filmed with Gopro Hero 3+
Music by: Atmosphere-Let Me Know That You Know What You Want Now (Southsiders Album) I do not OWN the music but it is PAYED for.
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Thanks for watching, NOW GO SKATE!!
ALL FOOTAGE FILMED ON: 10/19/14
filmed by: Jesse Covington
skateboarder: Jake Specht
age: 21 skater since: year 2000 (age 7)
hometown: Brainerd, Minnesota
Skaters will have some new places to eat this summer: Brainerd, Minnesota Food Truck Ordinance Passes!
Article written by Chelsey Perkins via the Brainerd Dispatch:
An ordinance governing food trucks in the city of Brainerd is now on the books.
In a 5-2 vote, the Brainerd City Council approved the ordinance Monday night, establishing the permitted boundaries, hours of operation and uses.
The ordinance covers all "transient food units," including trailers, wagons, carts and seasonal temporary food stands. The trucks will be allowed to park in eight designated zones, on public and private property in the city, most from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. In the downtown zone, hours of operation allowed are from 11 p.m. to 2 a.m.
The trucks will be allowed to sell only food and nonalcoholic beverages and must acquire a license from the city of Brainerd. Operators are not allowed to draw attention to themselves with audible noise or music beyond the unit, nor is exterior lighting permitted. Sales are not permitted within 300 feet of a brick-and-mortar restaurant or bar that serves food or within the same distance from the property perimeter of any festival, sporting event or civic event.
Full Article in Brainerd Dispatch about Food Truck Ordinance Passing
Click the links for more information on food trucks:
https://www.yahoo.com/food/a-taste-of-the-countrys-best-food-trucks-117032284796.html
Link to a great recent article on food truck positives and negatives:
http://restaurant-hospitality.com/food-trucks/street-scene-weighing-pros-and-cons-food-trucks
Application for Food Truck vendor in Brainerd, Minnesota
Here is a link to a successful food truck in Los Angeles, CA.
http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/the-burnt-truck-orange-county#H1vbSLVItzBS80yxmVpQYw
Thursday, April 23, 2015
List of DIY Skateboard Spots and links
http://www.confuzine.com/2013/07/31/my-d-i-y-atwater-california/ DIY by concrete worker in CA. Great pictures documenting the building process of a skateboard oasis in his backyard. Lots of beer and bags of concrete involved in these innovative skate structures.
http://www.confuzine.com/category/skateboarding/diy-skateboarding/ A plethora of DIY spots mainly in Europe but also spots from all over world are featured at this Confuzine link.
Text via Confuzine
Ruoke DIY – Finland
Ruoke is a small village outside Jyvaskyla city in Finland, and that’s where the name of the spot originates from. The spot is about 10 km from Jyvaskyla, near Ruoke village in the middle of nowhere on this abandoned highway stop. Those barriers have been there for ages and we all have had our eyes on them for years. Two years ago Ville and few other guys started this spot by doing a small concrete tranny to make one of those barriers skateable. Later on they moved one of the barriers closer to the other barrier and cast them together, making it a kind of a pool corner – then some layers of paint – and that’s it. A perfect little spot in the middle of nowhere. Really steep and hard as fuck to skate, but perfectly functional and just perfect! I love it! There’s a small special feature about this spot. There’s this huge spruce tree on one side of the area and there’s a small wooden cross and always one electric candle burning. Kinda spooky. There was a car crash at that spot a while ago and someone died in it. The family has made ths spot kind of a sanctuary… There are plans to continue the project, but we’ll see what happens. I like it the way it is now. Rough and hard.
words + photos: Antti Lehtinen
Thrasher Magazine Link to Badly Design Skateboard Parks
http://www.thrashermagazine.com/articles/certified-piece-of-suck-april-042015/
http://www.thrashermagazine.com/articles/certified-piece-of-suck/
From Thrasher.com:
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http://www.thrashermagazine.com/articles/certified-piece-of-suck/
From Thrasher.com:
SKATEPARK DESIGNS HAVE GOTTEN BETTER in the past 10 years, but that doesn’t mean cement turds aren’t still being dropped in towns all over the world. Certified Piece of Suck is our dishonorable award for botched, butchered, and just plain bad skatepark design. Here’s a look at some garbage terrain from past issues of the mag.
Email us photos of any Certified Piece of Suck skatepark designs that you know of:mail@thrashermagazine.com (300dpi, 5 inches wide)
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
DIY Skateboard Videos: Atlanta Locals Creating Inspiration for Brainerd Spot
Liability seems to be one of the main hindrances in the United States. But like the DIY Atlanta build video above proves, with enough man power and tenacity, towns across the United States could have their own DIY Skateboard Park.
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Artifact DIY Skate Spot Video/ DIY Brainerd?
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
Northfield Skateboard Park receives bids - Northfield MN: Announcements
Northfield Skateboard Park receives bids - Northfield MN: Announcements: On the morning of April 14, 2015, Northfield City Engineer Dave Bennett opened bids on the construction of a Skateboard Park in Old Memorial F…
Northern Pine Longboards Article
I found this article to be a great read about a Longboard company from Eden Prairie called Northern Pine Longboards.
http://current.mnsun.com/2015/01/the-power-of-a-passion-project/
Brainerd Live Music April 9-15
From the Brainerd Dispatch:
For week of April 9-15; bands perform from 9 p.m. to close with no cover unless otherwise noted.
BRAINERD
Coco Moon,601 Laurel St.
- Thursday Bluegrass, first, third and fifth Thursday of the month
- Three Men and a Lady, 7:30-11:30 p.m. Friday
Liquor Pigz,718 Laurel St.
- Karaoke, 10 p.m. every Wednesday
- Jam session/open mic, 9 p.m. every Sunday
Shep's on Sixth,315 S. Sixth St.
- DJ, every Friday-Saturday in Elbow Room
St. Mathias Bar and Grill,4640 County Road 121
- YNOTT, Saturday
The Last Turn Saloon,214 S. Eighth St.
- Open Mic Night, first Wednesday of month from 7-10 p.m.
BREEZY POINT
Commander Bar,30279 Airport Road
- Todd Douglas Band, Friday-Saturday
JJ's Pub,Downstairs of the Commander
- Dave Burkart, 5-9 p.m. Saturday
CROSBY
The Bridge Tavern,26929 Highway 6
- Live music every Friday; Classic Country Dinner Theater, 4-8 p.m. Sunday
Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Minnesota Skateboard Parks in towns way smaller than Brainerd
Here are some pictures of skateboard parks in small towns in Minnesota. Please be sure to notice the population size of the towns with skate parks. My question is why Brainerd doesn't have a skateboard park?
Lanesboro, MN: Population 754 according to 2010 census
Another view of the park in Lanseboro is below:
Aitkin, MN Population 2087 (2013)
Marshall, MN: population 13,483 (2013)
Another view of the park in Lanseboro is below:
Aitkin, MN Population 2087 (2013)
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