Oromocto Skate Park's Official Blog:::::

Well the Fall skate camp has drawn to a close. It was a really fun ride, and our most successful camp to date! There were a lot of new tricks learned, but most importantly, we have two skaters new to skating pumped to keep learning more.

There is a lot looming on the horizon for Oromocto Skate Park so stay tuned to the b-log and we will be chattin!

This week saw an out of province ripper take part in Showdown. Tyler Riddle was down visiting family from Trenton and decided to swing by the skatepark to see what the scene was like around here. He ended up diggin the park enough to come back a few times and on his last night in town, stopped in to play Showdown. With a pool of constant placers expected to show up, Tyler probably didn't think he would end up in the finals with former Trenton homeboiii TJ Leighton and O'Town local, Chris Walsh.

Chris pressure flipped his way to the final beating out Terry Scott, who currently sits in second place in the summer-long tournament. Chris reported his win with a big smile while Terry understandably drove home in silence listening to blaring heavy metal.

The finale ended up being something from The Berrics, with nollie tre flips, double varial and backside flips, and full on one foot landings. The game came down to T to T. Both skaters survived a third "last try" with TJ finally falling victim to an inward heelflip, a trick he had used to win last week's challenge from BK.

With this Showdown in the books, the results are as follows:
TJ Leighton 40 pts
Terrence Scott 21
Rodney Mann/Collin "Collywood" Williams/Chris Walsh 17 pts
BK 15 pts
Kyle Albright 12 pts
Steele London/Mike Bennet/ 9 pts
Terrill Sands 8 pts
Connor Atkins/Stephan Curtis/Tyler Riddle 7 pts
Jessie Allen/Josh Palmer 6 pts
Dylan Ratti/Jeremy Hamilton 5 pts
Mat Hinchey/Lucas "Pukas" Butts 4 pts
MOSES/Patrice Savageau 3 pts
A million others at 1 pt


In other news, the UFC 2010 tournament went down tonight and ended up being a really fun time. We had a big screen and projector to digital fight on. Terry Scott went on to beat Mat Hinchey in the final 2 games to none in the best of 3 decider, both by submission with an arm triangle and an ankle lock. since it was such a success, we will be looking at doing similar events into the fall.

Just a reminder that OSP is hosting a UFC 2010 tournament on Tuesday night. $5 buy-in, winner-takes-all. Registration and practice will go down from 5:30 - 6:00pm and the fighting will commence around 6:05pm after we pick brackets. There has been a lot of interest in this tourny so make sure you show up for your chance to take home some cash!

Another question we have been getting is about whether or not the skate camp will have any effect on regular OSP operations. The short answer is yes. Here's how: The skate camp will run from 1:30pm-4:30pm, so there will be no open skate during that time.

Lastly, Showdown in O'Town will still be going down at the regular time, 7:00pm on Monday night. The race is getting tight but it is not too late to get in the game. A couple times in the top 4 and you have a shot!

Here's a treat:

OSP is going to be hosting a UFC Undisputed 2010 video game tournament this coming Tuesday. The event has a $5  buy in and the winner of the tournament gets to walk home with some extra cash.

Here is everything you need to know:
Game: UFC Undisputed 2010
Cost: $5
Possible Earnings: (10 people) $50 / (15 people) $75
Time schedule: 5:30 - 6:00 - Registration and Practice
                       6:00 - close - Digital Fighting until a winner is crowned!
13" TV or 8 ft Screen: 8 ft Screen

If you have any questions, get in touch with Rodney on Facebook.

In other news, OSP is having their second installment of skate camp. Skaters will learn the basics to more advanced tricks over an entire week of instruction from OSP staff in a great staff/skater ratio. If this sounds like something you or a friend might be interested in, registration can be done at Oromocto Town Hall. Cost is $25/skater.

If you were following our Facebook, you may have seen THIS post:

As it turns out BK had been thinking about it all day and came to Showdown with his eye on the prize. Landing every variation of inward heel, tre flip, and 360 cleaner than Mr. Clean's bathroom, he was able to power through the first round after handing Rodney his BYE, (which Rodney went on to waste by losing in 5 tricks).

In the second round, BK beat out last week's winner, Terry Scott in a tight game that swung back and forth until BK buried the hatchet with a fakie inward heel.

Colin "Collywood" Williams made his second appearance in the finals to take on BK and took him all the way to E where BK was awarded a third last try that was controversial, but approved by Colin. BK fought back and landed a nollie 360 fs shuv and graciously gave Colin 5 tries to land the trick he had never even attempted. With a fist in the air, Colin rolled away with the trick. The very next set however, BK took the game with a reg frontside 360 shuvit, moving him up to third place just behind Terrence Scott.

*** IN A SHOCKING UPDATE***
TJ Leighton has accepted a challenge from BK, putting 4 points on the line. After a hard fought battle, and against BK's pleads for a double or nothing, second game after he had E, TJ takes it, moving him 4 points further in the lead.

TJ Leighton 31 pts
Terrence Scott 21
Rodney Mann/Collin "Collywood" Williams 17 pts
BK 15 pts
Kyle Albright/Chris Walsh 12 pts
Steele London/Mike Bennet/ 9 pts
Terrill Sands 8 pts
Connor Atkins/Stephan Curtis 7 pts
Jessie Allen/Josh Palmer 6 pts
Dylan Ratti 5 pts
Mat Hinchey/Lucas "Pukas" Butts 4 pts
Chris Walsh/MOSES/Patrice Savageau 3 pts
A million others at 1 pt

Hey fellas, on the OSP side of things, we are putting the wheels in motion for the lock-in and year-end competition. Dates to be announced some time next week.

Until then, check out this sweet Parkour video::::::::::

We had a great turn out for Showdown this week! We were two skaters off from avoiding the dreaded three-way games that needed to go down, but regardless, the bangers thrown down were unreal. Terrence Scott fought his way to victory including a way-too-intense make or break situation against Lucas Pukas Butts, where Terry finally landed a nollie frontside flip that stumped Lucas's flip-trick savvy tricktionary.

Terry went on to play BK in BK's first Showdown finale appearance of 2010 after taking the 2009 crown. BK put up a good fight, but Terry had his eye on the prize and walked away with his second Showdown win of the summer.

TJ Leighton has a strong lead coming into the first week of August, and only a few weeks remaining in the season. Can anyone come from behind and steal TJ's shot at Showdown greatness?
Here's how the standings look now:

TJ Leighton 27 pts
Terrence Scott 18
Rodney Mann 17 pts
Kyle Albright 12 pts
BK 10 pts
Steele London/Chris Walsh/Mike Bennet/ 9 pts
Terrill Sands/Collin "Collywood" Williams 8 pts
Connor Atkins/Stephan Curtis 7 pts
Jessie Allen/Josh Palmer 6 pts
Dylan Ratti 5 pts
Mat Hinchey/Lucas "Pukas" Butts 4 pts
Chris Walsh/MOSES/Patrice Savageau 3 pts
A million others at 1 pt

I promise to update more than just showdown results! Check back tomorrow for some pics and tricks

Rodney Mann has taken his first ever Showdown in O'Town after bringing his B-Game to the floor against Kyle Albright and Josh Palmer, who claimed to be bringing his A Game, only to change his mind and state that he was in fact only bringing 'a' game. 9 pts to Rodney, 7 for Kyle and 5 for Palmer, let's see those results::::::

TJ Leighton 24 pts
Rodney Mann 17 pts
Kyle Albright 12 pts
Steele London/Chris Walsh/Mike Bennet/Terrence Scott 9 pts
Terrill Sands/Collin "Collywood" Williams 8 pts
Connor Atkins/Stephan Curtis 7 pts
Jessie Allen/JOsh Palmer 6 pts
Dylan Ratti 5 pts
Mat Hinchey 4 pts**
BK/ Chris Walsh 3 pts
A million others at 1 pt

Showdown will be held on Tuesday this week instead of Monday! Spread the worrrrdddd

Video Skate Camp today! 4-5 PM! $25! Oromocto Skate Park! Knowledge!

A FiRST TiME WiNNER last night at Showdown, Terrence Scott switch fs bigspinned his way to victory and will now wear the crown until next week's Showdown. Collin "Collywood" Williams was also a first-time finalist and nearly edged Terrence out after handing current Showdown leader, TJ Leighton a crushing and contreversial loss - Was he at T? Or was he at A? We'll never know - Also moving up some points was Jessie Allen.

Here are the standings:::::::
TJ Leighton 24 pts
Steele London/Chris Walsh/Mike Bennet/Terrence Scott 9 pts
Terrill Sands/Rodney Mann/Collin "Collywood" Williams 8 pts
Connor Atkins/Stephan Curtis 7 pts
Jessie Allen 6 pts
Dylan Ratti/Kyle Albright 5 pts
Mat Hinchey 4 pts**
BK/ Chris Walsh 3 pts
A million others at 1 pt

Just in case you didn't see our piece in HERE Magazine about Showdown, Check it out!
http://herenb.canadaeast.com/news/article/1135692

Also, Don't forget the Video Skate Camp starting this THURSDAY! Scroll down fo mo~

With news of our first-ever Video Skate Camp coming out yesterday, I felt it appropriate to make a video with some of the footage I had been holding on to. I tried something new with the video, so without further ado, here is the new full-HD OSP video::::::::::::::::::::::::


For more information on the Video Skate Camp, check out the Facebook Event::::
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=139444592750682

The time has come for the first ever VIDEO SKATE CAMP!

The camp will be held every Thursday night for a month. Each class will focus on different subjects starting with camera basics moving on through to techniques specific to skateboard videography, and further on into some post-production tips and tricks (including how to render a high-quality looking clip).

A king-of-the-road checklist style video will be made by participants as a sort of final examination - A screening will be held to show off everyone's work. (If you are unfamiliar with King of the Road, Youtube it!)

Our first class will have a guest teacher in Phil Angers who is a genius behind the lens. He will be teaching basic DSLR settings and how to use it to shoot skate videos. We will also be covering regular video cameras as well.

Cost is only a one-time $25 fee and it covers the entire month's worth of classes and gets you a OSP t-shirt.

Check out the Facebook event here.

* A PDF will be made available with the schedule very soon. 
** Equipment will not be available for every participant so bringing your own gear is encouraged (You want to learn on your own stuff anyway)

Showdown in O'Town sees a new winner tonight with Chris Walsh taking home first place followed swiftly by an unfimilar face for a final, Rodney. Third place is a tie between Kyle and TJ Leighton

The current  results for Showdown look like this:

TJ Leighton 19 pts
Steele London/Chris Walsh/Mike Bennet 9 pts**
Terrill Sands/Rodney Mann 8 pts
Connor Atkins/Stephan Curtis 7 pts
Dylan Ratti/Kyle Albright 5 pts
Mat Hinchey 4 pts**
BK/ Chris Walsh 3 pts
A million others at 1 pt

The day has come! The first OSP Skate Camp will be going down next week, Monday through Friday. This camp is the first of two to be offered this summer. This camp is for skaters aged 12-18, there will be another held in August for skaters aged 9-12.


Sign up can be done at the Oromocto Skate Park or by contacting Rodney or Kyle through various means.

Cost is $25 per skater so come on out and learn those fakie 540 bigflips! switch flips bluntslides treflip rock n rolls nollie backlips!

TJ Leighton 14 pts
Steele London/Mike Bennet 9 pts**
Terrill Sands 8 pts
Connor Atkins/Stephan Curtis 7 pts
Dylan Ratti 5 pts
Mat Hinchey 4 pts**
BK/ Chris Walsh 3 pts
A million others at 1 pt

We were closed yesterday and we will also be closed Saturday July 3rd. We are open full time again Monday 2-8 pm.

Also, OSP will be featured in HERE Magazine. Gilean Watts will be coming in to interview us about Showdown in O'Town and other things the park offers up to break the mundane! So come on out for the photo op and fill the park up!

Week One of Showdown in O'Town is complete and we have a familiar face out in front with Steele London taking it tonight. All of you will remember that Steele was the leader into the third round last summer but quickly fell behind after he hurt his ankle early in the season.

So here is the current Showdown leaderboard:
Steele London/TJ Leighton 9 pts**
Terrill Sands 8 pts
Connor Atkins 7 pts
Dylan Ratti 5 pts
Mat Hinchey 4 pts**
BK/ Chris Walsh 3 pts
A million others at 1 pt

See you next week!

**Updated! Forgot one week!

Double Parts are IN THE WORKS
It would probably be a good time to start thinking of some song possibilities for me to edit to. If you are interested in having a double part this summer, contact Rodney and we'll get the ball rolling!

In other news, we are near the completion of planning the first ever Skateboard Camp to be offered at OSP. The camp will run in July, date to be announced.

In other other news, OSP will also be running a course on Skate Video creation. Planning is near completion and details will be provided soon.

In Other, other, other news, here's a treat:
TENS

Tens - a skateboard video 2010 from Deer Head on Vimeo.

Thanks to everyone who came out to the opening day! It was a blast! Congrats to Will Berscheid, Jeremy Hamilton, and Tj Leighton for taking home first in their categories. Many thanks again to East Side Board Supply for graciously giving us some schwag!

Heyo!

Just a reminder that tonight is the night the teddy bears have their picnic! But! Don't waste your time eating stupid crab meat sandwiches with bears capable of speaking english and preparing an entire picnic! Come and spend it with us! Watching Back to Square One! It's a movie! With Skateboarding! By people we know! Who rip!!!

EXCLAMATION MARK!!!

- Movie starts at 7 pm, but we open at 6 pm - See you there :)

And! here's a treat.. A cat hiccupping and farting!

The premiere is only one sleep away! Don't forget to mass text all of your friends and tell them about it! We will be free skating until we actually fire up the vid @ 7 PM sharp! Late-comers will be forced to watch the movie from behind the screen! (joke.. But be there on time!)


It is NOT an ELUSIVE video, but it is being sponsored by them, so show some love. There will be DVDs for sale for $15 bucks, so bring some cash. Sean said he will remember the people who buy DVDs and aim for them when it's product toss time, so keep that in mind!

The run time sits around 25 minutes and there will be no skating during the playing of the video (It's a sound pollution thing). The event is BYOM, Bring Your Own Munchies. We will be watching it on the bleachers, and you are reminded to please pick up after yourselves if you leave crumbs/bottles/etc behind.

There will be prizes given away through raffle and product toss, as well as best munchie, and best hat. So bring your best head gear and homemade trail mix and prepare to get free stuff!


Here's a treat:::

The second round of Showdown in O'Town Bonus Rounds went down last night and saw some pretty tight games of SKATE. The final came down to Kyle Albright and Terrill Sands who both tossed up some solid tricks, but Terrill's skills proved too difficult for a McDonald's value meal-powered Kyle.

The results were as follows:::::::
1st Terrill Sands [+4 pts]
2nd Kyle Albright [+3 pts]
3rd TJ Leighton [+2 pts]
4th (tied) Rodney Mann/Jeremy Hamilton [+1 pts]

What is up?! The date has been set for the Back to Square One premiere! The night; Thursday, June 3rd. The time; 7 pm.

This is Sean Garrity's new flick that he has been working on over the past couple years*. It is NOT an ELUSIVE video, but it is being sponsored by them, so show some love. There will be DVDs for sale for $15 bucks, so bring some cash. Sean said he will remember the people who buy DVDs and aim for them when it's product toss time, so keep that in mind!

The run time sits around 25 minutes and there will be no skating during the playing of the video (It's a sound pollution thing). The event is BYOM, Bring Your Own Munchies. We will be watching it on the bleachers, and you are reminded to please pick up after yourselves if you leave crumbs/bottles/etc behind.

There will be prizes given away through raffle and product toss, as well as best munchie, and best hat. So bring your best head gear and homemade trail mix and prepare to get free stuff!

If you have any questions, feel free to contact Rodney or Kyle over facebook or whateva. Here's the trailer one more time::::::::






See you there!

Hello everyone, so I was holding off on the release of the video so I could toss in a trailer for Sean Gerrity's new diddy, Back to Square One, but a communication breakdown has ended up with him making a separate trailer, which isn't a bad thing!

So I guess what I am trying to say is.. Sorry for the wait!

Without further ado, here is the 2010 Opening Day Montage::::::::



And check out Sean's Back to Square One trailer::::::



And check out our blurb on Who is Freddy?

Why is it done, but not online? There are reasons, which will make more sense later. In the meantime. Here are some screen caps from the vid! Holy difficulties putting pictures on.. Hopefully they work!



Check back for more info on the video tomorrow!

EVERYONE!


Alien Workshop has a competition going on for the best line to come out of the Maritimes. This is a great reason to get out and shoot some footage!

While I'm not so sure on the use of the old school compass. The concept is great. Here is a copy of their press release::::

Alien Workshop presents...

Lines in the Maritimes.

This is a skateboard video contest.

Best line wins a Alien Workshop gift pack, including Board, Wheels, Clothing etc.

You have until June 21st, International Go Skateboarding Day to post the links to your best line on the FistFullaFives facebook group (post them on Vimeo, Youtube, whatever).

Contest Timeline: May 21st - June 21st.

This contest is open to any skateboarder, sponsored, non sponsored, am, shop kid, shop owner but you must currently live in the Maritimes or Newfoundland.
Extra points for those using/incorporating Alien Workshop products.

We hope to promote the east and all its sick skate talent so spread the word and invite your friends, crews and any other skate rats to get out there and film.

Good Luck and may the best line win!

Needless to say, we'll be gunning to get a couple of entries in from the park. So if this interests you, come on in and throw down some creative and fun lines.

Don't forget::::: To enter you have to be a fan of FistFullaFives on Facebook. The link to the facebook page for the contest can be found here.

I've been getting some good reviews about the teaser we released the other day for the park and I just wanted to let everyone know that a longer, non-HD-but-still-BA, video is on it's way within the next week. That's right. The next week.

We've got a lot of other 'Video News' floating around. It's still in the early planning stages, but it's looking like Oromocto Skate Park will be the host venue for the premiere of Fredericton-based, Sean Garrity's new flick 'Back to Square One'! Gnar!!

In the mean time, to get ya pumped for tonight, check out Bert Wooton's part in Just Meshin' Around::::::::::

Great to hear all the positive feedback from the teaser video! The summer should bring lots more fun!

To tide you over until I have something Oromocto Skate Park related, here is Baker has a Deathwish::::::::::::::

I put together a quick little teaser with the HD footage we shot opening night.

Featuring (in order of appearance)::::
TJ Leighton
Brendan Meehan
Sylvain "Moses" Arseneault
Terrill Sands
Greg Brewer
Mat Hinchey
Rodney Mann

Take a look-see:::::::::





Stay posted for a longer, non-hd, but still entertaining video coming soon!

2010's first Showdown in O'Town went great. Because the real Showdown in O'Town will only begin when we open for full-time hours in June, the top 4 skaters received partial points to help towards their overall score when we start playing for real. It's like a preseason that counts!

Anyway, without further ado::::::::::

1st Terrill Sands [4 pts]
2nd TJ Leighton [3 pts]
3rd Collin [2 pts]
4th Seth/Derek/Jesse - tie [1 pt]

Quick little compilation vid coming within the week.

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In other news::::::::::::: 2010 teaser on it's way within days!

Showdown in O'Town is Oromocto Skate Park's homage to the Berrics' infamous Battle at the Berrics.

Here's how it works:
Think of it like Mario Kart. The more you place in the top 4, the higher your chances are of winning over all.

Names are drawn from a hat to select who you will play against.

The winner moves on to the winner of another game of skate, and so on.

1st place wins 9 points
2nd place wins 7 points
3rd place wins 5 points
4th place wins 3 points

Points are accumulated throughout the summer and the person with the most points at the end of the year, wins!


- If you have any questions, feel free to message Rodney or Kyle on facebook

Thanks to everyone who came out to the park the last couple of nights!

Opening night was absolutely perfect! Great skating by everyone in attendance, and it was awesome to see familiar faces.

If you haven't gotten a chance to pop in yet, we're open 6-8 pm Mon-Sat every week until full time hours start in June.

REMEMBER: Helmets are mandatory. - We do not have helmets available for use until further notice! Also, Children under 13 need to be accompanied by a parent or guardian!

Here is a video of Kyle and Rodney selfishly skating the park before you got to on Monday:::::::::::::

Hello fine blog checkers. If you didn't know - WE ARE OPEN TODAY!

Come on in and skate like it's going out of style!

Here are the deets:

Time:: 6-8 pm
Cost:: FREE
Location:: Kings Arrow Arena, Fraser Avenue, Oromocto, NB, Canada (click for map)
Restrictions::

Need to have a helmet (No loaners available**)

Under 13? Need to have a parent or guardian present

We look forward to seeing you there!

4 days until we open WHATTTTTT

I heard a filthy rumor the ramps will be ready to be put in place over the weekend :o:O:o:O:o!!

To tide you over; here is Marisa Del Santo's part from Zero's newest release: Strange World

Enjoy::::::::::::::::::::::

May 10th is a lot sooner than you think. With all this rain in the forecast... Who wouldn't want to skate indoors..

I hope you guys are as excited as we are about this summer. 2010 is looking like it's going to be a summer to remember. We've had some great input as to what you all would like to see at the park this summer and it has been greatly appreciated!

Here's a breakdown of what we're looking forward to doing this summer:

Summer Kick-Off Comp (to be renamed)

Video "Spotlight" series

Canteen with SKITTLES

Monthly Cheeseburger Picnics (maybe?)

!!!STAR!POWER!!!

Live Music Event(s)

Music Recording Days

Double Parts in Videos!

Showdown in O'Town v2

A Lock-In

More PING PONG

If you have anything else you'd like to see happen this summer let us know. Hit us up on Facebook or email us @ OromoctoSkatePark@gmail.com

We are located at:

Kings Arrow Arena, Fraser Avenue, Oromocto, NB, Canada

(We share a parking lot with the Gage Golf course)


Our hours of operation are:

2-8 pm Monday-Saturday
*FULL-TIME HOURS in effect until further notice*

Contact:

Email us @ OromoctoSkatePark@gmail.com
To contact Jackie Dunn (Leisure Services Cordinator): 506-357-4455