6th Annual Make-A-Wish Texas Skate Jam
Posted on Tuesday, November 12, 2002 by
![]() Aaron Perko - kickflip frontside tail slide ![]() John White - back lip ![]() John White - backside Smith grind ![]() Darrell Stanton - nollie backside noseblunt ![]() Darrell Stanton - nollie into the step up ![]() Brian Schaefer and Rob Meronek with some dunk tank girls ![]() Felix ollies over to lipslide ![]() Victor Fonosh - nosegrind ![]() Ryan Wilburn - Indy air in the bowl ![]() Graham Bickerstaff - feeble ![]() Kenny Anderson - krooks ![]() Marius Syvanan - krooks ![]() Mike Sweat - nosegrind ![]() Frankie Machuca - hardflip 50-50 ![]() Torey Pudwill - switch heel |
November 11, 2002 By Rob Meronek This year, Brian Schaefer and Ryan Clements decided that Texas needed an Asian, so they brought me along to the 6th Annual Make-A-Wish Jam super-demo at Southside Skatepark in Houston, Texas. They played the sometimes rude, but entertaining, announcer’s role and I was the nerd with the camera. We arrived in Houston on Friday night a few beers deep because we had a late afternoon flight into the place. After checking in and dropping off our gear, we headed off to the One Man Army show at Fitzgerald’s. I don’t remember anything worth writing about that night except that it was a great show and super-good punk rock joint. Thanks to everyone that bought us beers. I didn’t take out my wallet once. We forced ourselves out of bed early Saturday morning, threw down some coffee, and headed to the park to skate it before the crowd came in and we had to get to work. The course is laid out basically in a giant “L,” which was kind of awkward, but still pretty good. We had our ‘hangover session’ each day to get things started. ![]() Jake Nunn destroyed the other obstacle (step-up and handrail) during the second Best Trick. On the bank and step-up to flat bar, he killed it with a switch backside Smith grind and a switch backside lipslide. When he hit the big rail, he was throwing down stuff like krooked grinds, frontside boardslides, and tailslides to fakie. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() One of the pair of undies that was turned into us has serious chick skid marks on it! Brian offered two sets of bearings to anyone who would put them in their mouth. Some kid immediately took him up on the offer and made the entire crowd throw out the coordinated “eeewww” scream. That was horrible. It’s amazing what you can get kids to do for skate stuff. We’ll keep that in mind next year. ![]() ![]() Thanks to Damian at South Shore Distribution and Southside Skatepark staff for being great hosts. Also, the sponsors (Adio, Deluxe, 411VM, Transworld) provided tons of products that helped us raise additional loot for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Other than Brian’s nuts popping out of that thong a couple times, I’d say it was a successful weekend. |
Comments
Article Archive by Category
- All Ages Contests
- Anniversary Parties
- Art Shows
- Awards Ceremonies
- Boards for Bros
- Booze Cruise
- Celebrity Sightings
- Chill Cam Dumps
- Christmas
- Clash of the Crews
- Coastal Carnage
- Comedy
- Cons Triple C's
- Contest and Event Coverage
- Copenhagen Pro
- Course Construction
- Damn Am
- DC King of Series
- Demos at SPoT
- Digital Product Toss
- EOTM Parties
- Event Schedules and Details
- Franks for Nothing
- Go Skateboarding Day
- Heat Sheets and Skater Lists
- Industry Event Coverage
- Information About SPoT
- Make-A-Wish Contests
- Maloof Money Cup
- Nerdsday Thursday
- News and Press Releases
- Parties
- Product Watch
- Red Bull Events
- Road Trips
- Shoe Releases
- Shop Tours
- Skate Bid'niss
- Skate Missions
- SPoT Skate Shop Ybor
- Tampa Am
- Tampa Pro
- The Bricks
- Throwback Thursday
- Tourist Missions
- Toys for Tatas
- Trade Shows
- Vans Downtown Showdown
- Video Premieres
- Warped Tour
- Zaturdays
Shop
- Accessories
- Backpacks/ Bags
- Beanies
- Bearings
- Belts
- Complete Skateboards
- Decks and Boards
- DVD's
- Girls Gear
- Griptape
- Hardware
- Hats
- Headphones
- Jackets
- Jerseys
- Kids Shoes
- Long Sleeve Shirts
- Magazines/ Books
- Pads and Helmets
- Pants/ Jeans
- Sale/ Closeout
- Shoes
- Shorts
- Socks
- Stickers
- Sunglasses
- Sweaters/ Hoodies
- Tank Tops
- T Shirts
- Trucks
- Wallets
- Watches
- Wheels
- Woven/ Polo/ Knit Shirts