Independent has footage of  ”Skate For A Cause”

Kinetic North Foundation has unilaterally terminated the contract for leasing property at the SkatePark Amsterdam NDSM area as of the 1st of August.

After almost 12 years they have decided to end the partnership between the Kinetics Foundation and North SkatePark Amsterdam Foundation. SkatePark Amsterdam has been the co-initiator for starting the biggest art and culture breeding area of Europe at the NDSM wharf, Amsterdam.

Our reach since 2005 has been more than 600,000 people worldwide… and still counting. In 2011 we received over 37,000 visitors to the park and each week we gave lessons to over 100 kids! All of this possible through pure skateboarding and BMX.

We are a city youth project which is highly rated internationally and was created by skaters, for skaters. This is something we are very proud of and we believe to be the reason for our growth and success in the international community.

We pay rent and do not get government funding.

Since December 2011 negotiations with Kinetic North Foundation started with the aim to relocate the Skate Park Amsterdam, but without notice they surprised us with the recent announcement that Kinetic North Foundation will put an immediate stop to the negotiation and chose to terminate the current lease contract and in essence evict SkatePark Amsterdam from its home.

Kinetic North Foundation has made it very clear that they want to re-develop the NDSM warehouse for possible office buildings. Things the city has an abundance of and does this without supporting or relocating Skatepark Amsterdam. This action is thus destroying the community that not only uses this park locally in Amsterdam, but also destroying the community that has been created across the globe that has used and benefitted by SkatePark Amsterdam. SkatePark Amsterdam has been a destination for people of all ages, both sexes, families, communities, professionals, creatives and put Amsterdam on the map.

We need your help to band together and show the city and this foundation of development that we are a community that is willing to fight for what they love and believe in and demand to save the SkatePark Amsterdam.

Please support this campaign and sign up, promote it to your friends on facebook, everyone else’s friends on facebook or instagram, send the petition to the brands that support the park, basically to everyone and anyone who understands the importance of having this park and what it provides to the community of Amsterdam and beyond.

We ask that you sign the petition before the 1st of August to make it very clear to the tenant SKN and the Amsterdam City Council that we dont want to leave. Let us stay, lets develop together, as we have only just got started!

Sign this petition!

Thanks from SkatePark Amsterdam

On May 5th, etnies held the “Sheckler Foundation’s 3rd annual Skate For A Cause” at the etnies Skatepark of Lake Forest, benefiting the A.Skate Foundation

Skate Sauce set us a copy of their newest video “Hard Times But Good Times”.  Don’t expect to see some flip in and flip out tricks or some video game insane tricks. What your going to watch is some raw, having fun, and cruising on your skateboard footage. It has a insane line up of skaters from “Vincent Alvarez, Kellen James, Marius Syvanen, and to some old school kats like “Gabriel Rodriguez, Fabian Almoar and much more….  Skate Sauce tittle for their new video, says it all. - T.ZAm

FTC, Western Edition and Venture Trucks did a skate jam for the skaters in Barcelona

Next Up Foundation had a special guest  ’Manny Santiago, Vitor Borger and Jeff Lenoce” from Axion Footwear to hang with the kids

True Skateboard Mag is working on our 3rd video that will be dropping in 2012. If your interested in being in the new video. Send us couple clips of you shredding your city. You can post it on our fan page or you can email it to us ( trueskateboardmag@gmail.com ). We support what we love “SKATEBOARDING“!

With spring in the air, why not have some fresh gear.  Wellborn has sent me over some of their Spring 2012 clothes to rock this spring. It has a little skate and urban collection in thier  catalog. Being a new company coming out of Chi-Town, they will be taking a big punch to the industry real soon – T. Zam

NC Skate hosted a jam at Marsh Creek to benefit the A. Skate Foundation

Powell has been making products for over 20 years. They have made some of the best bearings on the market. Tough and durable Bones bearings take a beating and keep on ticking. There are many different Bearings they offer Even their cheapest bearings are made of high grade steal and last long. All Bones are precision made ,removable high speed nylon ball cage,removable sheeds to make it easy to maintain and clean.all are fast long lasting. Bones also have a ceramic bearing which like a coffee cup can take the heat and not pit and breakdown as fast which keeps the bearing lasting longer. All in all go get you some Bones you won’t regret it. - B.Hess