All summer long Inner Space skatepark, together with Manik and Goods, is having a skate camp. Haven’t heard of Inner Space? Check it out, it’s one of the best indoor skate parks in the region. Sign up for the camp and stop by evo today to get setup!
What: Skate competition
When: Friday June 26th | 7pm
Where: Valley Ridge skatepark | 4644 S. 188th St. Seatac
Cost: $10 entry fee
Join us and Seattle Skaters @ the Bite of Seattle for skate demos, clinics, skate jams, raffles and prizes!
Friday is for the “gals”, Saturday is for “everbody” and Sunday is “family day”. Go to skatelikeagirl.com for more details!
Here at evo we hold a special place in our hearts for those who use skateboards. Bikes are so last month.
I mean come on, Go Skateboarding Day is only 11 days away. Be it for recreation, art, employment or transportation, if you are looking for anything skate, come to evo all summer long and especially now through Monday the 15th for a little extra skate love.
Skate shoes: 15% off (Vans, Lakai, DVS, Nike, Supra)
evo Shop Decks: $29.95*
Grip: Free Mob, Jessup or Bullet with deck purchase**
Complete Shop Decks: $100
Custom Completes: 10% off
Stop by evo this weekend to get your Skate on!
*Only valid through Monday June 15th
**Bullet Grip is always free with deck purchase
Come help raise awareness for the Delridge Skatepark during Delrigde Day in the Youngstown Cultural Arts Center parking lot (4408 Delridge Way SW). Come watch or compete in the Game of Skate, Flat Bar Best Trick, Longest Ollie and Kickflip Challenge. Cash Prizes, free to enter, all ages and abilities!
Hey skateboarders and fun lovers. Come hangout, watch some killer skating, grub some BBQ, and help support the Marginal Way Skate Park. All proceeds from the event and raffle go directly to Margy’s next cement pour. There’ll be live music with the Valkyries + Neon Lights and tons of free stuff given away by sponsers Santa Cruz, Independent, DC, Vans, One Ball Jay, VOX, Skate Like a Girl, Marginal Way, Creature, Siege, Habitat, and Alien Workshop.
What: Marge Barge Benefit Event
Where: Marginal Way Skate Park, Seattle
Alaskan Way + Hanford
When: April 26th
As if a planned prelude to this weekend’s happy sunny springy weather, friends gathered at evo Friday night for Manik’s “Look Back” gallery opening.
Manik, a Seattle based skateboard company, showcased hundres of photos plus a few skate decks in the TimesInfinity gallery while a couple of skate flicks played on the large screen in the store, which had been cleared out for the showing. The night was all about looking back, but the the retrospective event also emphasized the future of skateboarding.
Skate Like a Girl Presents: “Wheels of Fortune” - a girl’s skateboarding showcase! It’s an all ages, all abilities SKATE JAM at the Skate Barn in Seattle (Renton)! Featuring music by Valkrye, Prizes, Raffles, DJ’s, Guest appearances and more!
commentary by Bekah Grim
Abandon what you thought skateboard graphics could be—farewell kitschy skulls and a few predictable stars. Artist Mark Rivard has rescued skate design and has reinvented it with his original artwork. He’s amping up skate decks with everything from a two-years-in-the-making Breckenridge landscape to an organic blending of a women’s body with a tree—fine art and skateboarding have collided.
In celebration of Fremont’s First Friday Art Walk, evo’s Times Infinity art gallery debuted the opening of Mark Rivard’s feature gallery. The opening rocked steady with jams from DJ Grapenuts, and even Rivard himself was there to hang out, drink some free beer with the evo crowd and talk about his artwork. Incredibly, we learned Rivard has no formal artistic training. He began sketching on skate decks after a ski accident in ’03 left him wallowing on his mom’s couch. “I pretty much needed something to do and so I reached for a skate deck and starting drawing.” Rivard explained.
This artist has gone from injured to ingenious, sketching up his super-detailed skate deck magic with Sharpie markers. That’s right, Sharpies.
Several of Rivard’s pieces in the evo gallery include the artist’s free flow writings about life, liberty, and pursuit of skateboarding. When asked if the writings were poetry, Rivard just laughed: “I don’t consider it poetry. It’s just what I have to say. The piece Slow Beat came from a night of drinking.”
Rivard keeps it real when talking about his art, skipping out on the fancy “isms” and fine art snobberies. We’ll skip those too. Rivard’s deck art is what would happen if graffiti artist Banksy was a Siamese twin with the graphic designers at Imperial Motion. These skate decks are urban mindwarps, with skylines melting into faces and faces melting into crows. Rivard’s art is inventive; Fishing for Ugly goes underwater with a fish, while above the surface an emu peeks out. There just aren’t enough emus at art galleries these days.
For those of you who missed out on opening night’s free beer, chill vibes, and DJ Grapenut’s grooves, fret not; you can still take in the emu. Rivard’s decks will be displayed in evo’s gallery for the rest of the month.
Evo’s art gallery openings are a regular event held every first Friday of the month to debut the work of a feature artist. To find out about upcoming artists, check out evo.com.
Last month evo hosted the Second Annual Skate Inside Your Store Contest. This year’s event was a Wedge to Planter Challenge that consisted of a giant wedge ramp, a small deck on top, and a two-tiered planter box setup with real plants.
Sponsors Included: BFC, enjoi, Manik Skateboards, Nike 6.0, Skull Candy, and Ally Video
Pretty sick!
eric b.
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