I know there's a few old school skaters in the woodworks here, so thought id share a bit of excitement.

Back in 1975 group of Albany high school kids raised some money to build a skate park. They raised $3000.00 and the local council backed them and the dream and donated some land that was an old quarry ( Now prime realestate ) and some more money, the snake run was born and the rest as they say is history. This was the first community driven purpose built skate park in the world.

Saturday the 13th of Feb 2016 there will be a 40th anniversary celebration. There's a cool doco that's been made and an awesome day planned with heaps of skating the concrete wave ( the snake run), bands and all sorts of chaos as part of the Festival of Perth.

Im bummed as I'm back at work and going to miss it, but have been involved for the past couple of weeks rehearsals so know it's going to be awesome. What's killing me most is I'm missing out on seeing one of my Chilhood heroes Russ Howell who's come over from the state for the occasion, just as he did in 1976 Who will be skating with my young bloke.





Who remembers this Dude?

Nice. Saw this on FB the other day looks like a fun little run

Would love to be there, sounds like a great day. The place is so fun, I skated it a few times in my 20's. One of the best places I ever skated along with "Edge" in Freo that used to have thrash bands playing live on weekends sometimes in the early 90's while you skated. Can imagine how good tomorrow will be, hopefully someone is taking some video mate & you might be able to share it with us

Russ Howell now that's a blast from the past poster boy for all the skate mags the all American hero that's unreal that he's coming out for it I wonder if he still skates ?

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MickPC said..
Would love to be there, sounds like a great day. The place is so fun, I skated it a few times in my 20's. One of the best places I ever skated along with "Edge" in Freo that used to have thrash bands playing live on weekends sometimes in the early 90's while you skated. Can imagine how good tomorrow will be, hopefully someone is taking some video mate & you might be able to share it with us

I Remember the edge that was awesome! Had a huge punch up with some Bogan's there one night, Great band playing and they didn't miss a beat cant remember what they were called, Like a scene out of a movie very surreal.

Sat 13 February - 11am - 8.30pm - Free Event

Hare Street, Albany Great bands, skate events, historical display and performances Master of Ceremonies: Kus Rolph

11am Band – Second Winter 70s punk, alternative rock and grunge

Midday Skate Event – First Skaters Classic featuring DJ Monk-hee Dress up in your best 70s gear, an event exclusively for skaters over 40 years old

1pm Band – Mt. Mountain psychedelic rock from one of Perth’s hottest breakthrough bands

Russ Howell – autograph signing at the historical display marquee

2pm Skate Event – Under 18s skate competition presented by Owned

3pm Band – Mt. Mountain

4pm Skate Event – Open Best Trick $1500 Cash Grab co-ordinated by Skateboarding WAfeaturing DJ Mister Moon

5.30pm Welcome to Country, Appearance by Russ Howell (US skateboarding legend)

The Snake Run show skateboarding, parkour and street art collide in an incredible performance6.30pm

Band – The Amani Consort soulful vocals with a touch of funk and hip hop

7.20pm Film – The Snake Run Documentary by Matt & Tim Zafir Food vendors onsite.

Bring your own chair or picnic rug and protect yourself from the sun. Parking available all day at Albany Primary School, Albany Senior High School and from 4pm at Strawberry Hill Farm. No parking available at The Snake Run. Hare Street closed to traffic between Hay St. & Burt St. Competitors in skate events must register 30 minutes prior to the event. Under 18’s require guardian’s signature on registration form, helmets are compulsory.

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Ricardo1709 said..
Russ Howell now that's a blast from the past poster boy for all the skate mags the all American hero that's unreal that he's coming out for it I wonder if he still skates ?

Yep, Russ still skates and doing hand stands and stuff. I'm spewing at work missing the whole thing after being involved with th lead up to it. Missed out on meeting Russ who was a childhood hero but the Kids and Mrs are now "buddies" with Russ and his Wife so they tell me LOL.

my awesome wife made sure she had my skatey close by So at least had that signed

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DARTH said..
Nice. Saw this on FB the other day looks like a fun little run

That park is about 800m down Hare st from our family's home, sadly I've lost a little too much skin over the years and these days feel a little too old and slow.. Its fun on the bike still..

It would be great with a re surface

Russ Howell,geez that's going back.I remember Russ Howell and Cheyne Horan doing a Skate promo/show in Liverpool Sydney at Westfields rooftop car park

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Surf69 said..

Ricardo1709 said..
Russ Howell now that's a blast from the past poster boy for all the skate mags the all American hero that's unreal that he's coming out for it I wonder if he still skates ?

Yep, Russ still skates and doing hand stands and stuff. I'm spewing at work missing the whole thing after being involved with th lead up to it. Missed out on meeting Russ who was a childhood hero but the Kids and Mrs are now "buddies" with Russ and his Wife so they tell me LOL.

my awesome wife made sure she had my skatey close by So at least had that signed

Now thats cool

+1,cool

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jbshack said..

DARTH said..
Nice. Saw this on FB the other day looks like a fun little run

That park is about 800m down Hare st from our family's home, sadly I've lost a little too much skin over the years and these days feel a little too old and slow.. Its fun on the bike still..

It would be great with a re surface

Hey JB, my inlaws are still on Hare st, best place for swell checks
Lots of skin gone over the years and during rehearsals for today's event we had one broken foot, 1 broken leg a severe concussion and a lot of skin left behind . but im not copping the too old bit. Geoff who's apart of the gig today, has been skating it full on for the past couple of weeks and he's over 60.

check this out.

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And we just got the track Heritage listed!

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Surf69 said..

jbshack said..

DARTH said..
Nice. Saw this on FB the other day looks like a fun little run

That park is about 800m down Hare st from our family's home, sadly I've lost a little too much skin over the years and these days feel a little too old and slow.. Its fun on the bike still..

It would be great with a re surface

Hey JB, my inlaws are still on Hare st, best place for swell checks
Lots of skin gone over the years and during rehearsals for today's event we had one broken foot, 1 broken leg a severe concussion and a lot of skin left behind . but im not copping the too old bit. Geoff who's apart of the gig today, has been skating it full on for the past couple of weeks and he's over 60.

check this out.

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And we just got the track Heritage listed!

Thats cool. I love it their. Best spot. Beach views, the bike trail ends outside their house, walk up the gunnery tower. Worst part is the relentless possums..

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jbshack said..

Surf69 said..

jbshack said..

DARTH said..
Nice. Saw this on FB the other day looks like a fun little run

That park is about 800m down Hare st from our family's home, sadly I've lost a little too much skin over the years and these days feel a little too old and slow.. Its fun on the bike still..

It would be great with a re surface

Hey JB, my inlaws are still on Hare st, best place for swell checks
Lots of skin gone over the years and during rehearsals for today's event we had one broken foot, 1 broken leg a severe concussion and a lot of skin left behind . but im not copping the too old bit. Geoff who's apart of the gig today, has been skating it full on for the past couple of weeks and he's over 60.

check this out.

blob:https%3A//www.facebook.com/e76297ab-9717-40fc-b8ba-2f20b9e1c1bf


And we just got the track Heritage listed!

Thats cool. I love it their. Best spot. Beach views, the bike trail ends outside their house, walk up the gunnery tower. Worst part is the relentless possums..

A couple of doors down LOL

they had a great turn-out, young bloke had a ball.

Good stuff mate, yep Edge was awesome.....looks like your young blokes just passing the notorious "hump"

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MickPC said..
Good stuff mate, yep Edge was awesome.....looks like your young blokes just passing the notorious "hump"

Haha! Well spotted Its pretty hard to see but its just above his from wheels, he's just about to go under it.

This is Russ nowadays, and still doing handstands!

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Surf69 said..

MickPC said..
Good stuff mate, yep Edge was awesome.....looks like your young blokes just passing the notorious "hump"

Haha! Well spotted Its pretty hard to see but its just above his from wheels, he's just about to go under it.

Are you refereeing to the Hip that juts out from their. Ive got caught on on that many times moving too fast.

The last time we were their a guy had a skate board with the swivelling front trucks, carving style very similar to a surfboard. I always swore i wouldn't return to Albany with out one, but honestly i think the speed of the hill is almost past me these days, I'm just not fast enough on the retreat on my feet..



The view on a typical Albany day

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jbshack said..

Surf69 said..

MickPC said..
Good stuff mate, yep Edge was awesome.....looks like your young blokes just passing the notorious "hump"

Haha! Well spotted Its pretty hard to see but its just above his from wheels, he's just about to go under it.

Are you refereeing to the Hip that juts out from their. Ive got caught on on that many times moving too fast.

The last time we were their a guy had a skate board with the swivelling front trucks, carving style very similar to a surfboard. I always swore i wouldn't return to Albany with out one, but honestly i think the speed of the hill is almost past me these days, I'm just not fast enough on the retreat on my feet..



The view on a typical Albany day

thats the evel bump...yes! Those craver boards are awesome on the track. There's two guys who rip on them on that track Saz and Glen. Glens around 50 I guess and just fully owns it. Epic to watch.

oh... And th ore people that believe that's a typical Albany day the better I reckon

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MickPC said..
Good stuff mate, yep Edge was awesome.....looks like your young blokes just passing the notorious "hump"

Haha! Well spotted Its pretty hard to see but its just above his from wheels, he's just about to go under it.

Yeah I meant he was just about to pass it...I know it well, got hammered there olliei'ing off it. You sure get very high off the ground suddenly