Scooter Newell
Article Category: Jedi Grind Tricks
Jedi Grind Tricks: November 2011 By Scooter Newell The 6th Annual Slater Brothers Invitational is officially in the books. Benefiting the World Skin Cancer Foundation, the event brought everyone together to raise awareness and funds to battle this widespread disease. And there is no better way to bring everyone together than a week’s worth of surf, skate, golf, music, food, and fun. Things started on Monday with a golf scramble. The Cocoa Beach Country Club was decorated with sponsor tents,... [Read more...]
Scooter Newell
Article Category: Jedi Grind Tricks
Jedi Grind Tricks: October 2011 By Scooter Newell It started with a letter from the kids to local businesses. “We are skaters from the Cocoa Beach Skatepark!! And we love to rip!! We will be helping Junior Achievement raise money for our local school programs. On September 24, 2011, come help us “shred the gnar” at the 2nd Annual Skate to Educate Contest!!! Thank you for all of your support and shredding!!!” On September 24, the Cocoa Beach Skate Park teamed up with Junior... [Read more...]
Scooter Newell
Article Category: Jedi Grind Tricks
Jedi Grind Tricks: September 2011 By Scooter Newell The Cocoa Beach Skate Park recently teamed up with The National Kidney Foundation of Florida to host the 1st Annual NKF SK8 JAM. The fundraiser jam was formatted as an all-ages skateboard contest with participants ranging in age from age 6 to 50. Skaters competed in 9 & under, 10-12, 13-15, and 16 & up divisions. There were even special divisions for 40 and up! The competition also offered a “four-man team jam” in the street... [Read more...]
Scooter Newell
Article Category: Jedi Grind Tricks
Jedi Grind Tricks: August 2011 Scooter Newell All I have to say is: “Hell yeah, Adam Taylor!” If you’re one of the 76 million readers of my column, you’ll most likely know that I’m not too darn big on the X Games. Sure, I agree that it’s entertainment broadcasting used to sell advertising. I mean, we all now know when to tune in to “Shark Week” thanks to the banner positioning on the vert ramp, right? I just can’t stand all the commercialism... [Read more...]
Scooter Newell
Article Category: Jedi Grind Tricks
Jedi Grind Tricks: July 2011 By Scooter Newell sk8scooter@gmail.com There’s been a lot going on around town in the skateboard world. On June 21, skateboarders all over the planet celebrated our own holiday, “Go Skateboarding Day.” The majority of skateboarders on my Twitface profile’s small list of “friends” (Actual friends? Virtual friends? Accquaintances? People I skated with once?) were blasting posts like: “Errrrr! Why do I need someone to tell me when... [Read more...]
Scooter Newell
Article Category: Jedi Grind Tricks
June is a popular month in the skateboarding world. Most schools are out by now, and summer skate camps are starting up at the local parks. Long days and nights of street skating and late night ramp or bowl sessions are some of the staple activities. On the commercial side of things, companies are sending teams on the road to put on demonstrations at specific retail locations to help boost popularity and sales. All businesses do it in some way or another. Then there’s the ever-popular Summer... [Read more...]
Scooter Newell
Article Category: Jedi Grind Tricks
Jedi Grind Tricks: May 2010 By Scooter Newell In the back of my mind I was hoping that President Obama would swing in to the Cocoa Beach Skate Park while visiting the area last month. It never happened. We were all bummed when we heard the launch was scrubbed, and I was sure that the President would just fly back to Washington, eliminating the chances of that chopper landing out there in the soccer field. There’s been so much going on lately that I really don’t have the space to write... [Read more...]
Scooter Newell
Article Category: Jedi Grind Tricks
The weather is great, and there are lots of happy posts on the Twitface sites about how lucky we are to live in beachside Brevard. This luck extends to all of us in the skateboard world as well. Brevard has blossomed into a skate park-rich county. It doesn’t seem to stop growing, and there’s plenty of action with something for everyone. There are skate parks in Sebastian, Satellite Beach, Melbourne, Palm Bay (two there), Rockledge (another two), Merritt Island, and Cocoa Beach. If you’re... [Read more...]
Scooter Newell
Article Category: Jedi Grind Tricks
Jedi Grind Tricks: March 2010 By Scooter Newell I’d like to send a shout-out to all my topics that never make the cut, some of which managed to become almost a 1,000 words on my technicolor screen before I SELECT ALL and DELETE that garbage. Or was it garbage? Sometimes I think the “grind tricks” are too small a format to properly address certain issues within skateboarding — like skate career politics, non-environmental friendly manufacturing of products, or any other skate... [Read more...]
Scooter Newell
Article Category: Jedi Grind Tricks
Jedi Grind Tricks: February 2010 By Scooter Newell Nothing says “freedom” like the spirit of a skateboarder. I feel it most while just pushing down the road — carving; a quick Ollie over a manhole; locking into a manual on the double yellow line of a smooth road; ollie the gutter on to the sidewalk craving the hypnotic “ca-click ca-click ca-click.” Refined through technology yet primitive by design, the skateboard is the ultimate form of recreation and transportation. Part... [Read more...]
