Entries from LAist tagged with 'skateboards'
August 29, 2008
Crossing the campus from your Econ lecture to your Geology lab can be a pain in the ass, especially when time is tight and you're navigating a sea of student bodies plugged into iPods and hunched over text messages. For some, the solution is as easy as the four wheels of a skateboard. But at Cal State Fullertion, if you're on wheels after October 6th, it's going to cost you. The campus has moved to......
Continue Reading "CSU Fullerton Preps to Ban Skateboards on Campus"July 17, 2008
A sign near the intersection of Riverside Dr. and Fulton Ave. in Sherman Oaks. | Photo by Zach Behrens/LAist Further investigation into reasons why a few spots around the city have signs prohibiting bicycle sidewalk riding shows that both Sherman Oaks locations were due to troubles caused by skateboarders. After pedestrians getting hit by boards, cars nearly hitting skaters falling into the street and customers being intimidated, Van Nuys Division LAPD officers requested a......
Continue Reading "Bicyclists Punished for Skateboarders' Wrongdoings "June 25, 2008
Yeah you have heard of the Palms Casino, and that its owned by these guys called the Maloof brothers who are really good at making things cool. But you didn't know that the Maloofs are doing the same thing to skateboarding. So they started the Maloof Money Cup, a skateboard contest with the biggest cash prize ever heard of, all the freshest skaters, and its going down July 11-13 at the OC Fairgrounds in......
Continue Reading "Maloof Money Cup grinds its way to the Orange County Fair"