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Thu Apr 26 10:05:41 CDT 2007

Hi everyone,
Just a quick update:
Risk Management Workshops:
For skateparks and we can combine it with over all risk management for all  
city concerns. Please contact SPAUSA for more information if your city would  
like to host a workshop.

Insurance for Skateparks
Our new program with Lloyds of London is great and is saving people  anywhere 
from a few hundred $ to several thousand on their renewals.
Please contact me for information on a quote. _heidi at spausa.org_ 
(mailto:heidi at spausa.org) 

Insurance for events, demos and teams:
We have coverage for teams , leagues, churches and events. $25 a year per  
member or $7 per 1 x event.

Trade Shows;
Make plans to attend:
SPAUSA Skatepark Expo at the Gulf Coast Outdoor Recreation  Trade Show in New 
Orleans Aug 17-18 -19.
Information for cities and private parks as well as clinics and contests  
everyday.The Baton Rouge SABR team will be there and the Transitions BMX  crew!
BMX / Inline /Skateboard. Contact _sk8pks at aol.com_ (mailto:sk8pks at aol.com)  
for more information
_www.asrbiz.com_ (http://www.asrbiz.com)  in sept for the  skateboard 
industry (san diego)
_www.interbike.com_ (http://www.interbike.com)   for BMX  industry (las vegas)

Contests:
This is a fun one!
SPOT's Amsterdam AM in Amsterdam in July
_www.skateparkoftampa.com_ (http://www.skateparkoftampa.com) 

Watch for Red Bull's Manuel contests going on  Nationwide
May 19th Venice Beach CA.

GROMFEST 2007
An international grom contest that will hold the championships in Whistler  
BC Canada in July.
Contact me for more information.
_Heidi at spausa.org_ (mailto:Heidi at spausa.org) 

Skatepark updates:
Cave City AR is in the fundraising stages for their  park.
Anniston AL is well into their fundraising and has a major  event planned for 
may.
Contact
_fredcanoes at aol.com_ (mailto:fredcanoes at aol.com) 

Big Bear CA. - Wow , what a tough project. We thought we  had the land and 
then it was pulled back. An awareness demo May 6th at the  United Methodist 
Church.
12-4 pm

Culver City CA. skatepark has been designed by SDG and the  construction 
contract awarded to California Skateparks.
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$100,000 donated to St. Ignatius  skatepark
By VINCE DEVLIN of the  Missoulian       
ST. IGNATIUS - They went looking for 400 people, businesses  or groups to 
join their “club,” where membership involves a $1,000 donation to  help build a 
skatepark for the youth of St. Ignatius.

On Saturday alone,  the Skate Ignatius 400 Club signed up 100 members.     

Or, more accurately, it signed up one member, 100 times  over.

An anonymous donor committed $100,000 to the project, according to  Kristie 
Nerby, the St. Ignatius mom who is spearheading the drive.

That's  important, because while the total cost of the project is $450,000, 
it's planned  in two phases - and $185,000 will get Phase I going, and give 
kids a place to  use their skateboards and in-line skates.
$100,000 donated to St. Ignatius  skatepark
By VINCE DEVLIN of the  Missoulian       
ST. IGNATIUS - They went looking for 400  people, businesses or groups to 
join their “club,” where membership involves a  $1,000 donation to help build a 
skatepark for the youth of St.  Ignatius.

On Saturday alone, the Skate Ignatius 400 Club signed up 100  members.     

Or, more accurately, it signed up one member, 100 times  over.

An anonymous donor committed $100,000 to the project, according to  Kristie 
Nerby, the St. Ignatius mom who is spearheading the drive.

That's  important, because while the total cost of the project is $450,000, 
it's planned  in two phases - and $185,000 will get Phase I going, and give 
kids a place to  use their skateboards and in-line skates.

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Getting their skates on
Published on 20/04/2007  

What the future holds? An image from  Skateable Sculpture 

WHAT’S the rural solution to concrete  skateparks? Over the last 18 months 
Kirkby Stephen Extreme Sports Association  has been working with local arts 
organisation Fold to create a blueprint for  rural “urban” sports provision.

The Skateable Sculpture project is an  exciting initiative that aims to build 
a large-scale, earthwork sculpture (using  natural materials, with minimal 
environmental impact) inspired by local  geological features, Michael Faraday’s 
laws and natural mathematics that also  offers potential for not just 
skateboarding and BMX but also parkour (free  running/jumping), arts performance, rock 
climbing... or simply admiring the  view.

As part of a series of events to get the project under way, an  exhibition of 
preparatory drawings and models is on show in Foldgallery,  Walton’s Yard, 
Kirkby Stephen, until April 29. 

Visitors of all ages are  encouraged to give their views on the designs and 
suggest improvements before  the design is finalised.

Foldgallery is open 10am to 4pm Tuesday to  Saturday. Gravity 2, the 
unveiling of the initial plans for the proposed  sculpture, takes place in Kirkby 
Stephen on tomorrow, from 10.30am to 4pm.  

The project is supported by Arts Council England and Eden Arts. Visit  
www.foldgallery.co.uk.

View this story and the latest newspaper in full digital  reproduction, just 
like the printed copy at _www.cumberland-news.co.uk/digitalcopy_ 
(http://www.cumberland-news.co.uk/digitalcopy)  

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_Backflips,  fakies, ollies on hold_ 
(http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070419/NEWS01/704190325/1190/NEWS) 
Honolulu  Advertiser - Honolulu,HI,USA
The design-build contract was given the  go-ahead in 2003, with Dreamland 
Skateparks designing the facility for  PER. Under this type of arrangement the  
...
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_Park  skate plan faces hurdle_ 
(http://www.burnleycitizen.co.uk/news/newsheadlines/display.var.1338418.0.park_skate_plan_faces_hurdle.php) 
Burnley Citizen  - UK
Officers have visited the site and talked to the teenagers, as  well as 
visiting skateparks in Barnoldswick and Clitheroe, and holding  discussions with ...
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_NEW BILL COULD RE-OPEN  SKATEPARKS_ 
(http://www.kduhtv.com/viewStory.php?id=5512) 
KDUH -  Scottsbluff,NE,USA
THE “WELCOME” SIGNS COULD BE GOING BACK UP SOON AT  SKATEBOARD PARKS AROUND 
THE STATE. NEBRASKA LAWMAKERS DEBATED A BILL TODAY THAT  COULD ENCOURAGE 
CITIES TO ...
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_Business  awards winners_ 
(http://www.bexhilltoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=494&ArticleID=2221162) 
Bexhill Observer -  Bexhill-on-Sea,England,UK
Richard and Marc Moore have also set up two  new businesses, Snap 
Distribution and Source Skateparks which have seen  turnover increase to around £500000.  
...
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_Dangerous Conditions in  Local Skateparks_ 
(http://www.ksby.com/Global/story.asp?S=6313248) 
KSBY - San Luis  Obispo,CA,USA
It's one of the worst skateparks on the Central  Coast." said Jonny Miller, 
organizer of a competition fundraiser held this  weekend. ...
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_Skatepark  by July Would Be Really Nice_ 
(http://www.newsadvance.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=LNA/MGArticle/LNA_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=117335048055
7&path=) 
Lynchburg  News and Advance - Lynchburg,VA,USA
In the meantime, those who have  maintained interest in the sport - and their 
parents - have had to drive to  skateparks in either Charlottesville or Salem 
to  ...
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_Village starts plans for  skateboard park_ 
(http://www.wiscnews.com/wde/news/126381) 
Wisconsin Dells Events  - Wisconsin Dells,WI,USA
The public and representatives from the  village of Lake Delton met with Sage 
Bolyard, skateboard park designer and  builder with Dreamland Skateparks LLC 
on  ...
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Heidi Lemmon
executive  director SPAUSA
board member WFSA (world freestyle skateboard  association)
board member IBMXFF (international BMX freestyle  federation
board member ASTM (standards for skateparks)

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