SIDEBAR

Bailer

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Jan 14 2016
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In order to get the shot you’ve got to kneel down before the Father. It’s a long shot, but our name was derived from this figure. Why bother to lower yourself? In this sliding position the power at work shows us how to listen for the anticipated transitions. Strength of this caliber steadies the unknowns. Jump off the railing. Skill will prevail. Fear is a jailer. You’ll find the love unfailing in an intimate distance. The mystery made plain in the fields of duty. His eternal purpose moves the mundane into the miraculous. No turning back. It’s exact. The accomplishment […]

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Torero

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Jan 09 2016
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In Long Beach, skateboarders stick together when gang wars breakout into battles seeking someone to devour. Yellow police tape dispenses from a thick stock roll, but the scene is too late to capture the rolling toll. Violence racially divides cohesion found in the mixed carriers of grip tape. The moment the board is put down to the concrete, friction creates lion wheels. True sportsman keep it pushin’. Maple is mightier than the assault weapon. All around the city its mode is open carry. The right to bare the truth. The Upper Hand holds his beloved far above our understanding behind […]

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Double Duty

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Dec 27 2015
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In the absence of Ms. King’s son she advocates for sons and daughters of other mothers found at the skate park. She was appointed to act on the youth’s behalf by caring for them in their troubles. A mother’s duty is never done when you’re giving back. Soon she will pass out fried chicken and Shasta sodas. They’ll ask for doubles. It gives the children a time to relate and laugh. When the Lord has your back there’s no time to get back at your enemies. Love serves. After the criminal court proceeding ended family gathered around Ms. King. Once […]

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Alienation

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Dec 20 2015
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Your guess is as good as mine for where we will end up. The life size chess pieces at the USC gates could only do so much for campus safety and your next move. Might as well be Mars for how far we drove away into the geography. Civic wheels stayed inflated by the amplified sound of turntables, pianos and guitars drumming the distance with no end in sight. Departing hearts hum from the premise found in the outer-space of MySpace. Freeway Entrance signs scribbled out with paint spray like crayons on a non-coloring book. On three twelve oh seven, […]

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Saltation

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Dec 13 2015
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Concrete passageways are built by commerce channeled through deep salty seas to a harbor city. Heavy laden cargo ships are buoyant for water birth. On heavy breathing berths, new materials offloaded by rows of iconic gantry cranes remain evergreen. Handlers stack and re-stack. The count is exact. Keep track while ten-wheeler trucks are hitched into eighteen. Goods are drop shipped here and there throughout the country. Like spices in the cabinet, highway barriers are blurred underneath the overpass. Ron Chatman, a master of slabs, carries his briefcase joyfully knowing he pulled away from the bank still standing. His saltation celebrates […]

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Hawkeyes

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Dec 07 2015
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Blue hawk eyes on the quicksilver streets of Long Beach are keenly focused on the gathering hyperactivity from local families, police officers, city officials and action sports kids. So much is going on you need to wear the Son’s glasses. Tony Hawk carries a skateboard complete by his side. Mike Donelon wears sunglasses. It’s another wide angle view. He accompanies his guest of honor through the sideshows to the main event.  The media swarmed around the most influential skateboarder of our time like a small town parade of cameras and mics. Tony won first place in over sixty skateboarding competitions […]

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Hurdles

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Dec 01 2015
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Inside the California Recreation Center Long Beach Councilman Dee Andrews of the Sixth District is seated at a rectangular banquet table in the foreground of vertical folds. Lenses popped inside gold coated frames skew the speaking notes with blurred lines. On the edge, he’s eagerly poised with a pencil mustache to listen to the youth voice their opinions on the proposed skate park on 15th and Martin Luther King Boulevard. Like drought resistant plants their souls are the urban terrain’s landscape. Dee’s sleeves are rolled up for action. The blue and pink color hues of his dress shirt stand for the boys […]

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Miracle Playground

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Nov 27 2015
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A point of view from the post the host on the microphone is a fixture here. With a cross pierced earlobe Mike Donelon underneath a blue ten-by-ten pop-up tent on the greenbelt’s corner on 14th and Pacific Avenue shows the youth how Ghetto Park will be transformed into a miracle playground. Search for it. You’ll get the pinpoint. His team like white posts did not buckle to the battle wearing long sleeves. You’ll get holes in it. The sky on the ground. The coordination efforts remained the same: to namelessly serve. The day-to-day operation and oversight planned inside a work […]

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Turnaround

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Nov 20 2015
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Destructive forces of the city ended her son’s promising life as a professional skateboarder on April 9th, 2005. The long and unending wake continues to reveal what one must live through to keep hope alive. Ms. King’s unfolding narrative reveals how love reigns over destructive forces looking for a hasty reaction. The crowd always calls for justice, but few know what it means to stand beside her. After sitting for four and a half hours inside a Greyhound Bus on a velvety blue captain’s chair Ms. King arrived at 15th and Long Beach Boulevard. Family members drove her to the […]

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The Establishment

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Nov 18 2015
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The establishment made the 14th Street skate park in a population dense neighborhood to serve the youth. An outreach started by a concrete cowboy. Property damage if it’s just for property. Property investment if it’s for the people. The anti-skateboarding and anti-establishment together create a sturdy future for generations to come. Quelling stabbings and shootings with granting a recreational wish list: fun box, grind rail, pyramid and ramps. Knotted trees long standing in the center of the greenbelt’s acreage were felled for the new and improved skate park. The 32 x 100 foot skate plaza was uprooted by heavy machinery. […]

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