Category Archives: Announcements

We are taking the 4rth off like most… And will re-open on Monday at 11am to make it up to you…

Happy 4th everyone!

Sweet pic our first Summer Skate Camp crew and their new Underground custom decks… Our second session is underway now… So, expect some more pictures soon…

Thanks Erik for the photo and for showing the kids how to make a real stencil!

Check out this video from Vimeo user Cluto… 8bit style like the Atari 2600 era I miss so much!

SK8-bit from cluto on Vimeo.

Another year and another session… check out the video and post from SavannahSkates.com – Part 1 in the wild streets of SAV…

Check back for Part 2 – with Ollie contest at Woody’s!

Our friends at SavannahSkates.com have some great plans for Go Skateboarding Day going down on June 21st… Tag along for some fun skating around town, then check in at Woody’s for a night of more skating and more fun…

Get the scoop on their website http://www.savannahskates.com and go SKATE!

Yeah Yo!

Well, after a short break – just long enough to catch our breath – We are ready to kick off our Summer schedule! Full of craziness and fun… the goal is to stay active, involved and more importantly, to keep skating!

Thanks Adam (savannahskaets.com) for the plug and graphic!

To get things started on the right foot:  This SUNDAY, May 30th – 7pm, it is our Summer Kick off Party! We’ll be grilling and grinding Woody’s style until late in the night… Come to the park, hang out or skate, see old friends and meet new ones… Have a dog or two and watch or try your best over the hubba ledge for THE BEST TRICK OVER THE HUBBA event…. Winner gets some Hubba gear, whiners get told to shut-up, get another dog and skate (of course!)

We’ve been busy! Our first high stakes game of SKATE was a success! we had about 20 riders throwing everything they knew at each other… Really great night! Thanks to SavannahSkates for promoting and being part of this event…

Here is part 1 video of the night!

and here is part II

Thanks Aaron and SavannahSkates!

If you are looking for something to do this Friday may 14th, skateboard-dad Gregory sends in this idea:

That is Gregory on the poster! 1st guy on the left!!!

This event is part of the Relay for Life of Chatham County… You may learn more about this event here … and a bit more about these crazy dudes and their insane 80’s (music) machine here

Thanks Gregory!

This past weekend Woody’s was host to two very special guests…

• Boe’s mom, Susie – Who is our number 1 fan!
• An old original Mark Gonzales Vision board aka “The Gonz” – Mint condition – almost 30 years old!!!
  

Mr. Mark P. the owner of the board, sent it down for the weekend (with Mrs Susie) so we could skate it and get a feel for that goo’ol-skool skating machine…

Here is a bit of a background on the whole thing:

The skateboard deck is a  original “Mark Gonzales”… aka “The Gonz”, who was one of the pioneers in the 80’s of the rebirth of skating. It’s a 30×10 with kicktail…. big, heavy, mean…. just what the doctor ordered. He rode several years for Vision, before starting several his own companies through the years. The trucks and wheels are the big story. I was able to get the trucks…. one of 200 prototype sets that were hand machined and forged by Tracker as test pieces. Needless to say, they rock. Again, big trucks for a big board. I have had those about 15 years I think…. hardly been ridden, as you can tell. The wheels, 70mm Kryptonics, red compound, soft…. are real fast, and were intended for mainly road, because they were soft and absorbed a lot of shock. Bought those new in the late 70’s and just put all of that together when I found the trucks. I had intended to put the board up on a shelf…. as dressing… you know…. but, couldn’t stand it, and had to take it for a spin…. well, it’s been ridden a few times now… you know skaters….. can’t leave THAT alone! The fastest wheels I’ve ever been on….. I’ve had several sets of those through the years, but, all but this set have been thrashed and trashed. In the late 70’s, I rode Sims boards…. nice, big old skool decks, too. Sims Taperkicks…. sweet. Wish I had those back. Just saw one on ebay for a grand! Damn. Anyway… that’s some of the junk about the board. I hope you guys have a blast on it….. ride it….. ride it…. don’t worry about it….. it’s in a much better place this weekend!
Mark, aka, old skool.

Whew! check out some pictures of the weekend and expect some more to pop-up once we round up everyone that had a camera with them this weekend.

Boe also has some videos to share… We’ll post it here as soon as I get it freed from Boe’s facebook page…

What a treat! Thanks Mark for thinking of us! Thank you Susie for the visit!

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