News and the latest etc....
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Thanks to all who attended the event,
we had a great time, and the skating was fantastic,
pics are up on the sessions page.

May 1st in the Big Bowl.
We have $1,000. in prize money for
the Pro Am Open Division.
Top 3 awarded trophies and prizes in
12 - under, 13 - 17, 18 - 29, 30 - up
& Sponsored Div.
Girls, Masters / Legends yet to be determined.

Our little ripper Cameron Miller won 1st
in his division at Grind for Life in Jupiter Fl.

Tillman Hazeltons new video is up check it out.
Tillmans 2nd video

Brennan Campbell has some new pics
on his Team Rider page at
wwwGhettoSkateboards.com heres the link

poundSalt shot their video here at the park
a few months ago, check it out here
PoundSalt at The Ghetto Skate Facility

Sessions page has pics up from the
little get together we had for our
friend Todd Morrow, thanks Todd.

Thank you to all who helped out
and or attended this Toys for Tots event,
it was great to have everyone out here.
Thanks to Alex Donahue
for bringing the event to us,
we were happy to be part of it.
Most of the contestants were street
skaters, so I want to thank them
for coming out to a bowl contest
to throw it down in the first place.

12 - under
1st Brennan Campbell
2nd Dillon Beers
3rd Asher Bulin Lakes

13 - 17
1st Tillman Hazelton
2nd C.J. Stadolnik
3rd Josh Wade

18 - up
1st Jeff Macar
2nd Brandon Knowles
3rd Teddy Isabell

I don't have best tricks name yet,
it will be up soon.
Hopefully some photos as well.

This Saturday December 12th

BACK EAST is holding a charity event
that Saturday here at the park.
Its to raise money for Toys for kids,
no not my kids, other misfortunates
who could use a little Christmas help.
Click for the flyer

Theres some new pics of Dan Stephan
and sequences coming soon from
our buddy Kyle Stone, check it out at
Dans team rider link,
on Ghetto Skateboards.com

Congrats to John Whiteman
he got 5th place at the SPOTs
Old Man Bowl Jam last weekend.

Tillman Hazelton is now getting
flow from BONES wheels!!!
So buy some Bones and give 'em hell.

Congrats to Cameron MIller,
he won 1st place and $50.
at 688s contest at Fossil park.

We had a suprise visit from Dan Stephan,
Dan will be around for a few days so we are
trying to schedule a session around him,
check back soon for photos.

Check out Team Rider Tillman Hazelton,
his new video is finished

Thanks to all who came out for the event.
We had a great time and some
great skating went down, in the bowl
jams and the launch through the fire.
We've got some pics up on the sessions page.

Piro Sierra from Westside wins
big again in the Ring of Fire Jam.
C.J Stadolnik won the Mini Bowl,
and Levi Combs took the Big Bowl.
Pics and some video on its way over
the next few days.

We're getting ready for the
Ring of Fire Death Jam on Halloween,
this should be a great time for all.
Theres $500. in total prize money
on the line for this one, and
how can you resist beer,
live metal and people flying
through fire on their skateboards?
Hope to see you here!

Congrats to our Levi Combs
for winning 3rd in the Georgia Bowl Riders
Championship last weekend.

Check out Will Powers,
he's Ghettos first Pro Team Rider,
see his page on GhettoSkateboards.com

Oct. 10

Thanks to all who attended the
contest this past Saturday,
everything was great
we all had alot of fun.

12 - under division
Brennan Campbell -1st
Cameron Miller - 2nd
Asher Bulin Lakes - 3rd

13 - 17
Tillman Hazelton - 1st
Austin McCahan - 2nd
C.J. Stadolnik - 3rd

18 - up
Will Powers - 1st
Chris Robertson - 2nd
Josh Nobles - 3rd

Best Trick on Hand Rail
went to Piro Sierra
from WestSide Skateshop

The few pics we have so far
are up on the sessions page

We would like to welcome two
new team riders to the
Ghetto Skateboards family.
We will be building both
of their profile pages soon
on GhettoSkateboards.com
First we have 9 year old little ripper
Cameron Miller from the
St Pete Clearwater area,
and then we have originaly from
Oregon but currently terrorizing
the Daytona area,
pro skater Will Powers.

We've also got Ghetto stretch Jeans in stock,
from size 26 up to 36, slim fit and regular.

Right now only $35
.

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  Heres a video from the contest back in June,
sent to us from Ben Warren at Team Pain.

GnarlyBowlBash'09

Aug28th

Contest October 10th!

This will be in the mini bowl,
and down the rail & hubbas outside.
There will be several bands, food, beer,
and some prize money.
More to come on this soon.


New hours for the school year,
we open at 3pm each weekday.

    June29th
We've got some new decks in stock.
We've gone green to do our part fighting
global warming.
It will have about the same effect on it
as the energy bill that
Obama just shoved down our throats.
Enjoy your new light bill.

June23rd

Thanks to all who came out for the
event this past weekend.
We had a great time and there was some
awesome skating going down, sorry if you missed it.
Some Pics are up on the sessions page,
we'll be adding more as we get them in.
We want to thank our sponsors
for all the product they donated for this event.
Bones Wheels, Factor 54 clothing,
Independent Trucks,
Creature, Powell Skateboards,
Zorlac Skateboards, and
especially Zeagle Systems
for putting up the prize money
for the $400. 1st place

June 13th

We're getting ready for this weekends contest.
Trying to finish a few things before everyone gets here.
Registration starts at 1pm, we open at 12 noon.

Pabst Blue Ribbon is now on board
helping sponsor the event,
and the nice people at
Zephyrhills Water are contributing as well.

Hope to see you here.

             May12th

We have some new additions
creeping up here outside,
and theres a few more pics from
the GFL on the sessions page,
so check it out.

Thanks to everyone who came out,
and thanks to Mike Rodgers for
having his event at our place.
We really appreciate those of you who
drove for hours to make it out here.
(Except for that one rude bastard,)
everyone was great and had a good time.
75 people entered the contest
Florida legend Monty Nolder came out
to skate, and said he would begin
attending some of the Friday night sessions
and thats awesome by itself.

Some pics from the event are
up on the sessions page,
it really was great to have all these
great skaters here together.
the Sponsored division top three
1st place - Dalton Dern, he was killing it.
2nd place went to a ripping Steven Pineiro,
3rd place went to our buddy Alex Sorgente.
Alex does a different trick on every wall,
and he doesn't fall, his runs were great.
In the 13 to 15 division
Ghetto's Austin McCahan took 1st,
and our Tillman Hazelton took 2nd
Cameron Miller got first in 9 and under.
Marlee Miller took first place from the ladies.
In the 10 to 12 dividion
1st place Jamie Foy
2nd place Juan Pineiro
3rd place went to our own
little ripper Brennen Campbell
April 2nd


Fox News came out on Tuesday
to get the word out about the GFL contest
this Saturday April 25th.
Heres a link to the clip

           April 20th
Registration for the contest starts
Saturday morning at 10am
We are expecting alot of people so don't show up too late.

     April 15th
Brennen Campbell's Dad sent a few pics in a while back

  Check out what Tim Kulas is up to now

GoatRamp.com



  All day sessions for $15.
We open at 12 noon everyday.
We are loaded with Independent trucks,
SPF Bones and Bones Reds bearings.

Dan Stephan is in town
for a few days, he will be here
for the Friday night session,
come check it out.






Feb. 11th

We have a new batch of big decks,
9.0 and 8.5 with 15"wheel base.
New Indys,Spitfire bearings,
and a large shipment of
the killer SPF Bones
wheels are on the way.

    Heres a few pics from the
recent Eastwood Skatepark
jam that Levi, Lehman
and Tim Kulas were at.
Eastwood Session

Jan. 22nd

Chris Lehman, Levi Combs and
Jeff Macar will be tearing up the Eastwood
bowl in Rockledge Fl. this Saturday night.
Its about 20 minutes from
Cocoa Beach if you want to check it out.

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Jan 20th
We had a suprise visit tonight from the
Team Pain concrete crew,
Curt Baker and the guys will be back
in a few weeks to hit it up again.
They are working on a new park in
the north Tampa area,
it includes a deep bowl!
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The Grind for Life contest at the park is
now officialy set for April 25th.
Check out the series info at GrindForLife.org

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Memberships are now available at $25.
* members sessions are $4. each for one year
Starting Jan 1st 2009
All non member sessions will be $6. each
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Dec31Yes we are open New Years Eve
and New Years Day, come skate.Dec29Tuesday night, as in tomorrow,
the little international ripper Alex Sorgente
will be here tearing it up.
Come check it out, and skate with him.Dec 28We had an unexpected visit Saturday night
from the Soul Trip guys who were out
on a short tour of parks. With them was
Florida legend Kelly Lynn and soon
to be inducted Florida Skater
Hall of Famer Chuck Dinkins.
They'll be back again soon,
and we are looking foreword to it.
Check out Soul Trip at SoulTripSkateboards.com______________________________________Dec 26.We hope you all had a good Christmas,we want to thank you for your support,
and we look foreword to this next year. ____________________________
Dec. 9th This Friday night will be our send off session for Justin Gibson. He and his family are leaving the Florida sunshine for the Ohio winter.
We all will miss him and wish him the best,
and hopefully they will change their minds and come back soon.
Thanks to Justin and his family for all the efforts and
sacrifices made to help build the GSF.
_________________________________________Nov.25The new version of the Ringmaster decks are here.
Available in 7.5 thru 8.25______________________________Nov 24Check out the new video for Levi Combs
on the videos page.
__________________ Nov 22Last night was a great session in
the big bowl. Our Jason Conner was
dusting off his old vert tricks, and bringing
his own style of get'r done skateboarding
to the multi generational session.
You are missing out on some good times
if you haven't been here yet.We have a new shipment of Indys,
Red Dread decks, 52,54 & 56mm wheels._____________________________Nov 16We want to thank Mike Rodgers
and Grind for Life for having us out
at Cocoa Beach skatepark lastnight.Andy MacDonald, Benji Galloway, Tim Johnson,
and Buck Smith were tearing it up,
as well as our Chris Lehman
and Levi Combs.
Mike Rodgers announced that
Grind for Life will be holding an event at our
beloved Ghetto Skate Facility,
it will be on April 18, 2009.Nov 14Big session tonight, come on out.
You should see Chris Lehman, Jeff Macar
and Levi Combs here this evening._______________________________________We have the Red Dreads, the Ringmaster
and the Horse and Rider decks,
coming in a few weeks, this time in blue.
_____________________________________Nov 10Check out the new video of team rider
Austin McCahan on the videos page.Thanks to everyone who came out this
weekend, it was awesome to see all the
people on the big bowl Friday night.__________________________________Nov. 6There is a big session brewing
in the big bowl this Friday night.
Dave Ellis came out Wednsday
and finished up the corners,
its pretty much all done except for the
pool tile below the coping.
We have a new batch of OG logo decks in,
ranging from 7.5 to 8.25,
available in Red, White and Black.-------------------------------------Thats right, the deep end is on the move.We've got vert and pool coping.Ellis and Kulas are literaly camping outside
the park as I write this, and it is a very cold Florida night.The big flat wall is done.Tomorrow brings more skatelite,
and the purchase of the tile.Thats right, tile below the pool coping!Oct./27Dave Ellis and Tim Kulas will be back
on Wednsday to layer the skatelite
in the deep end of the big bowl.
The coping has been poured and is curing.Oct./22We are not doing the Ring of Fire
launch gap that we planned for
Halloween weekend, that is
atleast until a later date.
We are focusing on the big bowl
coping situation that is at hand. This Friday Team Pains' Dave Ellis
will return for the concrete coping pour,
and he is bringing another killer
bowl builder and destroyer,
the ripper Tim Kulas.Oct./15New video of Chris Lehman
on the sessions page.Oct./10 Chris Lehman takes first
place at 688 skateparks
Texas Death Match!Jeff Macar 3rd palce,
and John Whiteman 4th.Thanks guys for skating
the event for us.
_______________We've got 30 bags of
5000psi cement here
for the pool coping.Should be going at it soon.Sept 7/08Shopping for pool coping,
the big bowl should be
done sometime this month.Theres a new video up on
theGhettoSkateFacility.comAugust 20/08Theres a storm coming
from the east....
4 guys from Team Pain
will be rolling in on Monday
to start the deep end
of the big bowl!August 20/08Great news,
Dave Ellis from Team Pain
will be here tomorrow.
The tall end of the big
bowl is on its way.August 18/08New pics are up
on the GSF link totheGhettoSkateFacility.com_________________The big session is on
for this Friday night.
The Tampa killers will
be back, as well as
two time Quicksilver
bowlriders champion,
10 year old
Alex Sorgente and
Ghetto Skateboards'
newest team rider,
8 year old ripper
Brennen Campbell.July 20/08Video of Alex Sorgenteand video from the Friday
night session are
on the Ghetto Skate
Facility page.
July 17/08The Friday night session
is on, Chris Lehman,
Matt Giles and
Levi Combs are comming
back to kill it again so
don't miss the show.July 12/08Super Dave Richardson
donated $1,000. last night
to the big bowl project.
We had a great session,
there was a rather
large turn out for
the Friday night jam.
Thanks to all who
attended,
especialy big Dave.
July 3/08
The big bowl has
all the skatelite done.
The big taco hip is
awsome come skate it.June 27/08 Last night was awsome,
some great skating went
down on the big ramp.
Check out some pics on the GSF link.
Its on again for next week!June 25/08
This Friday night, Chris Lehman,
Matt Giles and
Levi Combs will be
here ripping the place,
come skate with these
high flying hell grinding
maniacs from Tampa.June 10/08 Thanks to Jason Connor,
Connor Construction, and
Dale Mabry Elementary,
for all the used plywood he
brought us from the school.
There must be 100 sheets
of used but still usable
3/8" ply, thank you guys.June 7/08There are new pics
finally up on the
Ghetto Skate Facilty
page, check it out.
thanks to our buddy
Tyler Lydon
May 29/08The sections that were
framed on big bowl now
have skatelite on most
of the walls, and the coping
is on and all welded nicely.
Could be skating some of it by tonight,
but the big hip is not really
expected to be layered until next week.
New pics should be up tonight.
May 24/08Check out the Birch bowl,
it came out great.Pics are up on the
Ghetto Skate
Facility page.
May 22/08Consider it Birched!
The little bowl is done.
They'll be back on
the big bowl again
building decks tomorrow.
Come out and session
the little bowl Friday night!May 20/08Back from the Vans
Team Pain job in California,
Dave Ellis is here
and he brought out
Florida skate legend
Clint Deaton to help.
The Birch bowl is being
layered right now,
so the whole place
is closed for the
next couple of days.
- It looks so smooth
and very fast,
you will love it.May 19/08Our buddy Todd Morrow
made the cover of
a frontside grind mag

you can check it out
at JustSkate.net

We're closing the bowl
today to get it ready
for the Birch layer,
it will be done in
a few more days.May 14/08 We have a new
batch of the
Red Dreads and
Ringmaster decks
comming this Fri.
They're available in
7.62, 7.75,
8.0 & 8.25
for only $35.
with a sheet of
Jessup grip tape.
Dave Ellis will
be here Tuesday
to layer the birch
on the small bowl._____________May 4/08
We are hoping
Dave Ellis from
Team Pain will
be back soon
from the Vans
park project in
Orange, Ca.
We'll get the
birch down on
the little bowl
and get back
to framing out
the rest of
the big bowl. _____________April 28/08Its been a while,
but theres finally
an update here.
Check out the
GSF link to see
a couple new pics.
We are not
officialy open yet,
but you can come
out to skate what
we have so far.
Bring $5. or a
reasonable material
donation to help us
out with building.________________March 25/08The coping on the
little bowl is all
welded into one
big piece, and yes
now its grind time.
For the grinder
anyway that is.
We'll be grinding
off the welded
seams and painting
it all black.
After that the
smooth birch wood
is going down.
Then we skate.__________________March 21/08Its back on again,
we have progress.
Team Pain's Dave Ellis
is back today,
along with some
help from our
Todd Morrow and
Keith Flemming.
The little bowl should
be crowned with
coping by the
end of the day._______________March 14/08There is a Ghetto
Deck give away
on the Skatepark
of Tampa site,
go fill out the
form and try to
win a free deck.March 10/08We have the little
bowl almost 100%
layered except for
a small area.
The coping has
been ordered and
should be here by
early this week.
Check the link
for pic updates.________________March 5/08
Dave Ellis now has
Jay Hammond with
him here on the job.
If you have not seen
the Team Pain website,
do yourself a favor
and check it out.It is completely
amazing, all of the
great things that
they have done.
TeamPain.com___________March 3/08The corners are uderway
in the little bowl.Feb. 28/08Ghetto Team rider
Johnny Payne has
a new video up on
Youtube.com, it is
video link #5 on his
Ghetto profile page.___________________Feb.24/08Check the GSF link
for new pics, we
have been working hard.
I know it is taking
a long time, but
we are doing our
best with the time
and budget allowed.Its an all volunteer
force, most of which
are unable to be
out here everyday.
We want to thank
Todd Morrow,
Justin Gibson,
Jason Conner,
Keith Fleming,
Nick Kenny,
Josh Nobles
and Jeff Macar
for all the help
in the last few weeks.

_________________Feb 15/08Well no new pics yet,
but we have been busy.
We thank our man in black
Todd Morrow who has
been here for most of the
week working on the bowl.
Maybe some pics will
be up by this weekend.
There has been a great
deal of very imoprtant
work done, but it doesn't
show on camera.___________________Feb. 07/08
We have some good news
to share, we have
Dave Ellis from Team Pain
comming out in a few
weeks to build the
corners on the bowls.
We are very excited
to have him here.
Its going to be great.____________________ Jan. 26/08
Allright! We finally moved
the dreaded bowl corners
to the new place,
these big monsters
were fun to wrestle with.
We are still not done
moving ramps though,
there are still huge
sections of the old vert
ramp to be moved.
Special thanks due to
the hard core crew
that has consistantly
been there to help.
First off ... the
Mother Trucker himself
Justin Gibson.
This guy has been
showing up with an
awesome 18' trailer,
week after week all the
way from Winterhaven.
Thanks is also due to
his family for the sacrifce
of losing their Dad every
weekend to the skatepark
relocation effort.
Also consistantly helping
from Lakeland are
Jeff Sharpe
and his very helpfull
girlfriend Shauna,
who are always there week
after week making
the gas guzzling trips
at their own expense.
There are a few others that
have helped some,
but these people are
stand outs for their
consistancy and
the willingness
to take on the worst
parts of the ramp move,
even until 1am last night.
They travel the longest
distance of any help
that we have seen.
Thanks guys!-------------------------------------Jan. 20/08 We have moved alot of stuff into the new place, the bowl corners and the "mini mega ramp" sections
are still at Andre's, but will be on the way this weekend. Right now it looks like probably around a month before opening. We will get some pics up as soon as we frame some of the ramps out. There will be a 3' tall kidney shaped bowl, and the 5' and 6' mini ramp from the GSF will be resurected and cornered in for a large kidney bowl. After that we will add street elements and fill this place up with skate terrain. We are all very excited and we're sure you will love the new facility.   -------------------------------------
Congrats Chris Lehman for bringing in another win, taking 1st in the Skatepark of Tampa bowl jam.
Matt Giles pulled in 3rd, way to go guys, thanks-------------------------------------Check out the new deck design from artist Dick Starr on the decks page.
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We would like to thank Outback Skateshack and the NorthPort Skatepark for asking us to come down for a demo durring the contest Sept. 29th, we had a great time thanks again
----------------------------------- Chris Lehman gets 3rd at Surf Expo Mini ramp Jam-----------------------------------Ghetto Skateboards welcomes skaters Brian Adams, and Matt Giles to the team. Look for their pics and vids comming soon.
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Chris Lehman is feeling good and back at it again after recovering from the injury
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Help!!! We need plywood! We need 2x6s and 2x4s. The ramps are on the rise, be part of something positive and contribute construction materials, labor or cash. Lets build more for everyone to enjoy.
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The Ghetto Skate Facility is improving again, with expansion of the mini ramp to include two more bowl corners and a hip, As well as the construction of something very big in the driveway. Check back soon for pics, or just come skate.
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Chris Lehman has broken his collar bone in Lousville, Ky.
He has missed the Copenhagen PRO due to the injury, but is healing well, but is passing on the AmsterDamn Am next week.
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Check out the pics from our trip to Jordan's ramp near Daytona, a private backyard Team Pain ramp.
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Check out Will Powers, he's Ghettos first Pro Team Rider, see his page on GhettoSkateboards.com