Red China.

The Danny Way Great Wall of China jump ramp is being constructed out of steel in order that it can be reused and reconfigured for future events. To better understand the scale of this mega structure, the landing area alone is 100 feet in width. Chinese governmental hosts are rumored to be highly interested in sponsoring a number of future, yet undisclosed, colossal skateboarding endeavors.

The opening of The Cove skatepark in Santa Monica was notable for its civic achievement, high membership cost, the presence of Hollywood agents and large turnout. Ian Rogers, the one-time cyber monkey wrencher turned community activist, sat at a table for five full hours checking in skaters and handing out wristbands. Rogers also turned away hundreds of the desirous skaters from the over-capacity event. Christian Hosoi, Jay Adams, Duane Peters, Lance Mountain, Jeff Grosso, Tony Magnusson, Dave Hackett, Steve Olson, Wentzel Rummel, Jesse Martinez, and Eric Britton all underwent the lengthy registration procedure. Tony Alva--of course--resisted getting a wristband since apparently he is so identifiable an entity that using one of the lowly appendages would be pointless.

Paul Rodriguez III, aka P-Rod, was lauded thoroughly in a recent LA Weekly newspaper for his "head-line making and breaking down of social barriers." The publication was extremely laudatory in both their recognition of Rodriguez's achievements and in their endorsement of his defacto advocacy de causa por La Raza. And in yet another publication sector, P-Rod's black on black Merc wagon was grandly debuted in Dub magazine.