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unusual facts about Skate


Mac Mall

"Perfect Poison", a song off of the album, was featured in the video game Skate.


2007 Cup of China

Pairs team Jessica Miller & Ian Moram attempted a throw quadruple salchow jump in their free skate.

Amery Smith

In 2012 Amery joined forces with DFL vocalist Tom Paul Davis (Crazy Tom), guitarist Greg Hetson (Circle Jerks, Bad Religion) and skate legend Tony "Mad Dog" Alva on bass forming the Hardcore Punk band G.F.P. General Fucking Principle.

Attack in Black

Originally composed of brothers Ian and Daniel Romano, guitarist Spencer Burton, and bassist Aaron Murphy, the band recorded a self-titled EP themselves for Grimsby, Ontario label Skate Ahead Records.

Avco World Trophy

When the New England Whalers won the league's inaugural championship in 1973 the trophy had not yet been completed, and the Whalers were forced to "skate" their divisional championship trophy around the ice surface, much to the embarrassment of the WHA office.

Bastien Salabanzi

He won the WSR05 skateboarding contest in Rotterdam, Netherlands in 2005 and Mystic Skate Cup in Prague - the famous contest from the World Cup series held traditionally in Prague.

Battle of the Carmens

The competition is so named because both Witt and Thomas independently elected to skate to the music of Bizet's opera Carmen in their respective long programs.

Brooke Howard-Smith

At age 21 Brooke and Arlo Eisenberg started skate company Senate industries The company became one of the worlds largest makers of inline accessories turning over in excess of 13 million dollars in 1997.

Charles K. Harris

From his early fascination with the banjo, he wrote his first song "Since Maggie Learned To Skate" for the play The Skating Rink by Nat Goodwin in 1885.

Chiastic Slide

The third track from this album "Tewe" was featured as the opening song for Adio's One Step Beyond skate video which was released in 2002.

D*Face

He credits this to Henry Chalfant's coverage of subway graffiti in New York City in Spraycan Art and Subway Art, later as a teenager skateboarding and in particular Thrasher magazine's coverage of skateboard deck graphics led his interest in stickers and the DIY mentality associated with skate and punk fanzines.

DC Shoes

On the final night of May 2013, a launch event was held at the Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles, California, U.S. for the first signature model skate shoe of Huston's career, with Pete Rock in the role of DJ.

Death Spells

This included a support slot on Mindless Self Indulgence's East Coast US tour as well as playing Skate And Surf festival.

Decalogue I

Paweł and his father use the computer to calculate if it is possible for him to skate on the ice, to see whether it would hold him.

Deeragun, Queensland

A police station, Community Recreation Hall, a few churches and Woodlands Skate Park are also located in Deeragun.

DIY America

The first episode of part one explores the fundamental basics of this connection, speaking to skate/music/film icons such as Tony Hawk, Thurston Moore, Jason Lee, Shepard Fairey, and others.

Free beer

Tommy Guerrero, a member of the former San Francisco skate punk band "Free Beer"

Ice hockey rink

In most leagues, goals are disallowed if an attacking player enters the goal crease with a stick, skate, or any body part before the puck.

Irolita

Western round skate, Irolita westraliensis Last & Gledhill, 2008 This species occurs along the northwestern coast of Australia from Imperieuse Reef to Exmouth Gulf.

James F. Calvert

Skate surfaced at the North Pole on 17 March 1959 to commit the ashes of the famed explorer Sir Hubert Wilkins to the Arctic waste.

Jay Haizlip

Sporting contemporaries such as Tony Alva and Steve Olson, Jay recounts many instances of "guerilla" pool sessions, when a group of skaters would sneak into a backyard, drain and skate the pool.

Leathermouth

On May 19, 2013 Leathermouth performed at New Jersey's Skate and Surf Festival along with Glassjaw, Rx Bandits, A Day to Remember and others.

Navy Electronics Laboratory

World headlines came early in this program from several events—the submerged voyage of USS Nautilus from the Pacific to the Atlantic, via the North Pole, in 1958, and the surfacing at the pole of USS Skate the following year, both with NEL’s Dr. Waldo Lyon aboard as chief scientist and ice pilot.

Neck guard

Goalie Clint Malarchuk suffered a severe injury during a game in 1989 when two players collided in front of his goal and one player's skate caught on his neck, slicing open his internal carotid artery.

Newcastle Roller Derby League

One skater from the league was selected to skate for Team Australia at the 2011 Roller Derby World Cup.

Ontario Mills

Ontario Mills was formerly home to a Vans Skate Park, which in early 2005 was closed and converted into Steve & Barry's.

P. arenaria

Pavoraja arenaria, the sandy skate, a fish species found out the coast of western Australia

Patrick Muzingo

Looking back Muzingo experienced the 1st wave of Pool skating, was one of the original Eagle Rock ramp (featured in Thrasher, Trans World skate mag and others) crew, witnessed many genres of music in its infancy including the 1st wave of Punk rock and the late 80's signing spree of rock bands in Los Angeles.

Rattlesnake Gunfight

The band continued to gain attention from the skate punk community when Lagwagon vocalist and main songwriter Joey Cape sang on the band's version of Sick from Lagwagon's 1995 album Hoss.

Rob Scuderi

Scuderi stopped a shot at a wide open net by Johan Franzén with his stick, then stopped Franzén again with his skate.

Saint Martin's University

Kyle Sokol '00, Bass Guitarist for Rude Squad and Trust For Liars as well as the owner of the Florida Skate Museum

Sam Akoitai

He lost his position in government when Skate lost office to Mekere Morauta later that year.

Sierra Fellers

In the skate/BMX movie Livin' It, Fellers stated that when he was seven he became a Christian.

Skatepark

Skate parks, related obstacles/ramps and locations designed for extreme sport utilization have made their way into the media over time, such as with the aforementioned Burnside Skatepark being included in the movie Free Willy.

Skip Engblom

Engblom sponsored the Z-Boys (the Zephyr skate team) including Jay Adams, Tony Alva and Stacy Peralta.

Soul Divider

In one episode of the American stunt show Viva La BamSouldivider's "Anymore" is being played while skate stunts are being performed.

St. Martin, Minnesota

St. Martin was the setting for The Chicken Doesn't Skate, a children's novel by Canadian author Gordon Korman, in which a sixth-grade nerd is transplanted there from Los Angeles.

Taptu

One of its successful videos depicts the mayor of London, Boris Johnson, riding a “Boris Bike” Danny MacAskill-style at a local London skate park.

The Vans Brothers

The name 'The Vans Brothers' was coined because both Corey and Elijah both wore shoes made by the popular skate shoe company Vans.

They Came from the Shadows

The songs "Skate or Die" and Bigger Than KISS" are available as a DLC for the Rock Band series via the Rock Band Network.

Thornback

Thornback ray (Raja clavata), also known as the Thorback skate, a species of ray in the Atlantic Ocean

Tradeoffs for locomotion in air and water

Rajiform: seen in rays, skates, and mantas when thrust is produced by vertical undulations along large, well developed pectoral fins.

Warped Tour

The Warped Tour was created in 1994 by Kevin Lyman, who got the idea while working on skateboarding shows such as the Vision Skate Escape and Holiday Havoc which included music with skateboarding contests.

Zeke and Luther

She stresses personal hygiene and having a clean and sanitary surrounding as seen in the episode "Robo-Luth" She's also an accomplished flutist and can also tumble as shown in episode "Skate Camp".


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