ProSkater.com 2000
2000
It was strange, I was standing on the platform of the vert ramp shooting video at the B3 in Lake Havasu last spring and I noticed a couple vert pros were sporting stickers with their name.com. After a while I remembered to check out their websites and see what they had to offer. Then, I noticed nobody had complied any kind of pro skater website list so I though it would be cool to see how many websites were out there that directly dealt with one pro skater as it’s subject. So I typed in about 100 of the more common pro names like Muska, Hawk, Jamie Thomas, Chad Fernandez, etc. and came up with this beginning of a list and rating of what the site had for contents. In a way I was surprised I didn’t find more than I did, but in another way I think it was a good thing that pro skaters today are concerned more with skateboarding rather than a website. I did enjoy the homegrown feel to Vallely, Burnquist, and Smoliks websites since they had done the work themselves. The others seem contrived and perfect. My least favorite had to be the Tony Hawk sight which was trying to get money to join it. There were a few that were under construction and a few where I couldn’t tell if they were being sat on by outsiders trying to ransom the names to the pro skater or if they were in development. If you know of any more drop me a line @ jeff@concretedisciples.com and I’ll check them out. – Jeff Greenwood
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Free/Pay | Tony Hawks official fan club site. 2 versions, the free one and the $19.95 per year. We’re going to pass up on the autographed Tony Hawk photo and go to the free site. It contains a road journal, Tony’s bio, Tour schedule, Pictures and video clips are plenty, trick list of Tony’s first evers, merchandise (t shirts) for sale, and that’s about it. It is a well kept up site. |
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Free | (The official unofficial website) – This site is a collection of everything related to pro skater Ed Templeton. It’s got interviews, ads, photos from other publications, a funny animated templeton movie clip, tour dates from the TumYeto homepage. Pretty much everything about Ed Templeton that was published by someone else. If you’re a fan of Ed’s it’s a great stop. |
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Free | Well, you start with only 2 choices, go to Andy’s Room or go to the contact info. We opted for the room first. You have to scroll around a comic scene to find various areas of the site. First we found the photos section, then the 5 favorite (changing things) area, Andy’s Heroe’s, 1st time dropping in story, contest results from 1998 to present, 3 video clips, and an e-mail form where Andy will write back a few lucky visitors. |
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Free | This site is housed by a big athlete company who does the upkeep on it. It’s real flash fancy. It’s supposed to be your direct link to Bucky. There are several brief interviews, several video clips, a photo gallery, some of Bucky’s writings, his history/bio. It’s a good site. |
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Free | Has a Regular column in his archives, a photo biography, Lots of Vallely’s writings, his touring schedule, Links to all his sponsors, and an e-mail address he responds to regularly. Great skater, and a great site. |
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Free | This site is housed by a big athlete company who does the upkeep on it. It’s real flash fancy. It’s supposed to be your direct link to Mathias. There are several brief interviews, several video clips, a photo gallery, some of Mathias’ writings, his history/bio. It’s a good site. |
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Free | Takes you to a webpage that has a few pictures of T.A. ripping. Some homage paid to the skateboard legend, then hemp lip balm and t-shirts for sale!? After you get over that and cruise the site a little more there are many Alva related products for sale via the internet and a few skatepark listing with photos. |
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Free | Positive words, airline flight attendant funnies (he does travel a lot), just a couple photos, a few video clips. It seems as though his last updates were in October 1999. But, it’s still cool to see that he has built everything by himself. Maybe a few e-mail requests can get him to put up some more stuff. I have seen him shooting photo’s recently… |
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Free | Cool! Punk sight straight from Smolik and his bro. This site had a very personal flavor and some early on pics of Peter. A couple video clips, but hasn’t been updated in a long time. |
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