good choice!!! dont know if dale will like it though! and i like the early style skateboard/bank on a 70 style board idea u were thinkin about! dont make me break out the gold rector pads ive been holdin on to for 30 yrs!

Break e'm out!

I'll ride my McGill

DEATH RACE!!

I'm in, just give me the date, time, and place. Let me know if I can help out in any way.

 Trying to schedule this around the Pool Party and the Mom event.

POOL PARTY  IN MAY.

hey ken, lets just take over that little contest! we will call it the skatopia pro tec pool party reunion! lol!

Do you know the date of the party Rob?

May 16th according to the Vans website.

Thanks Farrah.

DEATH RACE!!

We should have it the weekend before the Protec.

OK May 9th right?

Thanks for the eVite Ken. Me and the kids should be there, we rarely go to Chino so I quess that'll work...

Cool Todd hope you guys can make it.

Jim Brewer will be there - 14 confirmed. If you did not get a evite it is because I dont have your email address in the database yet.

Marking the calendar now.  It will be nice to say hey to the crew.

If we go it will be early and take off kind of early too we have work. But as far as I know thats the plan

You and Dave would be very welcome.

I will try hard to make it.

Whats the deal with the 70's bank style deal? I would be into that.

Fredo

P.S. Thanks for always remebering me guys!

 Yeah Alfredo those who choose to will cruise 70's skateboards around the park. There are plenty of banks for berts and lip slides and of course vert for some 70's tail taps, frontside airs and tail taps.

"frontside airs and tail taps"

Mark me down for a double helping of each.

Looking forward to it Ken. Let me know if there is something I can do to help.

Clark Staub is in.

count me in too guys. im there

yes!clark is in the house! awesome style skater, and author of the best flatbread pizza in the world! cant wait to see u clark!!! p.s., bring the oven, ill help out,just gimme some pizza!

Cool Steve!

Count me in and Bro-N-Law + Family.

Steve who?

I will see you guys there, though I might pull an AMY and just hang out if my knee is not up to it yet.

 Cool Dave!

Matt Cook will be there.

77 RSVP on the Evite

So Ken, need anything from us Topians to help make this thing happen?

If I had better forethought more money I would have bought taco ladies. I thinking now of doing chili cheese dogs. We have a ton of hog dogs in the freezer.

Mmmm, chile cheese dogs.

Just let me know if you want me to bring something, buns, chile, cheese, chips, water?

Lets get a 70's / Skatopia snack bar menu going

hot dogs Ken and Janice

Weber Ken and Janice

Charcoal Ken and Janice

chili Ken and Janice

shredded chesse Ken and Janice

diced onions Ken and Janice

buns Ken and Janice

We don't need everything on the list I am just trying to list 70's types of foods.

Coke, Pepsi, Tab, Sprite, 7 Up, Rootbeer
Hawaiian Punch
Kool Aid
Tang
Old Time Lemonade 

chocolate bars

sorry no microwave for skatopia microwave burritos

Frito's

Hostess Fruit Pies Cassie

Twinkies
Lays Potato Chips
Doritos Cassie
Pringles Chips
Bugles Cassie

lettuce Cassie

Twix Cookie Bars
Hershey Kisses
Screaming Yellow Zonkers
Pop Tarts 

Boone's Farm and Annie Green

We have a 'lil table top stove/propane....how bout if I bring a fruit salad...watermelon/pineapple/cantelope/honey do etc..? Lester will be bummed about the burritos...he liked 'em with ketchup

Sounds good Carla.

I will bring Hostess Fruit Pies, Doritos, Bugles,  Lettuce (lots of it), and Pickles. 

Yes! Hostess Fruit Pies!

Those are so stinking good!..I loved it when Mom would load us up in the 'ol station wagon and drive down to the 'ol Hostess outlet in Cypress and load up on those! Man I wish I can eat now what I ate then!!!!

By lettuce I mean 3 huge family size Chineese chicken salads from Rascals.

I remember that place!

Killer Cassie!

That's some good chicken salad.  Amen.

I'll have to agree that anything Hostess is real 70's.

Remember the HOHO's? Killer!

At "nutrition" break @ La Palma jr high I would have an Hostess berry pie and BBQ fritos just about every day!!!!

Looking forward to seeing you guys.

Fredo

You went to La Palma Alfrdo? Did you go to Kennedy or Western?

Savannah and Western

Do you know Rodney Gatchalian?

What time are you guys getting to Chino?

Some of us are skating somewhere early before. I'm getting pumped for this!

Dale Arden said 8:30 but I think he forgot about the pre session. I am going to be there around 10

Ok, so is there anything that you need me to bring Ken?

Where's the pre-session...........if you can say........

Looking forward to Saturday. Ken, did hou get my email regarding the OG's?.......

Bring some drinks - think 70's like Shasta.

Todd I will check my mail.

I think Chris and Bill are in the know as to the pre-session

I'll be having a pre session that morning @ Oceanside Harbor!!

i have to leave early so it's straight to Chino for me, anyone getting there around 9?

Ken, you gonna get that stuff to me?

Pre-session at the pipe

Join us Todd.

Alfredo, I'm doing dawn patrol at Beach Avenue in Carlsbad tomorrow, if you're around.

Polo and I will bring the Tang !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes Tang!

Hey Thanks Bill,

Obviously still up here.

I will be driving down early friday morning. I hope to surf somewhere down there before the wind comes up on friday( Trestles?) then cracking it @ dark on sat. so i can get on the road early for the reunion!

The good news is that this year I don't have to be anywhere so I can hang as long as I want!

See ya there.

Bring a board for the bank session at Chino Alfredo.

Ken I'm gonna say it now and again I'm sure, but thanks so much for doing this every year!!

Definately bringing my boards!!

You're welcome Alfredo. I don't really do anything - its the Skatopia people like you who make it happen.

Alfredo, I'm off Friday and will surf somewhere.

Saturday I am not going out because I plan on skating all day so that in it's self will be about all this tired old body can stand.

Looking forward to seeing and skating with everyone on Saturday.

 I'll be in vegas, but thinking of all the fun going on in Chino!

So many Skatopians I haven't met yet......

Have a great time in Vegas Ray.

I am bringing beer and my family.  We need Skatopia.net can coozies. 

Rich Rose is coming down after he helps televise the the Dodger game.

^^^^thats rad Ken. Buit the game wont be over til 4ish...pretty late...

Jerry Madrid asked me to extend his greeting to all the Skatopians. He said he is going to try to go next year.

Bring sports drinks.

Todd,

On the first one you came to didnt  Mike and Dan and a few others showed up around 3 or 4?

I have to leave by 3ish to be home in time for pictures for Brittney's prom.  

T minus 7 hrs.

Ken I forgot the Duritos and Bugles!!!!!! I fail!!!!!

How can every one still be sleep?

Don't worry about it.

Ken You sllly silly skatopia mester I am female I worry about the most insignificant details. It's hard wired into my horomones.

Hey Ken

Thanks again for a fun day!!

When are you going to post the photos you took?

look forward to seeing them!

I got some stylish Alfredo carve shots. Which I will post soon. Janice took a bad spill on involentary 4 stair attempt at Vans skatepark duriing the Might Mama Skate O Rama. Being the sensetive husband that I am I asked if this warranted some free Pool Party tickets. Oh yeah Janice was released from the hospital today and is working some crutches for a few days.

She had to go to the hospital? What the hell happened? I hope she's OK.! That's a sucky mother day.

I seen Alfredo carvin and slidin around.... Fun day.

Looks like it was a great crowd with a lot of the OG platoon in the house.  I was there for such a short time I didn't even get my camera out of the bag.

Next year I'm not doing the skatepark tour and being selfish about getting skate time.  A day like this is meant to be hanging with the crew and to enjoy the day and the crowd.  Getting to hang with Waldo and all the other og skaters is something that goes down to rare.  It was great to see Toby and Matt and Dave and ... ... ... (the list goes on).

Thanks Ken and Janice and the Skatopia Mob,  maybe we could do a fall session when the weather starts to cool.

Mogs~

Funny you should mention that  Jeff. Bellmar was talking about a session to honor the death of the skatepark sometime in the fall.

 Sorry to hear about Janice's fall glad to hear she is OK. Really kicking it up a notch skating stair sets. 

The first of the Hada's to attempt the 4 stair.

I think she is just one attempt away from the Tick dream

Realy glad to hear she doing ok...

Thank you JoJo

Yep, Janice was laying there and all those hot firemen ready to take her away, we were worried.

Glad she's okay! But I bet it will hurt for a while.

Apparently, Tony Hawk's wife had to rush to the hospital on mother's day, too - but not skating... their automatic gate caught her hand, but she's doing okay.

Here's a video I got at Chino this Saturday, just the girls skating - http://www.vimeo.com/4570799

Skatopia @ Chino Skatepark from Claudia Hoag on Vimeo.

Topia Chicks Rip!!!!!!!!

JoJo you got some nice frontside carves.

Thank you Ken ............... working on trying to get some height out of them as well ......

Sorry my pics are so late I am finishing up a web site for a client who is going out of town this week, running the shop and doing most of the the stuff Janice normally does.

Ken, including blow drying your hair and doing your toenails?

yup!! cool video! and train in vain never gets old,awesome song!

I wish it was just toenails and hair drying.

I know, moms work hard!