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This is a classic east bay rail that has been gone for over a decade now. This rail was at the former Emeryville High School located on the corner of San Pablo and 47th. The original school was built in 1920, and was later replaced by a newer structure. This new building was home to the blue rail. Crusty, cobblestone runup plagued this rail until somebody laid a path of bondo on the runup, eliminating the need for wood. You can date the clips there by what the runup looked like.

Emeryville has one of the smallest and most mismanaged school districts in the area. In 1993 they appointed J.L. Handy as the leader for EUSD. Handy came from Compton School District and was fired for running up a $5 million dollar deficit. He proceeded to do the same in Emeryville, which resulted in the system being forfeited to the state. I’ll spare the details, if you are interested there is plenty to read online about this. In the 2000s he was ousted from his position.

With the school district struggling financially, the city crafted a plan to salvage the school system by consolidating the 3 schools into one and packaging it with community services. The idea was so unique that it was actually illegal and required a change to the California Education code to allow a City-School district partnership at this level. This sparked the creation of Emeryville Center for Community Life.

The school, with this beloved rail was demolished around 2013 and a new school was constructed and opened in 2016 that housed a K-12 school, a dental & health clinic, afterschool programs and a community center. Below are some of my favorite clips at this spot

1.) @returnofthejuice from “Transmission” for @transworldskate (2013)
2.) David Bowens from Slap’s One In A Million Contest (2009)
3.) Peter Ramondetta set this rail off in the “Six Newell” video @6_newell (2004)
4.) @dontae_smith from “Cold Gravy 18” by @calidan11 @gravyskateboarding (2013)
5.) Peter Ramondetta from “It’s Time” for @c1rca (2006)
6.) @versace_chachi from “Stop Filming Me” by @alexkissinger (2013)
7.) More Ramondetta, smith grind from the “Six Newell” video (2004)
8.) @s_perdue from “SF Treat 20” by @coltonlight (2013)

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Where there’s a will, there’s a way.

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Going off of previous post, this is where it all started.

During the summer of 2008, Steve Davenport of YEAH!Boardshop held a contest between numerous friend skate groups spanning over a wide range of Illinois suburban hometowns. The idea of the competition was for all groups to film the best footage they could over a portion of the summer, make an edit, and present it during premiere night at the shop. “Crew Battle”. Some of the guys labeled themselves. I can’t remember the names. But I remember my group, “The Good Ole Boys” and rival “Dry Bones Nation”.

I remember only bits and pieces of the premier night. Most likely being it all took place almost 20 years ago now and there was surely lots of drinking going on. What I do remember is a lot of energy and The Dav voting GOB for the win overall.

Thank you Scott Gall for acquiring/sharing this lost file from the “Skateillinois” website platform that is no longer available.

Filming and edit by Paul Van Berkum

Link to video in bio

Featuring: Pat O’Brien, Chris Poquette, Erik Sanchez, Jake DeSantis, Alex Netzel, Tony Labarbera, Paul Van Berkum, Steve Perdue, Paul Stacey, Chris “C Busta” Brown

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Revisiting a couple highly desired and well executed moves from @s_perdue “American Folklore” part 🤌

Video:
@alex_pennacchia
Jake Pratte

#steveperdue #americanfolkloretour #firexside

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Link in bio for the promo of “The Good Ole Boys Video”. Thanks to @ppp_vvv_bbb and his gifted archive of MiniDV footage dating back to the golden years of 2005-2012. The Good Ole Boys were a group of friends out of the tri-city of Kane County. Suburban Illinois, later transitioning to the city of Chicago around 2009/2010. A wild bunch fueled off canned Old Style beer, “twee & tigs”. A video based off skateboarding, nostalgia, and the brightness of younger years. A time before the world of technology as we know today took over. MySpace/Facebook were booming and everyone carried a Motorola Razor Phone. Full length video coming soon. #kanecountyclassics

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Happy Friday folks! Hope you’re all able to get outside and enjoy the weather this weekend! Signing off with a Perdue 2-piece from his ‘American Folklore’ part ✨☀️🏕️

Video: @adamcrew

#steveperdue #firexside #americanfolkloretour

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Wishing our brother @s_perdue a Happy Birthday we luv you!🎉🥳

Clips from SF/ Denver/ Kansas City

filmed by @coltonlight @benericson @adamcrew

#steveperdue #firexside #toebock

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Thank you to all the shops, venues, friends, and family who came out to premiers, preordered copies, bought a t-shirt or hoody, your support allowed us to create tangible keepsakes that hold memories we will cherish forever, and hope will evoke positive vibrations for those that may come across it years from now.

So much gratitude for all of the Filmer’s, Photographers and Artists who have contributed to this project and capsule, can’t thank you enough...

There's still a limited amount of DVD's, and Relics available at shops and online for any collectors out there 🙏🏽❤️

#toebock #americanfolkoretour #firexside Toebock

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That new/old part got me thinking about this one @s_perdue

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A few clips from the new @toebock project ‘American Folklore’. Full video playing on the site now.

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@s_perdue Kickflip IN Austin ✨

Video: @adamcrew

#steveperdue #toebockinaustin #tbt

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