License to Skate, Phoenix SkatePark Tours

Union Hills Skateboard Contest Winner

2010-02-08T08:35:00.000-08:00

Congrats to our winner, Sabina Miller, who took home a free skate trip to CA with License to Skate.
Sabina Miller took second place in the contest!

Your next chance to win will be at Kids That Rip Skateboard School this weekend (February 13th) for the Heartbreaker Skateboard Contest.

Just for registering for the contest you will receive a raffle ticket and a chance to win a spot for the CA trip on February 27th, 2010.

If you want to register for this trip, go toLicensetoSkate.com

Jett's 12th Birthday Party and a Skate Trip to Flagstaff

2009-11-01T13:49:00.000-08:00

After coming off of a spleen injury, all Jett Eaton wanted for his 12th birthday was to skate with his friends. I didn't go on this trip, but I heard it was a full day of skating, both hitting new parks and spots. Below are pictures from it. Photos are by Kid's That Rip's local PG- Lucas Murphy.

Trip to Sedona Skatepark and Concrete Rodeo

2009-11-01T13:47:00.001-08:00

CONCTRETE RODEO- SEDONA STOP RECAP/ RESULTS

First of all let me say that the KTR kids know how to win a contest! May 14th was the Sedona stop for Concrete Rodeo's contest series. In the end KTR took 5 first places! The Sedona Park location is hard to beat, as it is surrounded by gorgeous red rock mountains.

Above: Augie taking a break from the heat.
Above left: With eagle wings, Jagger 180s off the ledge
Left: Aaron Goure buttering up the rail in practice

We took off around 9am from the KTR compound in Mesa, AZ. Aaron Gore's dad, Kurt, was kind enough to drive the kids up in style. When we pulled up in the fancy RV, faces went down, and 11 competitors piled out... obviuosly lowering the odds of winning just a bit for the rest. We arrived around noon. Despite the fact that the contest started at 4pm on a Thursday, school day, close to 40 kids registered for the contest.

Highlights of the day: Alana's manual across the volcano; Erma brothers- Augie and Armando- going head to head; Jett's McTwist at the buzzer, Aaron's flawless first run; Daniel tieing for 1st in the joust, but coming up short in the best trick to bump him to second for the joust (apparently this was the same song second verse as last year)- next year Daniel! Oh, and the boy who randomly ended up doing a roof gap- ollieing off the roof, over a fence, onto the street.

Results (age group is just your age, the joust is everyone together, and overall are these two scores combined)

right below: Alana Smith (1st, age 3-8; 1st overall)
left below: Tyson Joseph-Stevens rolls up for the drop off.

below: Augie Lerma boardslides (don't get comfortable, you're younger brother is taking notes:)

Jagger Eaton- (1st, age 3-8; 3rd in joust; 3rd overall!)
Trey Wood (2nd, age 3-8; 19th overall)

Tyson Joseph-Stevens (4th, age 3-8; 21st overall)
Armando Lerma (5th, age 3-8; 26th overall)

Jett Eaton (1st, age 9-10; 18th overall)
Augie Lerma (2nd, age 9-10; 11th overall)

Daniel Kasitch (2nd, age 11-12; 2nd in joust; and 1st overall!)
Scott Foster (4th age 11-12; 14th overall)

Aaron Goure- (1st, age 13-14; 10th overall)
Zach Saager- (3rd, age 11-12; 20th overall)

left: Zach Saager finds some over vert

For more details on the concrete rodeo schedule, click here

License to Skate- Phoenix Skatepark Trips!

2009-10-26T12:59:00.000-07:00

License to Skate has launched! The first trip is on Saturday, Novemeber 28th. We will be hitting up 4 skateparks in the East Valley. Spaces are limited. Go to licensetoskate.com to register.