Reddit reviews The Skateboard: The Good, the Rad, and the Gnarly: An Illustrated History
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I found a couple more references, will post them here for historical purposes. If Tucson really was the first, then that is truly noteworthy.
1 - Another newspaper article.
2 - Yet another article.
3 - A photo from the local paper.
4 - 2015 Obituary for one of the owners.
5 - Pat McGee the skater who was there for the grand opening, still living.
6 - This book here also mentions the park and its owners and has the wrong address of 2169 E Speedway.
It would be interesting to hear from anyone who remembers this place and might have some more pictures. I wonder how long it was in business.
You're not Norwegian. Norwegians are intelligent and polite and well-mannered
Or maybe you let America turn you into a crass Rompehull.
The Hiltons are Norwegian. They're good people.
The nicest billionaires I've met. And I've met quite a few: OS, AVF, SMac, etc.
Steve and Dave Hilton helped me with the skateboard book. The part about Hobie making a deal with VitaPakt Orange Juice in the 1960s, which was owned by Barron Hilton.
https://www.amazon.com/Skateboard-Good-Gnarly-Illustrated-History/dp/0760338051
This is the book that got translated into French - without me knowing it - and they were going to fly me to Monaco for the Sportel Awards Sports Book of the Year Award in 2017, I think it was.
https://www.amazon.com/Skateboard-rue-rampe-Ben-Marcus/dp/2366025408
But I was in Hawaii, so I sent Lucia instead, because she was in Hossegor with her dad and she shot all the portraits for the book.
Can't believe I didn't accept a free trip to Monaco, but Honolulu to Monaco would have been a 24-hour flight for a one-day stay.
Lucia worked hard on that book, so she earned it.