![]() “That was our s-t first,” griped Naquan Rollings, 24, a skate videographer. ![]() Joseph Kaczmarekīack in New York City though, the reaction in Tompkins has been mixed. Moore Station Plaza near Temple University. It’s something you’d want to skate in New York.” The bench is now located at Cecil B. “I’ve known about this bench for over 10 years,” Hixson said. It has been a hit among local skaters since.īetween 50 to 100 people perform tricks on the bench daily, Bergenfield said, adding that landing a move on it is “like putting on your basketball shoes and playing at the Garden.”ĭonny Hixson, 30, drove over an hour from Bridgeton, NJ, just to ride this legend. ![]() Moore Station Plaza, outside of Temple University, to add another skateable object to the flatground space. Once again, the bench was out in the open for all to skate - and inevitably, to take.Ī post shared by bench was moved a few days later to Cecil B. In October, Van Engelen brought the bench to New York, when his company, FA World Entertainment, was opening a store in the East Village. That Van Engelen landed an extremely difficult trick in 2020 using the bench - a switch backside noseblunt slide - only added to the lore. Van Engelen and several other skaters raised the bench’s profile after being filmed performing a slew of tricks on an identical structure in the early aughts. “Most skaters, they would be dying to skate something like that.” #Skateboard logos professional#“It’s such a gratifying feeling to skate a curve and then to have the smoothness of metal, and with the length of it,” said professional skateboarder Anthony Van Engelen. This skateboard rivalry is getting downright gnarly.Ī group of skateboarders from Philadelphia ignited a turf war with their counterparts in Manhattan last month by stealing a famed green bench from Tompkins Square Park.Ī hulking mass of metal to passersby, the 13-foot, curved backless bench has long been an icon in the world of skateboarding.īeloved for its arc, which adds an undeniable flair to skaters’ grinds and slides, the 300-pound bench’s legacy dates back to the late ’90s in Santa Ana, Calif., and is coveted enough that it has been stolen in the past by fans. Second-place skateboarder opposes trans competitors: ‘Unfair’ ![]() Wheel daredevils: Skateboarders roll from LA to NYC - with plenty of crashes along the way Iconic skater bench stolen from Tompkins Square Park snatched back by ‘owner’ Blind skateboarder shreds Guinness World Record ![]()
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