704 Plaza Blvd., Ann Arbor MI
For info email info@a2skatepark.org

Andy Mac hooked us up and got us this Tony Hawk deck signed by the man himself, along with 24 other pro skaters. The signing was at the Grind for Life Clash at Clairmont, 2009.

Here are the signatures on the deck:

Lyndsey Adams
Jake Brown
Adrian Demain
Pat Duffy
Jason Ellis
Pierre Luc Gagnon
Rune Glifberg
Dave Hacket
Buster Halterman
Tony Hawk
Neil Hendricks
Darin Jenkins
Lester Kasai
Bucky Lasek
Holly Lyons
Andy Macdonald
Danny Mayer
Mike McGill
Zack Miller
Duane Peters
Austin Pointer
Jean Postec
Elliot Sloane
Josh Stafford
Steve Steadham

Want this deck? Well, now’s your chance! Check out our new online presence at crowdrise.com, create a profile page (it only takes approximately 17.2 seconds), and donate $26 to the Ann Arbor Skatepark Project. It’s super-easy. Anyone who donates $26 to the Ann Arbor Skatepark Project on Crowdrise between now and March 10 at 10:17 am is automatically entered into a drawing for this most awesome of collectable skate decks*. The drawing will be held at The RedBelly Boardshop Grinds of March skate event on March 13th. You need not be present to win. Good luck, and thanks in advance!

We can only afford to ship the deck to folks in the contiguous United States. If you live elsewhere in the world, we’ll ship it, but you’ll have to pay all the costs related to that… Sorry!

*By law, we have to allow you to enter this contest without donating to the cause. If you’d like to be entered, and don’t want to support the Ann Arbor Skatepark Project, send your name, address and phone number to:
A2skatepark
P.O. Box 3001
Ann Arbor, MI 48108
But, it sure would be nice if you donated to the cause ;-)

Click here for complete contest rules.

Ann Arbor Skatepark Action Committee Announces The Redbelly Boardshop Grinds of March

Eight-time skateboarding world champion and 19 time X Games medal winner Andy Macdonald will be in Ann Arbor March 13 for a skateboarding demonstration sponsored by Redbelly Boardshop in support of the Ann Arbor Skatepark Fund at the Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation.

Happy New Year from the Ann Arbor Skatepark! We wanted to start the new year with a big thank you, and we have a lot to thank you for:

About 60 people, the great majority of them skaters and young people, came to Slauson Middle School on October 18th to give their input on what they’d like to see in the Ann Arbor Skatepark. We had a good representation from our City and County governments as well. Ann Arbor City Council members Mike Anglin, Carsten Hohnke and (soon to be councilmember) Steve Kunselman attended, as did Washtenaw County commissioner Conan Smith. Landscape architects Amy Kuraz and Jeff Dehring from the City and County, respectively, were on hand to find out more about the project, and give their input.

The Ann Arbor Skatepark Action Committee will host Wally Hollyday Design at a public skatepark design input meeting on October 18 at 2 p.m. in the Slauson Middle School cafeteria., 1019 W. Washington. There is no charge for attendance.

The meeting will be a workshop format, with hands-on participation by local skaters, interested community members and city staff. Wally Hollyday will present a visual representation that includes images and illustrations of skate parks he has created.

As we see the end of 2009 on the horizon, we’ve been looking back at our successes, as well as looking forward to what’s to come in 2010 and beyond. Without the support of the Washtenaw County community, we couldn’t be where we are today: on the brink of creating Ann Arbor’s largest public recreation project in the past 25 years.

You're invited to an exciting FREE "field trip" that the Ann Arbor Skatepark Action Committee has planned for October 3rd. We'll be taking a group trip to the Riley Skatepark in Farmington Hills. We'd love to have you come along to see what a world-class skatepark looks like, talk to people from the Farmington Hills community and Government about what it's meant to their City, and skate with us (if that's something you're interested in). If you'd like to join us, let us know ASAP. The seats on the bus will fill up fast! Here are the details:

Show your support for public skateparks by helping out at the best skatepark in Michigan!

This coming Saturday, September 26, Plus Skateboarding is putting on their Fall Classic skateboarding contest. This contest will be held at Riley Skatepark in Farmington Hills and is open to anyone who wants to compete. Registration starts at 9:00 AM, with the beginner divisions starting at 11:00 AM sharp!

To show our support for public skateparks, the Ann Arbor Skatepark Action Committee is organizing a group of people to come check out the contest, then help clean up the park afterward. Please put on your A2 Skatepark t-shirt, and join us to watch the advanced competition at 4:00 PM, then stay to show your support by lending a hand getting the Riley Skatepark looking top-notch. We'll be bringing rakes and trashbags along to help us get the park into tip-top shape. Don't have an A2 Skatepark shirt? Well get down to the Vault of Midnight, Launch Board Shop, or Acme Mercantile and get yourself one!

We are lucky to have so many public skateparks in Michigan. We're even luckier to have the best public skatepark in Michigan within an hour of Ann Arbor. Soon we'll have our own great public skatepark, and it's important to show the general public that we intend to care for our park as if we own it. Why? Because we do!

Please come out to Riley Skatepark on Saturday, September 26 to show your support of public skateparks (and have fun!). For more information, please contact trevor@a2skatepark.org