Skatelab
Skatelab is a skatepark and museum located in Simi Valley, California.
The Skateboard Museum, inside Skatelab of California, is home to the Skateboarding Hall of Fame. Skatelab and its museum opened in 1997[1] and was originally built by Team Pain. Skatelab has a collection of over 5,000 vintage skateboards as well as skateboarding memorabilia.
It is owned by punk singer and retired major-league baseball player Scott Radinsky along with Todd Huber.
The two rooms feature multiple skateboard ramps and quarter pipes and in the back (outside) is a 6-foot half pipe and a new 2-foot mini pipe has just opened. The first room has 10 quarter pipes, fun boxes, two rails and a 4 stair.
In the second room, there are large quarter pipes such as a 12-foot-tall (3.7 m) Matix ramp, a fly box, euro gaps, hubba's, two flat rails, two roll in's and a gap over the door. There's also a bowl with a 10-foot-deep (3.0 m) end and a 8 stair with rail.
Skatelab also has a large merchandise of various t-shirts and skateboard clothes that are sold in many stores worldwide.
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[edit] Skateboard Museum
- See footnote[2]
[edit] Skateboarding Hall of Fame
The Skateboarding Hall of Fame held its first induction on October 24, 2009.[3]
[edit] Skateboarding World Champions
- 2009
- See footnote[4]
- Tony Alva
- Tony Hawk
- Bruce Logan
- Danny Way
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Skatepark webpage. Skatelab website. Retrieved 2010-08-09.
- ^ Skateboard Museum webpage. Skatelab website. Retrieved 2010-08-09.
- ^ Skateboarding Hall of Fame webpage. Skatelab website. Retrieved 2010-08-09.
- ^ Hall of Fame inductees webpage. Skatelab website. Retrieved 2010-08-09.
[edit] External links
- Skatelab official website
Coordinates: 34°16′20.02″N 118°42′45.29″W / 34.2722278°N 118.7125806°W
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