TGIF: High Ollie Recap!

Huge thanks to all the winter skate rats who came out and 

popped some wild ollies for last night's 

TGIF at the Encounter Skatepark. 

Big ups to Jay @ Encounter, Converse, The Royal Family, 

Monster Energy, and Randy Demianuk for welding up the perfect high ollie bar! 

Carter reached his limit on Monster energy drinks.

Joe Tuttle held it down for the Am division, 

practically ollie-ing over his own height...

 In the end it was Dru who popped a 

whopping 20" ollie for the win. 

Congrats Dru! 

 Shane Pehrson started things off right for the Pro division...

 Plenty of onlookers... 

 Cody Cich had a whopper of an ollie...

Jay manned the bar between his turns...  

Final Three: 

 Dylan Beck.

 John Feick. 

 Cody Cich.

 Final two dirtbags, Dylan Beck and John Feick.

 Dylan battled the bar...

But in the end it was John Feick 

with a jaw-dropping 32" ollie! 

Wayne Wennberg with some hippy hopping action... 

 Kyle Walczak beat himself to a pulp getting over that bar...

Dylan Beck came through with a
hippy jump no one else would touch...

Congrats Dylan! 

Converse hooked up our winners with a pair of 

shoes of their choice!

Final Results:

High Ollie, Am = Dru

High Ollie, Pro = John Feick 

High Hippy Hop = Dylan Beck 

Mike Rapaich video recap coming soon...

Ricta Speed Rings x John Feick

Now at Damage, Ricta's new Speed Ring technology!

Check out shop rider John Feick testing them out!

Big thanks to Mike Rapaich for filming and editing this project!

TGIF #31 - Stacked Part: John Feick

John Feick put together this hammer part in the 
STACKED video almost ten years ago...

And don't you forget it!

TGIF #65 - Shoe Review w/ John Feick!

Team head John Feick (aka Brandon Westgate) reviews the Emerica Westgate shoe during a testing session at the Encounter for Skunk Magazine back in 2010! 

TGIF #7 - Quickie w/ John Feick

John Feick keeping it short and sweet with a 

few clips from Morgan Park...

The Who

Head over to SKUNK to check out the full interview of Damage's own John Feick.

John Feick from Mike Rapaich on Vimeo.

TGIF #6 - John Feick's Week Off...

You can't win em all... Stay tuned next week... 

Damage TGIF #6 - A Week Off with John Feick from Damage Boardshop on Vimeo.

Double Trouble MegaPost!

If you were at the Double Trouble event you know how much it ruled.
Insane skateboarding, good times, and a huge crew of friends ripped up Midtown.

Big thanks goes out to all the sponsors, especially Bob from Vans and
Bill from MoFunna, and all our friends for supporting the local skate scene.

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The day took off despite some rain and fog - Thanks to our trusty Midtown roof.

First on the agenda was the O.U.T. tournament which started the day on fire... 

 Guest referee Ryan Leege held it down....

Until the feared Midtown concrete got the better of him.

 Bill from MoFunna Skateboards held it down on the mic!

 Little ripper Carter takes on Flow Trash superstar Pat Gallaher...

 Westside legends John Feick and Jake Burke battle it out.

Everyone was having a great time watching the games.

Brave souls fought valiantly but in the end there could only be one...

Results:

1st: Kyle Walczak

2nd: John Feick

 3rd and 4th: Tony Marchetti and Alex Demianiuk

Congratulations to Kyle Walczak!  

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The Mini Ramp & Rage Jam took off immediately after the O.U.T. showdown.

All the dudes completely killed it...

Guest judge Mike Rapaich looking good. 

 

Tallying up the scores... 

The RESULTS:

 

4th Place - Cam "Bitchin" Birkhofer

3rd Place - Matt Bolis

 2nd Place - Kyle Walczak

1st Place - Pat Gallaher!

Congratulations Pat!
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Carter took home the Mini Ripper award after slaying the mini ramp.

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The Vans Skatepark Clean-Up was a success as well, 

with everyone participating to make Midtown a little more appealing. 

Thanks again to Vans for providing the product and to everyone who showed up 

to make the event a memorable one! We'll see you all next year!

For more information on coming events, 

be sure to continue checking the blog, facebook, and website. 

John and Kyle Doing Their Thing

John Feick and Kyle Walczak get down on this little throwaway edit. 

Plys with Purpose.

Make some time this Friday night to check out Plys with Purpose!

“ism”

A Duluth skateboarding film by Mike Rapaich & Stephen Pestalozzi

featuring: Cameron Birkhofer, Surfer John, Josh Kuno, John Feick, Eric Covington, Stephen Pestalozzi, Andy Pearson, Justice Simmons, Colton Maddy, Steve Seitz, Bryan Slash Hansen, Matt Majerle, Nate Hynum

Video Premiere during “Plys with Purpose” alongside RiftCo’s “We Watch”

6-10 pm / Videos play at 8:30

Prove Gallery

Free

All ages

Feick Raw Footage!

Team rider since day one, John Feick puts it down 

with 6 minutes of nothing but good old raw clips. 

Does this dude ever slow down? 

TGIF #26 - Feick and Friends!

John Feick got some time to rip Encounter on these cold Minnesota nights...
Featuring Jake Lubke and Kyle Walczak!

Pocket Park Re-cap 2015

Thanks to everyone for coming out to the pocket park on Saturday! 

The 8th year of the jacket and tie is in the books.

A shout out to the sponsors Lakai, Transistor Mag, 

Monster, Chocolate, Royal, Fourstar, Girl.

Carter took home best trick.

 Tummer ripping around.

 Lubke is always fun to watch at pocket.

No longer homeless Joe, with a front 5-0.

Matt Damon everybody.

 Feick put it down all day and took home The Jacket.

The Tie:

1st. Kaden

2nd. Simon

The Jacket:

1st. John Feick

2nd. Carter Nguyen

3rd. Joe Remark

Photo credits to Dwayne Swizzlestacks DaNugget!