June Newsletter - City of Alabaster

SKATEBOARD CONTEST ROLLS ON AT THE VET
The City of Alabaster
played host to another successful
skateboard contest
this year as Veterans Skate
Park welcomed the sixth
installment of the Pat
Wachter Bowl Contest.
The contest drew skateboard
enthusiasts from all
over the country to participate
in five different divisions:
Beginner,
Intermediate, Ladies,
Veterans, and Advanced.
Participants came from a
variety of states including
Florida, Tennessee, Georgia,
Ohio, and of course
Alabama.
“It’s going really well,”
said organizer Tim Spinosi
during the contest. “We’ve
got some fantastic skaters.”
For some participants, it
was even a family affair.
Mike Chumley and his
daughter Hannah drove over
from Atlanta to participate in
the event. Mike participated
in the Veterans division,
while Hannah, 13, participat-
ed in the Ladies.
“Hannah’s been here
two times before. This is
her third time, this is my
second,” said Mike.
Hannah in fact won the
Ladies division in 2011. She
said she was happy with
her performance on this
day as well, although the
summer-like temperatures
may have slowed her down
a bit.
“We skated for a really
long time,” she said. “I
think I did good, but
towards the end I got really
hot so I started getting
sloppy with my tricks.”
The Pat Wachter Bowl
Contest was first held in
Alabaster in 2007. It was
held in Madison and
Florence the following
years before returning to
Veterans Skate Park in year
four. Organizers seem
happy to have it back in its
original location here in
Alabaster.
“We were here the first
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year, then the next
two years we went
to other parks, and
then we came back
here the next year,”
said Spinosi. “This
is our home. It’s
just the best place
to be.”
Spinosi said the
contest’s participants
have all been
happy with the
park’s facilities.
“For a long
time, this was considered
the second-best bowl in the
country,” said Spinosi. “And
it’s held up beautifully too.”
This year’s guest judge
was Bacon Skateboards pro
Tim Johnson. A Georgia
native, Johnson competed in
the very first Pat Wachter
bowl contest back in 2007.
At that time, the contest was
part of the World Cup
Skateboarding circuit, and
Johnson came in second to
Benji Galloway, another
Bacon rider, in the Pro
Division.
Some of this year’s sponsors
included Green
Skateboards, Conspiracy
Skateboards, Bacon
Skateboards, Art of
Skateboarding, Faith Skate
Supply in Birmingham, and
the Barbecutioners.
The Pat Wachter Bowl
Contest also supports the
A.skate foundation, which is
a nonprofit organization
promoting the world of
skateboarding to children
with autism.
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