Purple Skunk "All-Skate Jam"

By Travis Jensen

Get your shred on at the All-Skate Jam happening this weekend in Golden Gate Park. This is an event for wood-pushers of all genres: new school, old school, freestyle, slalom, you name it. All are welcome to come hang out, even those that don’t have their own board. Special guests include the Sk8Kings skateboarding team, www.sk8kings.com.

Have you ever seen Sk8kings Team Captain Richy “Brown Bomber” Carrasco spin 360°s? If not, prepare for shock-and-awe. Carrasco, who’s been in the skate game since the mid-‘70s, currently holds the Guinness Book World Record of a 142 consecutive 360° spins. Carrasco also recently broke the world record for the 100-cone slalom run, where he zigzagged cleanly through 100 straight, full-sized cones in a mere 21.179 seconds.

Other Sk8Kings rippers will also be in the mix, including freestylers Gary Holl, Christian Opperman, Marcus Rietema and John Bunn.

Event will include product tosses and other giveaways, so maybe you might walk away with a new board, wheels or threads.

Refreshments and snacks provided.

Sunday. 10:00a.m.-2:00p.m. G.G. Park, near the Polo Field on Middle Drive West (off MLK Drive and Metson Rd). Enter from Lincoln on 25th or 41st avenues. For info: Purple Skunk Board Shop (415)668-7905, or www.purpleskunk.com.

Head over to Purple Skunk after the jam for an in-store raffle. 3:00p.m.-5:00p.m. 5820 Geary Blvd. (between 22nd and 23rd avenues).Here Richy Carrasco spins 35.5 continuous 360's for the Guiness World Record in 1978. Carrasco broke the world record again in 2000 by spinning a staggering 142 continuous 360's, a record that still stands strong today. Photo appears courtesy of Skatekings.com.