First Friday

Well IPS kicked off the summer season with our First Friday event. Wally set up a little street type course with a drop-in out of a U-Haul truck. Some stand outs were Colton Treyhorn, Nick Nelson and Aidan Omstead. At 5 the Pink Gravel took the stage followed by Order & Chaos and ending the night was IPS manger Sean Stuart's band The Surf Vipers. Up next is the Imperial Motion Demo at the skatepark on Friday June 13th and the following Thursday June 18th will be the eS Game of S.K.A.T.E at the shop.

Courtship of Eddie's father visits IPS

Well Brandon Cruz blew into town to hang with Wally. He was know as Eddie on the the 70's TV show Courtship of Eddie's Father. Today he the lead singer of the band Dr. Know which comes to Portland quite often. Wally and Brandon have skated and surfed together back since the mid 70's and will run into each other from time to time.
Brandon spent the afternoon at IPS telling all the guys stories of the past and stories of the road. It was good to meet and spend some to with a legend. Hope he comes back with his band.

mr. hood river montage

Thanks to Ryan we have a video of our local skaters and a great look at Hood River's Skate Park.

mr. hood river montage from ryan shultz on Vimeo.