BREAKING: Skateboard Competition Canceled At Wild Strawberry Festival

UPDATE: On Thursday (June 10th), we received word from our friends at Burien Parks of some rather disheartening news – the annual skateboard competition we so excitedly reported about on Tuesday... [Read more]

VIDEO: Skateboarding Clip From “Where We Live Now, Burien” Documentary

Back in October, we premiered a trailer for a new documentary being produced on Burien, called “Where We Live Now, Burien.” This documentary is still in production, and another clip has been... [Read more]

Strawberry & Arts Fest: Skateboard Contest + DYNO JAMZ

The Burien Strawberry & Arts Festival happens next weekend (on June 20th and 21st), in the area around the Burien Community Center and Dottie Harper Park, and it’s going to be fun for all ages especially teens and those who love Sk8ing, Hip-Hop and jazz:

Skateboard Contest Rocks With EMP Band Winner

SATURDAY, June 20th @ 1 pm:

• SKATE CONTEST: registration starts @ 12 Noon, $5 fee, need helmet & registration form signed by adult.
• Rider’s performance will be judged in 3 categories:
  • Consistency
  • Technicality
  • Style
• Each contestant gets 2 one-minute runs.
• Co-sponsored by Burien Teen Program, Pacsun, and Illusion, which is Burien’s new skate shop.
• DYNO JAMZ, Experience Music Project’s 2009 SOUND-OFF Young Band winner! Great & unusual fusion of hip-hop & jazz – here are some videos of them from the 2009 EMP Sound-Off:

The full schedule of events and performers can be found by clicking here.

Nice Sk8ing Montage From The Burien Skatepark

As summer winds down, we thought we’d try to keep it going by sharing this video we found on Youtube – a very nicely done montage of great (and sometimes not so great) skateboarding antics... [Read more]

Some Sick B-Town Skateboarding Video

Filmed at the Burien Skatepark and found on YouTube is this video of some dude doing some sick ‘boardin in B-Town (warning: music track contains some naughty words, so turn the volume down if kids... [Read more]

Longboarding Down To Three Tree Point

What happens when some thrill-seeking dude with a video camera decides to videotape his and his buddy’s longboard ride down SW 170th to Three Tree Point? This does: (thanks xcbarrett!) swfobject.embedSWF("http://www.youtube.com/v/3chyMqEePEE&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4E9E00&rel=0&fs=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=0",... [Read more]

On The Edge At The Burien Skatepark

We don’t know the subject of this photo, but we admire his focus and balance in this photo courtesy Daniel Brunner taken at the Burien Skatepark:  Read More →

Great Video Of Isaac At The Burien Skatepark

The things we love about this video are: The fisheye lens throughout gives it that other-worldly look Camera operator was actually skateboarding behind the featured Sk8r  (without falling…) The... [Read more]

Burien Skatepark Action Caught On Tape

Say what you will, but we here at the B-Town Blog strongly believe: Skateboarding is not a crime The Burien Skatepark is a great place for today’s kids Skateboarding is exercise and requires skill Some... [Read more]

Groovy Oompa Tuba Ska Band at the Skate Park

Groovy oompa tuba ska band plays at the Burien Skate Park:http://www.vimeo.com/401494  Read More →