Progressive Skatepark |1153 Marietta Highway | Canton, GA 30114 | Phone: 770 704 7528

Progressive Skatepark is a 25,000 sq. ft. indoor climate controlled free standing facility with an adjoining 15,000 sq. ft. outdoor skate / bmx course. We are located in Canton, Georgia and are convenient to the cities of Atlanta, Marietta, Kennesaw, Woodstock, Cartersville, Cumming, Jasper, Rome, Roswell, Alpharetta, Acworth, Ball Ground, Waleska, and Holly Springs.

Part of our crew traveled down to Hazard for the DC King of Series Contest. This was a tough event because you got the chance to go to Chicago for the finals. All of our guys threw down so big tricks.

Solomon finished 3rd.

Fletcher finished 4th.

Josh finished 5th.

HERE are a few highlights.

TNT hosted the Heat Stroke Jam. Joey went, and Joey won. That is right - up against some of the biggest names in Georgia, and Joey took it. Big congrats to Joey. This was a big win for him. And I am sure all the guys at Given Skateboards, Grind King, Globe, Fuel Clothing, Ninja Bearings, Darkstar wheels were happy to hear about this, too.

Get this - David flew all the way to HOLLAND for the Mind the Gap 2009 Inline Competition. An in typical David fashion, he won. But this is no small contest. In fact, he was the only person from the United States to even place in the top 5.

This trophy is easily one of the coolest of any I have ever seen. It is huge. Any the check - well that is 555 Euros. That comes out to about $700. Not bad, huh?

Click HERE to read up on the contest.

6th Avenue Skatepark of Nashville, TN hosted the Cornucopia of Gnarlitude Skateboard Contest on October 17. We sent out our guys in full force, and we definitely made our impression.

In beginner, Shanewreck took first, and Rob Stone took second.

In intermediate, Steven Reynolds took second, and Harlan Smith took third. And as a side note - from what I understand - Lachlan and Jack Stone, who were both bumped from beginner to intermediate, each made it to the finals. Pretty impressive given their age.

In advanced, Solomon took first, and Joey Pellegrino took second.

Shane and his dad made the voyage to 3rd Lair for the KOTG Qualifiers (even though we will host one in January).

You can tell from the huge pile of prizes that he represented us well.

Shanewreck qualifies for King of the Grom at 3rd Lair in Minneapolis

He got a Golden Ticket to go back and skate the Finals in February for each event that he skated.  On Friday, he skated mini ramp and took 4th overall to advance to the finals.  Saturday was Bowl and Street. He took 1st in Bowl and 1st in his heat in Street and advanced to the finals in both. Sunday was the finals and after a long weekend of skating, he finished 10th in mini ramp, 5th in Bowl and 3rd in Street.

Hazard County Skatepark had a Halloween Skate contest. Progressive was well represented...Shane, Lachlan, Jack, Caleb and Brandon and Johanna Kessler showed up.

Brandon, Johanna, Jack and Caleb kicked off the Beginner group, but Jack and Caleb got bumped up to Intermediate. Joanna wound up getting an honorable mention in the Beginner group.

Shane, Lach, Jack and Caleb then skated Intermediate.  Everyone skated and represented Progressive very well.   In typical Shanewreck fashion, he pulled out all tricks and ended his last run with a huge kickflip over the 3 block stair set!   Shanewreck took 2nd place Intermediate. Caleb took 3rd place and did a pop shuv over the stair set.

Niko was invited to the Dew Tour for the Vert Grom demo in Orlando.  He got the invite after skating the stop in Salt Lake City and being named one of the top five grom vert skaters in the country.He got to hang out with Bucky Lasek, Bob Burnquist, Adam Taylor in the pro athlete lounge. He was even playing ping pong with Chaz Ortiz.

Niko also did a few Morning news shows on local fox outlet's. It was a great honor and hopefully he will have the opportunity to be a part of it again next year. This was his second year being a part of the Dew Tour.

The Ledger did a story on us regarding the Skaters Saving Second Base Fund Raiser. And I got to say - they did a great job with it. Click HERE to check it out.

We had our annual Thanksgiving night team session. It really is amazing how the caliber of skating increases from year to year. I remember when we first opened, being able to boardslide a handrail meant that you were better than just about anyone else around. Now, 8 year old kids are doing it - and a whole lot more, too.

I think the trick of the night that I saw was Cory doing a back tail big spin on the new flat rail. But that was just one of many bangers.

Be sure to check out the video.

Shanewreck skated in Intermediate and Niko skated in Advanced.  It was a jam format and both advanced to the finals.  The final jam was 8 minutes and Shanewreck took 1st place in Intermediate and Niko took 3rd place in Advanced.

Here are a couple of pictures from Woodward's Black Friday Contest.

Anybody who is anybody knows Tampa Am wrapped up on December 6th. We sent Joey, Solomon, and Fletcher down there.

SPOT's photographer got a nollie big spin back tail to fakie of Fletcher. You can check this out HERE. A filmer from Thrasher got the same trick on film, too. Check it out HERE.

Unfortunately, we weren't able to send anyone to the finals, but from what

i understand, our guys did throw out some pretty good runs. What is for sure, though, is they have all successfully made a name for themselves. All we can hope is we can send everybody down next year nice and healthy.

BLADE LIFE: An Interview with David Sizemore

First and foremost, I want to set the record straight. In spite of whatever misconceptions are out there and the nonsense that the message board trolls have to say, in your own words, who is David Sizemore?

I am one of 327 David Sizemores in the U.S.

Do you simply just let the haters hate, or does this ever really get to you?

I try not to let the hate on message boards get to me personally, but I do try to at least hearwhat the people have to say. While....

Click HERE to read the full interview.

ONE rollerblading magazine did an interview on our own David Sizemore. For those that do not know David, maybe this will give you a little perspective into exactly who David is in the world of rollerblading...

Skatepark of Tampa hosted the Harvest Jam...Apparently Joey skated amazing. The story I hear is that everybody was going absolutely crazy! He took 1st place (again). He has been on a

huge run lately.

Also right up there was Solomon - he finished in 2nd place throwing down another huge run.

In the 9-12 division, William had a strong showing taking 1st place as well.

By now, you should also know William's dad, Graham. If you don't, he will be the one at every contest that is going crazy anytime any kid lands a trick. It doesn't matter who it is. It seems like every park gets a big kick out of his antics.

The Skatepark of Greenville hosted the Ho Ho Ho Contest. Let's see....

Joey got 1st in street and mini in the sponsored division. Niko got 1st in sponsored bowl and 2nd in sponsored mini. Lachlan got 1st in intermediate street, mini, and bowl! Shanewreck got 2nd in intermediate mini, 2nd in intermediate bowl, and 3rd in intermediate street. Grant

Stavas got 2nd in intermediate street. Ryan Parrott got 2nd in sponsored street...I'll put up the rest of the results once I know what they are - I know I'm missing a few.

I think I am going to go ahead and call it right now - it is going to be a big year for Joey. After his impressive performance at Bangers for Bucks, the guys at Ergophobia have decided to pick him up. And this isn't some little flow deal. ERGO has Joey sitting at AM status! This is sure to open up a few doors.

Here are a couple of sequences of Joey skating with the ERGO guys at Skatepark of Tampa. The first is a switch 270 on the hip. The other is a blunt 180 on that weird bank to wall.

Fletcher just accepted an invite to be a part of the Gatorade Ambassador Program (basically Gatorade's Flow program) for 2010. It is a fairly new program for them that they started this past year, and according to them it is a fairly exclusive group with only about 15 invites being involved - with about half of those skaters and the other half BMX riders. Obviously, that makes this a pretty exclusive group. They said some of their recent skaters included Anthony Shetler.

There really is not that much information out about this yet since it is a new program. Once it gets rolling full force, I will be putting up more information.

CLICK HERE to watch the Skate Day With Given video that Transworld recently put on their website. It features our very own Joey Pellegrino and Solomon Mosley as well as close friend Kris Markovich.

The 2009/2010 King of the Grom Finals were held at 3rd Lair on the weekend of February 19. Progressive was represented by a handful of our grom team riders as well as a few of the locals. Remember, KOTG features Bowl, Mini, and Street for Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert. All the results can be read HERE. And other pictures and videos can be found HERE:

Here's how things shaped out for the locals:

Lucas Campbell finished 3rd in beginner street.

Grant Stavas finished 9th in intermediate mini, and 8th in intermediate street.

Blue Wilson finished 7th in intermediate street.

Caleb Sentz finished 9th in intermediate street.

And here's how our grom team finished:

Hannah Chumley finished 9th in beginner bowl.

Lachlan Johnson finished 8th in intermediate bowl.

Shane Farber finished 4th in intermediate mini.

Jack Stone finished 10th in intermediate street.

William Penniman finished 9th in expert street.

For the Advanced group, Cory, Fletcher, John Stone, Niko, Ryan Parrott, Barrett, amd Zeke Logan advanced to the finals.  (I think this is correct and hopefully I didn't miss anyone). Fletcher finished 1st, and Cory took 2nd.

The crew from Progressive showed up to the Woodward 'Park Shark' Street Contest last night.  There were two levels, Intermediate and Advanced.  Both groups skated a 5 minute jam session and the winner of each jam advanced to the final jam.

For the Intermediate group, Noah, Lachlan and Shanewreck advanced to the finals along with 4 other kids. Noah finished 1st. Shanewreck took 2nd. Lachlan got 3rd.