Spring break will be here before you know it and the guys at World Industries are already busy making
plans. Starting March 17, 2012, the company's skate team will be hitting all the hot spots across Florida and Texas in search of primo skate, sand and sun. Who knows, you might want to join them. Here are the details just in case you do decide to participate:
About the Skaters
Wondering which members of the World Industries team were lucky enough to score beach duty? Well wonder no more. It is none other than Andrew Cannon, Matt Mendenhall, Derek Fukuhara, Anthony Shelter and Tommy Knuth. During the tour they'll be serving up skate demos and autograph signing sessions, so be sure to bring your Sharpie along.
About the Tour
The tour is being dubbed Spring Break 88 and its set to kickoff March 17
th at the Westside Skate Shop's School Yard Skate Park in St. Petersburg, Florida. The Westside Skate Shop just opened the skatepark this month. It is located on 35
th Street North and features a sick array of obstacles like a china bank, fire hydrant, quarter-pipe and pyramid. You can scope out photos of the new digs on
Facebook. From there, the team will gas up the vehicle and head to the
Cocoa Beach Skatepark in Cocoa Beach on the 18
th and the
Gravity Skate Zone in Melbourne on the 19
th. Of course no spring break jaunt through Florida would be complete without a stop at Daytona Beach, so the team will hit up the
Stone Edge Skatepark on March 19
th. It is located on South Ridgewood Avenue. After the Daytona Beach stop, the team will make tracks for Texas. The first demo and signing in Texas will take place on March 27
th at the Southside Skatepark on Iowa Street in Houston. Additional stops will follow in San Antonio and El Paso. The team will be at the Fast Forward Skateshop in Austin on March 28
th and the Crooks Skate Shop in El Paso on March 29th. Skaters interested in learning more about each stop should contact the skate shops mentioned above. Some may decide to run specials on skate gear or hold additional contests and giveaways leading up to and after the event. You never know.
Killeen Gonzalez's children are skaters and she has a history of following the sport.
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