1979 WORLD SKATEBOARD CHAMPIONSHIP Lakewood Center Skate parkLakewood Skatepark was built in 1977 by Superior Gunite, a swimming pool contracting company owned by Ed Olson. It was owned by Glenn Smith and Joel Vest, who brought on Wally Hollyday onboard as a design consultant. It featured a variety of bowls a snake run and a halfpipe and a round keyhole pool. In 1979, 27 of the world's best skaters showed up for the Halfpipe contest. Boards were getting wider and new tricks and names were emerging on the scene. Music: Truth and Janie "No Rest For The Wicked" 1976 Edit and Narration: Tony Roberts Results: 1- Steve Alba 2- David Andrect 3- John Walker 4- Stacy Peralta 5- Mickey Alba 6- Shogo Kubo 7- Doug "Pineapple" Saladino 8- Darrell Miller 9- Ray "Bones" Rodriguez 10- George Orton Women: 1- Terri Lawrence 2- Leilani Kiyabu 3- Brenda Divine Also featuring: Steve Olsen Frank Blood Greg Ayers Tony Alva Jay Adams Kevin Anderson Rick Blackhart Chris Strople Neil Blender Mike Smith Lance Mountain Jim Gray Bella Horvath Billy Ruff Ray Flores Mike Folmer Rod Saunders Jim Sigurdson Dave Forest Bobby Valdez Ray Ritter Howard Hood Brad Bowman Tony Hawk Alan "Ollie" Gelfand Kent Senatore Steve Caballero Additional Sources: Action Now Skateboarder Skateboard World Wild World Of Skateboarding Lance Mountain Jim Goodrich Glen E Friedman James Cassimus Ted Terrebone Bob Ballou Daymond Dodge Tommy Costello Ralph Littlejohn Jr. Curtis Hesselgrave #realskatestories #skatehistory #lakewoodskateboardworld