Tuesday, April 23

Etnies Skatepark BBQ Tour

Press Release

Etnies Footwear is launching a Skatepark BBQ Tour of the Southern California area starting May 5, 2002 at Camarillo Skatepark in Camarillo and ending September 7, 2002 at Skateboard Heaven in downtown San Diego with twenty-eight dates in between (see the Schedule above). Etnies will be grilling up free food like hot dogs, burgers and veggie burgers. We'll also be giving out cold beverages (sodas & water), free T-shirts, hats, stickers and holding drawings for free Etnies shoes.

Don't be surprised if you show up for a free lunch and end up skateboarding with members of the Etnies skate team...

The purpose of this BBQ Tour is to give something back to the skaters and raise awareness of legislation SB 994*-which will update California's skateboarding-related liability laws that will secure the future of public city-owned skateparks.

*Legislation SB 1296, which passed in 1997, made the construction of all public city-owned skateparks you see around you possible by officially listing skateboarding as a hazardous recreational activity and freeing cities of liability. Legislation SB 1296 expires (because of a sunset clause so legislators could test the law) on December 31, 2002. This means that public city-owned skateparks could start closing. New Legislation SB 994-introduced by Senator Bill Morrow to permanently update California's skateboarding-related liability laws- is now on the calendar and needs all the help it can get to be passed before SB 1296 expires at the end of this year. We skaters are now called upon-as never before-to coordinate our lobbying efforts in demonstrating to California legislators the importance of keeping public city-owned skateparks open.

So, when the Etnies Skatepark BBQ Tour rolls through your area, be sure to stop by, chomp on some grub, session with us and get involved! Stay tuned to www.etnies.com for more information on how you can help. For complete schedule and updates from the road, go to the Etnies site.