Here’s some highlights from last Saturdays Communication Skatedown. Thanks to Jackson St. Youth Shelter, The Corvallis Graffiti Collective and everyone else who helped make this happen. This event was sponsored locally by The Uprise and Peak Sports. Special thanks to Pro-Tec and Rabid Skateboards. ...

Here’s some highlights from last Saturdays Communication Skatedown. Thanks to Jackson St. Youth Shelter, The Corvallis Graffiti Collective and everyone else who helped make this happen. This event was sponsored locally by The Uprise and Peak Sports. Special thanks to Pro-Tec and Rabid Skateboards.

Celebrate Jackson Street Youth Shelter’s 10th Year Anniversary! 3:30 pm Communication Skatedown Competition – Tommy McGuigan 2nd Annual Memorial Competition – Cash Prizes! $3 Entry fee.  All skaters under 16 must wear a helmet.  All skaters must sign a waiver and parental authorization if under 18.  Brought to you by the Benton County Skateboarding Alliance! 4:30 pm ...

Celebrate Jackson Street Youth Shelter’s 10th Year Anniversary!

3:30 pm Communication Skatedown Competition – Tommy McGuigan 2nd Annual Memorial Competition – Cash Prizes! $3 Entry fee.  All skaters under 16 must wear a helmet.  All skaters must sign a waiver and parental authorization if under 18.  Brought to you by the Benton County Skateboarding Alliance!

4:30 pm Graffiti Art Competition – Cash Prizes!  $3 Entry Fee.  Live Art -  there will be a temporary  wall and paint (free of charge) for all to participate. Brought to you by the Corvallis Graffiti Collective!

5:30 pm Community Awards and Appreciation: Announcement of winners for skateboard and graffiti competitions. Thanks to founders who started the grassroots efforts 10-years ago to create a local youth shelter for teens in crisis. Thanks to long-time supporters. And thanks to the youth who have achieved so much for themselves. Brought to you by the Jackson Street Youth Shelter!

6:30 pm Rock Music – Stairway Denied Corvallis’ own Led Zeppelin Tribute Band reunites for a good cause!

Cupcakes – Juice Bar and more.  This is a FREE ALL AGES  EVENT!

Donations to Jackson Street Youth Shelter Inc., Corvallis Graffiti Collective and the Benton County Skateboarding Alliance Inc. are welcome.

New flier from Diego Banuelos! Diego does personal art and design for  commission (fliers, cd packaging, websites, tshirt designs, skate deck paintings, other paintings, murals, anything really). Check out his site at: dgbanuelos.blogspot.com. ...

New flier from Diego Banuelos! Diego does personal art and design for  commission (fliers, cd packaging, websites, tshirt designs, skate deck paintings, other paintings, murals, anything really). Check out his site at: dgbanuelos.blogspot.com.

The BCSA is proud to announce our 4th annual Art & Music Benefit!  The benefit will be from 6:00 PM to Midnight on Saturday March 26th at the Corvallis Elks Lodge (1400 NW 9th St. Corvallis).  The benefit will include a silent art auction, food, drinks, cash bar, Pro-Tec Helmet Give-a-Away and ...

The BCSA is proud to announce our 4th annual Art & Music Benefit!  The benefit will be from 6:00 PM to Midnight on Saturday March 26th at the Corvallis Elks Lodge (1400 NW 9th St. Corvallis).  The benefit will include a silent art auction, food, drinks, cash bar, Pro-Tec Helmet Give-a-Away and much more. Admission $5.00 at the door.

Live Music by:  love songs from the hated, WUPS, James Hunnicutt, Neon Nights and Neutralboy!

Special thanks to the Corvallis Elks Lodge for hosting the show and to Vans/Pro-Tec for donating helmets and other merchandise.  Thanks to Anthony for this and the Call for Art fliers and local business sponsor King Machine Products, Inc for sponsoring this years event.  Please contact us at bcskateboardingalliance@gmail.com if you are interested volunteering for the benefit.  Thank you for your support.

Thanks to all the skaters and bikers who help to keep the Corvallis Skatepark ride-able our efforts are being recognized.  Today’s issue of the Corvallis Gazette Times features a cover story on the positive contribution we are making to this community and on our positive partnership with the City of Corvallis.  Thanks for all of ...

Thanks to all the skaters and bikers who help to keep the Corvallis Skatepark ride-able our efforts are being recognized.  Today’s issue of the Corvallis Gazette Times features a cover story on the positive contribution we are making to this community and on our positive partnership with the City of Corvallis.  Thanks for all of your efforts, keep it up!

Call For Art! The Benton County Skateboarding Alliance (BCSA) is hosting our Forth Annual Art & Music Benefit to raise money to improve the Eric Scott McKinley Skatepark in Corvallis, OR. We our raising money for the first phase featuring the vert bowl.  We have already raised $9,500 towards our goal of $90,000! This is a ...

Call For Art!

The Benton County Skateboarding Alliance (BCSA) is hosting our Forth Annual Art & Music Benefit to raise money to improve the Eric Scott McKinley Skatepark in Corvallis, OR. We our raising money for the first phase featuring the vert bowl.  We have already raised $9,500 towards our goal of $90,000!

This is a community art show, and all art media and styles are accepted. All art in the show will be up for silent auction.  We ask that a minimum of 51% of the proceeds from art sales go to the skate park fund.  The benefit is planned for March 26^th, 2011.

Art submission deadline is February 28^th, 2011.

If you are interested in submitting art for this show, please contact the BCSA at  bcskateboardingalliance@gmail.com.

The BCSA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization; donations are tax deductible.