Here’s a list of upcoming events that you won’t want to miss!

Saturday May 22nd 7PM to 9PM
Spin This! art showing at Franklin Skate Shop by local artist/skater Michael Grine aka “Grippy”
Food and drinks provided, no alcohol, all ages
Free of charge

Sunday May 23rd 1PM to 3PM
Brentwood YMCA Skatepark Skate Clinic. Come polish your skills with
Donny Myhre from Franklin Skate Shop.
Contact Jason Salzer at the Brentwood YMCA for details

Saturday June 5th All Day
Journeys Backyard BBQ with the Vans Vert riding team
Pro Skateboard legends Tony Alva, Steve Caballero, Christian Hosoi, Bucky Lasek, Omar Hassan and more will be doing a skate demo at the Cool Springs Galleria parking lot. There will be bands, give aways and more.
Check out the details at http://www.journeysbbq.com/nashville.aspx

Saturday June 12th
Brentwood YMCA Skateboard contest
10AM to Noon is Registration and Practice
Noon to 3PM Contest
Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced $20 entry fee
Contact Jason Salzer at the Brentwood YMCA for more details

Monday June 21st National Go Skateboarding Day
Drop everything you are doing and go skate somewhere.
More info at www.goskateboardingday.org/
Location: anywhere
Cost: Free

Sunday June 27th 2PM to 9PM
Alex Levasseur Memorial Skate Festival at Jim Warren Skatepark in Franklin
Skate contest, skate demo, food and more
Live music by Jeffery Steele and many more bands
More info at www.rememberalex.com
Free of charge

Thank you for all of the texts, calls and emails regarding the skate shop!!!  We are dry as of Sunday night!!  We hope to resume normal hours on Tuesday but we’ll see if the water recedes and the bridges are considered stable.   Also, the YMCA skate park is totally flooded.  I was there earlier and there were about 5 cars under water in the parking lot.  The ramps were mostly visible but I could not get any closer than Concord–the parking lot is deep with water.  Here are a few photos of Franklin Skate Shop and the YMCA. 

THIS IS A PHOTO FROM THE FRANKLIN SKATE SHOP FRONT DOOR, WITH BANK OF AMERICA ACROSS THE STREET.

HERE’S A PHOTO FROM THE BANK OF AMERICA TOWARDS THE SKATE SHOP.

MANY OF YOU SKATE THROUGH THIS PARKING LOT TO THE MCDONALDS, BUT TODAY YOU WOULD HAVE TO SKIMBOARD OR SWIM!

THERE WERE 25 TO 30 FLOODED BRAND NEW DODGE TRUCKS, CARS AND JEEPS.  WHEN THEY TOWED THEM OUT AND OPENED THE DOORS WATER GUSHED OUT LIKE YOU’D SEE IN A MOVIE…CRAZY.

HERE’S THE BRENTWOOD YMCA SKATEPARK/PARKING LOT!!!!! YOU CAN SEE THE TOPS OF SEVERAL CARS THAT WERE LEFT BEHIND. 

ANOTHER PHOTO OF THE BRENTWOOD YMCA PARKING LOT IN THE FOREGROUND WITH THE SKATEPARK IN THE BACKGROUND.  WE HOPE IT DOESN’T FLOAT AWAY!!