Flyer artwork by Jay Cronin.
Houston, Texas‘ first-ever sanctioned garage skateboarding race is less than a month away. The Bayou Battle is gearing up to be a weekend filled with awesome experiences both on- and off-board! (See that schedule below!) We’re particularly fired-up for this event as we are big fans of the skateboarding scene in the Houston area, and cannot wait to slap our shred-sticks with y’all! Throughout the entire weekend’s festivities Carve Skateshop will be the de facto race headquarters. The shop will be the main meeting place and your information source. Until then, we’ve got the full scoop right here for the upcoming three-day-long celebration of all things skateboarding. Please read through the event schedule below and reach out to ourselves via the contact section below (or any of the listed contacts below) with any questions.
Please note that pre-registration is in your best interest for the Bayou Battle: $20 Pre-Registration, $30 Registration at the event. Save yourself some dough for the after-party!
2014 BAYOU BATTLE EVENT SCHEDULE
FRIDAY, JANUARY 16th
9:00am-9:00pm - Spring Skate Park
This is the largest skate park in the United States!
Come through as you are able! The Houston community will be around until the park closes.
Get directions to Spring Skate Park here.
10:30pm until ??? - Outlaw Garage Sesh
Perfect for those who want to experience what Houston Garages are like!
Everyone will be meeting at the Carve Skateshop parking lot and then leaving together to enjoy the city of Houston.
Get directions to Carve Skateshop here.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 17th
11:30am-1:00pm - LDP Race at Stude Park
Please pre-register at www.carveskateshop.com; You must be registered prior to this race!
There is ample parking throughout the area and at the park.
The LDP race will start at the Big Red Statue, everyone will meet there at 11:30 for a 12:00 start.
This race will be a sprint of roughly 5 miles.
Get directions to Stude Park here.
1:00-3:00pm - Lunch at Carve Skateshop
Food!
Get directions to Carve Skateshop here.
3:00-5:00pm - Free time!
We’d suggest that you use this opportunity to hit up some of Houston’s conveniently located and sufficiently radical skate parks!
Get directions to Watonga skate park (“EZ-7 Ditch”) here. (6 miles from Carve Skateshop)
Get directions to Lee & Joe Jamail Skate park here. (4 miles from Carve Skateshop)
5:00pm - Pre-Garage Race Meetup at Carve Skateshop
Meet at Carve Skateshop for registration, hangout, race prep and commiserating!
Get directions to Carve Skateshop here.
7:00pm - Hit the road for the Garage Race!
Head to Garage Race location! Racing will officially commence when ready.
(See below for Garage Race specifics.)
There will be no parking available at the race garage.
Parking will be offsite at the large parking lots on the corner of Memorial Drive & Houston Avenue.
Entrance for lots from Houston Avenue, Memorial Drive, and Sabine Street (near Jamail Skate park).
These are 2 distinct parking lots just across the bayou from the race garage.
Once you’ve parked, walk across Sabine to Bagby Pedestrian Bridge to the Hobby Center garage.
Get directions to parking garage option number one.
Get directions to parking garage option number two.
Here’s a quick overview of what you can expect at this particular garage race:
SUNDAY, JANUARY 18th
1:00-4:00pm - EZ-7 Ditch Jam
We’re gonna jam this ditch! Good times with the homies!
(There will also be food & beverages available.)
Get directions to Watonga skate park (“EZ-7 Ditch”) here.
GARAGE RACE DETAILS
We are expect the racing to go from 7:30pm–Midnight
The race categories will be as follows: Open, Women, Masters & Groms.
Time-permitting we will run Buttboard, Switch & Mini heats!
There will be an after race party offsite; Details to follow!
Pre-Register online at the Carve Skateshop website:
www.carveskateshop.com
For additional information & details on the race please visit: Carve Skateshop’s Blog
To contact race organizer Greg Noble (of Team NoBull): [email protected]
To contact Scotty Sheridan (Owner of Carve Skateshop) for general info: (713) 868-0028
For information regarding the IDSA: www.theidsa.org
And for quick updates hit up the event page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/728783393862093/
And lastly, thus far we’ve got this list of racers & stoke-masters rumored to be attending this kick-ass event:
- Kyle Wester
- Anna O’Neill
- Bricin Lyons
- Rachel Rayne
- Brian Cortright
- Louis Pilloni
- Alex Fishburn
- Dizzy Jane
- Ali Johnson
- Max Ballesteros
- Amanda Roden
- Max Vickers
- Billy Meiners
- Billy Jackle
- Zac Maytum
Have we mentioned you should pre-register at the Carve Skateshop website?
www.carveskateshop.com
