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  • Blogs

    February 22, 2012

    O'Fallon, Illinois Is Getting a Pricey Skate Park for Summer

    ​O'Fallon's aldermen voted unanimously to spend more money to build a larger skatepark with more features than what was originally planned.The total bill is now budgeted at $264,000, up from $150,000. Most of that money will come from grants and the Park Dedication Fund ($125,000), with the parks ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 20, 2011

    MAKE and Take

    ​O'Fallon's aldermen voted unanimously to spend more money to build a larger skatepark with more features than what was originally planned.The total bill is now budgeted at $264,000, up from $150,000. Most of that money will come from grants and the Park Dedication Fund ($125,000), with the parks ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2011

    Floating Skatepark to Dock at St. Louis Riverfront This Weekend

    Photos courtesy of Red BullSkaters grinding their way down Old Man River.​At this very moment (9:09 a.m. on September 15) a 195-foot-long barge is making its way south on the Mississippi River toward St. Louis. Plugging along at around 10 mph, the vessel has drawn more than a few blank stares duri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2011

    Kingshighway Skatepark Gets Nod in Popular Mechanics

    courtesy of KHVT (Kingshighway Vigilante Tranny)Build a skate park, change the world!​OK, so they didn't find a cure for cancer or resolve the ongoing crisis in Libya. But the founders of the Kingshighway Skatepark still get a shot-out in the August issue of Popular Mechanics -- they're one of ten ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 3, 2011

    Now On Deck

    courtesy of KHVT (Kingshighway Vigilante Tranny)Build a skate park, change the world!​OK, so they didn't find a cure for cancer or resolve the ongoing crisis in Libya. But the founders of the Kingshighway Skatepark still get a shot-out in the August issue of Popular Mechanics -- they're one of ten ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2010

    Skaters Organize to Help Expand Kingshighway Skatepark

    See more photos of the Kingshighway skatepark on KHVT's Flickr page​Not-for-profit organizations normally choose vanilla-sounding names in order to attract (or at least not scare off) potential donors. As the name indicates, Kingshighway Vigilante Tranny (KHVT for short) is not a normal not-for-pr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2010

    10 Things to Do for $10 This Weekend in St. Louis, Aug. 13-15, 2010

    As the temperature tops 100, RFT has discovered some cool ways to stay, well, cool in these dog days of summer. We've got art, music, magic and more indoors, plus a skate show and bike race for you daredevils who want to brave the heat. Viva la air conditioning!

  • Calendar

    August 11, 2010

    Into the Vallely of Death

    As the temperature tops 100, RFT has discovered some cool ways to stay, well, cool in these dog days of summer. We've got art, music, magic and more indoors, plus a skate show and bike race for you daredevils who want to brave the heat. Viva la air conditioning!

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2010

    Kyle Lohse Out Indefinitely; Surgery Likely (If They Can Find a Surgeon)

    Good news, everyone! I have some very bad news! ​Okay, so I've got good news and bad news. Which do you want first? Good news, you say? All right. Good news it is. There really is something actually wrong with Kyle Lohse, something concrete. Something fixable. He hasn't just been horribl ... More >>

  • News

    April 14, 2010

    Readers look forward to a return of civility in Webster Groves and far-reaching crime via MetroLink

    Good news, everyone! I have some very bad news! ​Okay, so I've got good news and bad news. Which do you want first? Good news, you say? All right. Good news it is. There really is something actually wrong with Kyle Lohse, something concrete. Something fixable. He hasn't just been horribl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2010

    Skateboarders Attack Motorist, Man Hospitalized After Face Meets Grip Tape

    Courtesy Joplin PoliceChristopher J. Hill, 17, of Joplin, was charged with second-degree assault after allegedly using his skateboard to attack a driver.​A southwest Missouri man found out what it feels like to be on the wrong end of a skateboard "trick" on Monday.As reported by the the Joplin Glo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2009

    10 Things to Do Under $10 This Weekend in St. Louis, December 11-13, 2009

    Any other month of the year you might be called a cheap-skate, penny-pinching tight-wad. But this is December. Being low on expendable funds ostensibly means you've spent your hard-earned money on gifts for loved ones. Stay fly this weekend on a budget and catch the holiday spirit with these suggest ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2009

    A Post That Isn't About Jeff Smith or Skip Ohlsen

    For awhile it seemed Daily RFT was destined to set a Joe Dimaggio-like record for consecutive posts on the same topic (even though everyone knows 56 in a row is unattainable in this day and age) but here's a little morning levity, courtesy of Fail blog, to lighten up all the recent talk of shady pol ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 17, 2009

    Back to the Grind

    For awhile it seemed Daily RFT was destined to set a Joe Dimaggio-like record for consecutive posts on the same topic (even though everyone knows 56 in a row is unattainable in this day and age) but here's a little morning levity, courtesy of Fail blog, to lighten up all the recent talk of shady pol ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2009

    St. Louis Video: Sinister Dane, "Absence of Angels" Tony Hawk Skateboarding

    Sinister Dane playing "Absence of Angels" at the old Fire House in 1994. Tony Hawk is there skateboarding on a half-pipe. What?

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2008

    Top 13 Non-Music Reasons to Attend the RFT Music Showcase

    Sinister Dane playing "Absence of Angels" at the old Fire House in 1994. Tony Hawk is there skateboarding on a half-pipe. What?

  • Calendar

    August 1, 2007

    All Hands on Decks

    Sinister Dane playing "Absence of Angels" at the old Fire House in 1994. Tony Hawk is there skateboarding on a half-pipe. What?

  • Music

    July 11, 2007

    The Sleeping

    8 p.m. Monday, July 16. Creepy Crawl, 3524 Washington Boulevard.

  • News

    June 13, 2007

    Strong Bonds

    Joe to Hank Aaron: Don't sell out! Back Barry!

  • Calendar

    February 28, 2007

    The Sign of the Supercross

    Joe to Hank Aaron: Don't sell out! Back Barry!

  • Calendar

    September 27, 2006

    Tricks Are for Everyone

    Joe to Hank Aaron: Don't sell out! Back Barry!

  • Calendar

    April 5, 2006

    Single-Track Mind

    Joe to Hank Aaron: Don't sell out! Back Barry!

  • Home Entertainment

    March 29, 2006

    Spray-On Soul

    Getting Up is a flawed but fascinating ode to graffiti 's early years.

  • Calendar

    November 9, 2005

    Heigh-ho, Silver!

    More than horsin' around

  • Film

    August 17, 2005

    Film Openings

    Week of August 17, 2005

  • Calendar

    July 27, 2005

    Ten High

    S.O.K.A. skateboard shop throws one helluva birthday party

  • Calendar

    July 13, 2005

    Skate or Die

    Back in our day, we woulda gone uphill both ways to get to Tony Hawk's Boom Boom HuckJam

  • Film

    June 1, 2005

    Skate Bored

    The Z-Boys roll into Dogtown again, and truth is cooler than fiction

  • Calendar

    May 4, 2005

    All A-board

    Skate to fame and fortune at Saturday's PlayStation Big Hook Up event

  • Film

    April 20, 2005

    Head in the Sand

    Dust to Glory honors the Baja 1000, where everybody's a legend

  • Calendar

    March 2, 2005

    Blatant Localism

    Joe Herbert documents the skate scene

  • Calendar

    December 15, 2004

    Hidden Valley

    How Missouri skiing is supposed to be

  • Film

    August 18, 2004

    Wet Kisses

    Riding Giants gushes over the legends of "big wave" surfing

  • Calendar

    June 23, 2004

    Rally Cry

    Show off your sweet ride at the county parks' road rally

  • Calendar

    May 12, 2004

    A 'Stache of Evil

    Beware the hair

  • Music

    November 12, 2003

    Del Rey

    Friday, November 14; the Rocket Bar

  • Calendar

    November 5, 2003

    The Hawkman Cometh

    Tony Hawk wants to see how many people he can get to say "Boom Boom HuckJam"

  • Film

    October 1, 2003

    Behind the Grind

    As Stoked documents, Mark "Gator" Rogowski lived fast and burned out faster

  • News

    October 1, 2003

    True Confessions

    We feel our age at St. Charles' new skate park, bare our guilty soul to the Recording Industry Association of America and pay our last respects to another victim of asbestos

  • Film

    August 27, 2003

    Film Openings

    Week of August 27, 2003

  • Music

    July 16, 2003

    Tides That Bind

    Meet the Infrareds, contemporary surf rock's purest exponents

  • Calendar

    May 28, 2003

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Meet the Infrareds, contemporary surf rock's purest exponents

  • Calendar

    May 21, 2003

    We're Young and Board

    St. Charles embraces skaters

  • News

    March 26, 2003
  • Best of St. Louis

    September 25, 2002

    Best View From Work

    Light-Bulb Changer Chuck Kalert

  • Calendar

    August 28, 2002

    Skate or Die

    Thrill-seekers on wheels of all sizes are invited to a get-together

  • Film

    May 29, 2002

    Auto Iconography

    Bad-boy skaters perpetuate their own myth in Dogtown and Z-Boys

  • Music

    October 10, 2001

    Butthole Surfers

    Weird Revolution (Hollywood Records)

  • Music

    July 25, 2001

    The Mellowfeathers with Brick Bat and the French New Wave

    Sunday, July 29; Ramp Riders Skate Park

  • Culture

    August 16, 2000

    Hot Wheels

    Or: How Tony Hawk turned skateboarding into a multimillion-dollar international obsession

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