"Lakewood Skatepark was built in 1977 by Superior Gunite, a swimming pool contracting company owned by Ed Olson. It was owned by Glenn Smith and Joel Vest, who brought on Wally Hollyday onboard as a design consultant. It featured a variety of bowls a snake run and a halfpipe and a round keyhole pool. In 1979, 27 of the world's best skaters showed up for the Halfpipe contest. Boards were getting wider and new tricks and names were emerging on the scene.

Music: Truth and Janie "No Rest For The Wicked" 1976

Edit and Narration: Tony Roberts

Results: 1: Steve Alba 2: David Andrect 3: John Walker 4: Stacy Peralta 5: Mickey Alba 6: Shogo Kubo 7: Doug "Pineapple" Saladino 8: Darrell Miller 9: Ray "Bones" Rodriguez 10: George Orton

Women: 1: Terri Lawrence 2: Leilani Kiyabu 3: Brenda Divine

Also featuring: Steve Olsen, Frank Blood, Greg Ayers, Tony Alva, Jay Adams, Kevin Anderson, Rick Blackhart, Chris Strople, Neil Blender, Mike Smith, Lance Mountain, Jim Gray, Bella Horvath, Billy Ruff, Ray Flores, Mike Folmer, Rod Saunders, Jim Sigurdson, Dave Forest, Bobby Valdez, Ray Ritter, Howard Hood, Brad Bowman, Tony Hawk, Alan "Ollie" Gelfand, Kent Senatore, Steve Caballero.

Additional Sources: Action Now, Skateboarder, Skateboard World, Wild World Of Skateboarding, Lance Mountain, Jim Goodrich, Glen E Friedman, James Cassimus, Ted Terrebone, Bob Ballou, Daymond Dodge, Tommy Costello, Ralph Littlejohn Jr., Curtis Hesselgrave."

Courtesy of Real Skate Stories

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"Rad vid! Thanks for doing it!!! For history’s sake there were two keyhole pools back to back and another super deep keyhole pool. They all had blue tile and coping. Months before the park closed they finished a clamshell shaped pool with a very narrow roll in. That pool also had matching tile and coping. In my opinion the clamshell pool was the best thing there. In your opening shot that is the clamshell and also in a bunch of the still photos. You can tell by the super narrow channel. I skated there when it was a new park and more when the clamshell was there. I never got to skate Bellmar’s but his pool was a copy of the Lakewood clamshell. Great footage!"