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Skateboard enthusiast takes sport seriously
Personal ramp considered
best in Northwest
By Shelley Ball
Of The Print
Whether he’s cruising the
courtyard in his free time or
saving shoe leather by gliding
between classes, student Tim
Knorr can be found on cam­
pus doing what he enjoys:
skateboarding.
“I’ve always been into per­
sonal sports. It’s a good per­
sonal sport, and there’s always
something new to learn, new
tricks,” Knorr, 18, said about
his love of skateboarding. A
first-year
student
at
Clackamas Community Col­
lege, he has been skateboar­
ding since the age of eight.
As much as Knorr likes He said he has a dream of
skateboarding on campus, he someday “making the
also has the proper facilities to ultimate ramp.”
He explained he would like
do so at his home in Beaver­
creek. At home can be found a to get together with some
16-foot wide skateboard friends and rent a warehouse,
ramp, which he proudly calls build this “ultimate ramp”
“the best ramp in the Nor­ and then charge people using it
to pay for the rent. “If we
thwest.”
This ramp, which is current­ could make enough money to
ly being widened to 28 feet, is keep it going that would be
considered by Knorr to be the cool,” he said.
best facility out of a few other
Knorr added he would like
ramps designed for skateboar­
ding in the Portland to hold a pro skateboarding
metropolitan area. He explain­ contest this summer at his
ed that there are only about home. “The things they (pro­
two or three other major fessional skateboarders) could
ramps in addition to his that do on my ramp would be so
cool,” he said.
exist in the area.
The popularity of Knorr’s
ramp has grown since it was
installed last summer, as he
said he has had people from as
far away as the state of
Washington come to skate.
Knorr said most of the
popularity has been generated
by word-of-mouth.
RIDING HIGH—Skateboarder Tim Knorr demonstrates his
skills by performing a back side air (above) and a fakie ollie air
(bottom, left) on his personal ramp (bottom) located at his home
in Beavercreek. The ramp is currently 16 feet wide, but is being
extended to 28 feet.
Photos by Joel Miller
“Everybody’s heard of the
Beavercreek Ramp,” he said,
using the title the ramp is most
commonly
known
by
skateboarders. He estimated
that in the last year he has had
about 50 people use the ramp.
But Knorr’s enthusiasm for
skateboarding doesn’t end
with the Beavercreek Ramp.
News Briefs
Chinese educators from Fujia plan Oregon tour
A delegation of eight
Chinese educators from
Oregon’s sister state in China
will wind up a two-week tom
of Oregon colleges with an ex­
tended stay at Clackamas
Community College.
The group from the Fujian
province in the People’s
Republic of China will be in
Oregon City June 9-12 and
will stay at the homes of Col­
lege staff members.
The Chinese professors and
administrators will study
Oregon’s higher education
system in Portland June 2, and
they will stop at seven other
colleges before beginning their
four-day stay at the College.
Wednesday, June 5, 1985
College instructor Jim
Meiser, who is a member of
the Northwest Regional China
Council, is coordinating the
group’s campus visit. He said
the Chinese are interested in
examining the College’s ad-
ministrative structure and
academic programs.
Delegation members are
also scheduled to visit the
Business Center of Clackamas
County, located in downtoun
Oregon City, the Portland
Rose Festival, Multnomah
Falls, the Columbia Gorge
area and Powell’s Bookstore
in Portland.
For more information about
the Chinese visit to Oregon Ci­
ty, contact Meiser at ext. 315.
Faculty contract agreement on hold
The possibility for a ten­
tative faculty contract agree­
ment between the faculty and
administration has been put
on hold temporarily until both
sides review the terms of a
second-year proposal.
Jim Painter, who is a
member of the administrative
negotiating
committee
representing the College’s
Board of Directors, said it is
possible an agreement could
be reached for either a one or
two-year contract proposal.
He added a meeting between
both sides is being set up for
either today, June 5 or Thurs­
day, June 6. •
“We’re looking at the
possibility of a multi-year con­
tract,” Painter said, with both
the faculty and classified (see
related story, front page)
members. He added the goal
at this point is to be able to of­
fer contract recommendations
for both groups to the Board
at its next meeting on June 12.
Campus books
for sale
The ASG Book Mart is off
and running as of Monday,
June 3. The mart is designed
to help students who would
like to sell their textbooks for
a better profit.
Interested students should
stop by the Student Activities
Office in the Community
Center to fill out a “For Sale”
card and place it on the large
bulletin board in the same
area.
Students also interested in
buying a textbook at a dis­
count price should check the
listings on the bulletin board.
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