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The Free Former World Professional Skateboard Championships at the Long Beach Arena

The 1976 Free Former World Professional Skateboard Championships at the Long Beach Arena

Leave a Comment / Skateboarding History Stories / Skateboard History / Bob Jarvis, Bob Piercy, Chris Chaput, Desiree Von Essen, Ellen Berryman, Ellen O’Neal, Free Former, Gary Kocot, Henry Hester, James O'Mahoney, Laura Thornhill, Mike Weed, Mike Williams, Robin Logan, Russ Howell, Steve Shipp, Terry Brown

by James O’Mahoney The Free Former World Professional Skateboard Championships at the Long Beach Arena our 2nd World contest. $20,000 invitational, Summer 1976 Results Men’s freestyle1. Chris Chaput2. Ed Nadalin3. Mike Weed4. Gary Kocot5. Russ Howell Men’s slalom1. Henry Hester2. Bob Piercy3. Mike Williams Women’s freestyle1. Ellen Berryman2. Laura Thornhill3. Ellen O’Neal Women’s slalom1. Desiree

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Bob Jarvis, Bob Piercy, Chris Chaput, Desiree Von Essen, Ellen Berryman, Ellen O’Neal, Free Former, Gary Kocot, Henry Hester, James O'Mahoney, Laura Thornhill, Mike Weed, Mike Williams, Robin Logan, Russ Howell, Steve Shipp, Terry Brown

James O’Mahoney

Follow James on Instagram Born in Long Beach, California, on August 7, 1945 (the day after the U.S. dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan) James O’Mahoney was responsible for creating the first true national skateboarding organization when he founded the U.S. Skateboard Association (USSA) in 1974. A few years later, he would also organize

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The 1976 Free Former World Professional Skateboard Championships at the Long Beach Arena

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