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Palm Springs Skatepark Session. Photo: Sean Manning

COLONY CLASSIC 2011

A NUDE BOWL TRIBUTE
AT PALM SPRINGS SKATEPARK, PALM SPRINGS, CA
SATURDAY APRIL 9, 2011
PHOTOS BY SEAN MANNING
WORDS BY DAN LEVY

The Nude Bowl got its name simply from its location on a once thriving isolated desert nudist colony.  It was a bowl you would make a pilgrimage to for a weekend with midnight sessions by outlaw skaters and renegade enthusiasts. In memory of this one time skateboarding world wonder, Palm Springs played host to a memory expression session with many of the Nude Bowl’s early caretakers and shredders. Sean Manning captured the day with the images below and good times were had by all.

Palm Springs Skatepark. Photo: Sean Manning
Palm Springs Skatepark. Photo: Sean Manning
187 Killer Pads Representing. Photo: Sean Manning
187 Killer Pads Representing. Photo: Sean Manning
Palm Springs Skatepark Session. Photo: Sean Manning
Palm Springs Skatepark Session. Photo: Sean Manning
Colony Classic 1. Photo: Sean Manning
Colony Classic 1. Photo: Sean Manning
gringds all day. Photo: Sean Manning
gringds all day. Photo: Sean Manning
Palm Springs Skatepark Session. Photo: Sean Manning
Palm Springs Skatepark Session. Photo: Sean Manning
Inverts. Photo: Sean Manning
Inverts. Photo: Sean Manning
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