{"id":191012,"date":"2026-03-14T02:43:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T02:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/191012\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T02:43:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T02:43:10","slug":"street-skating-legend-mike-vallely-comes-to-tampa-bay-this-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/191012\/","title":{"rendered":"Street skating legend Mike Vallely comes to Tampa Bay this month"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ProfessionalMike Vallely doing a frontside wallie handplant transfer in Des Moines, Iowa on Aug. 22, 2021. Credit: Gaston Francisco \/ Red Bull Content Pool<\/p>\n

Some things don\u2019t change much, and skateboard culture is one of them. While the money and sponsorship game has leveled up, skateboarders have always been the ones to do off the wall shit anywhere they could.<\/p>\n

Mike Vallely<\/a> is a legend for it around the Bay area.<\/p>\n

Now in his mid-50s, and long known as Mike V, the Bones Brigadier landed a Thrasher cover in 1986 and more or less invented a new strain of street skating alongside homies like Jason Lee. The former Black Flag singer was also a regular at Tarpon Springs\u2019 Astro Skate, where he\u2019ll return on March 21 to hang (no demo though!). On March 22, Vallely comes to Skatepark of Tampa<\/a> for a session and storytelling.<\/p>\n

\u201cMike will shareing stories and conversation from the golden era of street skating and his early days in professional skateboarding,\u201d SPoT wrote. \u201cExpect good vibes, skateboarding, and some real history from one of the most influential voices in the culture.\u201d<\/p>\n

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