Missoula’s Very Own Skate Park, right along the bank of the Clark Fork River and between Orange Street Bridge and Osprey Field (pro baseball), had its grand opening with a show by the “Michael Jordan” of the skateboarding world, Tony Hawk. Joining Hawk included his son, several X-games pro skaters and Bam Margero (known from Jackass and MTV’s Viva La Bam shows). It was a beautiful day and tens of thousands of people showed up for the all-day event.

Skaters of all sized showed up for the festivities.

Bam, Hawk, Riley Hawk (son) and others preparing to drop in one of the several pool sections of the park.

The master himself showing his stuff. We saw many cool stunts and even his infamous 540 and old school hand plants.

Some pro skaters “warming up” for the vert show on Hawk’s $million halfpipe. This is one of the stops in his Project 8 video plus a series on “hidden skate park tour”.

Beautiful view of Missoula’s Clark Fork River (left), Orange Street Bridge (west side of downtown Missoula) and Mount Sentinel (with The University of Montana nestled at its base). The event drew a health crowd and it was a beautiful day to be out.

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