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Okay. So this is Matt Allison at Peninsula interviewing Jimmy Dowd on Wednesday, April 6th, 2022. Jimmy, would you mind saying and spelling your name?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=1.0,14.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/2","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jimmy Dowd: Jimmy Dowd here. J I M M Y and Dowd, D O w D.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=14.0,21.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/3","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Matt Allison: Okay. And I, I, I saw that you, you grew up in Howard Beach.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=21.0,26.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/4","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jimmy Dowd: Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=26.0,27.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/5","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Matt Allison: How is that?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=27.0,28.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/6","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jimmy Dowd: I grew up in old Howard Beach, on the New Park Pizza side. And I love my old neighborhood. I mean, I just think south Queens in general is a special place cuz we're, we're kind on, on all the waterways and it's, we have some, some natural preserves and, yeah, it's just a really cool part of New York City that you get the tranquility and you also get like the nature and you're also like only 40 minutes away from the city. So it's kind of, kind of cool.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=28.0,60.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/7","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Matt Allison: Well, did, did you start skateboarding and surfing when you're were still at, in Howard Beach?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=60.0,65.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jimmy Dowd: Oh yeah, for sure. I mean basically my mom, like growing up, she just loved the beach. So I grew up on the sands in Rockaway Beach as a, as a young young kid. And, you know, that, that went from body surfing on the shoreline into body boarding and then into eventually into surfing. Um, and when I was actually into body boards, I picked up a skateboard in the, in the mid late eighties. And, I got really hooked on that. Um, but in my neighborhood it was more of a athletic, like a sports kind of thing where everybody was really driven by football and baseball and, and sports of that nature. So to be a skateboarder and a surfer outta Howard Beach was pretty rare. Um, so I'm pretty stoked to, to be one of the only guys besides one of the friends, his name is Eddie Lavin. I always give him a shout out because we used to bounce off of each other, that were really dedicated to the board sports that, that early in the game in the neighborhood where you'd never seen it, you know?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=65.0,133.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Matt Allison: Yeah. So what was that like? I guess in the, the mid to late eighties. And did you skate around Howard Beach or did you go all over the, the city for skating?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=133.0,143.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/10","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jimmy Dowd: I actually, once I graduated high school, I kind of, I went to Queensborough College and then a friend of mine basically said, listen, man, this skate shop in Manhattan Blades, board and skate, where I work is hiring. You want to come get a, I'll get you a job. And I kind of dropped outta college to get a job at the skate shop in the city and, changed my life, you know? Once that happened, I started meeting all the different people from all the different boroughs and started hanging out with a lot of the pros and the sponsored guys and working in all the different shops. So it was, you know, I was in nineties of skateboarding in New York city. It was total mayhem \u003claugh\u003e and, I was very, very honored and blessed to be a part of that decade. Um, but I skated a lot in Howard Beach for sure. You, you know, I had my parks and my spots and, or, you know, Eddie Lavin had a mini ramp in his yard. Uh, but yeah, I mean, I, I wouldn't trade it for the world. I, I loved coming home to the, to the bay area in the beach area. I couldn't be that far away from it.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=143.0,217.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/11","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Matt Allison: Yeah. Um, yeah, I remember I, was it like kind of staying to my neighborhood and then all of a sudden getting a driver's license and then going all over Ohio. So it's kind of like when you get older, it opens up a little bit.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=217.0,227.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/12","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jimmy Dowd: Yeah, for sure. I mean, when I first got my license, I was skating a lot with the, with the Asian kids over in Flushing and, like skating the globe lot when Rodney Torres was, you know, still a grom and Vinnie Ponti and guys like that. And, I was skating with my friends and we had a crew like Asian kids, like Ray Wong and a couple other boys. And, you know, it was just super fun, like skating, all those spots in, in Great Neck and, and, Little Neck and Douglaston. And, you know, it's just like skating Queens, Northern Boulevard and all of that. And then, you know, once I started working in Manhattan, then it, it opened up a whole new world. I mean, the guy interviewed me, my manager, my first job at the shop, at Blades was Bruno Musso, which is the owner and creator of Shut Skateboards, you know? So, big shout out to the moose, you know, he's the man \u003claugh\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=227.0,288.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/13","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Matt Allison: Um, when did you move to, to Rockaway Beach?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=288.0,292.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/14","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jimmy Dowd: Uh, when I was old enough, pretty much to get outta my parents' house. So I wanna say I moved to Rockaway like in the very early nineties.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=292.0,303.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/15","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Matt Allison: Oh, okay.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=303.0,304.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/16","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jimmy Dowd: Yeah. Um, you know, I was probably maybe 19 or something like that. And, you know, we had a couple of different apartments throughout the years there, and then we landed a bungalow on, in 1995, on 88th street, and then we had that bungalow for like 20. So it, it didn't really make sense for me to kind of get a, paying a top dollar rent when I had an apartment in the basement part of my parents' house. And, and I had a bungalow to crash at in the summer or whenever it was warm enough to stay there. Mm-hmm \u003caffirmative\u003e so, you know, that's, that's what kind of took place.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=304.0,340.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/17","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Matt Allison: And, when you're down here, you did both skating and surfing.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=340.0,345.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/18","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jimmy Dowd: Oh yeah. I'm pretty dedicated to that stuff. And then, then when I was working at Blades and, and snowboarding kind of really came into the scene, I got pretty hooked on snowboarding as well. Um, that's kind of how we, we came up with the St James logo. That's the company that I started in 1999. Um, and our logo is a triangle and inside the bars, there's a surfboard, a skateboard and a snowboard kind of like the holy Trinity, you know, and, that's, that's where I came up with the idea for that logo for, for the, for the company. But,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=345.0,378.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/19","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Matt Allison: Uh, and that was 1999.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=378.0,380.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/20","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jimmy Dowd: Yeah. Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=380.0,382.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/21","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Matt Allison: And, and then borders, I guess, opened in 2004.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=382.0,386.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/22","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jimmy Dowd: Yeah. Yeah. So, so I was still kind of doing my thing and carving out my little path in life with, with the board sports and, uh, good friends of mine that I kind of grew up with and used to hang out with all the time, the Stathis boys, Christian and Craig, those two guys and their dad approached me and was like, listen, we're gonna open up the surf shop and, you know, like, what do you think? Can you help us whatever? And I was like, hell yeah, I'm stoked. Awesome. So they, they opened up an oh four and I, you know, they've always had, had my back with the St James brand and I've always had their back with the shop. So we kind of complimented each other and, and tried to do like really cool stuff for the community and, and just offering like good grassroot kind of stuff. You know,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=386.0,430.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/23","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Matt Allison: I know you guys have a lot of t-shirts every season that have a fresh batch of t-shirts \u003claugh\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=430.0,437.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/24","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jimmy Dowd: Yeah. We try to keep it fresh. You know, I mean, we usually drop five graphics, be for each company. So we'll drop five graphics for borders and five graphics for St. James each year. And those are our, our graphics for that year. And then we'll kind of, you know, drop in some of the award winners that people just can't seem to give up bond, to fill out the shop a bit. And, you know, some of those OG graphics that are just timeless mm-hmm \u003caffirmative\u003e, but yeah, I mean, it, it it's been a wild ride, you know,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=437.0,471.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/25","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Matt Allison: And, I looked up online, I could be wrong, but like 2004 was when the older skate park was built \u003caffirmative\u003e and 2004 was also when the surfing, the beach came a surfing beach. Is that,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=471.0,485.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/26","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jimmy Dowd: Um, close? I mean, borders opened up in oh four. I wanna say maybe a year after borders was open, it became, a legal, surfing only beach.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=485.0,497.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/27","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Matt Allison: Okay. Um,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=497.0,499.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/28","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jimmy Dowd: I know of that, like Alex Krinsky and Tim Hill and, Steve Statthis Borders surf shop, nd amongst many other community people really pushed their way into parks department and, and like, you know, just wouldn't take no for an answer. And we finally got a surfing only beach, once the parks realized how big that community really was. We started opening up their eyes to the skateboard community and that we needed a skate park, you know, just trying to pull off basically what Venice did. You know what I mean? Um, so, you know, we, their first attempt at, to skate park was kind of lame, but it was something, it was better than nothing.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=499.0,541.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/29","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Matt Allison: Um, with the, where did you guys surf before? It was a, an official beach. Just,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=541.0,546.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/30","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jimmy Dowd: There was none. It was just total like Renegade style. I mean, you would get, yeah, you would get yanked outta the water. You would get, you know, cops standing on the shoreline, whistling you out, ready to lock you up or give you a ticket. You know, you had coast guards telling you get outta the water. So it was kind of, kind of crazy to, you know, navigate your way through, through the different spots of Rockaway and where to go. That's I think that's why downtown on like what far rock was so popular with the surf community, just because there wasn't a lot of beach goers down there as much, it was kind of desolate. And, so we were able to just kind of get away with whatever we wanted to do down there. 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Um,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=592.0,595.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/33","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Matt Allison: Anything I else on the, the, the, the first skate park, the, the,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=595.0,599.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/34","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jimmy Dowd: Well, the first skate park kind of got pushed through real quick. I don't even, I, I don't barely remember most of the community meetings about that. Um, they kind of just had a budget and they just got sold on this, you know, metal cookie cutter, a recta set that was just screwed together. And I mean, it served its purpose. It was, it was, you know, we, we, we claimed our mark and put our skateboard flag in that property. And, \u003claugh\u003e, I'll tell you, you know, hurricane Sandy, you know, it's, it, it was bittersweet, but you know, that, that, it wiped out that skate park and, carved away for, you know, what we did with the whole, you know, doing it ourselves and just kind of claiming that property is like, no way, man, this needs to stay skateboards area, you know? Um, so that \u003caffirmative\u003e, yeah,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=599.0,659.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/35","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Matt Allison: I think I met you like at a, at a event for, or a, a fundraiser with the parks or the dome that they had on the","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=659.0,666.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/36","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jimmy Dowd: Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=666.0,667.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/37","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Matt Allison: Yeah. That that's where, where I met you of those things. So that was cool. Its a fun few years to build that the temporary park and the,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=667.0,674.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/38","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jimmy Dowd: Yes. You wanna know, what's funny. I'm actually, I'm in my print shop now and I'm, I'm redoing it and I'm being unearthing all the old stuff. And it's funny you said that cuz I just found Rick Chansky's artwork","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=674.0,686.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/39","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Matt Allison: Mm-hmm \u003caffirmative\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=686.0,687.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/40","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jimmy Dowd: For uh,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=687.0,688.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/41","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Matt Allison: Yeah, that was on his shirt.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=688.0,690.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/42","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jimmy Dowd: Yeah. Yeah. Rip rod Rockaway with the dome. And that was the first fundraiser we did. Um, I had written a proposal to parks and kind of said, look, you guys give us the property back, just put a fence around it and I'll take care of the rest. And we started doing fundraisers to get, you know, materials, to build a new wooden park there, the time being, who would know that, that wooden park we would have to do multiple and multiple fundraisers and it was endless amounts of labor and it, but","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=690.0,727.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/43","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Matt Allison: That was the rooms like, go ahead.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=727.0,730.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/44","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jimmy Dowd: Yeah. Carried on for seven years. So, you know, it was a labor of love and, and you know, it was just like, once again, we're not taking no for an answer like this, this property, this ocean front an area is for skateboard. And we proved that point. Now we got a beautiful $3 million concrete park. That's like as good as anyone else in the world, you know?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=730.0,752.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/45","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Matt Allison: Yeah. And with the, the wooden park, the per hours they made for you guys were like, it had to be under three and a half feet and it wa was wooden. Right?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=752.0,762.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/46","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jimmy Dowd: Well that's a citywide. Um, yeah. Uh, basically law. So, so basically the three and a half foot rule is if it's three and a half foot under any of the features in a park for skateboarding, you don't have to wear helmets or pads. Um, and they don't have to be supervised by a park employee. Once you go over that three and a half foot kind of like, you know, Chelsea and, and some of the other parks in Manhattan, you do, are required to wear and you usually do have a Parkie that's, you know, at the gate when you get in, to kind of semi-supervised and look over, make sure you're wearing your protective gear. I guess it's a liability issue.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=762.0,808.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/47","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Matt Allison: Okay. I guess the big things about there was like the mini ramp and, and a year later the bowl, the","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=808.0,814.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/48","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jimmy Dowd: Yeah, pat pat Smith from Coda skateboards was the, the main, the main guy behind the donating his labor and craft when it comes to building ramps. Um, also, you know, um, God rest his soul Tim hill, he had a lot to do with the first phase, which was, we just kind of like the first phase was we raised, raised a couple of grand at the Rockaway beach surf club one night for a party. And I basically went to home Depot that morning with my truck and spent $3,000 on wood, me, Tim hill and, and several other local guys that pitched in, we, we kind of built like a wooden street course mm-hmm \u003caffirmative\u003e with a bunch of little features that were able to get completed. We had two quarter pipes and, you know, fun boxes and, and some rails and, and some bank ramps.\nAnd then after that, pat Smith from Coda skateboards came in and, and built the mini ramp for us moving forward. Um, Noah clothing brand was sponsored by converse sneakers. And, they had a, a party in Manhattan, a showing of their new clothing, a launch party. And after that whole thing was over pat and the Noah Guy, the brand Noah basically was like, yo, who is, who needs this bowl? And he was like, I got a guy that could really use it for a good cause. And they called me up and said, if you could come pick this thing up, you could have it. And it was, you know, it was a $20,000 feature. It was a, it was an expensive feature. Um, I so big app big thanks to the, the Rockaway wish girls. They donated like 500 bucks. And I, and I used that money to rent a 20 foot box truck to go, into Manhattan and take that ramp apart. And, you know, it, it was a bunch of really good OG guys and, that were taking it apart over there and Matt Lily and a bunch of other guys. Um, so yeah, it took a couple of trips and about a week to put it back together. And it's, it's just so funny, dude, because I literally just is unearthing this, this was our map that, that pat Smith made. Uh, I don't know if you could see it,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=814.0,957.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/49","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Matt Allison: Uh, a little bit. Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=957.0,958.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/50","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jimmy Dowd: But, yeah, it was, it was drawn on a paper bag \u003claugh\u003e and it was like all the pieces of the ramp of how to rebuild the bowl and the sections and everything was numbered. So when we brought it back to Rockaway, it was kind of easy to put back together. You know,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=958.0,974.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/51","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Matt Allison: I remember, I remember someone said that the coping was rounded, so that was like one challenge to put the coping in right with.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=974.0,981.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/52","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jimmy Dowd: Yeah, it was actually, my buddy, Pat from Sarah's Wine Bar there in, on 92nd street, he, he came over with his welder and kind of like got the, got the coping in for us, which was a miracle because it's kind of hard to find somebody with a welding set up, you know, and willing to come by and do it for free cuz everything was volunteer based, you know? So yeah. For seven years of you had to re relay it, once a year and you had to paint the whole park twice a year. So to do that for seven years was definitely a lot of volunteer work. Um, yeah. But,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=981.0,1018.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/53","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Matt Allison: And any other, how were you affected by hurricane Sandy? Like in general or did you have any thoughts on hurricane Sandy?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=1018.0,1027.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/54","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jimmy Dowd: Well, me, me and my, me and my wife, we, we purchased a condo across the street from the skate park. Um, in April we like three or four months, couple of months, right before Sandy. So once Sandy hit our building got pretty decimated. So we could couldn't really live there for a good six months. So we were kind of hotel hopping through the, the hurricane Sandy relief program. And then once we kind of got power back to the building, then we, we, when we moved back in. \u003cAffirmative\u003e But they're still dealing with issues with that. So, but I, I think I've, I've lucked out, whereas a lot of other people really lost their shirts off their back and lost their entire home. So, so it's, it's I guess I'm, I'm very blessed in that scenario. So, you know, that, that storm definitely definitely ravaged south Queens in a, in a way that, you know, was apocalyptic.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=1027.0,1083.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/55","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Matt Allison: Yeah. Um, I worked down here. I didn't live down here at that time, but it was a like yep. People coming in their little book bus to, to charge their phones and like people were outta power for like months and stuff.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=1083.0,1094.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/56","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jimmy Dowd: So yeah, it was pretty crazy. It was kind of like, we were like the forgotten neighborhood there for a while, you know? And then like three or three days later, it was like the wild west man. I mean, people would drilling out gas tanks to get gas and it was just like, it was really not like homes being, you know, broken into. It was, it was really crazy. And then finally they just, they sent the national guard, it got so hectic, you know, mm-hmm \u003caffirmative\u003e but yeah, I mean, look at it now though, the neighborhood is just gorgeous. So it kind of on earth and put Rockaway a little bit more on the map and gave it some sunshine. So it's kind of, it's just flourishing at, at such a rate that it blows my mind.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=1094.0,1135.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/57","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Matt Allison: Yeah. It's, it's a, it is definitely a good place to be at now. Um, I guess you don't, you, you work with a lot of service industry, like the bars and the venues down here. And how, how do you, like, how do you think Rockaway compares to other parts of the cities or other neighborhoods or, um,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=1135.0,1156.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/58","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jimmy Dowd: Um, well, I, I kind of started off with like doing promotions a while back, I would say in the late nineties, you know, we had a good following and a good group, a good crew of people and, know how to throw a good party. So, we, we were doing a lot of parties in the west village and, and the lower east side as well. And, we kind of just carried that whole vibe when I, I kind of just, you know, became more of a family man, more of a community neighborhood guy and spent most of my time in, in Rockaway living the, there 365. So, I think it just helps the local businesses, you know, get, get awareness and, and, and it's just, it's just nice cuz you know, people put their hearts and souls into, into putting this season, you know, cause at the end of the day, it's almost like a seasonal business, you know, you know, they're making their numbers four months out of the year and the rest, this survival mode. And so to bring, so to bring those new bars or restaurants or venues, whether it's a park or a restaurant or a bar, it's nice to kind of host some parties with, whether it's live music or art or skateboard art or whatever it may be mm-hmm \u003caffirmative\u003e to help them, get some funds going and they register and promote them and just see the neighborhood flourish more. So the businesses don't come and go as frequently and hopefully they just stay, you know, and they get established.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=1156.0,1243.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/59","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Matt Allison: Yeah. And it, it is a lot of the businesses are locally owned too. Um, there's not that many chain restaurants down here, so it's just a lot of the businesses are local people.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=1243.0,1254.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/60","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jimmy Dowd: Yeah. Full on. I mean that, that's one of the, one of the beauties about Rockaway. It's kind of similar even though it's a New York city beach and it's, it's in the borough Queens, it kind of has that as a feel like Mon talk where they keep that they keep the, you know, the big corporate stuff out. I mean, yeah, we have our McDonald's and our dunking donuts and, and this or that, but it's really not, not that much compared to what else is out there and the other boroughs. Um, and it's really nice cuz most people, they, you know, the, of the neighborhood and the popularity now in the neighborhood over the last decade or so has been over the top. And, but it's nice because a lot of the business owners are, they open the business here and then they're like, wait, you know what, like I'm gonna live here. This place is magical. And then they end up moving here and falling in love with the neighborhood. So it's kind of nice. Most of the business owners, they end up transplanting here and just keeping their whole life here with their employment and, and their livelihood. So it's kind of nice.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=1254.0,1316.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/61","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Matt Allison: Yeah. So I'm hoping this, this summer's a good, a good season, you know, I think it's,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=1316.0,1320.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/62","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jimmy Dowd: Yeah, I think it's gonna be amazing. I mean, you know, we got all the new rock jets being put in, so they they're finally addressing a lot of the beach erosion that we've been dealing with for decades and decades. And if we could tackle that, then we won't have as many beach closures and then, you know, Rockaway could host more, more people and you know, more tourists to come down and enjoy the summer season, you know, and that's when the local businesses flourish more, you know, mm-hmm \u003caffirmative\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=1320.0,1349.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/63","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Matt Allison: And I guess I just have a few more questions, but with the, the, the part that built in 2020, that took a lot, I guess I was designed in 2013 and it was, there were some, a lot of community board meetings and stuff like that. Do, do you wanna talk about your involvement with the, the newspaper?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=1349.0,1367.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/64","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jimmy Dowd: Um, I, you know, for me it was very difficult. Believe it or not, I didn't really, I don't really ever make any community meetings because I, I worked a graveyard shift in the, I worked in the newspaper industry for 22 years. So I, I had to be at work at, by the time the meetings would start. Um, so I never really made the meetings, but I would always get the feedback from what happened in the meetings. And I was always close, you know, in communications with the city parks department due to having our store on the boardwalk at the 97th street concession the border shop there. So, you know, we always had a lot of dealings with city parks. Um, and when they, when California skate parks actually released their first rendition of the plans for the concrete park, you know, a lot, a lot of people were like, there were a couple things that they weren't too stoked on.\nAnd, I kind of adress, I kind of in some of the meetings with the engineers and, and having California skate parks on the phone, we had a couple of tweaks. One of them was a major tweak where the R snake run in the bowl was not closed off on one side. So it was just really like a snake run. It was open on both sides. And my gripe was like, well, what's the point of that? I'm like, we, you know, you need something where you, once you get in, you don't have to push to get back out, you know, you should be able to pump through this whole thing. Mm-hmm \u003caffirmative\u003e. Um, so there was that and a couple of other tweaks to the, to the, to the park plans that, you know, you know, some residents and some local skateboarders really wanted and, and the engineers and the, and the, you know, and California skate parks along with spawn ranch is the actual contractor that built the park, which are skateboard. And they're just amazing guys. Um, they made those tweaks and, and the park is just perfect, you know? Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=1367.0,1483.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/65","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Matt Allison: It's, it's a, it's a lot of fun. It's a, I enjoy going the, yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=1483.0,1486.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/66","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jimmy Dowd: Um,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=1486.0,1488.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/67","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Matt Allison: I guess, do you wanna talk about the rock stock and barrels event? Cause you've been having that for 16 years.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=1488.0,1494.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/68","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jimmy Dowd: Yeah. Yeah. So this, this is our 16th annual rock stock festival. Um, I think we started that in, oh seven, maybe, I guess if we do to math and, zero six. And, so, so that is a family friendly free event and it's basically, you know, we, we host a surf contest, a skate contest. We have a huge shopping village on the award walk for vendors to sell their arts, their crafts, their brandings. Um, and then we also have live music of, I'd say at least a dozen, 10 or a dozen bands that start from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM. Everything's free. The bands are all original music too. So it's a lot of like, you know, it's kind of stepping stone for a lot of youth, you know, it's like given the youth a chance to shine in the ocean in the skate park on stage.\nUm, and we, we we've always kept it a very grassroot vibe. Um, and then I think that's why it's so pure, cuz everybody's just coming from heart to try to make this thing, like one of the best community events that we could have. Um, and it it's proven it's resilience too. We've went through hurricanes and crazy storms and everything and somehow, or another, every year we end up pulling it off with, with the odd stop against us, you know? So, my cousin Walker handles the music. He does a record label called into the whip records. So he handles all the music division and then I usually handle the overall marketing and, you know, putting the actual event together. Um, the staff, this family from borders, they basically are hands on site in the morning, like building the stage that bungalow bar lends to us and the Eastern surf association, God bless them alongside scoot and surf. They handle the surf contest part of the, the, and then the skateboarding, you know, know one of our big sponsors is red bull. They they've been very good to us the last 16 years. Um, but all, all the information, if you wanna hear about the festival, you could find it at, rock stock, nyc.com","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=1494.0,1637.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/69","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Matt Allison: And it kind of kicks out the summer too. Cause it's always like in kind of around June.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=1637.0,1641.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/70","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jimmy Dowd: Yes it's it's it's actually New York city park sponsors the event as well, so they advertise it on their city parks website. And then I think they still do the, the summer programming for Queens for Rockaway beach. So like a flyer goes out to every Queens resident. I think they still do that. I'm not sure though. And yeah, that's kind of the, it's kind of like Rockaway, Beach's official jump off festival that like summer's here. Cause I think summer usually hits a week before or something like that. 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I think it's usually","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=1675.0,1678.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/72","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jimmy Dowd: Is Memorial day, summer, uh, summer actually.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=1678.0,1681.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/73","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Matt Allison: I think that's when the beach is open. I think","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=1681.0,1683.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/74","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jimmy Dowd: Yes, the, the beach does open Memorial day weekend, but I, I forget what date they actually label summer. Um, that's why we always have it in the month of June cuz you know, kids are usually outta school by that time and it's it's definitely awesome. And this year we actually have the after party at the Rockaway whole tell that the locals surf school is hosting for us and those guys have really proven themselves as great community leaders and they do a lot of good stuff for Rockaway beach. And you know, you could, you could find on their Instagram at local surf school or locals collective the flyer and the information for the, the after party at the Rockaway beach hotel, which will start at 7:00 PM after. And it goes till whatever time. I mean I'm a little older, so I'm usually talking in before midnight. \u003claugh\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=1683.0,1738.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/75","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Matt Allison: Yeah. That's that's always fun to have the, the rock talking barrels in a week later it's goes skate day in the city. So it's kinda","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=1738.0,1745.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/76","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jimmy Dowd: Yeah. It's to have that, that magnitude of two massive events going on promoting board sports and it's free. I mean, you know, and this year at the rock stock, we're actually gonna have a $10,000 purse. So kids are gonna be able to win $5,000 cash at the skate park or $5,000 cash at the surf contest. Oh wow. So yeah, you could, you know, if people are looking to sponsor, they wanna get involved or people wanna become a vendor or you just wanna find out the band line or what bands are playing, what times you could find that all, like I said at rock stock, nyc.com","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=1745.0,1789.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/77","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Matt Allison: And those who never been there before the skate park, it has the boardwalk walks up. So if you don't skate and you all check it out, you can just watch from, from the, the boardwalk. So","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=1789.0,1799.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/78","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jimmy Dowd: Yeah, they really designed it out with those, those Bleacher benches and, and the whole walk up ramps on both sides. It's really perfect to spectate some of the, the amazing tricks and, and maneuvers that these guys are doing these days on skateboards. So looking forward to it,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=1799.0,1818.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/79","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Matt Allison: Um, any thoughts on the pandemic or cause it's, it's, you know, affected everyone, you know,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=1818.0,1826.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/80","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jimmy Dowd: Um, well, you know, I pray for all the families that lost what, you know, some loved ones and, and really suffered through it, or still suffering from it. But honestly, man, I'm just glad that this shit is behind us. I'm over it. You know what I mean? Um, I'm glad that, you know, that we're, we're seeing light at the end of the tunnel finally, and I just pray to God that people could, you know, get along, get their bearing straight, get their mental STR their mental health back to where they need to be. And just kind of like, let's get this world thriving again and, and unified, you know, so that's basical where I stand with the whole pandemic thing.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=1826.0,1864.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/81","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Matt Allison: Yeah. And I think that there's some indications that this summer will, you know, that coronavirus is going down and, you know, be more back to normal","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=1864.0,1874.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/82","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jimmy Dowd: Hundred percent anyway.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=1874.0,1876.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/83","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Matt Allison: Any thoughts on, on the library, on the public library?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=1876.0,1880.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/84","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jimmy Dowd: I mean I'm yeah, I would love to. You guys have been so good to us. You know, we, we, we have the library bus every year. You, you know, Matt, you do a phenomenal job at like bringing in different cultures to, to the library as well that, you know, kids, kids might gravitate a little bit more to, as opposed to like an author from 1850, you know, so it's kind of nice that you're bringing in this, these different divisions of sports and, and cultural arts and, and information about, you know, the history of skateboarding in New York city or surfing and, and things that are taking on in the Rockaway beach community that, that might not get as much sunshine as some of the other things that take place in your, in your local library. You know? So you, you do a great job at that. And then it's also nice that the bus pulls up at the rock stock and offer free reading material for the day and just keeping kids involved and enthralled into books and realizing that it's cool, you know, so, you know, they don't have to think like, oh, that's cheesy or that's nerdy. Like, nah, man, it's actually really, really good stuff. So it's, it's nice that you're tackling it at that angle, you know?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=1880.0,1950.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/85","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Matt Allison: Thanks. Yeah. Um, okay. Anything else you'd like to add or is been a,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=1950.0,1957.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/86","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jimmy Dowd: Um, well, you know, if, if anybody's interested about the surf shop, you could find their website borderssurfshop.com. Um, if anybody's interested in my brand St. James, we make surfboards skateboards clothing. Um, we also, you know, do events and our website IS stjamesnyc.com. So St. James nyc.com. And then obviously the once again, the festival, which is rock stock, nyc.com, all information about the store, the brands, events, festivals, and things of that nature that are going on in Rockaway beach could be found at those websites. So, yeah. Get involved. I mean, there's a lot of fun, free stuff to do, you know, and in this day and age, \u003claugh\u003e being a family with kids. It's nice to find something wholesome to bring your kid to that's free. \u003claugh\u003e so,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=1957.0,2012.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/87","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Matt Allison: All right. Um, I guess that's about it, but thanks so much.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=2012.0,2016.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/88","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jimmy Dowd: Yeah, no doubt. Thank you so much, Matt, keep rocking doing a great job with the library and looking forward to seeing you this June 11th at the rock stock and the library bus.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=2016.0,2027.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/89","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Matt Allison: Okay. I'll be there.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=2027.0,2028.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/90","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jimmy Dowd: \u003claugh\u003e all right. Thank you, brother. Okay.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=2028.0,2029.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/91","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Matt Allison: Okay. Take care.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=2029.0,2030.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438/transcript/39648/annotation/92","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jimmy Dowd: Take care. Bye.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/21/collection_resources/78735/file/166438#t=2030.0,2082.001"}]}]}]}