CALIFOTNIA OUTDOOR ROLLERSKATING ASSOCIATION

A Certificate of Honor was presented to the members of the Golden Gate Skate Patrol by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors for our help when a murder was committed on a Sunday afternoon in Golden Gate Park. An inter-racial couple was gunned down by an individual who had been stalking the couple as they walked in the park.   The gunman came out of the bushes and shot the couple killing the female and permanently paralizing the male. 

Skate Patrol skaters were on the scene in about 15 seconds.  We provided 1st Aid, called the ambulance and shadowed the suspect as he tried to run across the park and escape. The police caught the suspect in an apartment complex across from the park.

Word of the Skate Patrol and the Outdoor Rollerskating Association of America reached the desk of President George Bush.

In 1996, the Friday Night Skate was under attack.  Sgt. Jim Hughes of the San francisco Police Department launched a campaign to bust up the weekly skate that was numbering about 600 to 700 every Friday night. San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Tom Ammaino and Supervisor Leslie Katz wanted to show their support for the Friday Night Skate by presenting this award.

C.O.R.A. skaters were honored in Oct. 1997 as they skated through Los Angeles, Ca. on our way to Santa Monica in the Skate Against Violence Roadskate from San Francisco to Santa Monica.   The Los Angeles Police Dept. gave our group a police motorcycle escort with lights andf sirens blaring to Los Angeles City City Hall where the Mayor and other local dignatairies presented the awards

C.O.R.A. skaters were honored in Oct. 1997 as they skated through Culver City, Ca. on our way to Santa Monica in the Skate Against Violence Roadskate from San Francisco to Santa Monica.   The Culver City Police Dept. gave our group a police motorcycle escort with lights andf sirens blaring to Culver City City Hall where the Mayor and other Culver City dignatairies presented the awards.

C.O.R.A. skaters ended the 1997 Skate Against Violence Roadskaste in Santa Monica.  The City of Santa Monica honored the skaters by naming that week, "Skate Against Violence Week" 

C.O.R.A. skaters were again honored in Oct. 1999 as they skated through Los Angeles, Ca. on our way to Santa Monica in the Skate Against Violence Roadskate from San Francisco to Santa Monica.   The Los Angeles Police Dept. gave our group a police motorcycle escort with lights andf sirens blaring to Los Angeles City City Hall where the Mayor and other local dignatairies presented the awards

C.O.R.A. skaters were again honored in Oct. 1999 as they skated through Culver City, Ca. on our way to Santa Monica in the Skate Against Violence Roadskate from San Francisco to Santa Monica.   The Culver City Police Dept. gave our group a police motorcycle escort with lights andf sirens blaring to Culver City City Hall where the Mayor and other Culver City dignatairies presented the awards.

Mayor Willie Brown honored San Francisco's "GodFather of Skating" by presenting him with his very own day.