Monday, March 31, 2008

Channel Street Project Update: 3/29/08

Everybody has been anticipating and preparing for the latest round of Channel Street improvements. Lots of prep time has been going into the site, and a pour was scheduled for this past Saturday. Luckily, I was able to move some committment around and get myself down there with every intention of getting my hands dirty.

I showed up in the morning around 7:30 for an 8 o' clock pour time, only to find the truck already grumbling in the parking lot. The crew was chomping at the bit, and it looked like they area was completely ready to accept the mixture from the belly of the beastWithin no time, the mud began to flow and the boys scrambled around like seasoned veterans with eyes on the prize. Here, Yamo starts scooping out a hip into the new deck-top quarterpipe. Idaho Aaron was in attendance, lending his construction expertise and all-around bad ass demeanor to the excercise. It might be me, but it seems like this guy has some type of experience with underground skate facility construction. Just a hunch... My man Lync was in the zone. He hung around the top area most of the time, making sure the upper quarterpipe and surrounding area got all the attention it needed. Here he is in a quiet, introspective moment of edging the coping grout line.
Rob, Bob (the concrete supply guy) and Fudge contemplate the mudslide in the lower bowl quadrant. This was a total freestyle section, and the results by the end of the day were amazing.
Yamo, Andy and Gabe were the senior builders who traded out on babysitting the greener guys on the crew (that would be me, Dereck, Tyler and Lorenzo) as we did our best to finish out the giant hip near the bottom. We moulded Coping into Nope-ing with a smooth finish on the top desk. Hopefully this area will be seeing some of the highest airs possible at Channel Street once the section is complete. Here Andy puts the finishing touches on a giant, concrete meatloaf.
A man of few words, Ben Butler lets his actions speak volumes as he polishes out the beautiful Q.P. on the deck.
Gabe and Lorenzo consult the plans before carefully laying out a new bowl corner. Yeah right... that's actually a VOX poster. If anyone showed up in the park with plans, I'm sure that they would find their way into the nearest garbage can.
Alex Lilly showed up and completely blew the doors off with this improvised H.R. Geiger looking bio-mechanical coping sculpture. Unbelievable. Check out the link to Alex's art page at the bottom of this thread. You will not be disappointed.
Alex again, applying the hardener to his finished product. Gives new meaning to the word spine...
Rob puts some love into the freestyled hip.
After a long and productive day, some of the guys inspect the damage.
Logs protect the new investment. Stay off!
Yamo take a well deserved siesta as the afternoon winds down.
Weapons of Mass Construction
Power to the Posters. Pedro Power. Black Power. Unity and Solidarity. Skate or Die. Alex and Rob salute before Alex disappears into the sunset. Rob offered him a ride to the studio he is currently residing at, and he actually said, after a twelve hour work day, "Nah... I kind of feel like walking." That's pretty fucking punk if you ask me. Whats a few miles when you're wandering the globe, right?



The Channel Street Story: http://www.sanpedroskateparkassociation.org/Channel_Street/San_Pedro_Skatepark_Association.html

Alex Lilly: http://www.zeroriotcop.blogspot.com/

Just Do It...

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Cosmic Board Riders



Time down = renewed interest in board riding
Check out the most stylish 360 flip ever

Note to self: Do more No-Complys

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

This One's For You Dad



If you know me really well, you might know why this guy is on here. Hint: The Flyers were the 1974 Stanley Cup Champs and this man was a big part of it. I hope they have hockey in heaven Dad. If not, I'm sure they at least have YouTube. Enjoy.

Doing Time in Pedro

After years of free-rides, I decided to get my unworthy frame into gear to start helping out down at the Channel Street project. After a couple days of cleaning tools and putting stuff away, I caught a quiet moment at the park. With Rob's blessing, I started getting to work on the new deck-top quarterpipe. Using the course of block that was already there, I moved paving stones for the base and used fill to shape out the basic form. After a days work, the obvious design pattern started to emerge, with two hips linking the deck with a quarterpipe/ set-back wall-jammer. Hopefully the rebar stage will get going within a few days. Thanks to the crusty kids and my long lost friend J Skul for helping out with the hard work. It's gonna be fun!


Quarterpipe- Day 1 (Rob's tranny with a few loads of pavers)
Quarterpipe- Day 2 (6 loads of dirt = a little bit of shape)
Mini Crust takes a break from the wheelbarrow help me test my new camera with a to 5-0 in the new shallow corner.


Friday, March 7, 2008

Good Cop/ Bad Cop/ Stoned Cop



What an amateur. I wonder if the hippies they stole it from ever got to see the news report. Instant karma dude.