Dis-ORD-erly Conduct.
May 12th, 2008 by Kilwag
Who says vert ramps don’t occur naturally in the “street?” (I smell an idea for one of MC’s skatepark terrain comics.) This must be one of those elliptical transitions that were all the rage for about a month in the late 80’s. Actually, back in the 80’s these support structures for the upper level at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport (or ORD) were totally skateable, or at least I was never busted there. Unfortunately, I don’t have any actual skate photos of this spot, as I only rode here while waiting to be picked up. I never made a “skate specific” trip to the airport. These pictures are from when I was traveling back to Chicago in 2000, at which point some sort of skate stopper devices had been added, for how long I don’t know. I remember these being as fast as regular U-shaped slides. Do you have any action shots from this spot? Send ‘em in!
Can anybody remember who was Mayor of Chicago when O’Hare became skateboard unfriendly?
May 12th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
I remember being business travel guy a few years back and not having my skateboard with me thinking about how long I could skate those without getting busted. There’s this girl in Chicago that……
May 12th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
I have a pic of Tory skating these somewhere. Now you’d probably get shot by homeland security or something. . . .
May 12th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
Those things have been there at least since 97 . Always looked at them too .